Aiming to build a new English language learning model, the intelligent learning platform includes the Rise Teacher teacher-end app and the Rise+ parent-end app. With access to RISE's online tutoring tools, the platform can facilitate efficient communication, including the ability for teachers to post videos and photos of classes.

Chicago's teachers union delivered a 75-item list of contract demands, addressing issues such as overcrowded classrooms and the loss of veteran black female teachers. The current contract with the teachers union expires at the end of June.

Shmoop's AP U.S. Government and Politics test prep familiarizes students with the 2019 redesign of the course and exam. It includes guides on new question formats, core disciplinary practices, required foundational documents, required Supreme Court court cases and newly-specified course content.

The Los Angeles teachers union said it's heading back to the negotiating table with the school district. Talks resumed for the first time since more than 30,000 educators walked off the job this week. But while teachers demand millions more dollars in school funding, their school district has lost $69 million—and counting—during the strike.

Not only are New York districts disappointed by the funding levels proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, but they're wary about his proposal that would force districts to shift more money to their poorest schools. The governor proposed a $956 million increase in school aid plus a $37 million increase in charter school tuition and facilities reimbursement and Smart Schools Bond Act debt service.

State lawmakers want to bring shop class back to Colorado schools, proposing a bill that would allow schools to apply for state grant money to build career technical programs in a wide range of fields. Instead of birdhouses, they're hoping they will build real houses, like they do at Green Mountain High School. The school incorporates shop class into math class.

Acting Superintendent of Schools Laurie Pallin has been permanently appointed to head up the Connecticut school district. She has served as acting superintendent since April 2018 when the school district placed former superintendent Brian Levesque on paid leave. Pallin has worked in the Montville school district since 1992.

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