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Championing Your STEM/STEAM Initiatives: A Guidebook Members of the National Network of State Teachers of the Year (NNSTOY) and LEGO® Education partnered to develop a guidebook to empower educators to develop their own projects and programs that support innovative STEAM learning in schools. This guidebook provides a framework for educators who want to start a […]

Two Republican lawmakers are trying to strengthen an existing Ohio law by requiring — instead of just allowing — school districts to create a policy letting students to be excused from school to go to released time religious instruction.

The state education department will write it’s own model policy that districts may adopt, but so long as they come up with something to keep cellphone use “as limited as possible” districts can do what they like.

Infographic: The State of STEAM Learning in K-12 Education Increasingly, district leaders are recognizing the importance of a cross-curricular STEAM approach to learning, to better prepare students for the future. STEAM learning develops skills like creativity, problem solving, critical thinking, and collaboration, which are vital for students to succeed and thrive in college and careers. […]

Texas lawmakers have mandated new school safety policies including armed guards at every public school campus, classroom panic buttons and more staff training.

It’s a slight but important change at a time when school performance data is scrutinized intensely. From test scores to graduation rates, those numbers have an outsized influence on policy decisions and on public perceptions of school success and failure.