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Tsunami zone vote impacts Oregon school

July 18, 2016

The earthquake-susceptible Seaside School District in Oregon—which covers the communities of Gearhart, Cannon Beach and Seaside—faces an estimated $99.7 million bond referendum November 8 to move its schools out of a tsunami zone on the Pacific Ocean. Seaside has three schools with 1,500 students in the tsunami inundation zone, says Douglas C. Dougherty, former schools […]

New school initiative backs tech-ready librarians

Avi Asher-Schapiro | July 18, 2016

Media specialist Samantha Edwards wants noise in her library—and she hears it. Last fall, Edwards, the librarian at Fogelsville Elementary School in Parkland School District in Pennsylvania, opened a modest self-publishing center in the library outfitted with an iMac, a printer and a machine to bind books. She noticed how excited her students were to […]

Flexible eBook platform helps to reach diverse student populations

Adam Galvan | July 18, 2016

At Napa Valley USD in northern California, classroom technology integration has been a priority since 1997, when the district opened the country's first New Technology High School. So bringing in digital books in order to provide easily accessible content to the 18,000 students and faculty in 34 schools was a natural—and important—step. "The challenge was […]

Schools design for disasters

Adam Galvan | July 18, 2016

The fault line running along the Cascade Mountains from British Columbia to northern California is long overdue for an earthquake many scientists believe is all but inevitable. Engineering studies have shown that if a major quake does strike, it could take weeks to repair utilities, six months or more to restore water and years to […]

Kaya Henderson stepping down as Washington D.C. schools chancellor

Ray Bendici | July 17, 2016

Kaya Henderson will step down in September as chancellor of the District of Columbia Public Schools after serving in the position for more than five years. She says she will spend time with family before considering other offers in education, published reports state. During Henderson's tenure, the once-troubled district has stabilized and seen marked improvements […]

Schools build for the future

Ray Bendici | July 17, 2016

Historic schools in Boston, built before World War II, are finally receiving a facelift. On the other side of the country, Carmel USD in California found that controlling and maintaining lighting in nine sites spread over 600 square miles can save energy and maintenance hours.And a 10-year deferred maintenance plan in Sycamore Community Schools in […]

Who's still testing with PARCC and Smarter Balanced?

Adam Rogers | July 14, 2016

Another group of states in 2015-16 deployed their own Common Core-aligned assessments, adding greater momentum to a national shift away from the PARCC and Smarter Balanced testing consortia. Who's still testing with PARCC and Smarter Balanced? Another group of states in 2015-16 deployed their own Common Core-aligned assessments, adding greater momentum to a national shift […]

Five years in, results paint complex picture of Common Core

Adam Rogers | July 13, 2016

More than five years after many states implemented Common Core, the impact on student achievement remains unclear—though some states show small academic gains, with persistent achievement gaps. "Common Core is alive and well" says Adam Ezring, policy director of the Collaborative For Student Success, a nonprofit that supports use of the standards. "While it's still […]

The State of Climate & Culture Initiatives in America's Schools

July 14, 2016

A Research Paper Prepared by YouGov on behalf of Kickboard

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