Steers, sheep, horses, pigs, rabbits, chickens, a sweet-smelling tangerine grove and acres of rotating crops are part of Madera South’s agriculture pathway for students—one of thousands of career-focused courses in California high schools that are part of a renaissance in career and technical education.
Budgets slimmed by declining enrollment are forcing leaders of the Colorado district to consider closing schools starting in fall 2025—a decision that has stirred up anguish and anger among many families whose schools are at risk of shuttering.
The "rater effect"—or the effect of the individual doing the rating on the resulting score—impacts teachers' subjective judgments during the gifted and talented identification process.
How much IEP progress is enough for a district to show that it provided free appropriate public education? According to one court regarding a middle schooler with a seizure disorder, not hitting annual IEP goals is not enough progress.
