Last month, the New York City Council passed a bill requiring the Department of Education to publish by December 2019 an annual report on how much each parent-teacher association or parent association is raising. The bill requires the department to post the report on its website, deliver it to the council's speaker and provide demographic information at each PTA's school.

There are a variety of steps that administrators can take to create a data-driven district culture that will help teachers use the right data in the right way to address the diverse learning needs of students and lead powerful learning outcomes across schools. This web seminar focused on ways to create a data-driven culture. The […]

Startable Pittsburgh fosters local teenagers' entrepreneurial and maker skills in a free, eight-week summer program that offers two makerspace tracks. The 2018 tracks were fashion and music, while past tracks have included metalworking, woodworking and textiles. Founded by the Innovation Works seed stage investor and its AlphaLab Gear hardware accelerator program, the program maintains a […]

Resources: Native Knowledge 360¬ˆž is the National Museum of the American Indian's national initiative, which includes lesson plans for all grade levels. www.nmai.si.edu/nk360 American Indians In American Literature blog, written by Debby Reese, provides analysis of indigenous peoples in children's and young adult books. americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/p/about.html Zinn Education Project offers free, downloadable lessons and articles organized […]