Is the science of reading coming to the rescue in a national 'literacy crisis?' And how can superintendents and their instructional teams ensure the approach gains traction in their classrooms?
The state said the school system owed the money to match the foundation's 10-mill match funding program last year. However, the school system argued that was not true and was based on a system flaw because although they are a small school system, they had higher property values.
On Tuesday, The Board of Education and Secondary Education met to officially begin the public comment period for a proposal to overhaul the physical and sexual education framework for pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. The existing framework has been in place since 1999.
The lone dissenting vote on extending Ross’ contract came from board member Catherine Huddle, who along with Elizabeth Barnhardt, also abstained from the board’s vote on his annual performance review, which otherwise passed unanimously and gave Ross an “overall effective evaluation.”
After a troubling year filled with high-profile ransomware attacks, education leaders are leveraging opportunities this summer to raise awareness and enhance prevention tactics.
Leaders in district after district, sometimes with prodding from state legislators, are now rolling back more lenient restorative discipline policies and relying again on suspensions and other measures to address disruptive behavior.
The increasingly popular STEM strategy "socio-scientific instruction" integrates social and ethical considerations into the curriculum, which gives students the chance to apply the skills they're learning to address weighty issues.
Kelly and her team at Revere Public Schools intend to overhaul the methods by which students have been selected for rigorous coursework over the last few hundred years or so.
Given the recent surge of edtech tools in K12 schools, it's important that leaders understand these technologies are still in their infancy, so proceed with caution.
