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Alaska governor pitches teacher bonuses as debate over education funding dominates session

Rena Nigam | January 30, 2024

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy urged lawmakers late Tuesday to pass his pilot program that would pay teachers bonuses of up to $15,000 a year, pitching it as an investment in the classroom, even as education leaders say a more significant investment in the state's K12 public school system is needed.

Educators railed against mayoral control at hearings. What comes next?

Tony DiRomualdo and Franco Girimonte | January 30, 2024

As the state's Education Department studies the effectiveness of New York City's 20-year-old system of mayoral control, locals aired their views at five hearings held across the boroughs over the past two months.

Philadelphia reduced school-based arrests by 84% over a decade

Next City | January 30, 2024

Under a diversion program, police are called to schools for offenses like marijuana possession or disorderly conduct cannot arrest the student involved if that student has no pending court case or a history of adjudication.

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Equal access, college pathways and DeSantis: A sit-down with Supe Jose Dotres of Miami-Dade

Alcino Donadel | January 30, 2024

While Miami-Dade County Public Schools Superintendent Jose Dotres has proven himself to be more than a capable leader, job security as a superintendent in Fla. has never been more fraught. Here's what's on his agenda for his last three years on the job and how he's learned to navigate a new political environment.

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Dan Fitzpatrick at FETC 2024: The future of AI in education

Micah Ward | January 30, 2024

District Administration's Micah Ward sat down with Dan Fitzpatrick, former educator and bestselling author of The AI Classroom: The Ultimate Guide to Artificial Intelligence in Education, to learn what artificial intelligence has in store for K12 education. Rest assured, teaching jobs are not on the line.

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Don't forget the reading in the 'science of reading'

Joe Burns | January 30, 2024

Teaching phonics is an important step toward improving literacy instruction, but students still need time to read authentic texts.

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Want a new way to retain teachers? Try behavior data

Erin Pinter | January 30, 2024

Behavioral intervention is strengthened by data, and data is hard to come by when documentation is time-consuming and manual.

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Department of Education: How principals can support gun storage safety

Micah Ward | January 30, 2024

"As school principals and district administrators, you have credibility in your community and trust in your schools and districts that uniquely position you to help save lives," U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona wrote in a letter.

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Black students are most common targets as school hate crimes double

Matt Zalaznick | January 30, 2024

Schools trailed only homes and roads as the most common locations for reported hate crimes over a five-year period that includes the pandemic, according to an FBI study that also looked at the ethnicity and religion of the victims.

Iowa promised $75M for school safety. Two shootings later, the money is largely unspent

Blakeley Hartfelder | January 29, 2024

Citing an urgent need to act after Uvalde and shootings outside a high school and a church in Iowa, Gov. Kim Reynolds said the state would award up to $50,000 each to 1,500 schools to fix vulnerabilities. Like many other Republicans, she rebuffed calls for stricter gun control while embracing efforts to "harden" schools.

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