Among the very first steps a new director of diversity, equity, and inclusion took was a leadership trip to the Legacy Museum and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama.
The movement, under the banner of "the science of reading," is targeting the education establishment: school districts, literacy gurus, publishers and colleges of education, which critics say have failed to embrace the cognitive science of how children learn to read.
Outcomes are improving for students in the long-underresourced Pottstown School District but funding uncertainty is clouding the prospects for continued success, Superintendent Stephen Rodriguez says.
Two of the most impactful steps in improving K12 customer service are to reduce the number of people whom a parent needs to reach to resolve a problem and ensure that all contacts are courteous.
For the past few elections, Wisconsin voters overwhelmingly supported referendums, approving 80% of them last year across the state but this spring, voters approved a little over half of the 83 referendums on ballots.
That law, the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act, ensures that children with disabilities are given an appropriate public education equal to that of their peers without disabilities, including equal class time and access to qualified teachers.
Eight states require students to take one semester of a personal finance course, and 10 more will soon join this effort. Until then, only 23.6% of students are required to receive finance education.
In remarks at an Alabama State Board of Education work session that followed comments from two Senate leaders, State Schools Superintendent Eric Mackey said that schools in high-poverty schools are showing "remarkable growth" and receiving "Cs" on the report card but remain on the failing list.
The policy calls for "applying an equity lens," which means asking teachers and other school employees to reflect on whether any of their practices and biases negatively impact students.
