More than 100 of the state's charters are in danger of closing because of excessive debt and other financial troubles, according to a report by the Grand Canyon Institute. Over 50 of the state's 544 charter schools are expected to close in the near future.
State auditors released a blistering review of Oregon's education department and Portland Public Schools, its largest school district, recommending that legislators take a hard look at how administrators spend existing money as they consider significant new educational investments sought by Gov. Kate Brown.
Bills that have been introduced or will be this week would prohibit children from having to cross state highways. Lawmakers are also seeking to raise the penalties for drivers who fail to stop for school bus stop arms and want to deploy cameras on those stop arms to capture the license plates of vehicles that do violate the stop-arm law.
At least three bills before the state Legislature seek to relocate or remove polling places from schools, an idea that first began circulating around Albany in 2014 following several high-profile school shootings and threats of terrorism.
The Education Department's Office for Civil Rights will investigate allegations that a public school system in Montana discriminated against Native American students, according to its recent letter responding to the complaint. The complaint alleges that discrimination included dozens of instances of bullying, racial slurs and disproportionate discipline of students who are not white.
The Kentucky Department of Education has released a K3 Dyslexia Toolkit that provides educators and families with a resource to help meet learning needs of students with dyslexia, or those who display characteristics of dyslexia. This 20-page document comes in response to the Ready to Read Act, which directed KDE to develop and share a toolkit that school districts and educators can use to help serve students with dyslexia.
Following success at the ballot box in November, Democratic legislators are again proposing legislation to allow New Hampshire school districts to bar people from carrying firearms onto school grounds, after a similar effort last year failed to clear a Republican-controlled Senate.
When I started teaching nearly 30 years ago, my principal, Elizabeth Terronez, challenged both of us. My job was to create an environment where creativity and innovation could thrive, while hers was to find a way to say "yes." My mission made perfect sense, but hers was beyond me. After becoming a school leader myself, […]
Warwick's school committee is seeking a court order declaring that the school budget approved by the city's council is not sufficient to let the committee comply with the law, regulations and contracts. The complaint also asks the court to order the city to increase its education appropriation by $4.9 million.
When it comes to the qualities of a modern CIO, communicating and empathizing with staff during periods of change is as important as knowing the technology.
