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Industry News: K-12 districts choose new learning, CTE, data tracking platforms

Steven Blackburn | April 17, 2019

Schools around the country are teaming with service providers to better support students and staff.

Implementing mental health first aid in K-12

Matt Zalaznick | April 17, 2019

Districts work to train educators to spot and respond quickly to signs of mental distress in students.

Construction Watch: Virginia district's school building costs mushroom

Ariana Fine | April 12, 2019

The Richmond School Board wants an outside review of costs after learning the district needs $30 million more than expected to replace three outdated schools.

K-12 association news roundup: ACTFL, ILA, NCSS, NCTM, NSTA

Tony DiRomualdo and Franco Girimonte | April 07, 2019

From accepting applications for a foreign-language teacher training program (ACTFL) to releasing new guides on argument-driven inquiry for science students (NSTA Press), here is the latest curriculum association news.

K-12 research roundup

Tony DiRomualdo and Franco Girimonte | March 25, 2019

This roundup covers the impact of advanced academics on kindergartners, the effects of teachers' unions on student achievement, the benefits of transitional programs for special needs students, and the advantages of family-school interventions, among other topics.

School lunch nutrition finds new flavors

Lynn Freehill-Maye | March 10, 2019

As district leaders boost school lunch nutrition, today's cafeterias face stiff competition from home-prepared meals and, among high school students, food trucks and nearby eateries.

School psychologists bill in West Virginia up for a vote

Ariana Fine | February 27, 2019

A proposed House bill states that beginning with the 2021-22 school year, each county school board shall employ full-time at least one school psychologist for every 1,000 kindergarten through seventh grade students, or that if needed, it may contract with school psychologists or psychiatrists.

Shorter school year and other W.V. education bills move

Ariana Fine | February 27, 2019

West Virginia students could see the number of instructional days they receive each school year reduced from 180 to 170 under one proposed bill. The legislation would also keep the mandate on school boards that workers must have an “employment term” of at least 200 days per school year.

Why Oakland teachers are striking: ‘You can't feed the minds of our students by starving their schools'

Ariana Fine | February 24, 2019

It's only February and we've already seen teachers in Los Angeles, Denver and West Virginia go on strike. Now, it's Oakland's turn. Teachers there have similar issues with pay, large class size, too few nurses and counselors and other support staff, and the spread of charter schools. Keith Brown, Oakland Education Association's president, talks about what is at stake.

House Democrats prepare to scrutinize Education Department

Ariana Fine | February 21, 2019

Among the issues the Education Committee plans to examine: the carrying out of the Every Student Succeeds Act and the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act; recommendations from the Federal Commission on School Safety in response to the Parkland mass school shooting; and the department's role in the rebuilding of schools in Puerto Rico, in the Virgin Islands and in other areas.

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