The tenuous nature of federal grants affecting vital services for children is not uncommon. Instead of passively accepting the void in federal leadership, cities such as Memphis are finding innovative ways to bring together the public, private and nonprofit sectors to finance and expand needed services for children.
An Arizona district recently banned chocolate milk while a New York school system is considering the option to do so in hopes of improving student nutrition. The moves follow other schools that have already stopped serving flavored milk—sparking debates across the nation.
South Bend's school board last week considered contracting with a firm that would connect special education students with psychologists via video chat. The district still has five vacant psychologist positions.
K12 Inc. introduced the Destinations Career Confidence Index, a holistic measure of parents' and students' confidence in young adults' ability to find workforce success. This is the first installment of the index with future installments planned to show how parents' and students' opinions change over time.
Post Falls School District's Superintendent Jerry Keane is retiring at the end of the school year after serving in education for 40 years. He has been superintendent of the Idaho school district since 2001.
High school students may need to take an extra year of math coursework to qualify for admission into California state universities. The proposal, if passed, could go into effect in 2026.
Standard Solar, Inc. has acquired a 7-megawatt portfolio of distributed generation solar projects for the Lake Elsinore USD in California. Standard Solar will finance, own and operate all eight projects, which are currently planned for phased development with all systems expected to be online in 2020.
Lori Motsch will lead the Illinois district when the current superintendent, Peggy Manville, will retire on June 30, 2020. Motsch most recently served as director of personnel for New Lenox District 122.
Fifty years ago, communities began efforts to make school districts more racially integrated, believing it would ease racial disparities in students' educational opportunities. But new evidence shows that while racial segregation within a district is a very strong predictor of achievement gaps, school poverty accounts for this effect.
Echo360 launched a new groups feature to enable smarter ways to share video for student learning. The video content management system now allows users to create ad hoc video repositories with controlled membership, allowing for seamless, secure video sharing.
