The Alabama State Department of Education posted the new list of schools declared “failing” under the Alabama Accountability Act. This year, there are 76 schools in 27 school districts on the list as compared to 75 schools in 29 districts last year. Inside this year's “failing” schools are 38,420 students, with 92 percent being black. Only 461 white students and 1,661 Hispanic students attend schools on the list.
Boxlight NDMS (Network Device Management System) gives IT network administrators centralized control of their Boxlight and Mimio interactive displays. Embedded live web pages and integration with Google's G Suite for Education are being introduced in MimioStudio 12. MimioInteract, a collection of collaborative activities designed for the Boxlight ProColor 490 Touch Table, will also be launched.
School systems must provide help for students in need of mental-health services. But Washington County school officials believe a new education measure goes too far, requiring school districts to ensure services that they normally don't provide, including child care, housing referrals, crisis intervention, substance-abuse prevention and treatment, and legal aid.
The House Education Committee voted to pass a bill that would provide more than $1.6 billion in state funding to Montana schools over the next two years—including money to keep up with inflation, an increase of $68 million. The committee's approval is just the first step in what is expected to be a four-month legislative process.
Gov. Gary Herbert has tasked area tech leaders to create a state strategy to get computer science education into every Utah school, even rural ones. The governor has earmarked $3.9 million of his 2020 budget to achieve this goal.
A bill creating a fund to help recruit and retain more computer science college faculty in Virginia cleared its first legislative hurdle. But many say building a tech talent pipeline starts with the K12 education system. The state plans to spend $2.7 million to implement new K12 tech standards next year, and $25 million on tech initiatives over the next two decades.
The House of Delegates began considering a proposal offered by Gov. Jim Justice. It would provide a one-time $2,000 bonus to teachers who complete specialized math courses to be offered by the Department of Education and who spend at least 60 percent of their time teaching math classes. If the pilot program is successful, it could be expanded to other subjects in which teachers are in short supply, the governor said.
itslearning has created an easier workflow between G Suite and the itslearning learning management system, simplifying the itslearning experience with Google Drive, G Suite and Chromebooks. This latest update includes a single sign-on, seamless editing in Google documents and more.
DreamBox Learning signed a five-year agreement with the Austin ISD to deliver its online K8 math platform to the 83 elementary and 18 middle schools in the Texas district. For teachers, DreamBox provides ways to personalize lessons, monitor student growth and receive job-embedded professional development.
