Los Angeles teachers are poised to end their strike after union leaders and LAUSD reached a tentative deal. It includes what amounts to a 6 percent raise for teachers, a reduction of class sizes over four years and the creation of 30 community schools.
What if the state of Utah—instead of Utah families—picked up the cost of curricular fees charged to parents of public school students in grades 7-12? One state legislator is working on a bill that would cover the costs of textbooks, lockers, registration and general fees through the weighted pupil unit, or WPU, a basic funding unit for public education in Utah.
Crestwood School Board ended ties with Superintendent Joseph Gorham and designated Joseph Rasmus as the next superintendent. Rasmus came to the Pennsylvania district as assistant superintendent in charge of special education and curriculum in 2016.
As part of a major State House effort to overhaul the South Carolina's K12 education system, legislators once again are debating whether to force school districts with shrinking student enrollment to either consolidate or merge more of their services with other districts.
EarthEcho International announced its newest, complementary suite of classroom tools with materials to help identify and tackle the plastics pollution plaguing our oceans. Sponsored by the Northrup Grumman Foundation, the tools are now available and kicking off with a virtual field trip.
Currently superintendent of Fairfield Public Schools, Toni Jones will become superintendent of the Greenwich district in July. She replaces Ralph Mayo, interim superintendent and the longtime principal of Eastern Middle School.
In July, Toni Jones will start heading up Connecticut's Greenwich district, replacing Interim Superintendent Ralph Mayo. In other news, districts in Pennsylvania and Idaho have selected new superintendents.
Mackin Educational Resources has been selected as provider for all print and digital books, audiobooks, videos and other resources for Fairfax County school libraries and professional library collections.
Follett has unveiled Follett Genre Solutions to help simplify genrefication for librarians and media specialists seeking to make the transition from the Dewey Decimal System to a more bookstore-like layout based on genres.
Cognitive scientists showed us that emotion is not the opposite of reason; it's essential to reason. Emotions tell you what to pay attention to, care about and remember. Those early neuroscience breakthroughs remind us that a key job of a school is to give students new things to love—an exciting field of study, new friends. It reminds us that what teachers really teach is themselves with their contagious passion for their subjects and students.
