The results of state-mandated tests given to Missouri public school students in April and May are expected to be released Feb. 1, significantly later than usual. The lengthy delay this year was the result of transitioning to new exams based on new academic standards.
TeacherFunder, a new fundraising and social platform, will launch on January 15. It will be a resource for teachers who typically spend their own personal money for supplies, field trips and more.
Parents have joined the legal fight to stop the Tamaqua ASD's controversial policy to arm staff. It's the second suit spawned by Policy 705, which was passed in September. Tamaqua is the first district in the state to arm teachers and other staff as a way to prevent school shootings.
When the North Carolina General Assembly reconvenes on January 9, seventh-grade English teacher Justin Parmenter wants legislators to consider these five ways to improve education in the state this year: Restore teaching assistants, provide trauma-informed training, overhaul school report cards, reinstate the charter cap and pay teachers well.
Gavin Newsom, who's being sworn in as California's 40th governor today, is delivering on campaign promises, proposing nearly $2 billion in spending on early education and childcare programs in his first state budget proposal. An overview plan shared with The Chronicle includes $750 million for schools to implement full-day kindergarten programs and $747 million to subsidize childcare facilities and to help train childcare workers.
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.
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.
A sharply divided Florida Supreme Court is rejecting a lawsuit claiming the state isn't living up to its constitutional requirement to provide a “high quality” education for all. The ruling ends a nearly decade-long lawsuit challenging school funding, which was filed by parents, students and advocacy groups.
The father of a student shot and killed during the Parkland school massacre has been appointed to the state Board of Education. An advocate for school safety, 52-year-old Andy Pollack is seeking accountability as well as better pay for teachers and close scrutiny of how money for schools is spent.
About 6 million students (one out of seven) miss at least 15 days during the school year, according the Department of Education. Valerie Marsh and Shaun Nelms offer four research-supported practices that have proven to boost attendance in real schools with real students.
