Read a new e-book, Making the Grade: End-to-End Security in Education, to learn how schools can implement end-to-end security solutions that will keep networks, endpoints and physical environments protected and secure.
State Schools Superintendent Steve Paine supports a one-time pay incentive for educators who aren't certified to teach math, but are teaching it anyway, to increase their math education skills, and for elementary school teachers to also improve their math pedagogy. Last school year, only about 37 percent of tested public school students scored as at least “proficient” in math, and the proficiency percentage for high school juniors was only 29 percent.
The South Carolina State Board of Education has approved the Algebra 1, Geometry and Algebra 2 editions of Discovery Education's Math Techbook for statewide use as a core instructional resource through its state adoption process.
Choice—but not necessarily the controversial kind of school choice—will propel public education into 2019 and beyond. Educators and experts predict school leaders will capitalize on the increased flexibility offered by the Every Student Succeeds Act and other trends to give students more of a voice in how they learn and how their progress is measured.
School letter grades aren't a panacea to what ails schools. But they ought to give a ray of hope to parents. No series of measurements can fully capture all that is important about school quality, and parents would be wise to remember that. The answer is to share meaningful data alongside the clear indicators.
The new Stanislaus County superintendent of schools will be Scott Kuykendall. Promoted from his previous position as assistant superintendent, he will oversee the Stanislaus County Office of Education, administering a variety of direct programs and providing a variety of support services to the California county's school district.
After a 35-year career in education, William Fishbough has announced his upcoming retirement as superintendent of Hanford Joint Union High School District. He has led the California district since 2006.
Declining enrollment and increased special education costs led to a newly discovered $1.9 million deficit in the Cotati-Rohnert Park USD's budget this school year. A school district budget committee will meet over the next couple of months to determine the course of action to deal with the budget gap.
To increase the number of high school graduates seeking more education, one West Virginia district is deploying at every grade level a practice that has proven to give at-risk infants and toddlers a head start in life: home visiting. McDowell County is sending teachers directly to kids' homes to counsel, persuade and cajole them to graduate on time and plan for their future.
The Wyoming Department of Education recently unveiled WyomingMeasuresUp.com, a new tool for parents to track how well their child's school is measuring in performance and testing standards, among other things.
