LA Makerspace and Imagination.org have merged with Two Bit Circus Foundation to unify their STEAM education efforts. Two Bit Circus Foundation currently operates in nearly half the schools of LAUSD while LA Makerspace has makerspace STEAM labs in 167 partner library branches.
Despite FAFSA's importance, one quarter of students don't complete it. A new report from the National Center for Education Statistics provides some context for why that is, with reasons ranging from the students' perception that they may not qualify for financial aid to the perception that the forms and application process are too burdensome to concerns about debt.
Warwick's school committee is seeking a court order declaring that the school budget approved by the city's council is not sufficient to let the committee comply with the law, regulations and contracts. The complaint also asks the court to order the city to increase its education appropriation by $4.9 million.
The Hawaii Department of Education is rolling out an online database to track the estimated $868 million backlog of repair and maintenance projects in the public school system. The database will show when money is appropriated and allocated for projects, when contracts are awarded, and how much of each contract has been paid.
Fifth-graders from three rural Edinburg CISD elementary schools now have laptops and secure access to hot spots at home thanks to a $150,000 Technology Lending grant from the Texas Education Agency. It is part of an effort to provide internet access in areas where coverage is not widely accessible and laptops might not fit into the family budget.
ACT has acquired Knovation, Inc., a curator of K12 open educational resources. The Knovation assets included in the agreement are the Knovation Content Collection, the netTrekker application and the icurio digital curriculum application.
Report cards for Alabama's schools and districts are out, and overall, results look promising. Statewide, district-level grades have improved in comparison with the 2016-17 district grades. And school-level grades also showed marked improvement.
Learner-Centered Innovation: Spark Curiosity, Ignite Passion and Unleash Genius covers how schools can abandon traditional models and focus instead on the diverse talents of learners by allowing students to pursue their passions.
Superintendent Michael Sander has closed his Ohio district's achievement gap by making kindergarten full-time, increasing reading scores, revamping summer school for at-risk students, and increasing parent interaction.
