May 09, 2019
Gov’s big data plan for schools faces headwind
(Calif.) A key oversight committee expressed skepticism that the state can deliver on a plan to integrate education data systems—either on time or within budget.
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May 09, 2019
(Calif.) A key oversight committee expressed skepticism that the state can deliver on a plan to integrate education data systems—either on time or within budget.
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May 09, 2019
(Fla.) A mismatch between the goals of career technical education as established by the states and the needs of the labor market is at least partially the result of employers nationwide not signaling their needs and requirements to schools, according to a new study.
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May 07, 2019
(Calif.) Despite generally favorable real estate conditions, three local educational agencies are seeking state relief from debt limits that otherwise would prevent them from issuing recently-approved bonds for needed campus improvements.
May 07, 2019
(Mo.) Among the issues most on the minds of school principals nationally are behavior issues in children, raising teacher morale, improving attendance and acquiring adequate funding.
May 06, 2019
(Mont.) Preschool programs statewide are at risk of closing or scaling back services after lawmakers adjourned the 2019 session without renewing early learner grant funding.
January 30, 2017
(Calif.) The recent alarm over the potential spread of fake news has prompted two California lawmakers to call for media literacy education in schools, as evidence shows that many children and some adults are largely unable to distinguish between fact and fiction online.
December 08, 2016
(Calif.) With the state’s fiscal outlook as good as it has been perhaps in a decade, and now with Democrats holding a supermajority in both houses of the Legislature, some within the education community might have thought a conversation over the adequacy of school funding would finally happen.
January 04, 2017
(Calif.) The California State Board of Education struggled at their November meeting to find a just route in arbitrating a small school district’s request to waive–for a fourth time–professional certification requirements of an educational interpreter.
November 21, 2016
(N.M.) As schools across the country report increases in bullying and harassment based on immigration status, Santa Fe Public Schools has announced a Student Support Helpline where families can access resources.
