August 20, 2018
(N.J.) Students in kindergarten through fifth grade are guaranteed at least twenty minutes of recess three times a week under a new law signed by New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy–ending a decade-long effort to ensure children get more play time during the school day.
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August 16, 2018
(Ga.) Students who have demonstrated career readiness through the development of soft skills or industry training will receive a special workforce-ready seal on their high school diploma, according to Georgia Department of Education officials.
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August 15, 2018
(Calif.) After deciding against putting a measure before voters this November to revise Proposition 13, supporters of a bid to create a “split roll” property tax held kick off events Tuesday aimed at the ballot in 2020.
August 15, 2018
(Wash.) Districts in Washington State will begin the school year under new disciplinary policies that limit the use of suspensions and expulsions following a recent statewide push to rewrite discipline rules for the first time since the 1970s.
August 14, 2018
(La.) Public schools in New Orleans can expect to see an additional 43 million in funding next year thanks to the closure of generous commercial tax breaks.
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.
