October 15, 2018
(Mass.) Elementary school students who participated in a comprehensive intervention program that addressed both academic and non-academic challenges were about half as likely as their peers to drop out of high school, according to a new study.
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October 15, 2018
(Calif.) New research suggests a troubling trend with respect to the hundreds of millions of dollars being pumped into career technical education—the large number of students that start the program but do not finish.
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October 11, 2018
(Calif.) More than $7 million will be spent over three years to improve and expand professional development for those charged with teaching English learners attending charter schools in Los Angeles and across Texas.
October 10, 2018
(Calif.) Among his last acts as arbiter over the creation of new state laws, Gov. Jerry vetoed legislation that would have expanded teacher training on LGBTQ issues, created a new mentorship program for special education instructors, and enhanced protections for victims of sexual harassment.
October 10, 2018
(Md.) While many low-performing high schools in the U.S. have increased meager graduation rates, researchers at Johns Hopkins Johns Hopkins University say more targeted intervention is needed to turn around the approximately 1,300 schools still in need of serious improvement.
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.
