February 21, 2019
Lawmakers take third swing at expanding access to hearing aids
(Calif.) New bipartisan legislation introduced Tuesday would require health insurance plans to cover hearing aids for children.
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February 21, 2019
(Calif.) New bipartisan legislation introduced Tuesday would require health insurance plans to cover hearing aids for children.
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February 21, 2019
(Wis.) Classroom teachers in Wisconsin, probably more than any other group in the state, won a big victory when Democrat Tony Evers ended the Scott Walker rein as governor in November.
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February 19, 2019
(W.Va.) Nearly three decades after the nation’s first charter school opened in Winona, Minnesota, lawmakers in Charleston appear poised to pass an authorization bill for West Virginia.
February 19, 2019
(Calif.) In an effort to create safer and more supportive learning environments for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer or questioning youth, a new bill is calling for annual teacher training on how to support LGBTQ students.
February 14, 2019
(Va.) More than 120 cybersecurity threats targeting schools or entire districts were reported last year, according to a report released last week by the K-12 Cybersecurity Resource Center.
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.
