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 16, 2018
(Calif.) Unified English Braille, internationally recognized as the standard literacy medium for the blind since 2012, has also formally been recognized in California schools under legislation newly signed by the governor.
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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.
August 14, 2018
(Calif.) The upward trend in state revenues continued through July, with personal income taxes generating $230 million—4.6 percent more than expected.
August 13, 2018
(Ariz.) Facility managers all over the nation spent the summer scrambling to get schools ready for the fall term—with special attention paid to air conditioning units.
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.
