June 21, 2018
(Calif.) Teaching candidates willing to commit to teaching science or math curriculum for four years would receive a state grant of $10,000 under a bill approved Wednesday by a key legislative committee.
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June 21, 2018
(Pa.) Students across Pennsylvania are now required to take an exam identical to the civics test produced by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services prior to graduation under a bill signed Tuesday.
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June 20, 2018
(Calif.) Tax revenues in May came in almost exactly as predicted but state officials are waiting to see how things will look by the end of June, the second most important collection month.
June 20, 2018
(Conn.) Following the deaths of four children enrolled in early learning programs since last year, the Connecticut Commissioner of Early Childhood has authorization to spend more money to target substandard providers and to intervene.
June 19, 2018
(Ariz.) State schools chief Diane Douglas has sparked a new controversy over the newly revised science curriculum standards by taking a red pen to the word ‘evolution’ in a proposed edit of the documents.
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.
