March 19, 2019
(Nev.) Preliminary results from a new study show that about one-third of children and adolescents ages 10 to 18 reported having back pain during the previous year–something researchers linked to participation in school sports, as well as what kind of backpack kids used.
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March 18, 2019
(Tenn.) Students incarcerated in juvenile detention centers would be required by law to receive at least four hours each instructional day under a bill moving through the Tennessee Legislature.
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March 14, 2019
(Calif.) February tax collections came in modestly ahead of projections made just weeks before by Gov. Gavin Newsom in his proposed budget, but overall revenues remain close to $2.2 billion below estimates.
March 13, 2019
(Calif.) High school students and administrators throughout the country are struggling to deal with a broad set of social issues at the forefront of the Trump presidency—including hostility towards racial groups or immigrants, opioid abuse and gun violence.
March 13, 2019
(District of Columbia) A significant number of students with ADHD are not receiving needed classroom services, and many of them also come from low-income families or are English learners, according to a new study.
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.
