Archive for January 2017 - Page 2
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January 23, 2017
Closing loophole that seals teacher misconduct cases
(N.J.) Legislation pending in New Jersey would prohibit districts from striking secret deals that quietly close costly investigations of teachers accused of child abuse or sexual misconduct.
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January 23, 2017
Three decades of Prop. 98 doesn’t break par
(Calif.) Proposition 98, the unassailable third rail of California politics, may not have protected school funding as well as its architects had intended when they sold it to voters nearly three decades ago, new research suggests.
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January 19, 2017
New session begins with old teacher shortage issues
(Calif.) New grant money and a streamlined credentialing process may soon be on the table for teaching candidates as part of California lawmakers’ continuing push toward solving the state’s educator shortage.
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January 19, 2017
ESSA’s SARC mandate: include parents
(District of Columbia) Following a theme of parental engagement, the nation’s newly-minted K-12 education law calls on administrators to conduct significant outreach to families in the preparation of school accountability report cards.
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January 18, 2017
New bill may save Michigan’s closing schools for now
(Mich.) Under looming threat of school closures, Michigan lawmakers have introduced a bill to repeal the state’s federally-based failing schools law, and replace it with something developed with local community input.
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January 18, 2017
Brown’s budget would revamp, not add to, special ed funding
(Calif.) Although the number of students with disabilities in the state continues to grow, Gov. Jerry Brown has once again decided against adding any new money to support their educational services.
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January 17, 2017
LAO optimistic about tax collections this year and next
(Calif.) Gov. Jerry Brown’s cautious revenue projections for the next fiscal year are likely well below what the state will actually collect, the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s office reported late last week.
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January 17, 2017
State education boards must focus on charter accountability
(Va.) Districts and charter schools should begin collaborating now on issues such as accountability and turnaround efforts, especially as school choice expansion quickly comes closer to becoming a reality, according to new guidance.
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January 12, 2017
Newly-proficient ELs added to academic accountability list
(Calif.) The academic progress of students recently reclassified out of the English learner designation will be included among the elements used to evaluate school performance, under a measure approved Wednesday by the California State Board of Education.
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January 12, 2017
Parents never told of student failure
(N.M.) Nearly every student who could not read at grade level moved onto the next grade without any notice given to parents despite state law mandating just that, according to new data from the New Mexico Public Education Department.
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