Archive for February 2017 - Page 3
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February 07, 2017
Counties may not be best to serve alternative students
(Calif.) In an effort to improve educational services to students incarcerated in the jail system, lawmakers should give districts greater control over the money spent on court schools as well as greater responsibility over their performance.
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February 07, 2017
Audit finds Ed. Department mishandled school complaints
(Calif.) Local educational agencies have failed to uniformly investigate complaints alleging violations of state or federal law, according to a new report from the California State Auditor’s office.
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February 06, 2017
Depression rates soar among adolescents
(District of Columbia) More adolescents are suffering major depressive episodes that correlate with to higher rates of substance abuse, according to the most recent federal data.
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February 06, 2017
State braces for March opening of new accountability website
(Calif.) After five-and-a-half years of fits and starts, California’s new school performance evaluation system will come online for full public review sometime in March, according to a memo released last week.
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February 02, 2017
School funding to see changes across the country this year
(Wash.) In nearly every part of the country, legislators are overhauling education funding formulas in an effort to increase equity in spending as states begin to show signs of recovery since the recession.
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February 02, 2017
Early leaners, child care set to become focus of budget talks
(Calif.) In what is likely to emerge as one of the major education budget issues this session, Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, D-Paramount, announced Wednesday the launch of a campaign aimed at improving services to early learners, especially those in low-income neighborhoods.
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February 01, 2017
Intervention agency set to begin work on pilot program
(Calif.) Two additional local educational agencies are expected to be added Wednesday to an existing list of seven that have voluntarily submitted for technical assistance from the state’s newest intervention agency.
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February 01, 2017
City-wide Pre-K program fills need for low-income families
(Penn.) Philadelphia’s recently implemented sugary beverage tax has helped fund a new city-wide pre-kindergarten program that local officials say is benefitting low-income communities often lacking access to quality early learning.
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