Archive for February 2018 - Page 2
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February 20, 2018
Human trafficking prevention ed poised for CA classrooms
(Calif.) Schools can now begin including human trafficking among the comprehensive sexual health education taught to students in middle and high school–lessons policymakers and children’s rights activists say will save lives.
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February 20, 2018
Ohio looks to reduce chronic absenteeism
(Ohio) For the first time, schools in Ohio are tracking student absenteeism not by days but by hours.
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February 15, 2018
Lawmakers skeptical over restructuring SPI’s role
(Calif.) Members of a joint legislative panel struggled Wednesday to find an impetus for drastically rolling back the powers of the state schools chief in favor of the governor.
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February 15, 2018
New rules force student athletes to focus on academics
(N.M.) Student athletes who receive a failing grade in any class during a semester will no longer be eligible to participate in an athletic program the following year under a recent policy change adopted by the body that governs high school sports in New Mexico.
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February 14, 2018
Social workers to help address student mental health needs
(N.Y.) Every school in New York will be required to have a certified school social worker to address the mental health needs of students, under legislation announced this week.
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February 14, 2018
January revenue surge $2.4 billion ahead of projections
(Calif.) The ink on Gov. Jerry Brown’s January budget proposal is barely dry and already his revenue assumptions are short by almost $2.4 billion, the state controller reported Tuesday.
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February 13, 2018
New effort to bring pre-K to all students
(Calif.) Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, D-Sacramento, has renewed his effort to bring high-quality pre-kindergarten services to early learners statewide.
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February 13, 2018
Civics now required to earn Arkansas high school diploma
(Ark.) Students must now earn at least a D on the same civics exam administered to naturalizing immigrants in order to earn a high school diploma in Arkansas
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February 12, 2018
New bill targets child abuse in homeschool settings
(Hawaii) Parents who opt to homeschool their children in Hawaii will have to undergo a background check under a new bill introduced in response to a rash of highly publicized cases of abuse of children being taught at home.
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February 12, 2018
Higher pay would solve special ed teacher shortage
(Calif.) The non-partisan Legislative Analyst has come out strongly against the governor’s plan for increasing the number of special education teachers as part of his January budget.
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