Archive for March 2018
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March 28, 2018
Superintendent wanted, political skills required
(Colo.) It may come as a shock to many in the education community, but the job of a district superintendent is highly political.
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March 27, 2018
Bond money finally reaching school construction jobs
(Calif.) The State Allocation Board awarded $191 million in state support for school facility projects at 63 school districts at a hearing last week.
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March 27, 2018
Texas officials consider tying teacher raises to performance
(Texas) With a statewide strike among Oklahoma teachers looming, lawmakers in Texas signaled this week that increasing teacher pay–possibly by tying raises to performance–will be a priority during the next Legislative session.
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March 26, 2018
Lawmakers look to harden school security
(Calif.) Lawmakers are calling for expanded police presence in schools, district-wide safety plans and facility security updates in the wake of yet another school shooting and increasing threats of violence against students.
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March 26, 2018
Governors find promoting schools is good politics
(Colo.) Delaware Gov. John Carney proposed tripling the number of schools that could receive up to $350,000 in state grant money aimed at disadvantaged students.
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March 26, 2018
Bond money finally reaching school construction jobs
(Calif.) The State Allocation Board awarded $191 million in state support for school facility projects at 63 school districts at a hearing last week.
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March 22, 2018
Bill would require defibrillators at athletic events
(Calif.) Legislation aimed at improving California’s poor record in protecting student athletes from sudden cardiac arrest, or SCA, won passage Wednesday from a legislative policy committee.
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March 22, 2018
New school improvement system includes attendance
(Wash.) Education officials in Washington State released a new framework that will be used to identify schools in need of support–and one of the new indicators, attendance, will likely be an early stumbling block for schools in a region known for high rates of chronic absenteeism.
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March 21, 2018
Teacher credentialing totals in an upswing
(Calif.) The number of new teaching credentials issued in California reached a five-year high in 2016-17 with just over 16,500 issued—surpassing the 15,224 issued in 2012-13.
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March 21, 2018
District announces childcare program for faculty and staff
(Ky.) Beginning this summer, teachers in one Kentucky school district can enroll their own children in a district-run childcare program that officials say they hope will boost educator attendance and retainment.
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