Archive for March 2018 - Page 2
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March 20, 2018
Women’s history neglected in state standards and textbooks
(Va.) When students learn about women’s contributions to U.S. history, domestic roles are often over emphasized and only a minority of individuals are addressed, and according to new research, the issue begins at the state-level.
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March 19, 2018
Encouraging pre-K attendance among immigrant families
(District of Columbia) One of the less visible fallouts from the aggressive anti-immigrant policies of the Trump administration is the impact on early learners whose parents are in the country illegally, a new study suggests.
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March 19, 2018
Assembly coalition builds around CTE funding plan
(Calif.) In a counter to Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposal to shift some funding of the career technical training to community colleges, legislation pending in the Assembly would reinstate the existing matching fund program indefinitely.
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March 15, 2018
SBE still defiant, but looking to compromise with Trump
(Calif.) Still facing a potentially costly showdown with federal officials, the California State Board of Education expressed some optimism Wednesday that a compromise could be worked out over the state plan for complying with the Every Child Succeeds Act.
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March 15, 2018
Community colleges best route for teachers of early learners
(Mass.) Community colleges have begun taking on a larger role in preparing early educators, and because their programs tend to be more flexible, this can open doors for candidates who otherwise may not have pursued such a career, according to a recent report from Bellwether Education Partners.
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March 14, 2018
Spending demands from early learner advocates
(Calif.) Advocates for early learners have inundated the Legislature over the past two weeks, lobbying lawmakers to enhance services for infants and toddlers—especially those living in low-income neighborhoods.
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March 14, 2018
Lawmakers to tackle misuse of charter school funding
(Ohio) Charter schools that inflate enrollment figures will have to return the funds to the districts the students were pulled from under an Ohio House Republican bill that moved to the state Senate Monday.
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March 13, 2018
Schools must not exclude SWDs from workplace training
(District of Columbia) Throughout the U.S. schools are failing to prepare students with disabilities to enter the workforce after high school, often by funneling them into work readiness programs that emphasize manual labor or menial tasks, research shows.
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March 13, 2018
February revenues slump modestly
(Calif.) February tax collections fell slightly under estimates, but a good part of the shortfall was the result of the state having to issue more tax returns than expected.
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March 12, 2018
Oregon districts set to receive big state grant money
(Ore.) Districts looking to get a share of some $170 million in new state support face a deadline at the end of this month to submit plans for addressing the needs of at-risk high school students.
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