Archive for April 2016
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April 28, 2016
Biliteracy success: Preparing teachers, families
(Calif.) A pilot program being designed to boost the linguistic and literacy skills of preschool children learning two languages at once has caught enough attention at the White House that expectations are staff will issue a policy brief on the educational benefits of bilingualism next month.
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April 28, 2016
Caught between Common Core and other state’s old standards
(Mich.) Lawmakers in Michigan are poised to cut ties with any and all nationally-developed education standards just five months after the state adopted the Common Core-aligned science standards.
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April 27, 2016
Last round for the innovative i3 grant proposals
(District of Columbia) The Obama administration opened Tuesday the seventh and final round of competitive funding authorized under one of the boldest education research programs ever undertaken by the federal government.
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April 27, 2016
Translating special ed plans to meet family language needs
(Calif.) School districts would have to translate special education plans into a family’s native language under a bill by a lawmaker who waited two years to receive her own daughter’s documentation in her native Spanish.
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April 26, 2016
California waiver requests trending downward
(Calif.) The number of school districts seeking relief from a state law requiring a summer meal program fell to a new low this spring in response to improving economic conditions and legislation that tightened restrictions.
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April 26, 2016
NJ Assembly moves school safety bills
(N.J.) A proposal that would create a state aid program for security measures at private schools is on a lengthy list of student safety bills approved by the state Assembly earlier this month.
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April 25, 2016
GOP school meal bill would rollback nutrition standards
(District of Columbia) Federal nutrition restrictions may be scaled back and fewer students could be eligible for free and reduced price meal programs under recently announced legislation.
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April 25, 2016
School construction costs may fall entirely on home builders
(Calif.) For the first time ever, home builders throughout California could be required to pony up the lion’s share of new school construction if a long-neglected state grant fund is formally declared exhausted.
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April 21, 2016
Bill to remove school reserve cap fails before Senate panel
(Calif.) A bill that would have repealed California’s statutory cap on the amount a school district would be allowed to maintain in fiscal reserves failed Wednesday to win passage out of a key Senate committee.That doesn’t mean, however, that the issue itself is dead for the session.
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April 21, 2016
Wrapping services for the early learner
(New Jersey) Lawmakers here are considering several proposals designed to transform early childhood education by increasing learning opportunities and services for tens of thousands of the state’s youngest children.
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