Archive for May 2016 - Page 4
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May 04, 2016
‘Breakfast-after-the-bell’ plan set aside for review
(Calif.) A key legislative panel sidelined Tuesday a proposal that would require a large number of school districts to offer some type of “breakfast after the bell” program so the state can help feed scores of students missing their first meal of the day.
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May 03, 2016
Ensuring new hires don’t have a troubled past
(Conn.) A bill designed to ferret out teachers who have a history of sexual misconduct or abuse involving children will now be taken up by the state Senate after the House of Representatives this week overwhelmingly approved the measure.
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May 03, 2016
Still too many early learners going without quality pre-K
(Calif.) Despite the gains made since lawmakers imposed transitional kindergarten requirements on local educational agencies in 2010, there are an estimated 33,000 eligible 4-year-olds from low-income families that do not attend any publicly-funded readiness program.
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May 02, 2016
Making parent engagement a priority
(Calif.) A group of about 50 Fresno parents set tonight to become the first graduates of a digital literacy pilot program also represent the expanding effort of the California PTA to involve far more adults in the education of their children.
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May 02, 2016
Making intervention the first step in addressing absenteeism
(Ohio) In schools across the U.S. on a daily basis, students who miss class are routinely marked absent without anyone in authority inquiring why.
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