Archive for June 2016
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June 30, 2016
Schools prompted to fix web access for disabled
(District of Columbia) The U.S. Department of Education announced on Wednesday the settlement of various claims made against 11 education organizations for failing to provide adequate access to people with disabilities to their websites.
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June 29, 2016
Budget adds $200 million for college readiness
(Calif.) Although the 2016-17 budget signed by Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday doesn’t contain any surprises for schools, it does include $200 million in new funding for college readiness that perhaps hasn’t received a lot of attention.
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June 28, 2016
Teacher prep programs largely overlook needs of preschoolers
(District of Columbia) Each year, thousands of preschool students get suspended for throwing temper tantrums or disrupting class, but few teachers charged with early learners are actually trained to handle misbehavior, according to new research.
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June 27, 2016
Building job-based learning bridges with schools
(Calif.) After making significant progress in establishing worked-based and linked learning programs, California schools have struggled to find enough employers willing to provide all the job-shadowing and apprenticeship experiences the student demand calls for.
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June 23, 2016
Schools to prepare for the worst as cyberattacks increase
(S.C.) Panic set in after a third school called its district office to report that staff couldn’t access email, online digital content, assessment tools or network and cloud-based storage. The decision was made to shut down the district’s 600 servers in an attempt to stop the spread of malware spreading through 52 schools, but it was too late.
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June 22, 2016
Appeals court: Parents’ rights trumps agency authority
(Calif.) In a ruling with implications for how disputes over special education services are resolved, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals confirmed a parent’s right to a due process hearing regardless of potentially conflicting state laws.
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June 21, 2016
Congressional leaders call for more oversight of early learning grants
(District of Columbia) As the Obama administration continues to clash with congressional Republicans over the interpretation of the Every Student Succeeds Act, a pair of key Democrats want federal agencies to take an assertive role in overseeing early education goals.
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June 20, 2016
Slots for after-school program go first to low-income students
(Calif.) Priority will be given to low-income children looking to enroll in state-funded after-school programs under legislation that passed the Senate Education Committee last week.
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June 16, 2016
Benefits of virtual schools outweighed by poor performance
(Colo.) Students enrolled in virtual or blended learning schools are graduating on time at half the rate of traditional schools, even as online learning continues to grow rapidly in popularity, according to recent research.
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June 15, 2016
State budget makes a run at new teacher recruitment
(Calif.) The 2016-17 state budget, expected to be approved today, would provide $20 million to support new charter school startups, $24 million to help train district personnel on meeting new school performance requirements and $35 million to improve recruitment of new teachers.
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