Archive for June 2016 - Page 2
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June 14, 2016
Students still not quite ready for college or careers
(Iowa) Even as teachers become more comfortable teaching to readiness standards that are increasingly aligned with higher education, high school graduates may actually be less prepared, according to a new report.
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June 13, 2016
Political critics of Obama target new school meal rules
(District of Columbia) Plans to more aggressively sanction states for errors and omissions in following federal school meal program requirements are getting stiff pushback from parents, elected officials, community groups and critics of the Obama administration.
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June 09, 2016
Workplace options for more kids proposed in bill
(Calif.) After pouring more than $1 billion into career education initiatives, California lawmakers are now moving to open workplace programs to more students and also to lengthen the amount of time kids can participate.
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June 08, 2016
New data shows 6.5 million U.S. students chronically absent
(District of Columbia) In a first of its kind survey, the U.S. Department of Education reported Tuesday that more than 6.5 million of the nation’s K-12 students are chronically absent from class – about 13 percent of combined enrollments.
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June 07, 2016
Students get career training, earn money for schools
(Colo.) Students who demonstrate career readiness by earning an industry certification or completing a workplace training program or an advanced placement computer science course could earn their schools up to $1000 each as part of a new statewide program.
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June 07, 2016
Teacher housing, after-school funding bills ignored
(Calif.) Bills that would’ve increased funding for after-school programs and provided financial assistance to create affordable housing for teachers are among those left to die this legislative session.
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June 06, 2016
Spate of bomb scares requires attention to student emotions
(N.H.) After receiving a bomb threat, even an unsubstantiated one, schools should address students’ heightened anxiety before resuming regular instruction, experts say. Many, however, opt to go about business as usual in the days or even hours following an evacuation or lockdown.
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June 06, 2016
Contaminated drinking water threatens California schools
A report released last month that identified more than 1,000 California schools impacted by unsafe drinking water provides evidence, lawmakers say, that the state must intervene and provide resources to help make sure students have access to clean, safe drinking water.
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June 02, 2016
CDE: LCFF must be used to ‘increase or improve’ services
(Calif.) In what may prove a sweeping ruling on the use of new state funds aimed at disadvantaged students, Los Angeles Unified has been ordered to revise its baseline calculation made two years ago that improperly accounted for some $450 million in special education spending.
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June 02, 2016
Schools ponder transgender order as lawsuit progresses
(Miss.) Add the Mississippi State Board of Education to the growing list of school entities vowing to disregard the policy directive from the Obama administration over transgender students and campus facilities.
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