Archive for July 2015 - Page 2
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July 22, 2015
Teen pregnancies hit all-time low
(Md.) Unintended teen pregnancy – which has sentenced generations to a lifetime of limited economic and educational opportunities – reached its lowest point in 2013 since records have been kept.
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July 22, 2015
Hopes dim for rewrite of school transit funding formula
(Calif.) Not surprisingly, cost factors have likely contributed to the delay of a legislative proposal aimed at raising the state’s share of school transportation funding to at least half of what districts pay each year.
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July 21, 2015
Aligning middle school instruction with teacher prep
(District of Columbia) Less than 70 percent of middle school students have teachers with an undergraduate degree or a state-issued certification in the same core discipline in which they teach, according to a new federal study released this week.
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July 21, 2015
Enrollment drop hits teaching internship programs too
(Calif.) Although still an important source of second career teachers, alternative pathway programs are also facing long-term declines in participants similar to those that challenge traditional preparation schools.
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July 20, 2015
Senate ESEA rewrite fits Brown’s ed agenda
(Calif.) The surprisingly bipartisan rewrite of the nation’s primary education law that emerged from the U.S. Senate last week would remove a lot of uncertainty surrounding key policy work undertaken by Gov. Jerry Brown and his appointees on the state board of education.
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July 20, 2015
Saving the last links to Native American culture
(Calif.) Recognizing and preserving a record of California’s indigenous culture is at the heart of a new law that creates a specialized teaching credential for American Indian culture.
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July 16, 2015
Crime stats show troubling trend at nation’s schools
(District of Columbia) A general decline in serious crime on K-12 school campuses nationwide appears to be reversing, perhaps reflecting an upswing in violence in some of the nation’s largest cities.
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July 15, 2015
Backdrop slap on Common Core’s test of ‘feelings’
(La.) In another move to limit the federal government’s reach into its classrooms, lawmakers have approved legislation that prohibits education officials from adopting any academic content standards or tests that assess a child’s non-cognitive skills.
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July 14, 2015
Flexibility helps charter better serve English learners
(Calif.) Authorized to make curriculum changes when needed, charter schools across California are modestly outperforming traditional schools in addressing the needs of English language learners over the past six years, according to a new study released this month.
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July 13, 2015
An alternative path to immunization compliance
(Ore.) In the wake of California’s passage of a controversial law strengthening vaccine requirements, the Oregon Legislature is moving its own, less restrictive bill that some say can still achieve the same end.
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