Archive for August 2018 - Page 2
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August 22, 2018
Student IDs to include suicide hotline number
(Calif.) Gov. Jerry Brown is expected to sign legislation that would require public schools to print the National Suicide Hotline telephone number on all student identification cards for grades seven through 12.
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August 22, 2018
Multi-tasking with tech in class distracting for students
(N.J.) As more districts allow students to use tablets, laptops and smartphones to take notes, supplement their lessons and modernize curriculum, new research suggests such multitasking reduces the ability to retain information in the long run.
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August 21, 2018
Schools limit kids’ exposure to smoke from CA wildfires
(Calif.) Northern California schools forced to delay the start of the year due to wildfires are opening their doors this week, but experts warn that even though the flames have mostly settled, there remains a toxic mix of substances in the air that can still be harmful.
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August 21, 2018
A funding scandal that probably wasn’t
(Wyo.) Administrators at Natrona County Schools looked up last week to find themselves the subject of an investigative piece posted online by a national magazine with a troubling headline about credit cards and $10 million in spending.
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August 20, 2018
Newsom’s education plan bigger on ideas than details
(Calif.) There is little in the education platform of the Democratic nominee for governor to suggest any major changes from the Brown administration if he were elected—except, perhaps, several billion dollars in new spending.
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August 20, 2018
Jersey schools must provide daily recess for K-5 students
(N.J.) Students in kindergarten through fifth grade are guaranteed at least twenty minutes of recess three times a week under a new law signed by New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy–ending a decade-long effort to ensure children get more play time during the school day.
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August 16, 2018
New diploma seals to highlight career-ready students
(Ga.) Students who have demonstrated career readiness through the development of soft skills or industry training will receive a special workforce-ready seal on their high school diploma, according to Georgia Department of Education officials.
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August 16, 2018
CA joins international move to new braille system
(Calif.) Unified English Braille, internationally recognized as the standard literacy medium for the blind since 2012, has also formally been recognized in California schools under legislation newly signed by the governor.
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August 15, 2018
Split roll tax measure relaunched to 2020 ballot
(Calif.) After deciding against putting a measure before voters this November to revise Proposition 13, supporters of a bid to create a “split roll” property tax held kick off events Tuesday aimed at the ballot in 2020.
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August 15, 2018
New discipline policies aim to keep students in school
(Wash.) Districts in Washington State will begin the school year under new disciplinary policies that limit the use of suspensions and expulsions following a recent statewide push to rewrite discipline rules for the first time since the 1970s.
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