Archive for September 2016
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September 29, 2016
Financial literacy becomes part of the curriculum standards
(Wash.) Under newly adopted standards aimed at creating a more financially literate population, students in Washington will soon learn how to calculate taxes and interest, and control credit and debt, among other positive spending and saving habits.
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September 29, 2016
Bills signed targeting bullying, teen suicide
(Calif.) With mental health issues a growing concern for education policy makers, Gov. Jerry Brown signed bills this week aimed at reducing bullying based on religion, restricting confinement of juvenile offenders and promoting model suicide prevention programs.
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September 28, 2016
Governor signs bill promoting CPR training
(Calif.) From life-saving techniques to the contributions of Chinese immigrants in building the railroad, K-12 curriculum in California schools is set for a new wave of updates and additions under legislation signed over the past week by the governor.
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September 28, 2016
Simple test aims to provide early emotional support
(Mo.) A single readiness test can be used to identify kindergarteners at risk of falling behind early because the need for additional social, emotional or behavioral support, according to research from the University of Missouri.
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September 27, 2016
New law restricts investment of voter-approved bond money
(Calif.) School districts and community colleges will be prohibited from investing bond proceeds outside of their county’s financial pool under legislation signed in the last week by Gov. Jerry Brown.
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September 27, 2016
Michigan draws a line on 3rd grade reading
(Mich.) In order to improve literacy rates statewide, students will be held back if they are not at or near reading proficiency by the end of third grade under a bill passed by the Michigan legislature last week.
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September 26, 2016
Districts lag in policies for teen moms to breast feed
(Calif.) Nearly a year after Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill requiring schools to provide students private, well-equipped areas to nurse an infant or pump and store breast milk, 78 percent of districts in Los Angeles County still fail to do so.
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September 26, 2016
Kansas high court takes up school adequacy
(Kan.) As the state supreme court continues to hear arguments in a landmark school funding adequacy suit, falling revenues over the first two months of the fiscal year have deepened the state’s budget crisis.
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September 22, 2016
Learning gap persists for deaf students despite big spending
(Calif.) Students who are deaf or hard of hearing are academically far behind their peers who are not disabled as well as other students with disabilities, according to California’s nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office.
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September 22, 2016
Congress readies reauthorization of CTE bill
(District of Columbia) As educators in much of the nation struggle with the fundamental objectives for serving the millions of students that will never attend college, Congressional leaders are close to a compromise for reauthorizing the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act.
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