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January 26, 2016
Economic gains brings improvement in poverty rates
(Calif.) Approximately 44,000 school aged children in California will no longer be living in households considered low-income, according to the latest U.S. Census data, reflecting a positive shift since the recession ended nearly six years ago.
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January 25, 2016
Waiver states could learn from CA’s CORE on ESSA
(Calif.) As most of the nation’s schools ponder the new goals set by the Every Child Succeeds Act, a group of districts in California might actually be putting the final touches on a major element of the transition.
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January 25, 2016
Congress puts new spotlight on English learner performance
(District of Columbia) Advocates for one of the fastest growing subgroups say one pivotal change called for in the Every Student Succeeds Act has gone largely unnoticed.
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January 21, 2016
Federal flexibility means cash for school intervention
(Calif.) Buried deep inside the new federal Every Child Succeeds Act is language giving states an immense new resource for providing assistance and intervention to struggling schools. For California, it could be as much as $150 million.
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January 21, 2016
Study finds flaws in teacher performance observations
(Penn.) As the components of teacher evaluations remain under debate among policy makers, a new study suggests the results of classroom observation may hinge more on the students’ capabilities than the teacher’s.
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January 20, 2016
New laws require update of school sex ed programs
(Calif.) If the data are accurate, many California districts have some work to do in order to comply with two new laws that significantly alter the content and delivery of sex education to middle- and high school students.
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January 19, 2016
States may inherit role of protector of student data
(Wyo.) Lawmakers in Wyoming are set to become the first to adopt a new student data protection law since Congress decided in December not to rewrite the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act as part of its sweeping overhaul of the nation’s primary education law.
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January 19, 2016
A pathway to making career tech work
(Calif.) Ninety percent of students completing Capistrano Unified School District’s dental assistant career education program are hired for jobs right out of high school.
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January 19, 2016
Aloha embrace of NGSS and its climate change message
(Hawaii) In Hawaii – the nation’s least energy independent state – schools have not only embraced new national science standards and the idea that man is impacting the climate but they are also using the move to cleaner energy as a teachable moment for students.
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January 14, 2016
Search for special ed teachers goes national
(Calif.) Recruitment efforts for special education positions – often the hardest jobs for schools to fill – have been forced to focus on out-of-state candidates as the shortage of teachers across California continues to loom.
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