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From engagement to empowerment – redesigning learning spaces
Learn how Byram Hills Central School District is transforming the learning experience in its schools by redesigned learning spaces.
Feb. 28, 2017 -
Leadership Conference pressures DeVos on OCR pick
The more than 60 civil rights groups that make up the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights signed a letter to the secretary of education this week.
By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 28, 2017 -
Trendline
Curriculum
Educators are exploring a variety of strategies to improve students’ learning experiences while continuing to navigate ongoing political disputes.
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Diversity goals plague New Orleans schools fighting segregation
Bricolage Academy, a New Orleans charter that has become increasingly white since it opened a few years ago, plans to start weighting its lottery system to retain diversity.
By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 27, 2017 -
Standing desks, other design elements can significantly improve outcomes
A handful of recent studies have identified benefits for student insulin levels, engagement and neurocognitive function after using standing desks or generally sitting less in class.
By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 27, 2017 -
Teens want to impress each other, and teachers can use that to their advantage
Teenagers may not be motivated by the threat of a low grade, but former teacher Christina Gil says they can often be coerced into caring if their peers become their audience.
By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 27, 2017 -
Arkansas superintendent has overseen massive population growth, change
When Springdale Superintendent Jim Rollins took over in 1980, his district had 5,000 mostly white students and now it has 21,500 students — many from Central America or the Marshall Islands.
By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 27, 2017 -
Washington district to consolidate growing population with Kindergarten center
The Mukilteo School District, north of Seattle, is responding to a state requirement to offer full-day kindergarten and growing enrollment by opening a new center that will serve 550 kindergartners.
By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 27, 2017 -
AmeriCorps, discipline and diversity: The week's most-read education news
Stay ahead of the class with the latest on a Colorado district's efforts to provide affordable housing to teachers and more here.
By Roger Riddell • Feb. 24, 2017 -
Deep Dive
Pilot networks help Chicago school identify promising ed tech tools
Wendell Smith Elementary is participating in a pilot network through LEAP Innovations and Chicago Public Schools in search of tools to create exciting learning experiences.
By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 24, 2017 -
If GOP eliminates AmeriCorps, 11K schools will lose support
Though the program costs just .03% of the federal budget and operates with much more than that in private donations, it has routinely fallen in conservatives' crosshairs.
By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 24, 2017 -
NY nonprofit head cautions against rush to voucher expansion
Lynette Guastaferro, executive director of Teaching Matters Inc., says a rushed and haphazard voucher program could have ruinous consequences.
By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 24, 2017 -
Paperless science and social studies classroom aims to get students real-world ready
Anthony Johnson operates his fifth- and sixth-grade classroom as a small city and immerses students in project-based learning to get them acting like adults.
By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 24, 2017 -
Is it time to bring project-based learning to PD?
Schools have quickly jumped onto the PBL bandwagon to engage and empower learners, and the Shanghai American School has started using the strategy with teachers.
By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 24, 2017 -
Rhode Island white paper outlines plans to scale personalized learning statewide
The Statewide Personalized Learning Initiative’s paper offers a common definition for personalized learning and maps out broad goals and objectives, with action items for individual districts.
By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 24, 2017 -
California ed officials explore ways to measure, use school climate data
The state's next stage of accountability goes beyond test scores and grad rates, asking districts to take responsibility for continually improving school climate measures.
By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 23, 2017 -
Digital courseware market is maturing, but schools must stay focused
The Learning Counsel’s Digital Curriculum Strategy Survey found 86% of K-12 schools expect to spend more on digital curriculum this year, and spending is shifting to the district level.
By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 23, 2017 -
Study: Virtual schools tend to attract and harm lowest-performing students
A RAND Corporation and New York University study published last week found that students with low test scores who enroll in virtual schools tend to do even worse.
By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 23, 2017 -
Feds rescind transgender bathroom guidance despite pushback from DeVos
While the Obama-era guidance requiring schools to let transgender students use the bathroom of their choice is no longer in place, Betsy DeVos has come out as a protector of LGBT students.
By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 23, 2017 -
States begin fleshing out ESSA plans in advance of Ed Dept deadline
The Coalition of Chief State School Officers says at least 39 states have hosted community meetings or town halls to get public feedback.
By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 23, 2017 -
Report: Districts should better leverage non-residential properties for school funding
EdBuild research finds districts often don’t leverage the non-residential property tax base, made up of businesses, factories and farms.
By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 22, 2017 -
The Tennessee grad rate scandal that wasn't — because of bad data
An announcement earlier this month that one-third of the state’s 2015 graduates received diplomas without actually meeting requirements isn't true after all.
By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 22, 2017 -
Internet of Things helped Connecticut district cut electricity bill by 84%
The Cheshire Public Schools converted lights in six buildings to LED bulbs and connected them to sensors and cloud-based servers that control brightness and turn lights off automatically.
By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 22, 2017 -
DC turns old school into state-of-the-art building for severely disabled students
The River Terrace Education Campus replaced two run-down buildings in the DC Public Schools, and it serves 135 students with severe physical or intellectual disabilities.
By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 22, 2017 -
Districts push students into 'alternative' charters to boost grad rates
A ProPublica investigation finds many states allow high schools to send students to alternative programs if they have low test scores or attendance rates, or are at high risk of dropping out.
By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 22, 2017 -
Deep Dive
Suspensions plummet in NYC school that incentivizes good behavior
At Robert Van Wyck Middle School, in Queens, teachers track good citizenship and displays of empathy along with traditional bad behaviors like tardiness.
By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 21, 2017
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