K-12: Page 208
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Solution for Utah’s extreme teacher shortage has other states wary
The Utah State Board of Education unanimously approved a measure that allows schools to hire teachers with no prior training or experience to fill empty spots.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 16, 2016 -
Football stadiums a boon for some high schools
A handful of school districts nationwide have pro-style stadiums that seat more than 10,000 fans and generate advertising revenue, community pride and serve as a communal resource.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 16, 2016 -
Trendline
Learning Loss
Our latest K-12 Dive Trendline takes a closer look at how educators are addressing learning loss, as well as achievement trends and developments.
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Is writing instruction too dependent on ‘paint-by-numbers’ approach?
Washington Post columnist Jay Mathews expresses dismay at an Education Trust review of middle school assignments, but sees reason to hope for better writing instruction in certain schools.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 16, 2016 -
Ohio auditor suggests performance-based funding for virtual schools
The state’s largest online charter school, ECOT, currently is paid based on enrollment like other charters, but Auditor Dave Yost wants to change that.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 16, 2016 -
Flipped classrooms can reshape student learning metrics
Flipped classrooms can set the stage for personalized learning, assessments based on competency mastery and a shift toward standards-based grading.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 16, 2016 -
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Five fun ways to introduce electronics into your classroom
Teaching abstract electronics concepts to students can be challenging, but it doesn’t have to be.
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Schools try range of strategies to achieve equity
Districts nationwide are turning to community organizations to support the nonacademic needs of students, offering school choice, incorporating blended learning and addressing bias.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 15, 2016 -
Opt-out activists also oppose test-based evals, privatization
A study out of Teachers College at Columbia University examines the demographics of the opt-out movement and the motivations of its activism.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 15, 2016 -
Study highlights limitations of Ohio’s virtual school
Research from NYU professor June Ahn, published by the Fordham Institute, argues Ohio’s statewide virtual school cannot serve as an alternative to traditional schooling.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 15, 2016 -
Texas high school finances STEM wing via Office Depot partnership
The office supply store chain helped design and fund the 28,000-square-foot addition with 12 classrooms, two engineering labs, five computer labs and an incubator space.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 15, 2016 -
Alabama appoints non-educator state superintendent
Michael Sentance started his career as a lawyer and went on to work in various state government positions in Massachusetts before joining the Alabama Department of Education.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 15, 2016 -
Deep Dive
Principals should be literacy leaders in their schools
Strong leadership improves teacher quality and supports a continued focus on literacy as the gateway to every other academic subject.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 12, 2016 -
Poverty, MOOCs and resignations: The week’s most-read education news
Stay ahead of the class with the latest on how MOOCs are being used as tools for equity in underserved high schools and more right here!
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 12, 2016 -
Arts educators look to tests for sense of legitimacy in schools
The nation’s schools have focused on reading and math to the exclusion of other subjects as standardized tests have dominated accountability, but what about art?
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 12, 2016 -
Blended learning contributed to culture shift in DC schools
Public schools in the nation’s capital are four years into an initiative that has changed the way educators teach and even think about organizing their classrooms.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 12, 2016 -
Safety precautions a must when students take devices home
Google’s built-in protections, combined with teacher-administered browser limits and additional software, can keep students and devices safe after school.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 12, 2016 -
Students with extended school years are already back to class
Boston-area charter schools with 192-day school years have reopened weeks ahead of their neighbors in hopes of using the extra time to better prepare students for college and life.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 12, 2016 -
Melinda Gates wants foundation to be ‘neutral broker’ in ed reform
The Gates Foundation has been a loud voice in education policy throughout the Obama administration,
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 12, 2016 -
Deep Dive
Education has part to play in police-community relations
Beginning with the 2017-2018 school year, teachers in Illinois will be required to set aside instruction time to teach students the do’s and don’ts of interacting with police, but is that enough?
By Autumn A. Arnett • Aug. 11, 2016 -
Deep Dive
World Ocean School takes experiential learning to sea
Aboard the 137-foot schooner Roseway, students learn about environmental education, math concepts, science, poetry and, perhaps above all, teamwork.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 11, 2016 -
Denmark schools train students in empathy as early as preschool
National programs help kids recognize emotions, talk about them and develop empathy for others, including those with different strengths and weaknesses.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 11, 2016 -
Facebook-backed LMS gives students more lesson plan power
The Summit Personalized Learning Platform, created by charter network Summit Public Schools with Facebook funding, shows students a year’s worth of lessons and lets them choose.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 11, 2016 -
Los Angeles credit recovery boosts grad rate to record high
LAUSD posted a 75% graduation rate last year, in part because of credit recovery options some question as being too easy for students.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 11, 2016 -
Schools may look to ISPs for help closing digital divide
Some internet service providers have taken steps to offer students without access to internet at home low-cost services, devices and training that help entire families.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 11, 2016 -
Ed Dept faces more accusations of overreach in ESSA regulations
The department was bombarded with comments over its proposed rules for the new law, accusing it of being too prescriptive.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 11, 2016
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