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'Facts' students will learn under Louisiana voucher program
Under Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal's sweeping new school voucher program, tens of millions of Louisiana taxpayer dollars will be used to offer vouchers to more than half of the state's poor and middle-class public school students, the Huffington Post reports. These students can in turn...
By Lindsey Smith • Aug. 9, 2012 -
Peoria Ariz. Unified School District Receives A for Academics
Thursday, August 9, 2012 The Peoria Unified School District is among 25 percent of school districts in Arizona to earn an A from the state. The Arizona Department of Education last week released state-test results and A-D letter grades that rate the performance of individual schools and school...
By Lindsey Smith • Aug. 8, 2012 -
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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Bobby Jindal School Voucher System Blasted As 'Destruction Of Education' By Religious Group
Bobby Jindal School Voucher System Blasted As 'Destruction Of Education' By Religious Group Thursday, August 9, 2012 The leader of a national multi-faith religious group blasted Republican Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's school voucher program this week, charging that it was an effor...
By Lindsey Smith • Aug. 8, 2012 -
Kentucky Graduation Rates Climb Slightly
Thursday, August 9, 2012 Kentucky's public high school graduation rates are up slightly. The state Department of Education says the rate for the 2010-11 school year was 78 percent, up from 76.7 percent the previous year. The 2010-11 figures are the latest available. There were similar incr...
By Lindsey Smith • Aug. 8, 2012 -
Wis. School District Receives $895,000 for P.E.
Thursday, August 9, 2012 The U.S. Department of Education has awarded the School District of Mishicot $895,000 in PEP grant funding, according to Superintendent Colleen Timm. The district will receive the funding over the next three years with $376,953 of it coming in the first year. “I ...
By Lindsey Smith • Aug. 8, 2012 -
California School District Will Spend $1 Billion to Borrow $100 Million
Thursday, August 9, 2012 It’s being called a loan not even a subprime lender would make. A school district north of San Diego, Poway Unified, borrowed $105 million over 40 years by selling a bond so unusual that the State of Michigan outlawed it years ago. Taxpayers in the area will end ...
By Lindsey Smith • Aug. 8, 2012 -
Denton ISD Selects Hobsons' Naviance College and Career Readiness Platform to Improve Student and Family Engagement
Hobsons announced today that Denton Independent School District (ISD) in Texas has selected Naviance, the world's most widely adopted college-and career-readiness platform, to increase student and family engagement and enhance college and career planning. The district will implement the pl...
By Lindsey Smith • Aug. 8, 2012 -
Naperville School District 203 Chooses Canvas
Canvas to serve 18,000 students at 22 schools in Illinois Salt Lake City, Utah - August 7, 2012 - Naperville School District 203 has selected Canvas from Instructure as its new, modern learning platform for all its elementary, middle and high schools. Canvas provides improved collaboration bet...
By Lindsey Smith • Aug. 8, 2012 -
The case for education as big business
Carrie Lukas writes for Forbes, pushing for parents to be allowed more choices and risks.
By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 7, 2012 -
Infographic explains mobile device security on campuses
Survey results give insights into theft and encryption in educational establishments.
By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 6, 2012 -
10 common presumptions that may threaten education reform
Valerie Strauss of the Washington Post runs through ten education reform principles that educator Dov Rosenberg says are hurting the cause.
By Shehryar Nabi • Aug. 6, 2012 -
Lawsuit and bill take aim at 'illegal' K-12 fees in California
Legislators and ACLU say fees are in violation of state's constitution.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 6, 2012 -
K-12 education investment hits record levels, but district budgets suffer
K-12 investments hit $389 million in 2011, according to GSV Advisors.
By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 3, 2012 -
Most Read Education News of the Week: MOOC providers, Facebook and iPads in schools
Need to catch up on the last week's news in education? Here are Education Dive's most popular reads.
By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 3, 2012 -
McGraw-Hill Education buys math learning tech developer Key Curriculum
Key Curriculum will help McGraw-Hill expand its Common Core-related offerings.
By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 2, 2012 -
Several states receive less than promised for AP test funding
Nevada among states receiving less than promised to recoup exam costs.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 2, 2012 -
California school uses iPads for PE classes
The Chula Vista school bought 40 iPads to use a PE app called SPARK.
By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 1, 2012 -
Florida's education commissioner resigns unexpectedly
Distance from family cited as reason for resignation.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 1, 2012 -
Would Master Teachers Take on More Students Spread Over Several Classes for Higher Pay?
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 The education policy group Public Impact is suggesting a series of new approaches that leaders say are aimed at putting the best teachers in front of more students to increase their reach, and paying those talented folks more without dramatically increasing school bud...
By Lindsey Smith • July 31, 2012 -
N.H. Ed Report Shows High School Students Continuing
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 The New Hampshire Department of Education says there's been a 6 percent increase in the past decade of students choosing to continue their studies immediately following graduation from high school. The state released the information as part of its Status of Higher...
By Lindsey Smith • July 31, 2012 -
'Unacceptable' Louisiana schools list grows 33%
Higher state testing standards have given way to a higher number of schools that are not meeting requirements.
By Brian Warmoth • July 31, 2012 -
Why You Should Care About Keeping the Data Center Cool
Closer monitoring of various hardware components will have an incremental benefit when it comes to data center energy efficiency, but the biggest opportunities - and challenges - come with keeping the environment cool. "Cooling is by far the biggest user of electrical power in the data ce...
By Lindsey Smith • July 31, 2012 -
North Carolina school moving to Google Chromebooks for its one-to-one program
Educators at Millennium Charter Academy in North Carolina are seeing to it that their students will, so to speak, have their heads in the "cloud" this school year. The cloud refers to where students will store their work from new Google Chromebook model laptops that will be rolled ou...
By Lindsey Smith • July 30, 2012 -
Biden criticizes Romney on education in AFT speech
The VP accuses Obama's Republican opponent of not valuing education in front of 2,500 delegates.
By Brian Warmoth • July 30, 2012 -
Most Read Education News of the Week: Ed hashtags, online learning and sustainability
Catch up with Education Dive's most popular reads and up-to-the-minute discussions on Twitter in this week's rundown.
By Brian Warmoth • July 27, 2012
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