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    Schools, police tell students to cease ‘senior assassins’ game

    The student-led game involves high school seniors squirting or tagging other senior classmates with water guns.

    By • May 15, 2024
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    Summer programming cuts expected despite need for expansion

    Summer programs already offer less academic instruction than recommended, and the end of COVID-19 aid could impact that further.

    By • May 15, 2024
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    Teacher and Staff Challenges

    Federal policy changes are further complicating K-12 workforce challenges exacerbated by the pandemic, adding to debate over what’s needed to keep teachers and staff in the profession or bring them back.

    By K-12 Dive staff
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    How can schools measure tutoring programs’ return on investment?

    Accelerate research offers a new approach for comparing efficiency and cost-effectiveness of tutoring programs.

    By • May 14, 2024
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    Schools face diminished capacity to meet student mental health needs

    Staffing needs and a lack of funding are making it difficult for schools to provide mental health supports, according to NCES data.

    By • May 10, 2024
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    Education Department boosts FAFSA outreach efforts to close completion gap

    The agency announced a $50 million effort to provide more support to students and families in light of the botched rollout of the new form.

    By • May 6, 2024
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    After-school programs expect to scale down with pandemic aid ending

    Providers are preparing to reduce program size and services — and worry that students needing support will be unable to access it, a new survey finds.

    By • May 6, 2024
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    A Missouri registered apprenticeship program helps fill special education teaching vacancies

    Half the state’s special educators still lack proper certifications, but Missouri State’s Pathways for Paraprofessionals Program is showing signs of success.

    By • April 30, 2024
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    School facilities drive Mississippi COVID spending

    About 40% of Mississippi districts' ARP spending so far has been targeted for HVAC, maintenance, construction and other building needs, a FutureEd report says.

    By • April 26, 2024
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    How student voice informs change in a California district

    The rollout process for a district graduate profile led Santa Ana Superintendent Jerry Almendarez to implement ongoing student input sessions.

    By • April 25, 2024
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    Student challenges outside the classroom pose biggest obstacle for educators worldwide

    In the U.S., pre-K-12 teachers say managing students' behaviors and mental health needs are their largest hurdles.

    By • April 19, 2024
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    How 2 Tennessee school districts are approaching AI policies

    Administrators share how they’re preparing for a new state law that requires all Tennessee K-12 public schools to adopt an AI use policy by fall.

    By • April 10, 2024
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    Bringing staff and student voices into the school design process

    Education leaders and school architects say knowing what students and staff want in school construction and renovation is vital for planning.

    By • April 9, 2024
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    How will ESSER fiscal cliffs drive school district budget cuts?

    Tight budgets will remain into the next school year, but may ease up beginning in the 2025-26 school year, said one education finance expert.

    By • April 8, 2024
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    4-day school weeks hurt students’ reading, math achievement

    A recent peer-reviewed study found that students in non-rural districts saw a greater negative impact on their academic performance than in rural districts.

    By • April 8, 2024
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    Oklahoma Supreme Court weighs nation’s first religious public charter school

    State justices anticipated that the landmark case questioning the constitutionality of St. Isidore would make it to the U.S. Supreme Court. 

    By • April 3, 2024
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    $5.3M Energy Department grant to fund Indianapolis vocational education campus

    Ameresco and charter school operator Matchbook Learning are building a high school and career center powered by renewable energy.

    By Brian Martucci • April 3, 2024
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    How ESSER propelled improvements at school, district and state levels

    From better lunchroom behaviors to statewide literacy initiatives, leaders share the benefits of COVID-19 aid and how they are sustaining that progress.

    By • March 27, 2024
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    High-dosage tutoring brings math gains, study finds

    Chicago Public Schools and Georgia's Fulton County Schools' students showed progress after participating in consistent, school-day tutoring programs.

    By • March 27, 2024
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    Why do educators stay in the profession? For this principal, it’s a duty to do everything possible for students

    Five days after a bullet flew through Salmone Thomas-EL's office window, he spoke at ASCD’s conference about why he has no plans to leave education.

    By • March 26, 2024
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    How are high schools supporting students through FAFSA delays?

    Processing delays for transmitting FAFSA data to colleges have amplified the pressure of the application season. Here’s how schools can help.

    By • March 21, 2024
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    Here’s where to start when teaching entrepreneurship

    Tasking students with identifying and solving problems that interest them is key, says one nonprofit leader.

    By Lauren Barack • March 20, 2024
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    We want to hear about your school district’s rising leaders

    Tell us about the innovative leaders in your schools for our fourth annual spotlight on assistant principals and district administrators.

    By • March 19, 2024
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    Students to have lower lifetime earnings, graduation rates as a result of lower achievement

    Economists estimate the pandemic’s impact on academic performance could result in a $31 trillion hit to the nation’s economy over the rest of this century.

    By • March 14, 2024
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    Learning shouldn’t take a summer break, White House and Ed Dept say

    Districts are being asked to redouble efforts to provide summer learning by using remaining COVID funds and other federal monies.

    By • March 14, 2024
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    States ramp up efforts to limit student cellphone use

    Educators and lawmakers cite student mental well-being and academic concerns as reasons to restrict personal devices during school hours.

    By • March 11, 2024