commentary
20 Teacher-Approved Apps You’ve Got to Try
Mobile apps have become “must have” classroom tools, and students are naturally drawn to their interactivity […]
Month: November 2018
commentary
Universities Begin Redesigning Their Programs to Make Training of Future School Principals More Effective
One year into a four-year $49 million initiative to improve training for aspiring school principals, a new RAND Corporation report found that seven universities are beginning to change their principal preparation programs to better reflect the real-world demands of the job. […]
charter schools
Six Texas teachers named finalists for 2018 presidential awards in math and science
To achieve recognition through this program, a teacher first must apply to enter the competition or be nominated for the award. A state panel consisting of master teachers, content specialists, and administrators reviews the applications and selects the most outstanding mathematics and science teachers for the National Science Foundation to consider for national awardee status. […]
commentary
Kids in foster care need a consistent, caring adult—for the long-term
THE WEEKLY CHALLENGER — We are facing many challenges with our foster care system in Tampa Bay. Children—particularly older youth—in foster care are slipping through the cracks and not getting the support they need to move beyond their foster care experience. We are now part of the solution. […]
higher education
Bear River Region AM STEM wins 2018 Utah Excellence in Action Award
The Utah State Board of Education Career and Technical Education (CTE) section announced that the Bear River Region is the winner of the 2018 Utah Excellence in Action award. […]
Betsy DeVos
DeVos hid student loan repayment abuses for 18 months
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In February 2017, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) sued Navient Corporation and two of its subsidiaries for allegedly using shortcuts and deception to illegally cheat 12 million borrowers out of their rights to lower loan repayments. These practices, according to CFPB, led to an additional $4 billion in borrower costs. […]
Betsy DeVos
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos Names New Members to National Assessment Governing Board
Five leaders from around the country have been appointed to the National Assessment Governing Board to serve four-year terms, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced. […]
Financial Aid
How to Fill Out the FAFSA® Form When You Have More Than One Child in College
Having one child who is heading to college can be stressful, but having to help multiple children at the same time can feel like too much to manage. While we can’t save you from a forgotten application deadline or the “how to do your own laundry” lessons, hopefully, we can help make the financial aid part of the process run more smoothly with these tips: […]
charter schools
Democrats Want Government Watchdog to Sniff Around Virtual Charter Schools
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, expressed concerns about the virtual charters’ student-teacher ratios, students’ performance compared to their peers in traditional public schools, and their transparency when it comes to issues like executive pay and advertising. […]
commentary
MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: Will We Welcome the Children?
WASHINGTON INFORMER — Every third weekend of October, many thousands of people of faith come together all across America for the National Observance of Children’s Sabbaths celebrations launched by the Children’s Defense Fund to unite congregations across religious traditions to respond to the divine mandate to nurture, protect and advocate for all children. […]
Editorials
Holmes TYCAM Leadership Positions and National Science Foundation Grant
When the Two-Year College English Association of Mississippi held its annual conference on Sept. 21, Holmes Community College Goodman campus professors Jessica Brown, William C. Moorer and LaShonda Levy accepted leadership positions with the association. […]
All4ED
Federal Flash: Are States Shirking ESSA Responsibilities?
Are states shirking their responsibilities around two of the Every Student Succeeds Act’s (ESSA) most important provisions for historically underserved groups of students? A new analysis says yes. […]
Betsy DeVos
Education Department Gets Small Funding Hike
EDUCATION WEEK — The increase of $581 million for fiscal 2019 brings the Education Department budget to roughly $71.5 billion. It’s the second year in a row Trump has agreed to boost federal education spending—last March, Trump approved spending levels that increased the budget by $2.6 billion for fiscal 2018. […]
anti-racism
What You Can Do in the Face of School Segregation
Contrast that with racially and socioeconomically integrated schools, where research has found smaller achievement gaps between students of color and their white classmates compared to similar more segregated schools. […]
ESSA
NNPA Hosts Black Parents’ Town Hall Meeting to Discuss the State of Education in Houston’s African American Community
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Teachers should seek to build trust with the parents and seek to know the parents on a first name basis, so they can stay in the loop. I think that will go a long way and would open the door to discuss more personal things that may be affecting the child,” said Forward Times intern Treyvon Waddy. […]
Betsy DeVos
Betsy DeVos Shifts School Choice, Privacy Offices at Education Department
EDUCATION WEEK —The office of nonpublic education, which was previously part of the soon-to-be-defunct office of innovation and improvement, will now report directly to the office of the secretary. DeVos is a longtime advocate for vouchers, tax credit scholarships, and other forms of private school choice. […]
Books
Charleston County Public Library and government officials break ground on St. Paul’s Hollywood Library
THE CHRONICLE — The library branch, which is scheduled to open in late 2019, will be part of a larger municipal complex that will include the new Hollywood Town Hall building as well as an aquatics center operated by the Charleston County Parks and Recreation Commission. […]
commentary
What Does Personalized Learning Actually Mean? It Depends Who You Ask
EDUCATION WEEK — I asked every set of parents to tell me what about our school model resonated with them. Parents invariably responded: “Personalized learning!” I was struck by how they each described their vision of a personalized learning classroom so differently. I realized that as a school we would need to provide clarity on what personalization meant to us. […]
Featured
Scholarships for USC School of Law, Charleston School of Law Students Recognize Commitment to Careers Serving the Public Interest
THE CHRONICLE — Two South Carolina law students were awarded scholarships Thursday, November 1 by the Association of Administrative Law Judges (AALJ), the union representing 1,400 federal administrative law judges at the Social Security Administration during the AALJ’s annual meeting in Charleston. […]
American Library Association
United for Libraries to partner on ‘Summer Scares’ reading program
The Horror Writers Association (HWA) is developing a “Summer Scares” reading program that will provide libraries and schools with an annual list of recommended horror titles for adult, young adult (teen), and middle grade readers. The goal is to introduce new authors and help librarians start conversations with readers that will extend beyond the books from each list and promote reading for years to come. […]