Measuring Early Reading: Why Anchor Standards and Foundational Skills are Both Important
Maybe it’s because my son has now reached my own height (which is insane). I find myself staring now and then at the doorway out of my kitchen, where all these little height marks on the doorjamb are labeled with a name and a date.
read more#RethinkSchool: Choice Matters for Military-Connected Students
“There are so many active-duty military families today who are making decisions about how they advance within the military, or where they are going to live… based on educational opportunities for their children,” Secretary DeVos recently said in a conversation with Kay Coles James, president of the Heritage Foundation.
read moreFrom ‘Rotten Apples’ to Martyrs: America Has Changed Its Tune on Teachers
EDUCATION WEEK — Before, “there seemed to be a lot of teacher blaming going on,” said David Labaree, a professor emeritus at the Stanford Graduate School of Education. “You now see a surprising degree of growing sympathy for teachers.”
read moreNew Teachers in Your Building? Invite them to CEA’s New Teacher Conference, Oct. 20
The first years in a classroom are some of the most exciting and memorable in a teacher’s career—as well as the most challenging.
read moreCharleston Accelerated Academy Opens To Assist Students Through Non-traditional Approaches To High School Graduation
THE CHRONICLE — The much anticipated opening of Charleston Accelerated Academy became a reality September 4 as approximately 120 students embarked on a course toward a diploma and high school graduation. Charleston Accelerated Academy is a unique S.C. Public Charter School helping young adults overcome real-life challenges to earn their district or state-issued high school diploma.
read moreCEA Report Card Measures Legislative Candidates’ Support for Public Education
The Connecticut Education Association today released its first-ever Legislator Report Card that evaluates legislative candidates’ overall support for issues important to students, teachers, and public education.
read moreThe Search for Solutions to School-to-Prison Pipeline
THE AFRO — Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL 24th District) has a mission – pull young Black boys out of the school-to-prison pipeline. She hopes her 5,000 Role Models of Excellence Project is the ticket to providing diplomas and degrees instead of prison sentences.
read moreOne-third of community college students ‘misdirected’ to remedial classes
MINNESOTA SPOKESMAN-RECORDER — According to new research, one-third of community college students enrolled in remedial coursework don’t even need them.
read moreReading motivation examined in new School Library Research article
AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION — New research published in the American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL) peer-reviewed online journal, School Library Research (SLR), reports the findings of two case studies focused on student reading motivation.
read moreWhen Artificial Intelligence (AI) sets foot in schools, what questions should educators ask?
Aristotle, powered by artificial intelligence, can collect large-scale data about a child’s behavior by tracking and surveillance and then through computation, interact with the child.
read moreMTSU’s President McPhee Embraces New Academic Year
TENNESSEE TRIBUNE — MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee kicked off the new academic year Thursday, Aug. 23, by applauding the university’s faculty and staff for continued progress in student retention and graduation while emphasizing the need to develop new strategies in an ever-evolving higher education landscape.
read moreRecruiting Teachers of the Visually Impaired
To address the shortage of VI teachers and the needs of a growing number of students with visual impairments, think about the opportunity to “Grow Your Own VI Teacher” . The Texas Tech University on-line program is a great opportunity for teachers to get certification as a teacher of the visually impaired.
read moreCOMMENTARY: Emmett Till, Violence, Voting Rights and Education Policy
NNPA NEWSWIRE — ESSA represents an opportunity to establish a more equitable playing field but the Trump administration’s 2019 federal budget proposes cutting $3 billion from the Education Department while investing over a billion dollars in school choice programs. More than 90 percent of students in the United States attend public schools, and, as of 2014, attendance in America’s public schools is majority-minority.
read moreEducation Spotlight: Troy Simon
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “There was a gap where I could go to school and then go home and not hear anything about school. Maybe I was supposed to be the middle man to bridge the gap between my teachers, my parents, and my community but I didn’t—or I didn’t understand how to.”
read moreBetsy DeVos Slammed for Wanting to Use ESSA Funds to Purchase Guns in School
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “On behalf of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights… we write to share our significant concern regarding the Department’s reported contemplation of the use of Student Support and Academic Enrichment grants provided to states under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) for purchasing firearms and firearms training for school staff…”
read moreSchool District Moves Forward With Aggressive Equity Agenda Despite $17M in Budget Cuts
TENNESSEE TRIBUNE — Many school districts across the nation are feeling the squeeze that smaller budgets and higher expectations for achievement are placing on their already challenged learning environments.
read moreFormer HISD superintendent blasts district
DEFENDER NEWS NETWORK — “You would think if you want to integrate schools and really provide a robust push for the entire system, you would place some really sexy magnet schools in those African-American neighborhoods. No! They were all concentrated in white, upper-middle-class neighborhoods, so that if you’re an African-American student, you have to leave your neighborhood to go to those programs…” — Former Houston ISD superintendent Richard Carranza
read moreMassachusetts Initiative Prioritizes Hiring Teachers of Color
NEA TODAY — “Rarely were those opportunities given to educators of color, but what they would get was the unspoken bias that only educators of color can deal with difficult children, and as a result don’t get to show their academic skillset and abilities in classrooms.”
read moreGAO: Action Needed to Improve Participation in HBCU Capital Financing Program
GAO REPORT — “HBCUs responding to GAO’s survey reported that 46 percent of their building space, on average, needs repair or replacement. Based on a review of master plans—which assess the condition of HBCU facilities—and visits to nine HBCUs, GAO identified significant capital project needs in the areas of deferred maintenance, facilities modernization, and preservation of historic buildings.”
read moreNew eCourse bundle: Working with Children of All Ages
Chicago—ALA Publishing eLearning Solutions announces a new eCourse bundle, Working with Children of All Ages. R. Lynn Baker and Brooke Newberry will serve as the instructors for three, 4-week eCourses starting on Monday, September 10, 2018.
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