Pennsylvania moves to expand education funding statewide
k-12 education – Yahoo Search Results Read More Looking to tackle inequitable education funding across the state, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has… (Feed generated with FetchRSS)
Should Parents Ever Be Held Responsible for the Harmful Actions of Their Children?
NYT > The Learning Network Read More A jury convicted a mother for a mass shooting carried out by her child. Is this an important precedent or a dangerous one?
Doing Educational Equity Right: School Discipline
Education Next Read More This is the third in a series on doing educational equity right. See the introductory post and part two on school finance . If school funding is the issue around which it’s easiest to find common ground across left and right, school discipline might be the hardest. That shouldn’t be surprising,…
Why $2B in New School Funding Is Leaving Minnesota Districts Scrambling for Cash
The 74 Read More When the Democratic “trifecta” in control of Minnesota’s House, Senate and governor’s office announced last spring’s K-12 education finance bill, there weren’t enough superlatives in the thesaurus to fuel the sound bites. The more than $2.2 billion in “new” spending on public schools was “historic.” The number of initiatives funded…
Why John Dewey’s vision for education and democracy still resonates today
Education – The Conversation Read More John Dewey was a proponent of active learning. FatCamera via Getty Images John Dewey was one of the most important educational philosophers of the 20th century. His work has been cited in scholarly publications over 400,000 times. Dewey’s writings continue to influence discussions on a variety of subjects, including…
‘Schoolyard bully’: Utah school board member Cline slammed for post about student athlete
k-12 education – Yahoo Search Results Read More Utah State Board of Education member Natalie Cline is once again facing public scrutiny for her… (Feed generated with FetchRSS)
San Diego school math scores rebounding after pandemic
District Administration Read More Elementary and middle-school students in San Diego made greater gains in math scores than many of their peers in the state, but the area is still behind, according to a recent analysis by The New York Times. Students are still recouping essential learning lost from pandemic school closings, which worsened already-wide learning gaps between students…
Building Resilience: Normalize Asking for Help
Why is asking for help so hard? Identifying and helping struggling students would be easy if they came directly to teachers or talked freely with friends about their problems. Unfortunately, there are many reasons why that’s the exception rather than the rule. One critical problem is the persistence of stigma faced by those with mental,…
Harnessing the Power of Networks: A Three-Tiered Approach for Emerging Education Leaders
Let me extend a warm welcome to new education leaders stepping into the pivotal roles of principals or superintendents, or those transitioning into new districts or even different states. As an educational leader with nearly two decades of experience, it is incumbent upon us to equip all new leaders with insights gleaned from our collective…
And the Voice of the Educator Rang Through the Halls- Our FETC 2024 Round-up!
There’s stiff competition among the winter education conferences… TCEA, TASA, and AASA are all within a couple of weeks of each other, and FETC 2024 seemed to anchor this year’s series with the energy we expected pre-COVID and we seem to be back to focusing on the voice of the educator!
