Rural School Districts To Legislators: Support Our Internet Access
Reliable internet access is not just about fun experiences – like a virtual field trip. Online tools are necessary in today’s classrooms.
Reliable internet access is not just about fun experiences – like a virtual field trip. Online tools are necessary in today’s classrooms.
Tuesday is the beginning of the 2017 legislation session, and the Senate released the list of bills it will consider. We’ve already previewed some of the major topics on the table this budget session, but we now have a look at some individual pieces of legislation senators are proposing. Here’s are the first education bills this session: Vouchers: SB […]
This was the year to tee up changes in public education, including ISTEP+ panel meetings, a new state superintendent and calls to expand public pre-K. And when the legislative session begins in January, the actions taken in 2016 could evolve into real change. Here’s what we’re already preparing to cover in 2017, and what you want to keep tabs on. A New, Or Newly Named, […]
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At the very beginning of 2016, I wanted to follow up on a school funding change that went into place the year before. A previous school funding formula gave schools more money to educate high-need students, like students in special education, students who are English learners and low-income students. But, in an attempt to distribute school funding more […]
We take a look back at the year’s biggest education stories.
Indiana Rep. Luke Messer is sponsoring a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives that would allow graduate students to save portions of their fellowship and grant stipends in retirement accounts. Democrat Elizabeth Warren and Republican Mike Lee introduced The Graduate Student Savings Act of 2016 in the Senate earlier this year, and Messer, along […]
State issued teacher bonuses vary between districts, with teachers in more affluent areas getting a larger bonus.
For children with autism, understanding body language and reading others’ emotions can be like a foreign language. Improv theater can help.
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