EduClips: Bill Comes Due for TX Special Education Funding; A Chaotic Year for Success Academy’s First High School — and More Must-Reads From America’s 15 Biggest School Districts
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Top Story
SCHOOL SECURITY — The response to the Valentine’s Day shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, was immediate. Students across the country, led by Stoneman Douglas survivors, walked out of school to call for gun control. President Donald Trump alternately mused about more gun control and the need to arm teachers. Major retail outlets stopped selling guns.
In the halls of capitols across the country, lawmakers were opening state pocketbooks. Legislators in at least 26 states poured at least $950 million into school safety programs this year in the wake of the Parkland shooting and additional shootings in Maryland, Texas, and .
The amounts ranged widely by state, from $300,000 in Missouri to $400 million in Florida. They include only what’s being spent this year, though some states allocated a larger amount over a few years. Most of the money was spent on security upgrades and school resource officers, but the tally also includes funding allocated for mental health programs, violence prevention, emergency planning, and anonymous phone and texting tip lines. (Read at The74Million.org)
National News
COURTS — How Do You Get Better Schools? Take the State to Court, More Advocates Say ()
POLL — In the Aftermath of Teacher Strikes, More Americans Support Educator Raises, Poll Finds (Read at The74Million.org)
INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS — Back to school: Is the United States falling behind on education? ()
MINECRAFT — Minecraft: Education Edition is coming to iPad ()
District and State News
TEXAS — Texas Saved Billions Cutting Special Education. Now the Bill Comes Due ()
NEW YORK — Behind the scenes, Success Academy’s first high school spent last year in chaos. Can Eva Moskowitz turn it around? ()
PUERTO RICO — Puerto Rico Opens First Charter School Amid Controversies ()
CALIFORNIA — Candidates pack field to replace former L.A. Unified school board member Ref Rodriguez ()
PENNSYLVANIA — Philadelphia School District Helping First-Year Teachers Learn ‘Philly Slang’ in New Handbook ()
NEVADA — Cellphones are a problem in Clark County classrooms ()
NEW YORK — Richard Carranza’s back-to-school checklist: less paperwork, clearer lines of responsibility, and a hard look at gifted programs ()
CALIFORNIA — California community colleges urged to plan now for fewer students in remedial courses ()
ILLINOIS — Illinois School Resource Officers to Undergo Training ()
FLORIDA — Lawyers to get their 20 minutes in Florida’s long-running education equity suit ()
Think Pieces
EDUCATION RESEARCH — New education research? A good chance it’s from North Carolina. ()
DATA — Parton: 3 Ways States Are Committing to Using Data to Meet Their Education Goals for Students Under ESSA (Read at The74Million.org)
GRADUATION — Cities where the fewest people graduate from high school ()
SCHOOL SUPPLIES — 5 Teachers Share What They Actually Buy for Their Classrooms ()
HIGHER EDUCATION — It’s time to tell students what they need to know ()
Quote of the Day
“Wit/Witout: How to order fried onions on your cheesesteak, meaning with or without the onions. (Ex. Whiz wit means you will be getting a cheesesteak, smothered in cheese whiz and topped with fried onions).” —from the School District of Philadelphia’s guidebook to “Philly slang” for first-year teachers. ()
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