EduClips: New Era of School Security Strains Miami-Dade’s School Budget; Amid School Sex Abuse Scandal, Chicago Hires 250 Social Workers, Case Managers — and More Must-Reads From America’s 15 Biggest School Districts
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EduClips is a roundup of the day’s top education headlines from America’s largest school districts, where more than 4 million students across eight states attend class every day. Read previous EduClips installments here. Get the day’s top school and policy news delivered straight to your inbox by signing up for the
Top Story
SCHOOL SAFETY —The number of Americans who fear for their child’s safety in school has nearly tripled over the past five years, according to a new survey.
Still, the majority of Americans believe their kids are safe at school. The poll found that 34 percent of parents said they feared for their child’s physical safety, while 65 percent said they did not. In 2013, only 12 percent said they were afraid.
The findings were published by , which conducts an annual survey of attitudes toward education. (Read at The74Million.org)
National News
CAREER & TECHNICAL EDUCATION — Career and Technical Education Bill Expected to Clear Senate by Month’s End ()
PARENTS — #NotHereToBakeCookies: To Get Her Kids the Schools They Deserve, Advocate & ‘Mom-in-Chief’ Keri Rodrigues Has Raised a Parent Army (Read at The74Million.org)
ESSA — Does ESSA Require Teachers to Be Highly Qualified? ()
District and State News
FLORIDA — A new era of school police and online surveillance strains Miami-Dade’s 2019 budget ()
ILLINOIS — Citing ‘firmer’ budget and sex abuse scandal, CPS to hire 250 social workers, case managers ()
CALIFORNIA — Walters: The new players in California school war ()
NEW YORK — Regents use annual retreat to take stock of changes in testing, charter schools and more ()
ILLINOIS — Terrorism Task Force Takes On School Safety ()
GEORGIA — Suit: Gwinnett teacher sexually assaulted girls, but school ignored it ()
FLORIDA — Hillsborough County has more ‘persistently low-performing’ schools than any other Florida district ()
TEXAS — UNT-Dallas, El Centro launch partnership for academy to help with Texas teacher shortage ()
CALIFORNIA — As Gov. Brown urges work on new online college, community college faculty drop their opposition ()
NEW YORK — Meditation and Mindfulness: How a Harlem principal solves conflict in her community ()
Think Pieces
PRIVATE SCHOOLS — Study: As Catholic Options Dwindle, Middle Class Retreats From Private Schools (Read at The74Million.org)
MENTORS — Mentors matter: Good teaching really can be passed down to student teachers, new research finds ()
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION — Why Trump is trying to reduce the status of the Department of Education ()
SCHOOL THERAPISTS — What It’s Like to Be a School Therapist ()
Quote of the Day
“You can’t do this in a vacuum. If you don’t bring parents and families along with you, you’re building a sand castle by the sea.” —Parent activist Keri Rodrigues Lorenzo. (Read at The74Million.org)
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