EduClips: School Districts Beef Up Security After Parkland; Teacher Shortages Persist in CA — and More Must-Reads From America’s 15 Biggest School Districts
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Top Story
SCHOOL SHOOTING — When classes were dismissed Tuesday at East Brunswick High School, students could be seen yelling and laughing as they exited the building, just as they would on any other day. Except that it wasn’t a typical day. Outside the school building, the lights of three police vehicles flashed continuously. Students who normally did not wear their IDs on a lanyard were required to because of tightened security. And everywhere, students said, people were talking about the school board’s decision last week to place armed police officers inside the schools.
Tuesday was the first day that a new policy adding armed police officers to the security forces at East Brunswick schools took effect. The measure, approved by the school district on Thursday night, thrust this central New Jersey town into the spotlight as one of the first districts to take concrete action on security in the wake of the Parkland, Florida, shooting. ()
National News
MORE ON FLORIDA SCHOOL SHOOTING:
Kentucky Moves to Add Guns to Schools After School Shooting ()
‘I Worry Every Day’: Lockdown Drills Prompt Fear, Self-Reflection After School Shooting ()
Florida Teachers’ Pension Fund Invested in Maker of School Massacre Gun ()
Miami-Dade Schools want $30 million to protect against mass shootings ()
Here’s What Happened the Last Time Congress Considered School Shootings ()
CLIMATE CHANGE — Some States Are Trying to Downplay the Teaching of Climate Change. Teachers See ‘Educational Malpractice.’ ()
UNIONS — After Janus, Another Key Lawsuit Targeting Unions: How California’s Yohn Case Targets Opt-Out Rules (Read at The74Million.org)
D.C. SCHOOLS CHANCELLOR — D.C. Public Schools leader to resign after skirting school assignment rules ()
District and State News
CALIFORNIA —Teacher shortages persist in California and getting worse in many communities ()
ILLINOIS — In Chicago’s Rough and Tumble Politics, Schools Chief Rises Above the Fray ()
NEVADA — AP exam figures give Nevada rare chance for education celebration ()
TEXAS —State Proposes New Guidelines For Convicted Teachers ()
CALIFORNIA — Suspension rates for black male students in California higher for foster youth, rural students ()
NEW YORK — Opinion: Will anyone notice if Carmen is replaced by an empty chair? ()
ILLINOIS — Illinois private scholarship program applications to reopen ()
Think Pieces
SHOOTING — I’m a Florida teacher in the era of school shootings. This is the terrifying reality of my classroom during a lockdown drill. ()
CHARTERS — Return on Investment: Study Shows Big-City Charters Use Education Dollars More Effectively — and Provide Better Future Earnings for Students — Than District Schools (Read at The74Million.org)
NEW YORK CITY SCHOOLS — New York’s Separate and Unequal Schools ()
SHOOTING — I’m a teenager. And I’m fed up with adults’ excuses for weak gun laws. ()
Quote of the Day
“There’s an old adage that you’re not a leader if you don’t have any followers. Well, she ascribes to the notion that you aren’t a leader if you aren’t developing other leaders.” —Patrick McGill, the current principal at George Westinghouse Prep, on new Chicago Schools CEO Janice K. Jackson. ()
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