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4 tips for addressing absenteeism in K-12 schools

July 28, 2023June 7, 2023 by Erica Peterson, National Education Manager, School Innovations & Achievement

Addressing absenteeism requires a comprehensive approach that gets to the root cause of student absences

Districts across the country are grappling with elevated levels of chronic absenteeism that have yet to return to pre-pandemic levels. The Associated Press and Stanford University’s Big Local…

IRIS Offers Lessons to Help STEM Educators Teach About Recent Earthquakes

September 9, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 8, 2021) — The Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) is providing free resources to help STEM ... Read more

Teaching Trends

Volunteer pays for hot lunch for kids who can’t afford it

February 7, 2014 by Staff and wire services reports

A volunteer at a Houston-area elementary school who noticed some students were getting a smaller lunch of cold cheese sandwiches is digging into his own pocket to cover…

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Ex-NC Gov. Perdue unveils education tech effort

January 22, 2014 by Staff and wire services reports

Former North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue says she wants to jump start collaboration among teachers, students and entrepreneurs to develop electronic technology that improves learning for adults and…

Houston-area school district ends $16M iPad plan

October 8, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

A Houston-area school district has abandoned a $16 million initiative to incorporate thousands of iPads into classroom curriculums after a consultant found widespread problems, the Associated Press reports.

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Magic Johnson launches initiative for at-risk kids

September 18, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Earvin "Magic" Johnson is getting a little help from Chicago rapper Common for his newest off-court endeavor, the Associated Press reports.

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‘Heat days’ becoming almost as common as snow days

September 3, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

When city students arrived for the first day of school under the blazing temperatures of a Midwest heat wave, staff greeted them with some unusual school supplies: water…

Teaching Trends

Starting high school later may help sleepy teens

July 26, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Quinn Cooney of Mill Creek, Wash., is excited about starting high school in September, but she's not looking forward to waking up at 5:30 a.m. to arrive on…

High school seniors fare no better than in 1970s

June 27, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Students preparing to leave high school are faring fare no better in reading or math than students did four decades ago, the government said in a report Thursday…

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New rules aim to rid schools of junk foods

June 27, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

High-calorie sports drinks and candy bars will be removed from school vending machines and cafeteria lines as soon as next year, replaced with diet drinks, granola bars and…

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Teacher mental health training approved

May 29, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Texas school teachers would receive training to identify mental illness in their classrooms under a measure that has cleared the Texas Legislature, the Associated Press reports.

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Spelling Bee begins with 1st-ever vocabulary test

May 28, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

The sign outside the waiting room read: "Preliminaries Test, Quiet Please." Spellers emerged one by one, having taken the first vocabulary test in the history of the National…

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RI House delays vote on social media privacy bill

May 23, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Rhode Island lawmakers have put off a vote on legislation that would stop employers or higher education officials from demanding access to a person's Facebook or Twitter accounts,…

Financial literacy program aimed at Neb. schools

May 23, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

A new program will offer an online education in financial literacy to Nebraska high school students and parents, the Associated Press reports.

Massive tornado rips through Moore, Okla.

May 21, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

A devastating, mile-wide tornado touched down near Oklahoma City on Monday, killing dozens of people—including children—decimating homes, businesses and a pair of elementary schools in the suburb of…

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No charges for teen after explosion at Fla. school

May 16, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

The Associated Press reports that a central Florida teenager who was accused of igniting a chemical explosion on school grounds - and who became the subject of a…

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Wis. budget gets $500M anticipated revenue boost

May 10, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Wisconsin's budget surplus grew by $500 million Thursday, leading to a bipartisan call by state lawmakers and Gov. Scott Walker to put some of the money toward public…

Computer problems in three states hamper student proficiency tests

May 2, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

School districts in Indiana, Oklahoma and Minnesota are rescheduling high-stakes proficiency tests because of technical problems involving the test administrators’ computer systems, the Associated Press reports.

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Calif. educators sued over English instruction

April 24, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

About 20,000 students in California who need to learn English aren't getting adequate language instruction, according to a lawsuit against the state and education workers filed by the…

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Qualcomm founder gives $133M to NYC tech school

April 24, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

A burgeoning graduate school aimed at reinventing higher education's relationship with high tech is getting a $133 million gift from a professor-turned-entrepreneur who used his engineering background to…

Teaching Trends

Revoked charters could be forgiven $12M in loans

April 24, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Indiana lawmakers are considering forgiving $12 million in loans that "failing" charter schools accepted from the state, as part of a broader package of state aid for charters,…

Some states dropping GED as test price spikes

April 15, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Several dozen states are looking for an alternative to the GED high school equivalency test because of concerns that a new version coming out next year is more…

Austin next city for ultra-fast Google Fiber

April 10, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Google Inc. picked tech-savvy Austin as the next city where the search giant will wire homes with ultra-fast internet connections, but did not say how much customers will…

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Conn. student disabled on school trip wins $41.7M

March 28, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

A jury on Wednesday awarded $41.7 million to a woman who sued her prestigious boarding school after contracting a tick-borne illness on a school trip to China that…

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British teenage whiz strikes deal with Yahoo

November 5, 2013March 26, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

One of Britain's youngest internet entrepreneurs has hit the jackpot after selling his top-selling mobile application Summly to search giant Yahoo, the Associated Press reports.

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Christie takes over troubled Camden Schools

March 26, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

The state of New Jersey moved to take over the Camden school district Monday, seeking to fix what officials said is a broken system that allows thousands of…

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Chicago Mayor defends action as tough but needed

March 25, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Mayor Rahm Emanuel responded Saturday to widespread criticism of his plan to close 54 Chicago Public Schools, saying he wasn't interested in doing what was politically easy and…

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Chicago teachers get notice of school closings

March 22, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Chicago teachers, students and parents began learning Thursday whether their schools are among those the city plans to close as part of a cost-cutting plan that opponents say…

Carnegie Mellon, NSA seek high school hackers

March 18, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Bored with classes? Carnegie Mellon University and one of the government's top spy agencies want to interest high school students in a game of computer hacking, the Associated…

Student class project leads to minimum wage jump

March 12, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

If anyone deserves an A+ this week it's Marisela Castro, a daughter of farmworkers who turned her Social Action class project at San Jose State University into a…

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Philly coming to grips with mass school closings

March 11, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

When ninth-grader Zach Kaufmann found out his school was one of 27 targeted for closure in Philadelphia, he fought back, the Associated Press reports.

District Management

SD gov signs into law that teachers can be armed

March 11, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard signed into law Friday a measure allowing the state's school districts to arm teachers and other personnel with guns, the first of its…

District Management

Arizona House passes anti-federal education bill

March 11, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Dozens of public schools would be able to throw out federal education policy regulating academic standards, teacher evaluation requirements and student tracking systems under a measure approved by…

District Management

Lawmakers mull changing school bargaining law

March 6, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

The largest teachers union in Kansas is warning of a "war" on educators as the Republican-dominated Legislature considers a proposal that would narrow contract negotiations between teachers and…

District Management

Lawmaker seeks to guarantee transgender student rights

March 5, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

A California lawmaker has introduced legislation aimed at guaranteeing transgender students the right to use public school restrooms and participate on the sports teams that correspond with their…

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NY high school raises $489K with marathon dance

March 4, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

The 710 students from South Glens Falls High School danced for more than a day: Conga lines, "Gangnam Style," giddy-ups, hand jives and the "Harlem Shake." Then, flushed…

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Cuts imminent, Senate rejects stopgap efforts

March 1, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Squabbling away the hours, the Senate last night swatted aside last-ditch plans to block $85 billion in federal spending reductions as President Barack Obama and Republicans blamed each…

District Management

Feds’ loan changes hamper black college enrollment

March 1, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Thousands of students this year unexpectedly had to stay at home, transfer to a less expensive school, or find new money after the U.S. Department of Education quietly…

State offers schools post-disaster grants

February 27, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

The New Jersey Department of Education says it will distribute $1.25 million in grants to help schools that were hit hard by Superstorm Sandy last year, the Associated…

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