Education
Reporting on local school districts, education policies, and educational initiatives within the state.
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Officials placed multiple Mississippi school districts on lockdown due to threats of violence on Sept 10, 2024. The threats came less than one week after a 14-year-old student opened fire at a Wider, Ga., school. The post Violent Threats Prompted Sch…
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ITHACA, N.Y. — A longstanding Lansing preschool is looking for a new home after Cornell University announced it plans to cut financial support and break ties with the school at […] The post Cornell to withdraw support from local preschool appeared first on The Ithaca Voice.
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Ana Lopez arrived in Wichita from northern Mexico, knowing only a few English words. Unable to talk with classmates or understand her teachers, she started out at Curtis Middle School feeling shy, nervous and frightened. Then, Wichita Public Schools placed her in an intensive language class with only one other English learner. “My teacher,” Lopez…
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There’s broad support for limiting students’ use of cellphones during the school day. But families are increasingly made up of digital natives who are used to being able to communicate instantly. How will they fare under anticipated new guidance for Virginia schools? The post Getting used to ‘cellphone-free education’ may be just as hard for…
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Over the course of just five minutes, University of Akron leaders made a stunning pair of announcements: President Gary Miller would be retiring, although he was contracted to hold his job for three more years. And he would be immediately replaced by the business school dean, R.J. Nemer. The post University of Akron President Gary…
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Gary Miller, former president of the University of Akron Gary Miller became president of the University of Akron in 2019. Originally hired for a four-year term, his contract was extended in 2021 until 2027. The 18th president of the university, he was previously chancellor of the University of Wisconsin – Green Bay. Miller is credited…
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It’s common for political campaigns to heat up after Labor Day, and the push to pass the Akron Public Schools’ levy is no exception. Now, with the levy assigned Issue Number 27 by the Summit County Board of Elections, the Citizens’ Committee – Akron Public Schools is beginning a drive to secure corporate and political…
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Akron Public Schools will return state money it wrongly received to purchase new reading curriculum materials. APS initially received the funds from a pool of state dollars intended to assist school districts in purchasing programs on the science of reading. In a state survey, APS mistakenly left off its K-5 reading curriculum — Wonders 2023…
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Student performance in Akron Public Schools last school year improved in several areas — highlighted by early literacy and high school graduation rates — according to a preliminary state education report card presented Tuesday evening at the Akron School Board’s Instructional Policy Committee meeting. But the school district is still expected to fall short of…
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Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to keep up with NYC’s public schools.Months after schools Chancellor David Banks removed a controversial parent leader from a Manhattan education council, a federal judge this week ordered she be t…