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At least the House and the Senate agree on one item " no. on School Choice"

House OKs Bill to Slash Education Budget as School Choice Push Loses Out The House of Representatives voted to cut about 3.5 percent from the U.S. Department of Education's budget on Thursday, although the Senate's funding bill would cut less and take a different approach in several respects.

Teachers Resource " Only a teacher knows what it takes to be a teacher. "

3 ways to aid new teacher retention Disturbed by poor teacher retention, educator Leticia Skae takes on supporting new colleagues.

Administrators It may be better to help and work with what you have, then not have anyone at all. It takes a long time to make a diamond.

Schools throughout the country are grappling with teacher shortage, data show Public schools in 48 states and the District of Columbia report teacher shortages in math for the 2017-18 school year, according to the DOE. Forty-six states report shortages in special education, 43 in science and 41 in foreign languages.

Calif. school adds co-teaching in new year A California high school is launching a full-inclusion initiative that includes schoolwide co-teaching to support students with special needs. Principal John Denno said the program is aimed at improving the social integration of students with disabilities throughout the school.

Administrators new inclusion program.

Nipomo High students hit the books as school year kicks off Principal John Denno welcomed students to Nipomo High School Thursday as classes commenced throughout the Lucia Mar Unified School District.

Administrators, how high is your teacher turnover?

Don’t slam the desk on the way out. If fewer teachers quit, the shortage would end If schools could improve their work environments, and stop the flood of teachers leaving the field, the teaching shortage would go away, according to a report from the Learning Policy Institute.

A good inclusion idea.

What's Right With Our Schools: Unified PE program strengthens relationships within the school Students are building social skills through a program at Gray Elementary.

Administrators Keeping your teachers and providing the resources they need will always improve student success.

US teacher shortage: how to keep teachers from quitting For the first time since 1990, educators and policymakers are concerned about teacher shortages. One answer: support current teachers.

Administrators how relevant to the students life is your instructional program?

Chronic Absenteeism Is Most Severe in Poor Communities A new analysis of federal data finds half of the nation’s chronically absent students are enrolled in 4 percent of school districts.

Administrator how many students do you have on 504 and why?

Denied: How Texas keeps tens of thousands of children out of special education The state has saved billions of dollars while denying vital support to children with disabilities, a Houston Chronicle investigation has found.

Great solution on how to assist elementary students access to technology.

How teachers harness tech in the classroom Technologies are helping teachers manage the classroom and improve instruction. Newsela reconstructs news articles to meet students' individual reading levels, and Clever Badges, a QR code app, has helped speed up the sign-on process for student devices.

Mentor programs have always been shown to work.

A mentoring program that aims to keep Latino males in school On college campuses, Latino males are perhaps the most underrepresented group. These men are often expected to provide for their families, which can mean a choice between getting an education and getting a job. Hari Sreenivasan reports as part of our Rethinking College series on one program that’s t...

Is this compensating the symptom and not treating the problem?

How one school serves students with anxiety Severe anxiety sometimes can stand in the way of a student going to school. Officials at a Virginia school are working to accommodate such students through a program that allows for private entrances into the building and partitions between workstations.

Administrators caution your staff about Mandated reporting issues.

Strategies for Reaching Apathetic Students Bookmark Strategies for Reaching Apathetic Students Related Tags: Student Engagement,Dropout Prevention,All Grades,All Subjects More Related Discussions Alex Shevrin , Teacher/leader & techie at independent, alternative, therapeutic high school Posted 03/03/2015 7:58AM | Last Commented 07/24/2016 7:...

Harper Valley PTA is still alive

How Marginalized Families Are Pushed Out of PTAs Parents with socioeconomic resources are more likely to exert influence on school officials.

This will be The Issue for the 2016-17 school year.

Transgender bathroom legal fight reaches U.S. Supreme Court By Lawrence HurleyThe legal fight over transgender bathroom rights reached theU.S. Supreme Court for the first time on Wednesday as a Virginiacounty schoo

Administrators, It's hard to implement or teach something you don't believe in. It's time for all to look in the mirror, because you can't fool Kids.

Beyond Integration: How Teachers Can Encourage Cross-Racial Friendships As kids grow older, they grow less likely to maintain or build relationships with friends of different races. A new study shows teachers can have a surprising effect on changing that.

Resources for Getting Started With Project-Based Learning

One Key to Reducing School Suspension: A Little Respect “Changing the mindset of one teacher can change the social experience of that child’s entire world,” said the social psychologist who led the experiments.

It's hard to build a strong house with a week foundation.

Early Education is a Disaster in U.S., Study Finds Policies in all 50 states fall short of addressing the issues.

How far out of the box are you willing to go? How about a Virtual field trip to Egypt, or Washington D.C ?

Teachers Want to See More Virtual Reality in Their Classrooms [#Infographic] Survey data from this year shows that educators think immersive learning experiences can improve student outcomes.

As an administrator how knowledgeable are you about technology used in and outside the classroom by your staff?

Millennials Bring New Workplace Cybersecurity Challenges As Baby Boomers increasingly exit the workforce and Millennials move in to take their places, HR professionals must assess and mitigate the cybersecurity risks posed by new workers who grew up in the digital age, according to a new study.

Administrators, change is hard for all involved.

Educational Leadership:How to Be a Change Agent:The Tug of War Between Change and Resistance Founded in 1943, ASCD (formerly the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) is an educational leadership organization dedicated to advancing best practices and policies for the success of each learner. Our 175,000 members in 119 countries are professional educators from all levels an...

Would this be considered as the first step along the path of allowing religion in schools?

Should happiness be part of the school curriculum?   Every morning after the register, the 260 pupils of Westfield Primary School in Hertfordshire settle in their classrooms into “

How would you deal with Cal. Ed. code requirements?

Without Principal, Maine School Lets Teachers Lead Earlier this week, all staff members at Athens Elementary School gathered together to discuss their yearlong experiment in school governance. To save money

Administrators how would this reflect on you?

What Educators Need to Know: How to Deal With a Difficult Principal As a teacher you may find it very difficult to work with your principal. Therefore this article provides tips for surviving the work place as you continue to invest in the lives of students.

Would this inspire you to become an Administrator?

The Secrets of a Good Principal The best ways to run a school are not found in a bureaucratic equation, but in experience, determination and a host of other factors.

The true purpose for learning, not to pass a test.

Building a Nation of Makers Congress needs to pass the budget to support the next generation of innovators.

Why There’s an Uproar Over Trying to Increase Funding for Poor Schools Rich schools within districts tend to receive more government funds, and the secretary of education has angered entrenched interests in trying to change that.