June 23, 2016
By: Mary Jo Madda
Source: edsurge.com This past April, the US Senate’s Joint Economic Committee shared a report that observed that as recently as 2015, full-time female workers made only 79 cents for every dollar earned by men, a gender wage gap of 21 percent. But does this inequity persist in the nonprofit world? Are […]
June 23, 2016
By: Cory Turner
Source: npr.org “My goal for this special session is to keep the schools open,” said Sam Brownback, Republican governor of Kansas, talking about a high-stakes gathering today in Topeka. He called lawmakers back from their vacations for a special session after the state’s Supreme Court doubled-down on its demand that they make […]
June 23, 2016
By: Sean Cavanagh & Leo Doran
Source: edweek.org A torrent of investment funding has flowed into the educational technology market over the past few years, offering lifeblood to startups and support for maturing companies as they attempt to grow. But the frenzy of activity has also led analysts and companies to wonder: When will the […]
June 23, 2016
By: Alex Zimmerman
Source: chalkbeat.org Parents and educators who are used to paging through multiple city websites to unearth school performance data can now find most of that information in one searchable database. On Tuesday evening, the city education department launched a new “School Performance Dashboard” that centralizes everything from test scores to graduation rates and […]
June 23, 2016
By: Emma Brown
Source: washingtonpost.com Dozens of Los Angeles parents, teachers, clergy and activists gathered Tuesday to call for a moratorium on daily random weapons searches in middle and high schools, arguing at a Los Angeles Unified School District Board meeting that wanding young people makes them feel like suspects and undermines the trust between students and […]
June 23, 2016
By: Michelle Diament
Source: disabilityscoop.com A federal autism advisory panel is looking for public feedback as it prepares to update the government’s priorities for addressing the developmental disorder for the first time in years. The Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee is soliciting comments as the group looks to revise its strategic plan. The panel comprised of […]
June 23, 2016
By: Kendra Yoshinaga
Source: npr.org The U.S. spends a lot of money on preschool — billions of dollars each year. When invested wisely, research suggests the costs are justified by significant returns to society, including savings from crimes not committed, welfare dollars not distributed, and taxes on higher earnings. But a new report suggests many […]
June 21, 2016
By: Danielle Dreilinger
Source: nola.com New Orleans’ public school administrators have spent the last year working on a flurry of policies, information sheets and presentations to improve special education, according to court documents released Monday (June 20). It’s the long-delayed first report from an independent monitor charged with overseeing the consent agreement that settled a class-action special […]
June 21, 2016
By: Jeffrey J. Selingo
Source: washingtonpost.com If you want one example of how advancing technology and global economic forces are rapidly reshaping the modern workplace, just take look at a recent graduating class at Michigan State University. In 2014, Procter & Gamble hired graduates from 86 different majors at Michigan State, reflecting P&G’s eagerness to […]
June 21, 2016
By: Patricia Gomes
Source: edsurge.com Here’s an important question rooted in an IDEA: How do we as educators and entrepreneurs promote greater Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access in our work? At the EdSurge SF Edtech Meetup on June 16, 70 attendees skipped the sixth game of the NBA Finals to gather at Dev Bootcamp in […]