[ad_1] NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) – Tennessee Commissioner of Education Penny Schwinn spoke at the Education Forum inside the Smyrna Event Center on Thursday afternoon. The Rutherford County Legislative Delegation hosted a forum to delve deeper into the recent Tennessee Learning Loss Correction and Student Acceleration Act passed in January 2021. Currently, her junior year in ...

[ad_1] JAY — The Board of Directors of Local Schools Unit 73 voted unanimously Thursday night to hire additional special education teachers for grades 7-12. “The middle school and high school numbers are very worrying,” said Special Services Director Sherry Parker. Even so, staff express feelings of being overwhelmed and drowning in not having enough ...

[ad_1] Parents of 11th grade students at Greene — Levitt Area High School expressed concerns about library materials at the Main School District 52 Board of Directors meeting at Greene Central School on Thursday. Leeds’ Christine Duplicis said, “I wanted people to know, because I don’t think they’re aware of the kind of porn literature ...

[ad_1] The Oklahoma Department of Education’s fiscal 2024 budget has been submitted to the State Board of Education. The budget, worth more than his $3 billion, was unanimously approved by the board on Thursday. The bulk of the budget, more than $309 million, will go toward teacher salary increases. If approved by Congress, Oklahoma teachers ...

[ad_1] Spotsylvania County, Virginia (WRIC) — The Spotsylvania Board of Education has finalized the selection of the school district’s new superintendent, a controversial candidate with no educational background and a history of inflammatory social media posts. Mark Taylor previously served as a county administrator in nearby Greene County and before that was an attorney at ...

[ad_1] Big story: According to state metrics, Hillsborough County consistently has one of the worst-performing school districts in Florida. Across the state, more schools are struggling to meet the appropriate performance standards set by state boards of education. But when it comes to talking about Florida’s educational needs, the fate of these underperforming schools has ...

[ad_1] The New York City Department of Education will roll out controversial new rules for middle and high school admissions “within the next few days,” said school principal David Banks. The rules governing admission to the city’s middle and high schools have been in flux since the pandemic began, with former Mayor de Blasio calling ...

[ad_1] The following press release is from the Louisiana Department of Education. Baton Rouge, Louisiana (WAFB) – The Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) is giving eligible families an opportunity to apply for the Child Care Assistance Program before the waitlist begins on October 1st. The program currently serves approximately 24,500 children in Louisiana. As the ...