April 27, 2016
Education Week, Vol. 35, Issue 29
School & District Management
Report Roundup
Digital Education
In 2015, spending on hardware for educational purposes amounted to $15 billion, an increase of 7 percent from 2014, according to Futuresource Consulting, a U.K.-based provider of ed-tech research.
Equity & Diversity
Report Roundup
Stem Education
Hispanic students, like all students, are more likely to move into science, technology, engineering, and mathematics careers if they show an early interest in STEM and take on higher math and science courses in high school, finds a new federal analysis.
Professional Development
Report Roundup
Student Data
State longitudinal student-data systems have evolved, but collecting data alone is not enough to help teachers and researchers use the information to make meaningful improvements for students, according to a report by the Data Quality Campaign.
School & District Management
Report Roundup
Time and Learning
Students perform better in math classes held in the morning than they do in the afternoon, according to a study published last month in the Review of Economics and Statistics.
Education
Correction
Correction
A story about the San Diego district's initiative to close the income and racial gaps in its Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate programs that appeared in the April 13, 2016, issue of Education Week should have said that fewer than 1 percent of diverse schools with significant AP and IB programs have AP and IB enrollments that reflect their schools' diversity.
Special Education
Alternative Tests Aligned With Common Core Find Niche in Special Ed.
Tests aligned to the common-core standards and specially designed for students with severe cognitive disabilities are managing to fill a need for a broad swath of states.
Law & Courts
Vergara Reversal Spotlights Ongoing Equity Concerns
While affirming the constitutionality of California's teacher job-protection laws, the state appeals court decried "deplorable" school-staffing arrangements.
Law & Courts
Schools Get Clarity on Transgender Student Restroom Access
A federal appeals court ruling that Title IX protects the rights of students to use restrooms that correspond with their gender identity could have far-reaching implications for schools.
Curriculum
Tech Tools, Image Libraries Transforming Art History Classes
Teachers of art history are introducing students to great works with new precision through high-resolution images, immersive technologies, YouTube videos, and other platforms and digital systems.
Curriculum
New AP Art History Curriculum Opens Doors to World
Students in AP art history classes are now exposed to a much wider range of artworks from different cultures as part of a revision of the curriculum.
Curriculum
Art Museum Woos Younger Generation Via Snapchat, Instagram
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art is generating a huge online following of young people through its irreverent use of social networking tools.