August 31, 2016
Education Week, Vol. 36, Issue 02
Student Well-Being
News in Brief
Miami-Dade Students Given Zika-Protective Clothing
Students in the Wynwood area of the Miami-Dade County district in Florida have been receiving new school uniforms that are intended to protect against the spread of Zika.
Special Education
News in Brief
U.S. Suit Claims Ga. Students With Disabilities Segregated
The U.S. Department of Justice filed suit last week against Georgia, alleging that a state-run network of schools for students with behavioral and emotional disabilities unnecessarily segregates them from peers.
Law & Courts
News in Brief
Judge Bars Board Elections In Ferguson, Mo., District
A U.S. District Court judge ruled last week that the system of electing school board members in the Ferguson-Florissant, Mo., district deprives African-Americans of an "equal opportunity" to elect representatives of their choice to the school board and violates the Voting Rights Act.
Recruitment & Retention
Despite Vergara Ruling, Teacher-Tenure Battles Set to Heat Up
The Vergara lawyers' strategy of casting tenure laws as a violation of students' rights has provided a blueprint for continuing debate, experts say.
Special Education
Letter to the Editor
Let's Assess the Whole Child
To the Editor:
I write in regard to the recent article "States, Districts Eyeing Chance to Craft Innovative Tests" (July 20, 2016). It excites me to see the possibility of schools being allowed to seek out a viable alternative to the testing fiasco. The standardized test was designed by assuming what students could do and then turning those skills into a paper-and-pencil task.
I write in regard to the recent article "States, Districts Eyeing Chance to Craft Innovative Tests" (July 20, 2016). It excites me to see the possibility of schools being allowed to seek out a viable alternative to the testing fiasco. The standardized test was designed by assuming what students could do and then turning those skills into a paper-and-pencil task.
Federal
Letter to the Editor
'Tortured' Data Offer No Proof
To the Editor:
The 2015 edition of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act is called the Every Student Succeeds Act. The name carries the identical meaning to the 2002 model that it replaces, No Child Left Behind. The themes are also similar: States' failure to deliver good data on school and student achievement may be punished by the federal government's withholding of what little available funding exists.
The 2015 edition of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act is called the Every Student Succeeds Act. The name carries the identical meaning to the 2002 model that it replaces, No Child Left Behind. The themes are also similar: States' failure to deliver good data on school and student achievement may be punished by the federal government's withholding of what little available funding exists.
School & District Management
Opinion
The Principal as Community Advocate
Principals in urban communities need to actively respond to a report by the U.S. Department of Justice that details how police routinely discriminate against black children and adults, writes David DeMatthews.
Teaching
Opinion
National Parks at 100: Outdoor Classrooms for Experiential Learning
Our national parks offer educational opportunities to narrow the "experience gap," write Milton Chen and U.S. National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis.