EdWeek Update: March 18, 2019: March 18, 2019

Your daily education news and insight for March 18, 2019. View as web page.

Taking the Guesswork Out of Teacher Hiring

School districts and researchers are working together to try to predict teacher effectiveness by looking at resumes and job applications. Read more.

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Student Depression Is Worsening. Here's How Schools Are Responding

A new study shows rising rates of mental health incidents among teens and young adults, while rates for older generations remain stable. The findings point to possible generational causes such as technology use, a psychologist says. Read more.

COMMENTARY

What Really Causes Special Education Teachers to Burn Out?

Special education students need more support, but so do their teachers, writes high school teacher Josh Brown. Read more.

• Why Are Some Special Education Teachers Treated Like Second-Class Citizens? (Opinion)

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Schools Collect Tons of Student Information. Deleting It All Is a Major Challenge

States and districts should create comprehensive data inventories and adopt clear retention and deletion policies, recommends the Center for Democracy & Technology. Read more.

College-Admissions Bribery Scheme Sparks First Round of Lawsuits

The college-admissions bribery scandal has spawned the first round of what will almost certainly be a mess of lawsuits attacking the integrity of the college admissions process. And already the first lawsuit, filed by two Stanford University students, has gotten weird. Read more.

Kentucky Ed. Dept. Asks for Names of Protesting Teachers Who Called Out Sick

Commissioner Wayne Lewis requested a list of the teachers who had taken sick days in the 10 districts where teacher absences caused work stoppages. Read more.


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