School Business Relations

Curriculum Common-Core Needs Dominate Districts' Curriculum Priorities, Survey Finds
A new survey shows that school districts are placing top priority on modifying curriculum and instruction to meet the new standards, along with adjusting assessments.
Michele Molnar, December 2, 2013
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School & District Management K-12 Superintendents Address Native American Mascot Issues
School district leaders can find themselves in position of defending the use of Native American mascots or leading the charge to change them.
Lesli A. Maxwell, November 27, 2013
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1 min read
IT Infrastructure & Management Tablet-Computing Initiatives Suffer Major Setbacks
Two large-scale efforts to put digital devices in the hands of students have been halted because of a variety of hardware and management problems.
Benjamin Herold, October 15, 2013
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3 min read
School & District Management Indiana Districts Sue Over Affordable Care Act
A group of 15 districts and Indiana's attorney general are suing the federal government over provisions in the new federal health care law, which they say financially penalizes them.
Sean Cavanagh, October 10, 2013
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3 min read
From left: Stephanie Vidikan, the director of operations for 1776, and entrepreneurs Gary Hensley and Brian Christie make business calls in a collaborative workspace for startup companies. The workspace is run by 1776, an organization that provides resources for startups with the support of companies like Pearson.
From left: Stephanie Vidikan, the director of operations for 1776, and entrepreneurs Gary Hensley and Brian Christie make business calls in a collaborative workspace for startup companies. The workspace is run by 1776, an organization that provides resources for startups with the support of companies like Pearson.
Swikar Patel/Education Week
School & District Management Education Companies Invest Time, Money in Startups
Companies such as Kaplan and Pearson are mentoring startups on how to refine their products and services to succeed in the K-12 marketplace.
Sean Cavanagh, September 17, 2013
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10 min read
School & District Management Petition: Florida School Named After KKK Leader Needs New Name
The protest against the Duvall County school is just the most recent effort to rename a school named after a historical figure
Jaclyn Zubrzycki, September 12, 2013
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3 min read
School & District Management Pre-K Program Attracts Investors Out for Returns
A pair of major investors are betting that expanding a Utah preschool program will reduce special education costs.
Sean Meehan, August 6, 2013
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8 min read
Jameel Harris, foreground right, a senior at Cody College Prep Upper School of Teaching and Learning in Detroit, cleans up brush outside an abandoned house near his school. He and the other students are participating in the GM Student Corps, a new program sponsored by General Motors, in which they work with retired company employees on community-service projects and receive career mentoring and other instruction.
Jameel Harris, foreground right, a senior at Cody College Prep Upper School of Teaching and Learning in Detroit, cleans up brush outside an abandoned house near his school. He and the other students are participating in the GM Student Corps, a new program sponsored by General Motors, in which they work with retired company employees on community-service projects and receive career mentoring and other instruction.
Brian Widdis for Education Week
College & Workforce Readiness Internship Pairs Detroit Students With GM Retirees
For 10 weeks, teams of high school students from the city's disadvantaged neighborhoods hold down 9-to-5 jobs with life skills and other lessons mixed in.
Caralee J. Adams, August 6, 2013
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9 min read
School & District Management District and Charter-Management Jobs Appeal to Noneducation Grads, Report Says
Alumni of the Education Pioneers program report robust leadership and management opportunities in the education sector.
Lesli A. Maxwell, July 24, 2013
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1 min read
School & District Management Apple Likely to Snag Big Tech. Contract With L.A. Unified
Los Angeles school board members will vote on the deal being recommended by Superintendent John Deasy next week.
Lesli A. Maxwell, June 14, 2013
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1 min read
Students in a music class use iPads to play a code-based scavenger hunt meant to teach them about the history of jazz at Clark Creek Elementary School STEM Academy in the Cherokee County, Ga., school system. District leaders there see benefits in the research larger companies can provide about their educational products.
Students in a music class use iPads to play a code-based scavenger hunt meant to teach them about the history of jazz at Clark Creek Elementary School STEM Academy in the Cherokee County, Ga., school system. District leaders there see benefits in the research larger companies can provide about their educational products.
David Walter Banks for Education Week
Special Report When Public Mission Meets Private Opportunity
This special report examines the complex relationship between the private and public sectors in K-12.
April 24, 2013
Video Engineering a Partnership
April 22, 2013
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School & District Management Schools Evaluate Whether to Privatize Support Services
Districts' decisions about whether to contract out services or keep them in-house are influenced by myriad and often competing factors.
Sean Cavanagh, April 22, 2013
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4 min read
School & District Management Beta Testing Ed. Products Can Get Tricky for Schools
When school leaders agree to beta test a product, they know that they may be creating extra work for teachers and administrators, and that they may be forced to carve out class time for trying it out.
Sean Cavanagh, April 22, 2013
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8 min read
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