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Alaska state sen. signs boarding school, construction bills

Submitted by Lauren Williams on Wed, 06/19/2013 - 4:38pm
SB47, from Sen. John Coghill, relates to boarding schools. It increases the per-pupil monthly stipend to cover room and board expenses and expands to schools that started after 2005 eligibility for the stipend program.

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Anchorage Daily News
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Schools become construction zones after classes wrap up

Submitted by Lauren Williams on Wed, 06/19/2013 - 4:35pm
Superintendent Greg Gray said $30 million worth of work is scheduled to be completed this summer. It’s part of an $88.4 million bond issue voters approved last year.

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Livingston Today
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Texas Charter Schools select observe4success for classroom observation

Submitted by Lauren Williams on Wed, 06/19/2013 - 4:30pm
The Ranch Academy’s Superintendent, Melissa Pardue, needed a customizable observation solution to meet the unique needs of their campuses in Tyler and Canton Texas where teacher support and collaboration are top priorities.
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Northwest ISD embraces innovative geo-visual analytic software

Submitted by Lauren Williams on Wed, 06/19/2013 - 4:26pm

The innovative team at Northwest ISD (NISD) is leading the way in Texas by adding new geo-visual technology to their set of district analytic tools.  GuideK12 is thrilled that NISD leadership selected GuideK12 to save them time and support data-driven decisions to enable their rapidly evolving planning needs. The GuideK12 platform visualizes student data on an interactive map to allow real-time analysis for academic needs, boundary planning, capacity analysis, and resource placement.  

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Virtual private school, International Connections Academy, graduates record number of high school seniors

Submitted by Lauren Williams on Wed, 06/19/2013 - 4:11pm
More than 80 percent of iNaCA graduates will continue their education and immediately enter four-year colleges and universities or community colleges and approximately 19% will attend vocational schools, enter the military, start careers or pursue other plans.
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Net Texts Reader now available

Submitted by Lauren Williams on Wed, 06/19/2013 - 4:06pm

Net Texts, developed to make iPads, tablets, Android devices, and the PC more useful education devices in the classroom, has now added the Net Texts Reader. With Net Texts Reader, students can open an instructional audio or video item in a corner of their screen to enhance the course work assigned to them by teachers through the Net Texts OER (open education resources) system.

Hartford (Conn.) board rejects contract extension for Kishimoto

Submitted by Lynn Russo Whylly on Wed, 06/19/2013 - 3:24pm
The Hartford, Conn. school board rejected Superintendent Christina Kishimoto's request for a two-year contract extension that would have kept her in charge of the district's education reform efforts through mid-2016.

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The Hartford Courant

Tucson names Texas educator as new superintendent

Submitted by Lynn Russo Whylly on Wed, 06/19/2013 - 3:17pm
The Tucson Unified School District's governing board voted 4-1 to appoint Heliodoro Torres Sanchez to lead Tucson schools after John Pedicone announced his resignation in March.

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Fox News

Indiana schools board picks eight semi-finalists for superintendent position

Submitted by Lynn Russo Whylly on Wed, 06/19/2013 - 2:57pm
The Indianapolis Public School Board has picked eight semi-finalists to interview this week to become its next superintendent. Board president Diane Arnold hopes to narrow the list to three or four finalists by Monday.

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IndyStar.com

Virginia Beach educator named as new Wake (N.C.) schools superintendent

Submitted by Lynn Russo Whylly on Wed, 06/19/2013 - 2:37pm
Jim Merrill, superintendent of Virginia Beach City Public Schools, has been named superintendent for Wake County (N.C.) school system. Merrill, who worked in Wake schools for 16 years as an English teacher in the 1970s, lauded the district as a leader in the state and nation.

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