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Los Angeles USD builds the Maywood Center for Enriched Studies

By Steven Blackburn

The completion of the Maywood Center for Enriched Studies, a grade 6 through 12 magnet school, marks the end of Los Angeles USD’s 14-year effort to add 131 new schools. The building accommodates 1,200 students from Maywood and across the district. Challenge: From 1980 to 2002, LAUSD faced a 200,000-student increase that forced many schools […]

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Lawmakers requiring more recess in schools

States that require recess, states that require general and physical activity

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October 17, 2017

Illinois steers funding toward struggling school districts

Illinois has revamped state education funding to provide extra support to economically challenged K12 districts. Evidence-based funding, which goes into effect in 2018, considers each district’s needs and local funding resources when allocating state aid, with extra emphasis placed on high-poverty districts. Previously, nearly two-thirds of funding for each district—compared to a national average of […]

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October 16, 2017

How schools are approaching the concussions crisis proactively

While the increasing number of concussion-related injuries in the NFL—and the player lawsuits that followed—have captured the country’s attention, less attention has been paid to the rise of similar claims coming from high school student-athletes. The litigation exposes high school districts to an increased risk of class-action lawsuits and significant monetary damages. Schools must determine […]

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October 13, 2017

Hints from around the world

Schools connected to overseas U.S. military bases often try to restrict class sizes—to about 18 or 20 pupils—so teachers can develop closer relationships with their students. A teacher’s primary obligation is to make sure newcomers integrate into their classes as quickly as possible, says Amy Peaceman, who recently retired after 41 years of teaching in […]

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October 13, 2017

How schools are making room for the military

The life of a military family comes with a powerful sense of patriotism and pride, but also definite, daily challenges. Personnel are typically transferred every two to three years, which means their children may attend as many as nine schools during their lives.

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October 12, 2017

K12 is moving to ease food insecurity

When the New York City Department of Education announced in September that all public school students will now receive free lunch, it joined a growing number of cities around the country trying to ease food insecurity and end the phenomenon of “lunch shaming.” Previously about three-quarters of the city’s 1.1 million public school students qualified […]

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October 11, 2017

Schools promote career-tech

Gone are the days when a mechanic can pop the hood of a car, take a look around and figure out what to do. Today’s auto shop graduates use diagnostic software to determine a vehicle’s problem, and then must explain the solution coherently, in a way that all customers will understand. Vocational education used to […]

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October 10, 2017

Exercise is key to K12 leadership success

Can exercise boost our effectiveness as leaders? Science supports the importance of exercise, especially for leaders. Proof abounds on the internet and in magazines. Have you made the connection yet? If not, here are a few reasons you should. It’s energy-inducing Exercise can improve energy by strengthening circulation and the heart muscle, both of which […]

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Los Angeles USD builds the Maywood Center for Enriched Studies

Lawmakers requiring more recess in schools

States that require recess, states that require general and physical activity

Student Success Stories

Illinois steers funding toward struggling school districts

How schools are approaching the concussions crisis proactively

Hints from around the world

How schools are making room for the military

K12 is moving to ease food insecurity

Schools promote career-tech

Exercise is key to K12 leadership success