Education News, 2017

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December 29, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer:  Excerpts from John Jay's Address, 1776

December 29, 2017 - The Shortage of Teachers in Virginia's Government Schools

December 29, 2017 - Will Virginia Law Makers Reform Standardized Testing?

December 28, 2017 - Virtual Active Shooter Training for Teachers

December 27, 2017 - NY Junior High School Includes Hindu/Buddhist Practice in Health Class

December 22, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer:  School Choice Victory in Final Tax Reform Bill

December 22, 2017 - The Growing Problem of Chronic Teacher Absenteeism

December 21, 2017 - New York Is First State to Require Mental Health Ed for K-12

December 19, 2017 - How Artificial Intelligence May Affect Education

December 15, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer:  Update on Tax Reform:  School Choice, Teacher Benefits, and Religious Liberty

December 8, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer:  School Choice and Teacher Benefits in the Tax Reform Bill

December 7, 2017 - Intact Families May Be Key to Closing the Achievement Gap

December 7, 2017 - 265+ Schools in CA Closed Because of Wild Fires

December 6, 2017 - Should Teachers Have Guns at School?

December 4, 2017 - Portland, ME School Board Adopts Policy Affirming "Gender Expansive" Students

December 1, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer:  School Choice in the Tax Reform Bill

December 1, 2017 - Betsy DeVos:  Lack of School Choice Makes Us "...a Nation at Greater Risk."

November 28, 2017 - Self Driving School Buses?

November 28, 2017 - Supreme Court Declines Case About Prayer at School Board Meetings

November 23, 2017 - Lock Down Drills Now the Norm at Schools

November 22, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer:  Help Needed for AACS Schools in Puerto Rico

November 21, 2017 - Why Do Some Religious Daycares Accept Government Subsidies?

November 21, 2017 - How the Opioid Crisis Is Affecting Students

November 17, 2017 - AACS Washinton Flyer:  Amendments in Senate Tax Bill Promote School Choice

November 15, 2017 - ESSA Launches "Innovative Assessment Pilot" - "Performance-Based" Tests

November 14, 2017 - The Aftermath of the Atlanta Test Cheating Scandal

November 14, 2017 - Secretary DeVos:  "...a Traditional Four-Year Degree Is [Not] the Only Pathway to Success."

November 13, 2017 - Actress Chooses Home Schooling over Public School System That "Challenges the Parent's Authority"

November 11, 2017 - How Democrat Elections Gains Could Influence K-12 Education

November 10, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer:  House Tax Plan Includes 529 Expansion for School Choice

November 7, 2017 - Are Science Fairs Worthwhile?

November 3, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer:  Puerto Rico Christian Schools in Need of Help

October 30, 2017 - Paying Students to Get Good Grades

October 28, 2017 - How to Make Blended Learning Work

October 27, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer:  New Research Shows Support for School Choice Among Military Families

October 26, 2017 - Americans Think Homework Is Important

October 21, 2017 - Enrollment and Funding Controversy at Ohio Online Charter

October 19, 2017 - Should Teachers Rethink the Five Paragraph Essay?

October 19, 2017 - Fighting Chronic Absenteeism

October 18, 2017 - Using "Alternative Credentialing" to Address the Teacher Shortage

October 16, 2017 - Student-centered Learning:  "It's Not Clear Whether This Approach Actually Works Better."

October 16, 2017 - Digital Parental Notifications the New Norm

October 13, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer:  Administration Takes Steps to Provide More Religious Liberty Protection

October 12, 2017 - Students in Puerto Rico Returning to School

October 11, 2017 - Feminists Fight "Toxic Masculinity" by Calling for Universal Child Care, Health Care, Etc.

October 9, 2017 - New York Moves Away from Common Core

October 7, 2017 - Students Acknowledge Negative Impact of Social Media

October 6, 2017 - AACS Participates in White House Summit on Deregulation

October 5, 2017 - Training Teachers with "Augmented Reality"

October 3, 2017 - The Growing Popularity of Flipped Learning

September 30, 2017 - The Crisis of Teacher Turnover in Government Education

September 29, 2017 - AACS Participates in Private School Leadership Conference

September 22, 2017 - Comparing U.S. Education Spending with That of Other Countries

September 22, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer:  AACS Hosts National Legislative Conference

September 21, 2017 - "Transgender" Books in California Elementary Classrooms

September 21, 2017 - Florida Teacher Asks Fifth Graders to Address Her Using Gender-Neutral Pronouns

September 20, 2017 - Using Biometrics for School Security

September 19, 2017 - Schools Switching to 8-man Football Teams

September 18, 2017 - No More Common Core in New York

September 18, 2017 - Maryland Schools, Having Moved Away from Traditional Grades, Now Are Moving Back

September 17, 2017 - Wyth County, VA, Removes Prayer Plaque from Public School - Citizens Protest to School Board

September 16, 2017 - Yale Replaces Terms "Freshman" and "Upper Classman" with Gender Neutral Language

September 15, 2017 - House of Representatives Votes to Cut Education Budget by 3.5%

September 13, 2017 - DeVos Promotes More Individualized Instruction

September 10, 2017 - Houston Public Schools Sustain Damage from Harvey

September 9, 2017 - Using Virtual Reality to Train Teachers

September 8, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer:  Illinois Creates School Choice Tax Credit Program

September 6, 2017 - North Caroline Imposes Stricter Limit of 17 Students Per K-3 Classroom

September 5, 2017 - Using Google Suite to Teach Math

September 5, 2017 - President Trump May Dismantle DACA After Six Months

September 4, 2017 - How Would the Gubernatorial Candidates Address Virginia's Teacher Shortage?

September 1, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer:  New Statistics Show a Rise in Enrollment in Private Schools

September 1, 2017 - Hurricane Harvey's Impact on 1,000,000 Students

September 1, 2017 - Will Feds Use ESSA to Force States to Change How They Calculate Graduation Rates?

August 30, 2017 - School Is About to Start, but Richmond Public Schools Are 90 Teachers Short

August 29, 2017 - How to Battle High Tech Cheating in High School

August 25, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer:  School Choice Battle in the States

August 24, 2017 - LGBT Rights Group Sues Trump Administration Over "Transgender" Bathroom Policy

August 23, 2017 - Private Schools Are Small Schools

August 22, 2017 - Persistent Teacher Shortages

August 22, 2017 - Achieving "Gender Equity" in Reading

August 21, 2017 - A Laptop for Every Student in Maine, but Grades Are No Better

August 18, 2017 - No State Budgets Passed in CT, IL, WI; School Funding Affected

August 18, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer:  Poll Shows Growing Support for Tax Credit Scholarship Programs

August 17, 2017 - Dress Code Controversy at Tennessee Public School

August 17, 2017 - Solar Eclipse Causes Some Public Schools to Close

August 15, 2017 - Can FAFSA Be Hacked?

August 11, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer:  Expanding an Existing Program Could Help Create National School Choice

August 8, 2017 - School Cancels Awards Because of Their "Exclusionary Nature"

August 7, 2017 - Using Technology to Cheat in School

August 5, 2017 - Virginia Public Schools Teach Curriculum Entitled "Access Islam"

August 4, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer:  Strong Conservative Nominated to Be Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Liberty

August 4, 2017 - Suicide Rate Among Teenage Girls Doubles

August 3, 2017 - Has Common Core Led to Improved Writing Skills?

August 2, 2017 - Pros and Cons of Virtual Schools

July 28, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer:  Debate over Federal Tax Credit for School Choice

July 27. 2017 - Texas Senate Passes Bathroom Bill, Limits Access Based on Sex Listed on Birth Certificate

July 25, 2017 - Minnesota DOE Supplies "Transgender Toolkit," Suggests Teachers Stop Saying "Boys and Girls"

July 22, 2017 - Texas School District to Reinstate Corporal Punishment

July 21, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer:  AACS Hosts Youth Legislative Training Conference in Washington, D.C.

July 20, 2017 - Gen Z Watches Videos, Does Not Read Blogs

July 19, 2017 - Fixing Student Teaching and Teacher Shortages

July 19, 2017 - "Mal-employed" College Grads

July 18, 2017 - Trump Administration Cuts Off Teen Pregnancy Prevention Grants

July 18, 2017 - Banning Homework

July 14, 2017 - Should High School Seniors Be Required to Give Proof of Future Plans?

July 14, 2017 - Vouchers Are Racist, Argue Opponents

July 13, 2017 - "Mobile Classroom" Coming to San Fransisco

July 13, 2017 - NEA Does Not Trust Secretary DeVos

July 12, 2017 - More Schools Adopting "Bring Your Own Device" Policies

July 11, 2017 - Helping Students Who Are Introverts

July 8, 2017 - Does Religion Belong in Public School Classrooms?

July 7, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer:  Celebrating America's Fight for Freedom

July 6, 2017 - NEA Changes Position on Charter Schools

June 30, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer:  Religious Liberty Victory in Supreme Court Ruling

June 27, 2017 - Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Trinity Lutheran Preschool

June 23, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer:  Supreme Court Holds Hearing on Campus Free Speech

June 19, 2017 - The Negative Educational Impact of Fatherlessness

June 18, 2017 - Rethinking the Parent-Teacher Conference

June 16, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer:  Senator Sanders Criticizes Christian Faith During Confirmation Hearing

June 16, 2017 - Number of Students Eating Federally Funded Summer Meals Is Declining

June 15, 2017 - Students Using Texting Shortcuts in Typewritten Classroom Projects

June 14, 2017 - "Earn While You Learn" - Trump Touts Educational Apprenticeships

June 13, 2017 - Will the Graphing Calculator Soon Be Obsolete?

June 9, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer:  AACS Joins Meeting with Education Secretary DeVos

June 8, 2017 - "Mere $34B" Needed from Taxpayers in Order to Make College "Affordable"

June 8, 2017 - Students Benefiting from Chromebooks and G Suite

June 7, 2017 - Mississippi #1 in "Preschool Quality"

June 6, 2017 - Harvard Rescinds Admission for 10 Students Because of Offensive Facebook Memes

June 3, 2017 - Apps for Parents and Teachers to Look Out For

June 2, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer:  The Seventh Circuit Court Advances Transgender Rights

June 1, 2017 - Why Faith-Based Schools Are Important

May 28, 2017 - Government Schools in Oklahoma Change to Four-Day School Week

May 27, 2017 - Is Observation the Best Kind of Professional Development?

May 26, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer:  President's Budget Proposal Decreases Federal Footprint in Education

May 25, 2017 - DeVos Won't Say No Vouchers for Schools That Don't Admit LGBT Students

May 22, 2017 - Hacker Shuts Down FAFSA App

May 20, 2017 - Do Social Media Sites Have a Negative Effect on Students' Mental Health?

May 19, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer:  New Poll Shows Americans Are Fine with School Choice

May 16, 2017 - Wisconsin:  Career Planning Services for All 6th - 12th Graders

May 12, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer:  Executive Order for Religious Liberty Received Mixed Reviews

May 5, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer:  Education and Life Provisions in the Omnibus

April 28, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer:  Trump Executive Order Calls for Review of Federal Overreach in Education

April 27, 2017 - Not Enough Preschool Data to Help with Targeted Expansion

April 21, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer:  Oral Arguments Presented to Supreme Court on Religious Liberty and School Choice Case

April 20, 2017 - Does Science Really Prove Long-Term Benefits of Preschool?

April 18, 2017 - Starting the School Day Later in Order to Prevent Depression

March 21, 2017 - Wifi on School Buses

March 10, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer:  AACS Seeks Repeal of Overreaching Regulation

March 4, 2017 - Minecraft in the Classroom

March 1, 2017 - Trump to Congress:  Education Is "Civil Rights Issue of Our Time"

February 23, 2017 - Trump Administration Undoes Obama's "Transgender" Guidance for Schools

January 18, 2017 - Lawsuit Claim:  Google Violates Privacy of Students

January 17, 2017 - Students Using Social Media Instead of Sleeping

January 14, 2017 - "Flexible Learning Spaces"

January 13, 2017 - AACS Washington Flyer:  Attorney General Nominee Confirms Support for Religious Liberty

January 10, 2017 - Study:  Infant Simulators Increase Teen Pregnancy Rather Than Preventing It

January 4, 2017 - "Free" College Tuition in New York