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At least the House and the Senate agree on one item " no. on School Choice"

House OKs Bill to Slash Education Budget as School Choice Push Loses Out The House of Representatives voted to cut about 3.5 percent from the U.S. Department of Education's budget on Thursday, although the Senate's funding bill would cut less and take a different approach in several respects.

Teachers Resource " Only a teacher knows what it takes to be a teacher. "

3 ways to aid new teacher retention Disturbed by poor teacher retention, educator Leticia Skae takes on supporting new colleagues.

Administrators It may be better to help and work with what you have, then not have anyone at all. It takes a long time to make a diamond.

Schools throughout the country are grappling with teacher shortage, data show Public schools in 48 states and the District of Columbia report teacher shortages in math for the 2017-18 school year, according to the DOE. Forty-six states report shortages in special education, 43 in science and 41 in foreign languages.

Calif. school adds co-teaching in new year A California high school is launching a full-inclusion initiative that includes schoolwide co-teaching to support students with special needs. Principal John Denno said the program is aimed at improving the social integration of students with disabilities throughout the school.

Administrators new inclusion program.

Nipomo High students hit the books as school year kicks off Principal John Denno welcomed students to Nipomo High School Thursday as classes commenced throughout the Lucia Mar Unified School District.

Administrators, how high is your teacher turnover?

Don’t slam the desk on the way out. If fewer teachers quit, the shortage would end If schools could improve their work environments, and stop the flood of teachers leaving the field, the teaching shortage would go away, according to a report from the Learning Policy Institute.

A good inclusion idea.

What's Right With Our Schools: Unified PE program strengthens relationships within the school Students are building social skills through a program at Gray Elementary.

Administrators Keeping your teachers and providing the resources they need will always improve student success.

US teacher shortage: how to keep teachers from quitting For the first time since 1990, educators and policymakers are concerned about teacher shortages. One answer: support current teachers.

Administrators how relevant to the students life is your instructional program?

Chronic Absenteeism Is Most Severe in Poor Communities A new analysis of federal data finds half of the nation’s chronically absent students are enrolled in 4 percent of school districts.

Administrator how many students do you have on 504 and why?

Denied: How Texas keeps tens of thousands of children out of special education The state has saved billions of dollars while denying vital support to children with disabilities, a Houston Chronicle investigation has found.

Great solution on how to assist elementary students access to technology.

How teachers harness tech in the classroom Technologies are helping teachers manage the classroom and improve instruction. Newsela reconstructs news articles to meet students' individual reading levels, and Clever Badges, a QR code app, has helped speed up the sign-on process for student devices.

Mentor programs have always been shown to work.

A mentoring program that aims to keep Latino males in school On college campuses, Latino males are perhaps the most underrepresented group. These men are often expected to provide for their families, which can mean a choice between getting an education and getting a job. Hari Sreenivasan reports as part of our Rethinking College series on one program that’s t...