This webinar is now on-demand! Watch the full event here. According to the National Association of School Nurses (NASN,) administering medication to students is one of the most common health-related activities performed in school. The surge in medication use, along with the increasing complexity of medications warrants a clear administration process. Failure to have such a process in […]
This webinar is now on-demand! Watch the full event here. According to a recent Mylan survey, of the 919 reported cases of anaphylaxis in schools, more than one in five occurred in students without an established or known allergic trigger. The only treatment for anaphylaxis is epinephrine. Currently, nine states have laws requiring schools to stock epinephrine, but 38 […]
This webinar is now on-demand! Watch the full event here. Earlier this year, the study #CommonCore: How Social Media Is Changing the Politics of Education made a small splash in the education policymaking world. It details how Twitter has shaped the Common Core debate—and specifically, what sort of impact tweets containing #CommonCore has had. The findings suggest the […]
The National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) seeks applicants to join a collaborative network of state boards of education dedicated to the implementation of a leadership model for a standards-based education system. This stipend initiative will establish a network of five to eight states to collaboratively work to fully align policies and processes as outlined […]
This webinar is now on-demand! Watch the full event here. The cry for K-12 students to have stronger STEM—Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics—skills continues, yet engineering is often absent from traditional science content standards. Engineers are vital to our society. They design the technology, processes, and systems that drive our 21st century economy and meet the public’s needs and wants. The Next Generation […]
This webinar is now on-demand! Watch the full event here. The 10th edition of Education Week’s Diplomas Count report, released on June 4, focuses on students with disabilities, examining the challenges and opportunities awaiting them as they transition from K-12 schooling to postsecondary education and the workplace. Education Week journalists profile students with a range of disabilities and investigate […]
This webinar is now on-demand! Watch the full event here. Student data privacy is in the news more than ever before: In 2015, 175 bills have so far been introduced in 45 states, and at least three federal bill drafts are circulating in Congress. Although schools have always kept records on students, technological advances have made student […]
This webinar is now on-demand! Watch the full event here. According to the US Department of Education’s Civil Rights Data Collection, nearly 96 percent of our nation’s public school teachers are licensed and certified. So why are so many low-income and minority students still being taught in schools with the highest percentages of unqualified and inexperienced teachers? […]
