Current News

 
10/31/12: Registration Closing for the 2012 CCSSO Annual Policy Forum

This is the last week to register for the CCSSO Annual Policy Forum in Savannah, Georgia, November 15-17.

 
10/31/12: CCSSO Hosts Webinar featuring 2012 National Teacher of the Year Rebecca Mieliwocki

CCSSO will be hosting a webinar with 2012 National Teacher of the Year Rebecca Mieliwocki on the recently released Partnership for Readiness for College and Career (PARCC) and Smarter Balanced sample assessment items in English language arts.

 
10/19/12: District Race to Top Will Consider Emotional, Behavioral Sciences

As part of the $400 million district Race to the Top competition, the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) will give applications featuring plans to collaborate with public and private partners to better meet the social, emotional, and behavioral needs of students up to 10 bonus points.

 
10/23/12: Translating the Common Core for Dual-Language Classrooms

Implementing the new common standards into classrooms requires dual-language educators to adjust their instructional strategies to teach the more rigorous common standards in language arts and mathematics in a second language in addition to English.

 
10/23/12: Virginia's On-Time Graduation Rate for Class of 2012 Rises to 88 Percent, Dropout Rate Falls

The Virginia Department of Education says the on-time graduation rate for the Class of 2012 was 88 percent, up more than one percentage point from the previous class and more than 7 percent since the department began reporting on-time graduation rates in 2008.

 
10/19/12: State Rewards Good Schools With Cash

New Mexico schools receiving "A" letter grades and those that have improved grades will receive a portion of the $1.7 million the state has set aside as cash rewards, with about 88 schools from 41 districts receiving some of the money.

 
10/21/12: New Common Core Standards to Reshape Teaching

The implementation of the Common Core State Standards in Kansas by 2014 has teachers scrambling to prepare for educational changes in reading and math. Emily Seaman, a fourth-grade teacher at Hillcrest School, is just one of several teachers who have engaged in special training sessions on the new standards; teachers at all grade levels and throughout the school districts are receiving training through weekly district collaborations.

 
10/18/12: D.C. Considers Bill to Benefit Military Children

Washington, D.C., lawmakers are considering legislation that would enable the District to join the Military Interstate Children's Compact Commission to ensure that children of active-duty military officers are afforded smooth transitions when they move from state to state and school to school.

 
10/19/12: Budget Proposal Envisions More Arts Education in Alabama Schools

Alabama Superintendent of Education Tommy Bice proposed an initial budget that includes $5 million in "new state funding" for arts education. If the State Board of Education and the Alabama Legislature approve the budget, the funding will be used to expand or start arts programs in Alabama public schools.

 
10/31/12: Let’s Move! WV “Kinected” Schools

The West Virginia Department of Education’s (WVDE) Office of Healthy Schools and the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources’ Office of Healthy Lifestyles have teamed up with Microsoft to get kids moving. The group is gaming on the Xbox helping students increase their physical activity.