Inaugural Board of Directors Named for New National Accreditor

The Interim Board of Directors for the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) recently named CAEP’s first Board of Directors, effective July 1, 2013. more

Bridgespan Releases New Report on State Exemplars of Common Core Implementation

Bridgespan has released a new paper entitled Building the Missing Link Between the Common Core and Improved Learning. more

Pennsylvania Governor Appoints Acting Secretary of Education

Governor Tom Corbett appointed Carolyn Dumaresq to serve as the Acting Secretary of Education in Pennsylvania on August 26, 2013. more

Nevada Governor Appoints New Superintendent of Public Instruction

On August 26, 2013, Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval appointed Dale Erquiaga as the new State Superintendent of Public Instruction. more

Illinois Releases New Report Calling for Improved Physical and Health Education Standards

Illinois has released a new report from the Enhance Physical Education Task Force. The report calls for new benchmarks and strategies to improve and increase physical education classes, based on the latest neuroscience research linking physical activity with improved academic performance. more

States May Move Closer to Uniform Way of Identifying ELLs

States that have adopted the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and are planning to roll out shared content assessments are turning their attention to establishing uniform standards for identifying English-language learners and determining when they no longer need language instruction. more

Data Shows 28 Percent of W.Va. Schools Meet Student Learning, Improvement Goals

The West Virginia Department of Education released data from its new accountability system, which found that 28 percent of schools met goals for student learning and improvement and 38 percent had met one of the two goals. more

Vermont One of Five States Selected for National Education Initiative

State Education Secretary Armando Vilaseca announced that Vermont is one of five states — New Hampshire, Maryland, Mississippi, and Oregon being the others — chosen by the University of Kansas to receive a five-year, $24.5-million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to implement the K-8 Schoolwide Integrated Framework for Transformation (SWIFT) national education initiative. more

North Dakota Ushers in New Education Standards, Tests

School districts in North Dakota were told by the State Department of Public Instruction to begin planning for the 2015 implementation of the Common Core State Standards by July 1, 2013, if they had not done so already. more

Free ACT Testing Encourages Students to Seek Higher Education

The Montana Office of Public Instruction reported that more than 9,000 public school juniors took the ACT test last spring, an increase of 3,000 students over the previous year. more

Torlakson Directs $622 Million in State Funding to Help School Districts Bring Common Core Standards to Life

California Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announced that schools will receive $622 million in new funding at the beginning of the school year to support the transition to the new Common Core State Standards (CCSS). more