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It’s budget season: How are you preparing for the fiscal cliff?

eSchool News

The imminent end of ESSER funding has pushed school districts to a critical juncture, compelling them to confront budget deficits for the upcoming 2024-2025 school year before the “fiscal cliff” hits in 2025-2026. Consider how to strengthen educator recruitment and combat turnover. Where are you now? Where do you want to go?

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Illinois’ Geneva School District 304 Renews Longterm Partnership with Discovery Education Supporting Science Education

eSchool News

Charlotte, NC — Illinois’ Geneva School District 304 (Geneva CUSD 304) today announced it has renewed its multi-year partnership with Discovery Education supporting science education in grades K-5 through the year 2026. Each lesson begins by posing a question commonly asked by young students.

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Florida Department of Education Approves Lexia Learning for ELA Intervention Courses

eSchool News

BOSTON (June 8, 2021) – Lexia Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company, announced today that Florida’s Commissioner of Education has approved Lexia® Core5® Reading (Core5) as curriculum in elementary intervention courses. The two programs have been approved for a five-year period, beginning April 1, 2021 and ending March 31, 2026.

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Why experts say now is the time to assess your district’s edtech use

eSchool News

Making tough choices Later this year, the final round of federal pandemic funding, known as Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER), will expire, leaving school budgets uncertain in many districts. If funds are allotted, however, districts can request an extension to use them through March of 2026 in some cases).

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The Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS) Announces New Regional Directors

eSchool News

Rivera, who is the former Pennsylvania Secretary of Education and currently serves as president of Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology in Pennsylvania, was named the Director of Region 6 Northeast. Rodriguez, who is superintendent of the Beaufort County School District in South Carolina, was named director of Region 7 Southeast. “Our

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Federal COVID relief funding will dry up soon. Are districts ready?

eSchool News

Congress gave districts plenty of leeway on how they could spend the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief money, or ESSER funds. Much of the spending itself must be complete by 2025, though districts may apply for extensions through 2026. Most of it was distributed based on poverty levels in each district’s community.

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PROOF POINTS: Schools’ mission shifted during the pandemic with healthcare, shelter and adult ed

The Hechinger Report

This story also appeared in Mind/Shift In a Department of Education survey released in October 2023 of more than 1,300 public schools, 60 percent said they were partnering with community organizations to provide non-educational services. Adult education is also often part of the package; the extras are not just for kids. “It

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