SOCIETY FOR JUDGMENT AND DECISION MAKING NEWSLETTER To All Judgment and Decision Making Aficionados: The Society for Judgment and Decision Making is pleased to announce that the last 2023 newsletter is ready for download: http://sjdm.org/newsletters/ This issue contains announcements, conferences, and jobs!

SOCIETY FOR JUDGMENT AND DECISION MAKING NEWSLETTER To All Judgment and Decision Making Aficionados: The Society for Judgment and Decision Making is pleased to announce that the latest newsletter is ready for download: http://sjdm.org/newsletters/ This issue contains announcements, conferences, and jobs!

SOCIETY FOR JUDGMENT AND DECISION MAKING NEWSLETTER To All Judgment and Decision Making Aficionados: The Society for Judgment and Decision Making is pleased to announce that the latest newsletter is ready for download: http://sjdm.org/newsletters/ This issue contains announcements, conferences, and jobs. It also has the 2024 conference program in it, so you have that going […]

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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, has become increasingly critical of charter schools this year, and his new proposals for charters would change how they operate and how they are funded.

Schools must make the critical decision whether to reinforce the learning that students have already done this year or introduce new content.

A state-by-state breakdown shows that Colorado, Rhode Island and Illinois found some evidence that students' familiarity with technology impacted scores on 2014-15 PARCC exams. An analysis in Maryland is pending.

Rhode Island Governor Gina M. Raimondo announced a new effort to bring computer science classes to every public school in the state by the end of 2017.

The move to assume broad powers over the Providence school system illustrates both the attraction and challenges of high-profile approaches to troubled or low-performing schools and districts.

The state requested a waiver from the federal requirement in January. Failure to meet the 95-percent requirement can lead to funding penalties for states.

In addition to a delay, Wisconsin had to eliminate certain questions from its Smarter Balanced exam, after opting not to use the adaptive testing feature of the test.

The state decided that the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium offers it a chance to share assessment goals with neighboring states.

Wayne Sanstead, who has been North Dakota's state schools superintendent for nearly three decades, has decided not to run for an eighth term this fall.

North Dakota and Wyoming state superintendents said this week that they will soon hire new testing vendors.

Ohio auditor Dave Yost, a Republican, says that virtual schools should be compensated based on what their students learn.

Attendance and login records show that Ohio's Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow was paid for 9,000 students more than it should have been, according to a state audit.

All districts in Wyoming will be required to provide K-12 computer science instruction, and Idaho high schools will offer at least one high school CS course.

In states like Georgia, the push to empower the youth vote comes to fruition at a time when “every vote counts” is more than just a slogan.

Most school boards don’t look the students they serve, but new research suggests that must change.

Here are strategies for creating strong, respectful, productive relationships between superintendents and school boards.

While most teachers have online access at home, internet service for many educators in rural areas is spotty, expensive, or nonexistent.

The student newspaper at duPont Manual High School in Louisville, Ky., first reported on the state's problematic police training material.

The extensions will let schools and community groups continue feeding students with fewer restrictions than typical under the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs.

Controversy over a proposal to admit students by lottery to a highly selective school in Virginia echoes a nationwide debate over how to include more Blacks, Latinos, and low-income students in advanced academic programs.

Parents of a child with autism filed lawsuits against the Clark County, Nev. district, after video evidence showed him being restrained repeatedly.

Wendy Shirey, principal of Pinecrest Academy Horizon in Henderson, Nev., was awarded the $25,000 cash prize, which is known as the "Oscars of Teaching."

The state's two virtual charter schools have earned poor marks from the state's accountability system in the few years they've been operating.

With schools shut down, social distancing in place, and parents at home, after-school programs are laying off staff and switching gears to meet families' needs.

States are tweaking voter registration laws for teenage voters and schools are busing students to the polls. Will these efforts help young people get in the habit of voting?

A $12.2 million dollar grant from the state Department of Public Instruction will go to a program based at North Carolina State University to provide additional training literacy training to teachers in 16 high-needs districts across the state.

What goes on behind all the closed doors in politics? Most teachers never get a chance to find out, writes teacher-turned-politician John Waldron.

Despite a $6,100 teacher pay raise this spring, school districts report that they're starting the new academic year with nearly 500 teaching vacancies.

The days are a technology overload, mixed with the joy of seeing her students' faces and worry about her own family's health and safety, New York City teacher Ariel Sacks writes.

Fidelity is often seen as a bad word in school, but it doesn't have to be that way. In this guest blog by George Toman, the concept of fidelity is explained and defended.

Convinced that the show must go on, many high school theater troupes are turning to livestreamed productions, outdoor performances, and radio plays.

The ability to discern fact from fiction and to recognize reliable news is fundamental, writes News Literacy Project’s Charles Salter.

The change under consideration would make the reading test less accurate not more, writes E.D. Hirsch Jr.

Alabama lawmakers passed a charter school law last year, becoming the 43rd state to adopt one.