Education policy

District Administrators From Across the U.S. Join Seesaw's New Leadership Council at First Inaugural Event at ASCD in March 2024

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Wednesday, March 20, 2024
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SAN FRANCISCO, March 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Seesaw, the Learning Experience Platform designed for Pre-K-6, today announced the new Seesaw Leadership Council, a collective of 15 curriculum and instructional leaders across the United States who are at the cutting edge of trends, opportunities, and challenges in elementary education. The group will serve as an exclusive feedback network for Seesaw, creating a space for district leaders to share insights related to proposed product features, state initiatives, and industry trends. This interactive forum will also provide an opportunity for members to collaborate with their peers, and share initiatives and real-time issues they are experiencing in their respective school systems.

Key Points: 
  • Launching the Seesaw Leadership Council formalizes that ongoing feedback process and I am thrilled to lead our collaboration with this group."
  • It's been amazing to not only learn from our Seesaw Partners, but from other district leaders across the nation."
  • Currently, the Seesaw Leadership Council is exclusively for U.S.-based district leaders.
  • The international Seesaw Leadership Council will begin meeting in April 2024.

Burke Litigation Team Secures Daily Journal ‘Top Verdict’ Honor

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Thursday, February 29, 2024
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A Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP Law Enforcement Defense Litigation team has been distinguished in the 2024 edition of the Daily Journal’s ‘Top Verdicts’ supplement for securing a high-profile defense verdict in Rusanovskaya et al.

Key Points: 
  • A Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP Law Enforcement Defense Litigation team has been distinguished in the 2024 edition of the Daily Journal’s ‘Top Verdicts’ supplement for securing a high-profile defense verdict in Rusanovskaya et al.
  • The DJ ‘Top Verdicts’ supplement annually distinguishes the top trial outcomes in California, including the top 20 defense victories.
  • Oyster’s litigation strategy keyed-in on leveraging deposition testimony and evidence to advance a jury-convincing ‘suicide-by-cop’ argument.
  • Burke has ten practice groups: Litigation; Public Law; Eminent Domain and Inverse Condemnation; Labor and Employment Law; Construction Law; Environmental, Land Use and Natural Resources; Real Estate and Business Law; Insurance Coverage and Litigation; Intellectual Property; and Education Law.

New Research Shows Academic Recovery Has Started; Action Needed Before Federal Spending Deadline to Ensure Remaining Gaps are Closed

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Wednesday, January 31, 2024
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 31, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- After reporting on pandemic achievement losses last year, the Education Recovery Scorecard (a collaboration between the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University and The Educational Opportunity Project at Stanford University) is issuing a report on the first year of academic recovery for school districts in 30 states.      

Key Points: 
  • Even if they maintain last year's pace, students will not be caught up by the time federal relief expires in September.
  • Moreover, the recovery efforts are not closing the gaps between high- and low-poverty districts which widened during the pandemic.
  • To the extent that states and districts have remaining funds, they should focus those dollars on academic recovery this summer and next school year.
  • States need to take leadership and ensure that every last dollar of the remaining federal relief is spent on academic recovery efforts, like summer school, high-quality tutoring, and after-school instruction next year."

Voice4Equity Launches AI-Driven Education Leadership Platform in Partnership with The Superintendent Lab

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Tuesday, January 16, 2024
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VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Voice4Equity, under the leadership of Dr. Christina Kishimoto, today announces its AI-driven Education Leadership Analytics Platform.

Key Points: 
  • VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Voice4Equity, under the leadership of Dr. Christina Kishimoto, today announces its AI-driven Education Leadership Analytics Platform.
  • Women-led Organizations Unite for Education Policy, Leadership & Tech Empowerment
    The Education Leadership Analytics platform enhances leadership access to information by providing insights into research, data, news, and policy that affect public school districts, with an emphasis on equitable and inclusive design.
  • The Superintendent Lab, known as a leading national voice in school district superintendency research, developed and maintains The National Longitudinal Superintendent Database.
  • The unification of Voice4Equity's leadership development and AI expertise with The Superintendent Lab's research capabilities marks a new era in data-driven decision-making and professional empowerment for education leaders.

Study Reveals Significant Advances in Math Performance Among Tennessee Students

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Tuesday, January 9, 2024
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NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- A new study shows that Tennessee elementary- and middle-school students who consistently utilized Zearn Math scored significantly higher on the state's math exam than students who did not use the top-rated math learning platform.

Key Points: 
  • NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- A new study shows that Tennessee elementary- and middle-school students who consistently utilized Zearn Math scored significantly higher on the state's math exam than students who did not use the top-rated math learning platform.
  • While support from Zearn helped students across all levels of math performance, previously low-scoring students nearly tripled their Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP) score growth.
  • "The results of this study show that when teachers have high-quality tools with ongoing training, they can ensure that all students succeed in math."
  • The study employed a quasi-experimental matching technique, comparing 2023 TCAP math performance growth between students who consistently used Zearn with an academically and demographically similar group that did not use Zearn.

Eight Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP Presentation Teams Featured At CALPELRA 2023

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Wednesday, October 18, 2023
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Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP is pleased to announce that the firm will have eight Burke Labor and Employment Law teams featured at the California Public Employers Labor Relations Association 2023 annual training conference, taking place on November 14 - 17 in Monterey, California.

Key Points: 
  • Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP is pleased to announce that the firm will have eight Burke Labor and Employment Law teams featured at the California Public Employers Labor Relations Association 2023 annual training conference, taking place on November 14 - 17 in Monterey, California.
  • CALPELRA 2023 will feature the following Burke presenters and topics:
    Accepting the Role Social Media Plays in the Public Agency Workplace – Gena B. Burns and N. Richard Shreiba .
  • Navigating the Fitness-For-Duty Process - Daphne M. Anneet, AWI-CH ; Kate S. Im , and Patty Francisco (consultant).
  • Determining When the Interactive Process on Disability Accommodations Ends and What Comes Next – Katy A. Suttorp, AWI-CH and Sheila Delshad .

UnidosUS Calls for Greater Investments to Support a Full Recovery for Latino K-12 Students

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Thursday, October 19, 2023
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Efforts to support the academic recovery and well-being of Latino K-12 students and multilingual learners—who were disproportionately impacted by the pandemic—must be expanded and sustained, according to a new report from UnidosUS. With just one full school year remaining for states and school districts to spend education aid authorized under the American Rescue Plan Act, UnidosUS calls on policymakers to double down on evidence-based interventions and promising practices to close opportunity gaps and authentically engage parents and caregivers as partners in their children's education. 

Key Points: 
  • Accelerating Latino Student Recovery: An Agenda to Strengthen Our Schools and Help All Students Succeed synthesizes data showing that the pace of recovery has not been nearly fast enough.
  • The report also shares new findings on Latino parents' views on their children's academic recovery and emotional well-being.
  • We must seize this opportunity to transform schools to meet the needs of Latino students and multilingual students.
  • The report also spotlights promising programs and practices in these states and includes profiles with state-specific data about learning recovery.

Burke Civil Rights Litigation Team Secures Defense Verdict for the City of Los Angeles

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Friday, October 6, 2023
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A Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP Litigation team representing the City of Los Angeles and LAPD officer Brandon Purece secured a high profile defense jury verdict in a Los Angeles Superior Court civil rights action (Bradley Steyn v. City of Los Angeles, et al., 20STCV34657).

Key Points: 
  • A Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP Litigation team representing the City of Los Angeles and LAPD officer Brandon Purece secured a high profile defense jury verdict in a Los Angeles Superior Court civil rights action (Bradley Steyn v. City of Los Angeles, et al., 20STCV34657).
  • Burke partner Brian S. Ginter led the Burke defense team, which included partner Charles E. Slyngstad , associate attorney Kyle Anne Piasecki , and paralegal Phil Paley.
  • Ginter opined, “A jury accurately and fairly determined that Officer Purece used reasonable force and did not violate Mr. Steyn’s rights.
  • Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP is a California limited liability law partnership with 161 member attorneys.

Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP Grows Best Lawyers in America and BL Ones to Watch Rankings for 2024

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Tuesday, August 22, 2023
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Burke Managing Partner John J. Welsh reflected, “Burke is very proud of the growing number of Best Lawyers 2024 recognitions for Burke attorneys across a wider range of the firm’s practice areas.

Key Points: 
  • Burke Managing Partner John J. Welsh reflected, “Burke is very proud of the growing number of Best Lawyers 2024 recognitions for Burke attorneys across a wider range of the firm’s practice areas.
  • We remain committed to growing our offering of excellence to meet the diverse legal challenges of our clients.”
    Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP is a California limited liability law partnership with 157 member attorneys.
  • Our mission is to provide clients with creative, results oriented, and cost effective legal services within the complex environment in which they function.
  • We view ourselves as problem solvers and legal strategists, not simply compliance monitors and reciters of the law.

Dr. Heath Morrison Named Chief Executive Officer of Teachers of Tomorrow

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Wednesday, July 26, 2023
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HOUSTON, July 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Teachers of Tomorrow, the nation's largest alternative certification program for teachers, today announced the appointment of Dr. Heath Morrison as Chief Executive Officer, effective August 1, 2023. Morrison succeeds Trent Beekman who will remain with the company as a Senior Advisor while he pursues a new leadership opportunity.

Key Points: 
  • HOUSTON, July 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Teachers of Tomorrow, the nation's largest alternative certification program for teachers, today announced the appointment of Dr. Heath Morrison as Chief Executive Officer, effective August 1, 2023.
  • Morrison brings to Teachers of Tomorrow over 30 years of education experience in both the private and public sectors, having worked as a teacher, principal, superintendent, and corporate executive.
  • In 2020, Morrison joined Montgomery Independent School District (ISD), a suburb of Houston, TX, to become the district's superintendent.
  • Morrison joins Teachers of Tomorrow at a time of considerable momentum for the company.