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EduClips is a roundup of the week鈥檚 top education headlines from America鈥檚 15 largest school districts, where more than 4 million students across eight states attend class every day. Read previous EduClips installments here.

New York City 鈥� Teachers Leaving City Pose 鈥淐risis鈥� for District: Declaring 鈥渁 teacher retention crisis in New York City,鈥� Comptroller Scott Stringer noted that 41 percent of city teachers hired in the 2012-13 school year had left the job. In order to preserve continuity, Stringer called for a new residency program focused on training. The proposed program would offer rookie educators a $30,000 stipend to work in a city school during their final year of graduate school. 鈥淲e provide just weeks of in class training to aspiring teachers and no mentorship whatsoever,鈥� he said. We can鈥檛 keep accepting a status quo where we lose half of our teachers in the workforce every five years.鈥� ()

Broward County 鈥� Two More Deputies Fired in Connection to Parkland Shooting: Two sheriff鈥檚 deputies were fired this week after an investigation found that neither tried to locate and confront the gunman during last year鈥檚 mass school shooting in Parkland, Florida. Seventeen students and faculty at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School were killed during the massacre on Feb. 14, 2018. According to an Internal Affairs report, deputies Josh Stambaugh and Edward Eason moved away from the source of the gunshots, prompting Sheriff Gregory Tony to describe their actions as 鈥渁 neglect of duty.” Two other deputies, Scot Peterson and Sgt. Brian Miller, were previously fired in connection to their response to the shooting. Earlier this year, Peterson was charged with 11 criminal counts, including negligence and perjury. ()

Los Angeles 鈥� Amid Fiscal Turmoil, Board Passes $7.8 Billion Budget: Despite declaring the documents to be 鈥渦nintelligible,鈥� L.A. Unified board members passed a $7.8 billion budget and accountability plan for 2019-20 last week. The move came after a highly touted parcel tax proposal failed and just a week after parents complained that the budget documents lacked transparency. The three-year, annually updated accountability document is a blueprint for the district鈥檚 goals and plans to improve student performance. The board鈥檚 move comes amid a year of fiscal struggle, including threats of a county takeover to shore up the district鈥檚 wayward finances. (Read at The74Million.org)

Hillsborough County 鈥� Incoming Freshman Dies During Summer Football Drills: Schools in the Tampa area halted all summer workouts and athletic activities after a 14-year-old collapsed while participating in football drills. Hours after the death of incoming freshman Hezekiah Walters, the district ordered coaches to complete a review of safety procedures at every school. 鈥淥ur family is heartbroken with the loss of Hezekiah,鈥� the Walters family said in a statement sent to the Tampa Bay Times. 鈥淲e are still in shock and asking God to provide us peace.鈥� The Hillsborough County Medical Examiner鈥檚 Office is investigating the cause of his death. ()

Fairfax County 鈥� Drama Teacher Arrested in Connection With Filming of Students: A Fairfax County high school drama teacher was arrested in connection with the filming of what police described as 鈥渄ozens and dozens鈥� of female students in a dressing area and other locations. Police said Raphael Schklowsky will face multiple charges for the videos, taken via cell phone and remote camera between May 2017 and June 2018. Schklowsky鈥檚 lawyer, Edward Ungvarsky, declined to comment. The teacher, who was previously charged with unlawfully filming his au pair and possessing child pornography, has been suspended without pay. ()

Noteworthy Essays & Reflections

STUDENT DEBT 鈥� Canceling Student Debt Doesn鈥檛 Make Problems Disappear ()

SCHOOL CHOICE 鈥�Walsh: School Choice Is Not a Zero-Sum Game 鈥� How a Texas Superintendent Created District-Charter Partnerships to Help All Kids Succeed (Read at The74Million.org)

PERSONALIZED LEARNING 鈥� What New Research Can Teach Schools Looking to Put Personalized Learning Into Practice ()

PARENTS 鈥� How parents can help dismantle transphobic and homophobic school climates ()

HEALTH 鈥� Study: Stay in School to Skip Heart Disease ()

Quotes of the Week

鈥淔or the past two days, I have felt like I have been kicked in the sternum by Godzilla wearing steel-toed boots.鈥� 鈥擯rovidence Teachers Union President Maribeth Calabro, on a scathing report from Johns Hopkins University that lambasted the district for poor academic performance, unsafe schools and lackluster morale. (Read at The74Million.org)

鈥淓ducation reform isn鈥檛 a cure-all. As a supporter of education reform, I agree that fixing educational inequality requires doing more to address the broader, systemic sources of economic inequality.鈥� 鈥攆ormer president Barack Obama. ()

鈥淟et鈥檚 not mince words here. There鈥檚 a teacher retention crisis in New York City.鈥� 鈥擭ew York City Comptroller Scott Stringer, on reports that 41 percent of city teachers hired during the 2012-13 school year left during their first five years on the job. ()

鈥淲ithout support, no one can do this job.鈥� 鈥攎entor and fifth-grade teacher Ambar Quinones. (Read at The74Million.org)

鈥淓ducation clearly has not been at the top of his list of priorities to address directly. But he has been very supportive of all the work that we have done.鈥� 鈥擡ducation Secretary Betsy DeVos, on President Trump鈥檚 policy priorities. ()

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