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JANUARY 28, 2019

“If they do go to school outside of Nome, or go to work outside of Nome, they’ve had some exposure to different cultures, different places.”. Starting in 2012, an idea floated around Alaska that seemed sort of preposterous. A plan to link Alaska to the world. Bill Walker pledged to partner with EducationSuperHighway.

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APRIL 18, 2016

Instead of attending neighborhood schools with students of the same race and economic status, as most children do in Mississippi, Osborn went to school with an even mix of black and white classmates, some from the town’s wealthy subdivisions and others from Clinton’s poorer areas. They’re also extremely successful.

Junior High 75

Junior High Civics K-12 Economics 75

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JANUARY 3, 2018

Conventional wisdom among guidance counselors holds that students from high-poverty high schools may struggle at the nation’s elite colleges, so placing them in less competitive environments will give them a chance. He would come across students who’d impressed him as eighth graders and discover they were floundering in high school.

High School 80

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NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Since 2012, when the government exhorted more écoles maternelles to open their doors to 2-year-olds, the rate of participation in France’s “priority education networks”—networks of schools that serve heavily low-income, immigrant communities that are targeted for extra social support—has steadily risen. It’s bureaucratic.”.

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OCTOBER 20, 2019

They ran into an economic wall that has hit communities of color the hardest, but which has also blocked many residents of this 98 percent white county. Principal Robert Roark has been part of a team at Leslie County High School that raised the graduation rate from among the worst in the state to 99 percent.

High School 75

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DECEMBER 7, 2017

“There is a very seriously warped view among many Americans, and particularly more affluent Americans, about where the money is actually going,” said Richard Reeves, a senior fellow in economic studies at the Brookings Institution and author of “ Dream Hoarders: How the American Upper Middle Class Is Leaving Everyone Else in the Dust.”. “I

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FEBRUARY 19, 2018

In the summer, my child also attends a teacher-training lab school that is part of a public university in Finland, a nation ranked No. 1 in childhood education in the world by both UNICEF and the World Economic Forum. and one of the largest, most influential and most racially and economically segregated systems in the world.

Charter School 58

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JANUARY 7, 2019

After decades of lobbying by early childhood advocates, local businessmen agreed to fund individual programs and initiatives, and used their influence with the staunchly Republican legislature to increase state spending on pre-K in 2012 by $9 million, up 47 percent from the year before.

K-12 78

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FEBRUARY 27, 2018

In contrast to American private schools, Sweden’s free schools don’t charge tuition — they draw on government funds to operate — and are required to follow Sweden’s national curriculum. They’re more comparable to American charter schools, which are publicly funded but privately run. In the U.S.,

Charter School 104

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FEBRUARY 9, 2025

When her private school told the Simmons family they would have to shell out up to $10,000 a year for once-a-week personalized reading instruction and other services, they decided to transfer their daughter to Louisiana Key Academy. Related: A lot goes on in classrooms from kindergarten to high school.

Charter School 88

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JULY 24, 2022

But the federal civil rights law is often ignored, misunderstood or blatantly violated in public schools. A charter school in Louisiana required students to take a pregnancy test and then forced them out if they refused or tested positive. The social and economic implications for these teenagers when they drop out are profound.

High School 141

High School Tutoring Sociology Middle School 141

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AUGUST 12, 2024

Walz does not support private-school vouchers, opposing statewide private-school voucher legislation introduced in 2021 by Republicans in Minnesota. — Walz, who signed the law in 2023, made Minnesota one of only eight states to have a universal school meal policy.

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K-12 Education Public School History 136