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A dismal report card in math and reading

The Hechinger Report

Administered by the federal government, it tracks student performance in fourth and eighth grades and serves as a national yardstick of achievement. The starkest example of growing inequality is in eighth grade math, wherethe achievement gap grew to the largest in the history of the test. That’s a big deal. Its almost criminal.

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It used to be a notoriously violent prison. Now it’s home to a first-of-its kind education program

The Hechinger Report

In 2013, people incarcerated there staged a two-month hunger strike that spread throughout the state’s prisons to protest the excessive use of solitary confinement. Being the first program the federal government authorized to use Pell Grants for incarcerated men put a spotlight on Humboldt’s work.

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Reading Skills Are in Sharp Decline. Rescuing Them Won't be Easy.

ED Surge

Thats down from a fourth grade high of 223 in 2015 and an eighth grade high of 268 in 2013. Perez says her third and fourth grade students catch up quickly with individual support, where shes able to tailor each lesson to their personal interests depending on whether students are history buffs or go crazy for dinosaurs.

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PROOF POINTS: Schools staff up as student enrollment drops

The Hechinger Report

When kids go to school right now there are more adults in the building of all types than there were in 2013 and more than when I was a kid,” said Marguerite Roza, director of the Edunomics Lab at Georgetown University, where she has been tracking the divergence between students and staff at the nation’s public schools.

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COLUMN: Now imagine if your school closed for good

The Hechinger Report

550 billion — the investment needed to bring schools nationwide up to standard due to damage caused by postponing repairs, according to a 2013 federal estimate. Schools hold the history and culture of a place through yearbooks, trophy cases, and photo archives. Many students have fun on the playground when the school is closed.

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Katherine Thrailkill’s Mentor Led Her to MAHG

Teaching American History

Lindblom is the 2013 Arizona Teacher of the Year and a 2014 Graduate of the MAHG program. The course would prepare students for her fast-paced junior-level AP American History class. A study of Cherokee Indian removal during the 1830s would inform her on a part of history she knew little about.

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Should rich families be allowed to fundraise a better public school education for their kids?

The Hechinger Report

In 2013, families at a Seattle high school raked in more than $100,000 for a raffle to win a Tesla Model S. Ultimately, Wilson and Boggs said, it is the position of the National PTA that all necessary equipment and staffing at public schools should be paid for with government funds. I don’t think that’s the intention,” he said. “No