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Kindness, innovation, and Tuesday’s election

Dangerously Irrelevant

acquired some kind of postsecondary credential by 2015 (page 22) x 64% their credential was a 4-year diploma (approximately; it’s probably a little lower than the 2011 rate; page 22) = 25% of the Colorado High School Class of 2009 has a 4-year degree by 2015. Related Posts. Iowa’s anemic Internet access.

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OPINION: In higher ed, lower enrollment isn’t the only sign of trouble

The Hechinger Report

institutions were deficient in the key attributes of critical thinking as measured by the latest Collegiate Assessment Plus test. A recent study by the Young Invincibles showed that, while the number of individuals with degrees increased from 1974 to 2015 among all groups, racial disparities have widened. In 2015, 36.2

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Why decades of trying to end racial segregation in gifted education haven’t worked

The Hechinger Report

million public school students were identified as gifted in 2015-16, about 6 percent of the total school population, according to the federal Department of Education. percent, were considered gifted in 2015-16. Gifted education needs to diversify, they said — for racial and social justice, and because otherwise it might not survive.

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Practicing What We Preach: Using Inquiry to Design a Social Studies Methods Class

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Then I think about the kinds of disciplinary sources I want to feature and the kinds of formal and informal performance tasks I’ll use to assess student learning (Swan, Grant, & Lee, 2015). 6; Love, 2019). than to disclose their perspective on abortion.

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Segregation in Steel Valley: How these Pittsburgh-area elementary students are separated by race and academic performance

The Hechinger Report

We focus on education, health, the environment, public safety and social justice issues. We focus on education, health, the environment, public safety and social justice issues. I don’t think Munhall is stopping black people from moving in there,” Esper said. It was reprinte with permission.

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Put more gender studies in schools’ sex ed courses

The Hechinger Report

Related: Foundations aren’t helping anyone if they’re not serious about social justice. The 2015 call from a number of national groups proposes just that. Eight transgender people have died this year, and 22 transgender people died last year in the United States because of violence , according to the Human Rights Campaign.