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A study finds promise in project-based learning for young low-income children

The Hechinger Report

studied civics in the fall of 2016, they began by exploring a nearby park in Pontiac. They created multicolored posters to explain what different departments of local government do, from sanitation to human resources. When a classroom of second graders in Waterford, Mich.,

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What happens when two separate and unequal school districts merge?

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John Jones asks a question to his students in AP Human Geography on August 18, 2016. law — what makes it a unique and hopeful case — it’s unclear anyone in government will be watching to make sure it achieves its goal. Students returned to Starkville High School in Starkville, Mississippi on August 4, 2016. Photo: Nicole Lewis.

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We know how to provide good child care, we just don’t insist on it

The Hechinger Report

Delaware, for instance, mandates that caregivers at licensed child care centers follow lesson plans based on age-specific educational guidelines put together by the state’s Department of Education. Since 62 percent of 2-year-olds had working mothers in 2016, according to U.S. Sign up for our newsletter. Weekly Update.

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Lesson 12: Election and Electoral College (Grades K-3)

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Lesson Plan: Using the Every Kid Votes live election site, analyze the data and results of the class, school, and national election. February 26, 2024 Lesson 5: Who Can Run For Office February 26, 2024 Lesson 6: How Do We Choose Leaders? Compare the school vote with the national vote.

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The Idea of a Teacher Salary Minimum Is Gaining Steam in Congress. Where Has This Worked?

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So in 2016, the legislature established the Maryland Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education (better known as the “Kirwan Commission,” a nod to its chairman).

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Hidden toll: Thousands of schools fail to count homeless students

The Hechinger Report

The reasons include a federal law so little-known that people charged with implementing it often fail to follow the rules; nearly non-existent enforcement of the law by federal and state governments; and funding so meager that districts have little incentive to survey whether students have stable housing. Is this actually what we want?’”.

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Pop-ups bring preschool to low-income communities

The Hechinger Report

Of the more than 200,000 children ages 5 and younger in Silicon Valley, some 50,000 live in low-income families, according to a 2016 analysis by the Urban Institute. Families must register in advance because, like any school, there is a specific curriculum with lesson plans that build on one another.

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