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Foreign Language Classes are Becoming More Scarce

Digital Promise

Government Accountability Office, nearly one in four Foreign Service officers do not meet the language proficiency requirements that they should meet to do their jobs. have a shortage of qualified foreign language instructors at the K-12 level for the 2016–2017 school year. Equity, or social justice, is another important consideration.

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

The Hechinger Report

Rita Green, the Washington state education chair for the NAACP, volunteered on the parent-teacher group at Rainier Beach High from 2007 to 2016. It feels really good to say, ‘I believe in this and that,’” said Dawn Larson, a social justice and equity co-chair of the Green Lake PTA. “To

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OPINION: Police reform is useless unless it helps those in prison, too

The Hechinger Report

Seeing a need to balance the scales, in 2016, several members of Monroe’s 70-year-old Hispanic Culture Group, myself included, formed an organization aimed at creating educational opportunities for a demographic that seemed forgotten by everybody else.

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Panicked universities in search of students are adding thousands of new majors

The Hechinger Report

The 15 universities and colleges nationwide that responded to the expansion of legalized gambling by rushing to add programs in casino management, for instance, produced all of 34 graduates in 2016, or about two graduates per program, an analysis by the education consulting firm Eduventures found.

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Lessons from NOLA: Ailing Mississippi district should be wary of charter schools

The Hechinger Report

The ( Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP) is short by $172 million statewide for 2016-17. This tendency gives conservative legislators, adverse to big-government, further ammunition to deny adequate funding to traditional districts like JPS. To their credit, JPS has shown an ability to do more with less.

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A new challenge for colleges: opioid-addicted students

The Hechinger Report

Almost unheard of five years ago, collegiate recovery programs are multiplying amid an opioid epidemic that claimed the lives of 4,110 Americans under 25 in 2016, the last year for which the figure is available. Related: How one university is luring coveted honors students with social justice. million in grants to 161 colleges.

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A Tribute to Lois Cronholm: The love of Science and that of another!

Life and Landscapes

the fierce intellectual fireball, microbiologist, student of law, seeker of social justice, and woman of more “firsts” than can be imagined, and that is saying a lot of a woman in those times. Lois continues her longtime fight for social justice, and remains active in her pursuit of civil rights and equality. She was (is!)