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Announcing the 2021-2022 League of Innovative Schools Cohort

Digital Promise

Digital Promise is thrilled to announce 37 districts—including 26 new districts and 11 returning districts—will join the ranks of the League of Innovative Schools for the 2021-2022 school year. Located in Mississippi, Columbus Municipal School District is committed to advancing advocacy of learners’ parents.

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What We Can Learn From Red States' Approaches to Child Care Challenges

ED Surge

In September 2024, EdNCs early childhood team attended The Hunt Institute's 2024 Early Childhood Leadership Summit , which included teams from all 50 states comprised of senior elected officials, gubernatorial staff, mayors, local elected leaders, and key early childhood system leaders.

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How one city closed the digital divide for nearly all its students

The Hechinger Report

A Tech Exchange employee works in the nonprofit’s warehouse in May 2021. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report Boxes of #OaklandUndivided devices wait for student pickup at Castlemont High School in May 2021. In May 2021, Think College Now elementary students sit in class after returning to in-person learning.

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Smoothing the path for immigrants to finish their college degrees

The Hechinger Report

In the 2018-2019 academic year, the university enrolled 6,763 undergraduate students, compared to 5,372 in the 2021-2022 academic year (the most recent year available from the National Center for Education Statistics). There is intentionality, there’s leadership here,” she said of the Davenport program.

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OPINION: We need targeted funding for racial equity in our public schools. California may have some lessons for all of us

The Hechinger Report

But even states with Democratic leadership have struggled to do so. In February 2021, Los Angeles approved a reform initiative known as the Black Student Achievement Plan. Looking at average breakdowns from recent data , we see that U.S. million for a 5,000-student district.”

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OPINION: Following the Supreme Court’s ban on affirmative action, we must find new remedies to promote educational equity

The Hechinger Report

million former students as of 2021. Supporting and expanding these initiatives through advocacy and philanthropy would directly benefit the completion rates of historically marginalized students. The recent $100 million gift to Spellman College , three-quarters of which will go to scholarships, embodies this mandate.

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Dr. Kimberly A. Mealy Appointed as the Next Executive Director of the American Political Science Association

Political Science Now

“We are delighted to welcome Kim Mealy to this critical leadership role. We are very excited about this new chapter in the APSA’s evolution under Kim’s leadership,” said APSA President, Mark Warren. million dollars in 2021; and serving as the co-Principal Investigator on the National Science Foundation (NSF) $1.4