ED Surge

MARCH 6, 2023

Among the many changes the commission recommended — which became law in 2021, under the “Blueprint for Maryland’s Future Act,” and will increase state education funding by $3.8 In the 2021-22 school year, Houston ISD offered a starting salary of around $57,000, which put it among the lowest of 12 peer districts in the region, he says.

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APRIL 14, 2022

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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MARCH 23, 2021

I understand how the dysfunction of the federal government in the early stages of the pandemic crippled states and localities and their ability to respond. Would March 2021 look different from November 2020? Give us some leadership. I miss meeting kids from all over the city. Be transparent.

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MARCH 29, 2024

It was the fall of 2021. according to Holroyd Pearce, partners with universities, colleges and governments, which typically fund the program or grant academic credit — often to students who face barriers to getting work experience. The company, whose biggest market is now the U.S.,

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Political Science Now

AUGUST 30, 2024

“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

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ED Surge

APRIL 20, 2022

And that has implications for higher ed providers trying to promote non-degree programs as a way for people to get ahead in the workforce , as well as for government officials considering how to hold job-training programs accountable for student outcomes.

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Cult of Pedagogy

JANUARY 21, 2024

The group purposefully uses language to help the public understand that drugs belong to one of two categories: those that are approved for consumption by a government agency and those that are not. Consider the NHRC’s use of the phrase “licit and illicit” in principle 1. Chicago Review. Princeton University Press. Watters, A.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2021

With the pandemic raging in Los Angeles, the 2021 Grammys have been postponed until March 14. We [Oberlin Conservatory leadership and faculty] did not enter the pandemic with the goal of attempting to replicate pre-pandemic norms,” Quillen said. million viewers. Music in the time of coronavirus … is one of our best friends.’’

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ED Surge

MAY 23, 2022

A Time of Transition And then in spring 2021, NAEYC’s CEO of nearly a decade announced she would be stepping down in the coming year. The announcement led to a “lengthy and transparent national search” for Rhian Evans Allvin’s successor, says Ann McClain Terrell, NAEYC’s governing board president. “We’re just doing it differently.”

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JULY 22, 2021

Research from the University of Kansas, published in May 2021, found that some students with disabilities adapted and were resilient. “ The school cycle 2021-2022 will begin on Wednesday, Aug. At the same time, the pandemic has empowered some families who have been traditionally marginalized. said De La Torre.

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JUNE 6, 2022

His time in elementary school preceded both Johnson’s leadership at Collins Elementary and Duty’s in the district. A proposed ban on corporal punishment at the federal level, introduced in both chambers of Congress in 2021, highlights it as a strategy for making paddling obsolete. During the February hearing, Rep.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 11, 2017

Adler, who has taught at the school for 40 years, sees the proficiency-based education mandate from the state as another foolish idea to come down from a state government that doesn’t understand or respect teachers. Each of Maine’s 124 high schools is required to offer such diplomas to the Class of 2021, next fall’s ninth graders.

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ED Surge

APRIL 10, 2023

The Engage Every Student Initiative is a national campaign, started in 2022, that calls for communities to provide high-quality, out-of-school-time learning opportunities for all interested students by using funds from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. We don't have enough places for our youth to go.”

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Geogramblings

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Following a strong collective youth voice at COP26 , climate and sustainability education have become more prominent on governments’ agendas. Soon after COP26, the Scottish Government announced plans to update and strengthen its Sustainability Action Plan , designed to implement its flagship Learning for Sustainability policy.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

In the 10 years through 2016, college tuition and fees increased by 63 percent , or three times as much as all the other products and services measured by the government, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. Tuition and fees rose less than 1 percent from September 2019 to July 2021, a period during which inflation was more than 7 percent.

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Zinn Education Project

JUNE 6, 2024

Jesse Hagopian , Rethinking Schools editor, co-editor of Teaching for Black Lives, and Zinn Education Project leadership team member Astoundingly, today, almost half of all children in the public schools are in a jurisdiction that has passed a law or policy that bans honest education , about race, about gender, about sexuality.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 10, 2017

The law requires that by 2021, students graduating from Maine high schools must show they have mastered specific skills to earn a high school diploma. By 2021, schools must offer diplomas based students reaching proficiency in the four core academic subject areas: English, math, science and social studies.

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ED Surge

MARCH 9, 2022

We've already been disrupted,” said Cardona, who worked as an educator and administrator in Connecticut before becoming Secretary in early 2021. “So “We're closer to a reset in education than ever before. So why are we building it back the way it was when it didn't work for everybody?”

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Political Science Now

JULY 16, 2024

Murray, Weber State University (Presenter) Allison Rank, SUNY, Oswego State Session Description: Democratic erosion in the United States—rendered vivid in the events of January 6, 2021—as well as the global decline of democratic regimes should push us to reflect on how we introduce politics to students.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2016

But since 2009, according to David Smith, the district’s chief of communications and government relations, the district has had to cut more than $50 million from its already tight budget because of state cutbacks, threatening progress in a district that had seen some significant and surprising gains for its students. “We

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

With the election over, now is the time for legislators and leaders in states and the federal government to turn their attention back to education. Related: COLUMN: Endangered public schools need federal leadership more than ever. First, we have had a total failure of federal and state leadership on education.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

When the Center for Community College Student Engagement surveyed more than 80,000 students at community colleges in 2021, it found that 44 percent of students who needed help getting food and 21 percent who needed help finding affordable shelter said that their colleges provided them with that kind of assistance.

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Sapiens

JUNE 25, 2024

ASKING “THE GODDAMN INDIAN” In March 2021, I (co-author Alicia) met with George and his son, Mike, over Zoom. 3 in 1874 with the Canadian government. As part of this journey, the circle will consider how Insider worldviews can be translated for Outsiders , listening in a way few Outsiders have done. Grand Chief John Crow Marten (a.k.a.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 4, 2023

Now red-state governors increasingly use the takeovers to undermine the political power of cities, particularly those governed by Black and Hispanic leaders, according to some education experts. “I’ve HISD leadership is a disaster…. It failed on a 5-4 vote. On January 3, Gov. Abbott responded with a scathing tweet : “What a joke.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 4, 2023

In 2021, the Biden Administration established the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment Program (BEAD) and the Digital Equity Act (DEA) to address the widening digital divide that the Covid pandemic exposed. Bridging this gap is a complex task that demands comprehensive strategies. So, what does all this mean for learners like Maria?

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Political Science Now

MARCH 14, 2025

Dr. Holden held numerous on academic appointments and leadership positions at the American Political Science Association (APSA), serving as the APSA President (98-99), Vice President (76-77), and numerous APSA committeesincluding the Ethics Committee and the APSR Editorial Board (89-92), the Ralph J. 653 – 657 The Matthew Holden, Jr.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 28, 2023

students (48 percent) were absent for 10 percent or more of the 2021-2022 school year, according to a report from the D.C. You gotta have the willingness of the leadership team to be flexible,” she said. “If If leadership sees the benefits, it allows for creativity to happen.” For example, nearly half of D.C.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2023

Now, many worry that the district won’t rebound — and will head back into the cycle of rotating leadership, low performance and lack of public trust that existed before the turnaround. The city’s high poverty and low vaccination rates made it one of the nation’s most vulnerable spots for the omicron variant of Covid that hit in late 2021.

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APRIL 23, 2021

As the needs of the post-pandemic economy evolve and new Democratic leadership gets settled in Washington, several fabled ideas for revamping the Pell Grant program could have new life pumped into them. Three proposals now in play would transform the Pell grant as it approaches its 50th birthday. But some advocates are wary.

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Civics U

MARCH 10, 2022

It could be stimulating and helpful to examine such matters as energy, education, immigration, racism, voting security and access, abortion, government mandates, and more. But once elected they become the chief administrator over government operations. The total expenditures by the federal government for fiscal year 2021 were $6.82

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2022

Robinson concluded they weren’t and resigned in June 2021. 14, 2021, in Elko, Nevada. The collective scramble for new leadership comes at a tense time for school boards. 28, 2021, in Las Vegas, Nevada. A student walks toward Elko High School on Dec. Credit: Daniel Clark/The Nevada Independent.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 9, 2021

Birkholz believes state leadership is necessary. Although the pandemic stalled the plan to offer suicide prevention education at Cody High School, it finally happened in May 2021. She was recently part of a successful campaign to get the state to set up its own suicide hotline , which required legislative action.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 16, 2021

And the plan would take advantage of the expertise of veteran educators by supporting them as they try to take on leadership roles to address key challenges in their buildings. In addition, educators who are looking to immediately implement social and emotional learning (SEL) activities can make use of existing funding and programs.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

A 2020 study by the Government Accountability Office, Congress’s research arm, found 54 percent of public school districts needed to update or replace buildings. But despite the difficulty of their task, he thinks the new, local leadership is “running a pretty tight ship” and that Vitti is doing a good job, “but he can’t fix the facilities.”.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 15, 2022

The Philadelphia school district is among many nationwide facing a leadership change. The district has been operating fully in person with masks optional since the end of the 2020-2021 school year. In the second year, you get a lot of time to do the governing. PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA. Watlington Sr., Of the $162.9

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2024

The Russellville City school district created De La Rosa’s position in early 2021 as part of a larger effort to help educate its growing population of students who speak English as a second language. But as Grimes’ star rose statewide, according to local educators and residents, his relationship with city leadership started to unravel.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 26, 2021

In Massachusetts, scores of child-care programs did not qualify for most government aid programs, including the federal CARES Act, which propped up the state’s public schools with nearly $550 million in 2020. The cause is simple: lack of government funding. Inside Gummy the new Bears Daycare Center location.

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