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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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Dual enrollment has exploded. But it’s hard to tell if it’s helping more kids get a college degree

The Hechinger Report

During the 2022-23 school year, nearly 2.5 asked Kristen Hengtgen, a policy analyst at EdTrust, a nonprofit research and advocacy organization that lobbies for racial and economic equity in education. Dual enrollment is exploding. million high school students took college classes, simultaneously earning high school and college credits.

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PROOF POINTS: A third of public school children were chronically absent after classrooms re-opened, advocacy group says

The Hechinger Report

27, 2022 blog post. Source: Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) slide presented at a webinar that Attendance Works held on September 28, 2022. The post PROOF POINTS: A third of public school children were chronically absent after classrooms re-opened, advocacy group says appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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OPINION: During civic learning week, let’s push for national progress toward a more perfect union

The Hechinger Report

In 2022, only 22 percent of eighth graders tested proficient or above in understanding how this countrys constitutional democracy is supposed to work and how to apply that knowledge. Shawn Healy is chief of Policy and Advocacy for iCivics.org and directs the CivxNow coalition. Contact the opinion editor at opinion@hechingerreport.org.

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With little federal support for families, states are stepping up  

The Hechinger Report

In a report released earlier this month, the center found that five states and the District of Columbia fully rolled out all five policies in 2022 — two more states than last year. In the same time period, an additional eight states fully launched at least one of the policies.

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States want adults to return to college. Many roadblocks stand in the way

The Hechinger Report

million adults like Mims under the age of 65 with some college but no credential as of July 2022, an increase of 2.9 An estimated 750,000 residents of New Jersey have some credits but never earned a credential, according to that office. Nationally, there were 36.8

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STUDENT VOICES: We need more women in STEM fields, and we have ideas for making that happen

The Hechinger Report

Related: To attract more students to STEM fields in college, advocates urge starting in sixth grade Number two: Youth ambassador opportunities that develop leadership and advocacy skills. Advocacy efforts need to include and be led by youth, but that means we need support from the adults who are leading these conversations.

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