ED Surge

MARCH 15, 2023

Jessica Hinkle, senior vice president at Strada Education Network, said that infusing work-based learning into post-secondary education programs, along with wrap-around career prep supports, can be an effective strategy to meet the growing needs of this new generation of students.

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ED Surge

MAY 3, 2024

Texas found itself in need of a way to score exponentially more written responses on the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, or STAAR, after a new law mandated that at least 25 percent of questions be open-ended — rather than multiple choice — starting in the 2022-23 school year. 20 years ago as a student.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 15, 2024

We told the story of Petersen’s college journey — which took her more than seven years and a couple of false starts to complete — as part of a three-part podcast series we did in 2022 called Second Acts. I’ve had two people reach out for phone interviews and say, ‘Yes’ and confirm, and then I literally don’t get called,” she says.

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ED Surge

JULY 26, 2022

In May, Indra Nooyi, former CEO of PepsiCo, called for increased child care solutions at Child Care Aware of America’s 2022 Symposium in Arlington, Virginia. economic health and competitiveness, noted Reshma Saujani, founder and CEO of Marshall Plan for Moms in an interview.

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ED Surge

JUNE 21, 2022

The stakes are high when it comes to equity in computer science education and in the broader tech industry. That’s not just because tech is a key to economic opportunity in America these days, but it’s also because of the social good that comes when everyone has a chance to have a seat at the table to build a better future.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The voices above represent just a handful of the 80 Asian American K-12 educators who gathered with EdSurge Research in the summer of 2022 to connect in small groups and reflect on their experiences working in U.S. schools in recent years. on March 21, 2021.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The platform doesn’t make ratings or recommendations, but it does aim to provide enough information so that higher ed educators can select products for use in courses. The product reviews are conducted by an advisory board made up of university professors, administrators and innovation experts (the board is soliciting new members through Oct.

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ED Surge

MAY 30, 2024

The grant money comes from the CHIPS and Science Act, which passed in 2022 and includes $50 billion to expand semiconductor manufacturing and research in the United States. This issue is not a social issue, it’s an economic issue and frankly, it’s a simple question of math,” Raimondo wrote in an emailed statement to The 19th. “If

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ED Surge

JUNE 1, 2022

As part of the cohort, fellows will explore issues related to the following questions: How have the pandemic, economic hardship and racial unrest exacerbated inequities in education, and how are educators and school communities addressing them? The application deadline is Wednesday, June 22, 2022. Still have questions?

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ED Surge

APRIL 19, 2022

Department of Education funding to $88.3 But there is still more that the government can do to help higher education and employers partner to support people who are trying to land better careers.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 7, 2022

I speak and consult nationally on public education, youth development and child well-being, and since March 2020, I have integrated real-time polling into my speaking events, asking thousands of teachers, counselors and administrators about the well-being of their students, families and school communities. This summer, responses shifted.

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ED Surge

APRIL 25, 2022

According to the 2022 Edelman Trust Barometer survey of more than 36,000 people in 28 countries, only 37 percent of respondents state that they trust social media as a source for general news and information. That economic influence is powerful, yet we fail to use it to protest companies’ actions that run counter to our ethos.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2024

Perizzolo, Jacquez and Hernandez are among the eight math teachers of an increasingly popular data science course offered at most schools in the Oxnard Union High School district, an economically diverse school system northwest of Los Angeles, where 80 percent of students identify as Hispanic.

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ED Surge

JULY 13, 2023

Failure to do so would have dire consequences, causing widespread economic impact and exacerbating the existing strain on the child care system. Source: Impact of Stabilization Grants on Family Child Care , 2022. Blackmon added: “These grants have enabled me to compensate myself as well.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

“[The students] move away from that algorithmic knowledge of mathematics, just following steps and just working like a little robot,” says Daniela Zamora Zuniga, a former economics student who was a learning assistant from 2019 through 2022.

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ED Surge

APRIL 18, 2023

She learned about an opportunity to begin receiving predictable, unconditional direct cash payments, for a total of $500 per month, through a pilot program aimed at stabilizing the economic well-being of child care providers like her. For Hernandez, this money would be a life-saver.

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ED Surge

MAY 5, 2023

And in a survey administered by the National Education Association in 2022, 55 percent of teachers and support professionals who responded indicated they are thinking about leaving the profession earlier than they had planned. The teacher pipeline is no longer leaking.

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ED Surge

JULY 27, 2023

In November 2022, she enrolled in a 12-week training course through Wonderschool, a child care marketplace, to learn the basics of licensing, health and safety regulations, and running her own child care business. But in spring 2022, as providers in Nevada began to participate in the 12-week Wonderschool Academy, a theme emerged.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The two events prevented many children from accessing high-quality, in-person early care and education opportunities before kindergarten. Plus, Lambert says, some of their families lost work, hurting them economically. Many of their parents were experiencing mental health challenges. Their households were filled with stress.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

For example, if it’s part of the mission of a bachelor’s degree-granting institution to educate diverse students and facilitate economic mobility, then supporting transfer students from community colleges fits the bill, LaViolet says. A few pressures might incentivize four-year colleges to step up their efforts.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 17, 2023

She bounced around a couple of different jobs, looking for a company that would provide her with a livable wage and a reason to stay, until finally, in early 2022, she found one. In the event of an economic downturn, many employers worry the program would be among the first to go. A year later, she tried again.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

During the 2021-2022 school year, the latest year for which data is available, the nationwide average was 408-to-1. Lozada, who is majoring in political science and minoring in economics, initially thought she’d be a lawyer, but she is now set on becoming an elected official.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Her school is located in Houston’s Fifth Ward neighborhood and serves a student body that is nearly 100 percent classified as economically disadvantaged. The Texas Education Agency awards letter grades to schools and districts based on test scores and other student performance metrics. It had an A rating from the state in 2022.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 15, 2023

In July 2022, I became the principal of my high school. The pandemic illuminated and exacerbated many of the social, racial and economic inequities that have led to the educational disparities in public school classrooms. I had mixed feelings about it. But it was a difficult time. And in a sense, I did.

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ED Surge

JUNE 2, 2023

But in early 2022, after leaving the agency, her nephew — now an adult — called her, frantic. Economic precarity was evident for the women I interviewed. Each earned only a few dollars an hour for their work, low wages that illustrate the blatant economic injustice they’ve experienced. It was way too much responsibility.

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ED Surge

APRIL 8, 2024

But the child care subsidies for essential workers ended in October 2022. Particularly for states like West Virginia, a state with one of the highest poverty ratings and lowest economic opportunity rating. More than 2.5 million kids in the U.S.

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ED Surge

MARCH 4, 2024

Department of Education, nearly 14.7 Early data from the 2022-23 school year indicates minor improvement, with 27.85 Lower high school graduation rates caused by chronic absences can result in an underemployed population , negatively affecting economic productivity and stability. According to data from the U.S.

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ED Surge

JUNE 7, 2023

While Martinez and Gonzalez have still experienced economic challenges, their connections gave them access to support, including a network of fellow FFNs, development courses and tangible resources, such as money in Martinez’s case and supplies in Gonzalez’s.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 17, 2021

That means for many institutions, HEERF funds will cease to be accessible in the year 2022. How will institutions work creatively with industry to develop new pathways to employment or find breakthrough means of promoting social and economic mobility? How will institutions serve students once the additional support ends?

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Educators and college leaders should build on these efforts by considering the following: Create an institution-wide taskforce for identifying short- and long-term community solutions. Find ways to partner with state and local governments leading digital equity efforts to aid in workforce preparedness.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

As of fall 2022, Stony Brook is one of 33 higher ed institutions where students can apply for money through a local FAST Fund to help cover an education expense or address a basic life need. “I was honestly surprised, but I was also really excited because I needed the help. It was honestly pretty awesome.”

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The wage supplements, plus an annual bonus given to child care workers by the state using American Rescue Plan funds in 2022 and 2023, changed the lives of some of the teachers at her center, Colagrosso says. It’s an economic imperative. A teacher at A Place to Grow Children's Center pushes a child in a swing. It’s a moral imperative.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2022

Saga Education, a nonprofit tutoring company that focuses on ninth-grade algebra in low-income schools, reported that 78 percent of the more than 6,000 students it tutored across six cities passed their math classes in the spring of 2022. That number grew to 33 percent in 2021 and hit 36 percent in 2022.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 19, 2022

As 2022 turns into 2023, EdSurge asked educators and education leaders to share reflections on learning “lost” and “gained.” Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, education policymakers have debated the best ways to prevent and remedy learning loss. House on December 1, 2022.)

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ED Surge

MAY 1, 2024

In 2022, enabled by the FCC’s emergency connectivity fund, they were able to start running it to homes. Better internet connectivity could lead to better economic development, allowing people who have expressed interest in moving back to the reservation system to work remotely and to attend telehealth appointments, she argues.

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ED Surge

JULY 20, 2022

How has the pandemic and its aftershocks raised awareness around mental health and well-being, and how are educators and school communities responding?

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ED Surge

JUNE 13, 2023

The pandemic and its many aftershocks — including a hit to labor force participation among women and a severe early childhood staffing shortage — helped many Americans unacquainted with these issues begin to understand the integral role that early care and education play in economic and social stability.

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