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A new kind of high school diploma trades chemistry for carpentry

The Hechinger Report

Just 43 percent of Alabama high schoolers who graduated in 2023 enrolled in one of the states public colleges the following fall. As of 2023, there were 405 students for every counselor in Alabamas public schools, well over the recommended ratio of 250 to 1.

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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. North Carolina has recently made similar investments.

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Some schools cut paths to calculus in the name of equity. One group takes the opposite approach

The Hechinger Report

One out of 10 Black students in the eighth grade math scores were scoring basic or above,” saidKristen Hengtgen, a senior policy analyst at the nonprofit advocacy group EdTrust, referring to last year’s National Assessment of Educational Progress, known as the Nation’s Report Card. Just 22 percent of low-income students took advanced math.

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DLEMS 00: Deeper learning in elementary and middle schools

Dangerously Irrelevant

And so it begins… I am on sabbatical in Spring 2023, unpacking deeper learning in elementary and middle schools. EL , Design39 , or EPiC ), most of the schools that are featured in deeper learning research, advocacy, and publicity conversations often are at the secondary level (e.g., However, with some exceptions (e.g.,

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Beyond the Classroom: Building Faculty Capacity for Success: Virtual Workshop

Political Science Now

She has also developed the following readers: Women in Politics, American Public Policy and the current Anthology, Social Justice Movements 2017, Cognella Academic Publishing and the 2 nd edition, Social Justice Movements 2023. Before his career in higher education, Rogelio worked in the federal government at the U.S.

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Aspen Institute’s Newest Ascend Fellows Represent a Tightening Focus on Early Childhood

ED Surge

This week, the Aspen Institute announced its 2022 Ascend fellows, a cohort of 22 individuals hailing from a range of disciplines including medicine, research, entrepreneurship, government and policy, and nonprofit leadership and advocacy.

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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 dollar Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG) (2020-2023 and 2023-2026).