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3 global early ed trends to watch this year

The Hechinger Report

These include writing culturally relevant lesson plans, automating report cards and helping translate communication with parents. Meanwhile, in Ireland, leaders designated more than 546 million euros in new government funding for early childhood between 2022 and 2024. billion euros by 2030 to help parents pay for child care.

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PROOF POINTS: Learning science might help kids read better

The Hechinger Report

Natalie Wexler’s 2019 best-selling book, The Knowledge Gap , championed knowledge-building curricula and more schools around the country, from Baltimore to Michigan to Colorado , are adopting these content-filled lesson plans to teach geography, astronomy and even art history. Hirsch’s Core Knowledge curriculum. That’s hard.

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What Does the End of ESSER Funding Mean?

Studies Weekly

ESSER (Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief) is a federal funding program to address the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on K-12 education. The federal government offered three rounds of funds to public, private, and charter schools nationwide. 30, they can continue to use funds until Jan.

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A superintendent made big gains with English learners. His success may have been his downfall

The Hechinger Report

Then, in mid-May 2023, a member of the school board told Grimes that it would not be renewing his contract, which was to end in June 2024. Starting in November, I tried to talk with school board members, the mayor and City Council members about the school district and Grimes, but they did not respond initially to my interview requests.

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How a tribe won a legal battle against the federal Bureau of Indian Education — and still lost

The Hechinger Report

So far, the settlements have brought new staff to Supai, and the BIE had to reconstitute the school board. Teachers now must use lesson plans, and they finally have a curriculum to use in English, science and math classes. A new principal pledged to stay longer than a school year.

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