ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

That money came through a federal program that pumped $24 billion in grants to child care centers across the country to keep them running during the pandemic — part of the single largest investment in child care in American history. It’ll just be more like quicksand than a sudden drop-off.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

The 2024 results of the nations report card, released last week by the National Center for Education Statistics, show that for the third time in a row fourth and eighth grade reading scores have dropped on the biannual assessment. In Zoom class, youre just a little blot on the screen. Students are not where we need or want them to be.

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ED Surge

MARCH 5, 2024

Recognizing the disaster that lay ahead if stabilization grants expired without an adequate replacement, leaders in Massachusetts decided to continue funding operational grants for early care and education programs even after American Rescue Plan dollars dried up. People who have been in the field for years now feel hopeful,” says Brown. “I

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 19, 2022

And with one-time COVID relief dollars set to expire in 2024 currently sustaining the industry, the pandemic’s most significant learning loss is poised to become the early childhood sector itself, threatening the workforce participation of millions of American parents, the productivity of their employers and state economies writ large.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

I mean, the only thing I can point to there is just sort of the history of our K-12 system. Not terribly long ago, even kindergarten wasn't a part of many public education systems. And so it is a beginning, I guess, of our public education system. . — It's a great question. Children would begin school in the first grade.

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ED Surge

APRIL 10, 2025

Administrators at roughly 80 percent of afterschool programs are worried about sustainability and future funding, according to the Afterschool Alliance, which published the results of a survey of more than 1,200 afterschool program providers polled in the fall of 2024.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Censorship is an issue that has drawn attention from the 2024 presidential candidates. While you teach students about our nation’s past, these extremists attack the freedom to learn and acknowledge our nation’s true and full history,” she said. “We We want to ban assault weapons, and they want to ban books. Can you imagine?”

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 12, 2025

Donald Trumps election for a second term marks a significant shift in American policy direction, even though education efforts were not a key focus of the 2024 election. The education technology industry has already witnessed firsthand how AI helps teachers and engages students in ways that make learning more personalized.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 24, 2025

The questions need to be open-ended enough to spark conversation between multiple groups, says Gannon, who also teaches history. For instance, Bernstein says, in the aftermath of the 2024 election, many political experts wondered whether Democrats leaned too heavily on some issues, like transgender rights.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

I wrote about these digital divides in an article about the 2024 National Education Technology Plan. How Americans feel about hot-button education issues About 60 percent of people support school vouchers, according to a new poll from news outlet The 19th and SurveyMonkey.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

A spokesman for the South Carolina Department of Education called the lawsuit meritless in a statement to The 19th. The agency will continue to seek meaningful opportunities to build bridges across divisions, honor the richness of our shared history, and teach it with integrity, all while ensuring full compliance with state law, he said.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2024

Biden signed an executive order on AI in October 2023, which directed the Education Department to develop within a year resources, policies and guidance on AI and to create an “AI toolkit” for schools. Walz spent part of his early career teaching in small rural schools, including on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. —

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