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A dismal report card in math and reading

The Hechinger Report

The results of a major national test released Wednesday showed that in 2024, reading and math skills of fourth and eighth grade students were still significantly below those of students in 2019, the last administration of the test before the pandemic. population, took the biennial reading and math tests between January and March of 2024.

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Native American students miss school at higher rates. It only got worse during the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

Velma Kitcheyan, a third grade teacher at Rice Intermediate School, instructs her students Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024, in San Carlos, Ariz. Franklin/Associated Press Many schools serving Native American students have been working to strengthen connections with families, who often struggle with higher rates of illness and poverty.

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PROOF POINTS: Why are kids still struggling in school four years after the pandemic?

The Hechinger Report

They now need nine months of additional school to catch up, according to NWEA’s analysis, released in July 2024. Curriculum Associates did not detect as much deterioration as NWEA, but did find widespread stagnation in 2023-24, according to a report released on August 19, 2024. One is phonics.

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Why Science Education Matters in Your Elementary School Classroom

Studies Weekly

Why Science Education Matters in Your Elementary School Classroom Feb. 26, 2024 • By Studies Weekly Science is a critical part of elementary education. The most recent National Survey of Science and Mathematics Education published in 2018 found that elementary teachers taught science for just 18 minutes a day on average.

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PROOF POINTS: New studies of online tutoring highlight troubles with attendance and larger tutoring groups

The Hechinger Report

The virtual version has boomed since the federal government handed schools nearly $190 billion of pandemic recovery aid and specifically encouraged them to spend it on tutoring. Researchers have previously found that it is important to schedule in-person tutoring sessions during the school day, when attendance is mandatory.

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His Teachers Showed Him Why History Matters. Now He Wants to Pay That Forward.

ED Surge

Brown loves — and has long loved — learning about history, civics, geography and government, in part because he had teachers who brought infectious energy and enthusiasm to those lessons. I did go into an elementary school and I learned that I did not want to be an elementary school teacher.

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PROOF POINTS: Researchers say cries of teacher shortages are overblown

The Hechinger Report

Shortages were concentrated in low-income schools and certain specialties. Wealthy suburban schools might have dozens of applicants for an elementary school teacher, while schools in poor urban neighborhoods and remote rural areas might struggle to find certified teachers in special education or in teaching students who are learning English.

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