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Elevating Innovation 2024: Conference Reflections and Takeaways from Educators

Digital Promise

In November 2024, Digital Promise and Verizon Innovative Learning hosted the third annual Elevating Innovation Virtual Conference. Neva Moga, Instructional Technology Supervisor, Milwaukee Public Schools, Wisconsin Attending the Elevating Innovation Virtual Conference was an incredibly enriching experience.

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Three reasons why so few eighth graders in the poorest schools take algebra

The Hechinger Report

That means the most advanced students at many middle schools in poor communities don’t have the opportunity to learn algebra, and many students at high-poverty schools aren’t receiving the kind of math lessons that could help them get ready for the subject. student population. 5 webinar.

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How child-focused ballot measures fared this election

The Hechinger Report

Paul, Minnesota: The 2024 Early Care and Learning Proposal is a property tax levy aimed at providing public funding to child care. PASSED Missouri: Amendment 5 would have established a new gambling boat license, with the estimated $14 million in revenue funding public school early childhood literacy programs.

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Here Are the 10 Stories K-12 Readers Couldn’t Put Down in 2024

ED Surge

As we look back at the K-12 stories that resonated the most with our readers last year, a trend quickly emerges: 2024 was the year of the personal essay. Here are the most popular K-12 stories of 2024. Are Schools and Edtech Companies Ready for the Digital Accessibility Deadline? By Daniel Mollenkamp In April, the U.S.

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

The Hechinger Report

Out of 34 states with data available for the 2022-2023 school year, half had absenteeism rates for Native students that were at least 9 percentage points higher than the state average. Velma Kitcheyan, a third grade teacher at Rice Intermediate School, instructs her students Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024, in San Carlos, Ariz.

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A new kind of high school diploma trades chemistry for carpentry

The Hechinger Report

The law passed in 2024 alongside a spate of bills aimed at boosting the states labor participation rate, which at 58 percent as of January remained below the national rate of 63 percent. adults have a lot of confidence in higher education, according to a 2024 Gallup poll. Simply put, Alabama wants to get more of its residents working.

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Texas Legislature will approve school vouchers, boost public education spending, governor says

The Hechinger Report

The governor shared his optimism during a visit to Kingdom Life Academy, a small Christian private school in Tyler, where he proclaimed that the House now has 79 “hardcore school choice proponents,” a number slightly above the simple majority the 150-member chamber needs to approve legislation. That’s completely false.