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STUDENT VOICE: The path to health equity begins in K-12 classrooms

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SSTRIDE introduces middle and high school students to real-world medical environments, giving them firsthand exposure to health care settings that might otherwise feel distant or inaccessible. Surya Pulukuri is a member of the class of 2027 at Harvard Medical School. Sign up for Hechingers weekly newsletter.

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Shop class is grounded, high school aviation classes are taking flight

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Email Address Choose from our newsletters Weekly Update Future of Learning Higher Education Early Childhood Proof Points Leave this field empty if you’re human: There has been a growing understanding that our education system hasn’t done enough to provide students the skills they need for the workforce. percent over the next four years.

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Canceled classes, sweltering classrooms: How extreme heat impairs learning

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Christina Clark, communications officer with the Philadelphia school district, wrote in an email that the district intends to upgrade wiring and add air conditioning in its schools, in part using federal dollars. Given the extent of the work, though, it will take until 2027 before all schools are air conditioned, she wrote.

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The new labor market: No bachelor’s required?

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Middle-skills jobs, which include positions in fields such as health care, IT, and sales, require some training or education beyond high school, although not necessarily a B.A. jobs like registered nurse, human resources assistant, or help desk technician.) between now and 2027. In other words, not everyone without a B.A.

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Mississippi’s graduation rate gaps are among lowest in the country, report finds

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Leave this field empty if you're human: Here are some of the main takeaways: . Mississippi is doing pretty well when it comes to graduation rates for black and white students : The state’s adjusted cohort graduation rates of black public high school students is 79 percent; the rate for white students is 86 percent.

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Chaos and confusion as the statistics arm of the Education Department is reduced to a skeletal staff of 3

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24 without explanation before her congressionally designated six-year term was to end in 2027. The layoffs demolished the statistics agency, as one former official characterized it, from roughly 100 employees to a skeletal staff of just three. Chris Chapman replaced Biden-appointee Peggy Carr, who was suddenly removed on Feb.

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