Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 17, 2015

I ask kindergarten teachers in impoverished neighborhoods how many of their children have had real, developmental pre-K for a couple of years beforehand (the kind that wealthy or middle class kids get). Could we take the billions of dollars that are going to testing companies and put it into rich, developmental pre-K? Iowa overall v.

Education 91

Education K-12 Anthropology Advocacy 91

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

The state estimates that its population of working adults will be 43 percent non-white by 2040; by 2050 Hispanics will make up 35 percent of its population. Closing that gap and getting kids to continue their training after high school is especially important here: 74 percent of jobs will require post-secondary education by 2020.

High School 111

High School Elementary School Professional Development Humanities 111

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 28, 2021

Judged by annual spending in public dollars, America’s K-12 school facilities are the second largest infrastructure expense in the country — only roads, rail lines and other transportation systems cost more — and repairing or improving them may offer a clear path to broad reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. Credit: Greg Libecci.

K-12 145

K-12 Government Elementary School Advocacy 145