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Native Americans turn to charter schools to reclaim their kids’ education

The Hechinger Report

Once the site of an Indian boarding school, where the federal government attempted to strip children of their tribal identity, the Native American Community Academy now offers the opposite: a public education designed to affirm and draw from each student’s traditional culture and language. The charter school, NACA, opened its doors in 2006.

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Yes, Schools Need to Hire More Counselors. But They Also Need to Work on Themselves.

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In this instance, like so many others in school, a counselor would be helpful for the student to process this trauma, but preventing the trauma from occurring in the first place through things like inclusive gender practices and professional development around gender identity would be more impactful.

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Unmet Needs: Children with disabilities caught in the voucher crossfire

The Hechinger Report

Grant Callen, president of “school choice” advocacy group Empower Mississippi, speaks before a crowd at the Capitiol at the beginning of National School Choice Week in February. John Moore, R-Brandon, likens Medicaid expansion to school privatization. Photo: Imani Khayyam. Photo: Imani Khayyam.

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The overlooked power of Zuckerberg-backed learning program lies offline

The Hechinger Report

But that’s not what is easing the transition to remote learning for schools like Rhodes. Schools also have access to professional development gatherings in the fall and spring, a Summit “success manager” assigned to their schools and online support, all at no cost. They share impressive results.

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The messy reality of personalized learning

The Hechinger Report

For decades, nonprofit advocacy groups and corporate donors have targeted K-12 education for intervention. At East Orlo Avenue Elementary, in the East Providence School District, children switch between group activities and individualized assignments. Tammy Kim, for The Hechinger Report. Our education system is completely racist.

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Why we could soon lose even more Black Teachers

The Hechinger Report

Lusher, like America, has long had a teacher diversity problem : Slightly more than 20 percent of public school teachers—who include those at charter schools — in the U.S. They also wanted school officials to send a clear message to the community that Lusher supported Black Lives Matter.

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A Tiny Microbe Upends Decades of Learning

The Hechinger Report

Online education and remote education are two very different things, said Steve Kossakoski, CEO of the New Hampshire-based Virtual Learning Academy Charter School , or VLACS, which has been hosting free webinars for educators seeking digital-learning guidance. Related: Has New Hampshire found the secret to online education that works?