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Revisiting the Legacy of San Francisco’s Detracking Experiment

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Whats more, they argued, the districts policy actually introduced new inequalities in access to advanced math courses because private schools and wealthy parent teacher associations could fund additional course offerings. The district also should have devoted more resources for teacher support, such as coaching, he adds.

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What We Can Learn From Red States' Approaches to Child Care Challenges

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Child care vouchers Much like North Carolina, Ohio has been offering families publicly-funded vouchers to pay for private school for decades. Lawmakers in Ohio in recent years have lifted income caps on those vouchers, along with their requirement that to be eligible, families must live in an area with schools designated as failing.

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Do Alternatives to Public School Have to Be Political?

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When it started, Fiske claims Mysa was the first school to call itself a microschool. But these days, microschools — loosely defined as schools with relatively few students that function as private schools or learning centers for homeschool students — seem to be everywhere.

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Tipping point: Can Summit put personalized learning over the top?

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There’s tremendous hype swirling around personalized learning, with money pouring in from foundations and education technology companies eager to capitalize on the trend. Related: A private school with more than $100 million will share its technology with three other schools.

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These Educators Grew Up Before DACA. Now Their Students Face the Same Barriers.

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Stuck in Limbo In a recently released report , immigration advocacy organization FWD.us led with a startling figure: Most of the 120,000 high school students living in the country without legal permission who are graduating this year are ineligible for DACA. Indeed, it seems like an essential part of their advocacy.

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