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Do Alternatives to Public School Have to Be Political?

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Mysa’s tuition costs parents who don’t receive aid around $20,000 a year, comparable to what it costs the government to educate a student in a public school. Mysa’s curriculum relies on Common Core, the same national standards as public schools, Fiske says. And she isn’t the only one with that worry.

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Are Latino ‘Systems of Knowledge’ Missing From Education Technology?

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public schools raise questions about whether curricula and edtech are staying culturally relevant. Between 2010 and 2021, the share of white non-Hispanic children fell to 45 percent of public school students, while the share of Hispanic children grew to comprise 28 percent. Whose Technology Gets Celebrated?

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Black Boys in Gifted Education Deserve More — and My Journey Is Proof of It

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In each school, I found it interesting that we seem to always be able to identify giftedness in our white students because there is always at least one on an ALP. My journey from traditional classrooms to GATE programs has shaped my perspective on education and fueled my passion for advocacy.

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Intergenerational Care Benefits Children and Seniors. Why Is It Still So Rare?

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Most experts agree that older adults as a population tend to be isolated and lonely problems associated with an increased risk of dementia, heart disease and stroke, according to Jina Ragland, associate state director of advocacy and outreach at AARP Nebraska. As they age, their social networks contract.

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Why Don’t Early Childhood Programs Have Access to Substitute Teachers?

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While staff absences are rarely seamless in any setting, in K-12 schools, there is at least a system designed to support such occurrences. Public school districts have a reserve of substitute teachers they can tap into when sickness spreads and staff begin to call out. Nancy Sylvester Its so sad, Sylvester says.

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Talented Students Are Kept From Early Algebra. Should States Force Schools to Enroll Them?

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The move was partly based on San Francisco public schools, which had delayed algebra until high school for all students in a high-profile experiment. Recently, though, the city has changed course amid parental pressure. California is trying to solve a seemingly intractable problem.

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

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It has resulted in more than a billion dollars leaving the public school system and actually not serving additional kids in private schools, Jones said. It's just serving the same kids in the private schools whose parents are higher incomes and who had already chosen to send their kids there.

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