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A shocking number of young people can’t separate fact from fiction online

The Hechinger Report

For example, when presented with a tweet made from a liberal advocacy group, half of the students judged the tweet without bothering to click the link to read the source of information presented to advance the advocacy group’s claim. And that work must begin early, the authors say – in elementary school, ideally.

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How a disgraced method of diagnosing learning disabilities persists in our nation’s schools

The Hechinger Report

In part because of an accident of scientific history, however, this essential assistance has been far more available to kids who score higher on IQ and other cognitive tests. During her first couple of years of elementary school “her nervous system was like a pressure cooker because she wasn’t being given appropriate help,” Chittenden said.

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What does ‘career readiness’ look like in middle school?

The Hechinger Report

Having long focused on readying students for college, school systems are beefing up their career-and-technical programs amid a growing push to more closely align the skills students accumulate in school with workforce needs. Shell weaves in discussions of history, ethics and ecology. When Kathleen Koerner, a counselor at A.

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Do protocols for school safety infringe on disability rights?

The Hechinger Report

But after the episode at the hospital, the threat assessment team determined that AJ was an ongoing safety threat due to a history of “concerning behaviors,” according to the state investigation, which was prompted by a complaint Richmond filed with the Colorado Department of Education. The district decided to ban him from in-person classes.

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In New York state, students can be suspended for up to an entire school year

The Hechinger Report

Prior to his suspension, Martinez enjoyed school. He had a passion for drawing that made art class his favorite, followed by math and history. As a history buff, he liked sharing what he already knew from videos he had watched on his own. He liked getting to see friends every day. And then, just like that, he was cut off.

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For some kids, returning to school post-pandemic means a daunting wall of administrative obstacles 

The Hechinger Report

After a few hours, the elementary school called: Come pick up your son, they told her. Around lunchtime, the middle school called: Come get your daughter, they told her. A school social worker summarized the encounter: “Discussed students’ attendance history, the impact it has on the student and barriers.

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Come for the computers, stay for the books

The Hechinger Report

Ray heads up Future Ready Librarians, part of Future Ready Schools — a network for sharing education technology solutions, which is sponsored by the Alliance for Excellent Education, a Washington, D.C.-based based education advocacy group. “It Traci Chun, teacher-librarian at Skyview High School, Vancouver, Washington.

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