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JANUARY 5, 2022

She has worked in Mississippi for years, first as a tutor and then as an assistant teacher. Normally, when you are looking at history, the voices that are centered are those of landowning white men.”. s worry, expressed shortly before his death, that he had integrated Black Americans “into a burning house.”

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 6, 2017

Colleges and universities usually require 120 credits for a bachelor’s degree but students graduate with about 135, on average, according to data compiled by Complete College America, a nonprofit research and advocacy group. Instead of taking some random history course, you might choose “History of Science,” which counts toward both F.S.U.’s

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JULY 1, 2016

Nancy Loome, executive director and founder of the Parents’ Campaign, a nonprofit and grassroots education advocacy organization. And while struggling students still get extra academic help, such tutoring has been scaled back. “We should be spending more than any other state because we have more poverty — significantly more poverty.”.

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MAY 19, 2024

Today, courses at all grade levels include Indigenous history, numeracy, land-based science and language classes in Keres, Lakota, Navajo, Tiwa, Spanish and Zuni. Discussions of tribal culture were limited to a few isolated craft projects during a history unit and inaccurate portrayals of Indians at the “First Thanksgiving,” he recalled.

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APRIL 29, 2022

Wylie, who has trained in therapeutic crisis intervention, now works with kids in grades 6 to 12 who have been suspended from their home schools and are attending tutoring at the district’s Washington Irving Educational Center, where the diversion program is housed. Credit: Graphic courtesy of Schenectady City School District. “We

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 3, 2022

I took quality notes in class, worked tirelessly on problem sets and sought extra help from my professor and tutors. For example, at some colleges and universities, students will find that their history of accommodations in high school is not a sufficient criterion to access support. I just needed more time.

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JUNE 4, 2019

Raoul Contreras, a professor who leads the Latino studies program housed in the minority studies department, notes that in the last year, the school cut a Puerto Rican history class he taught. And some say programs that make Latinx feel welcome on campus have dried up in recent years. Debra Santiago, CEO, Excelencia in Education.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 26, 2018

. — In front of the iconic Old Manse, the oldest building in Arkansas constructed solely for the purpose of educating black students, there’s a plaque recounting the rich and poignant history of Arkansas Baptist College. Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter. Choose as many as you like. Weekly Update. Future of Learning.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Adam Stevens, a history teacher at Brooklyn Tech, has seen both sides, having taught in schools that receive the academic bonus as well as those that do not. The money, she said, pays for bilingual teachers for English-language learners, case managers for special education students and extra tutoring for struggling students.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Experts — and history — suggest that school districts need much more than what federal and state governments have provided so far. That could mean extending the school day or school year in a way that is cost effective, or “high-dosage” tutoring integrated within the school day and curriculum. Travers said.

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OCTOBER 5, 2016

Kast has a long history of distrust with the district, alleging physical and verbal abuse and racial discrimination against her grandchildren by teachers there—her grandchildren are all half-black, and Kast is white. The nurse pulled out her grandson’s hospital attendance log. Public-school Failures. Photo: Imani Khayyam.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Because we had that history, because we knew what a well-functioning higher education system could do, we aspire to that again.”. We have a long history of not catering to these populations,” Mora said. And that dream has been fading,” said David Chiu, a member of the State Assembly from San Francisco who is active in education issues.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2020

As Rand earned community service hours tutoring children, she wondered if teaching was in her future. The nonprofit advocacy group EdBuild’s recommendations to increase funding for students who are impoverished, have a disability or are learning English “made sense,” Wright added. “It She was named “Ms.

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