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PROOF POINTS: Slightly higher reading scores when students delve into social studies, study finds

The Hechinger Report

Fordham Institute found that elementary school students who studied more social studies, including geography, history and civics, scored higher on fifth grade reading tests. The researchers controlled for students’ socio-economic status, race, home language and many other other student and school characteristics.

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OPINION: What if everything we believe about education is a lie?

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The right’s blind faith insists that “if we have school choice in the form of charter schools and private school vouchers … competitive pressures will force the schools and teachers to teach better, and to churn out students who are excelling academically.”. Fordham Institute.

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After years of inaction, Delta teacher shortage reaches ‘crisis’ levels

The Hechinger Report

Indeed, a recent study in the 2017 Mississippi Economic Review found that districts with the worst teacher shortages have a weak local property tax base, a high percentage of black students and are disproportionately located in the Delta. Related: Are rural charter schools viable in Mississippi?

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How one Mississippi district made integration work

The Hechinger Report

Instead of attending neighborhood schools with students of the same race and economic status, as most children do in Mississippi, Osborn went to school with an even mix of black and white classmates, some from the town’s wealthy subdivisions and others from Clinton’s poorer areas. They’re also extremely successful.

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More universities and colleges reach out to boost their home communities

The Hechinger Report

These aren’t undergraduate economics majors. Their endowment holdings alone add up to nearly half a trillion dollars and they have an annual economic impact of $1 trillion and employ nearly 4 million people, the Progressive Policy Institute reports. A growing number are diverting a little of that wealth to their communities.

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The Politics and Limits of Aspiration

Anthropology News

Founded in 2004, Launch is a network of eight low-fee private schools serving grades eight through twelve across four of South Africa’s nine provinces. Their mission is to “transform the educational aspirations and economic realities” of township communities by preparing youth for first-generation higher education and social mobility.

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Arkansas schools hire untrained teachers as people lose interest in the profession

The Hechinger Report

It is just one of a slate of waivers approved by lawmakers, including class size, teacher preparation time, hiring and firing rules, and others, allowing traditional public schools to operate with the same educational requirements as their area charter schools. Constitution, and quizzes to teach civics.