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OPINION: In an era of teacher shortages, we must embrace and develop new ways to unleash educator talent

The Hechinger Report

In addition, a growing array of “educator” roles — via community centers, after-school programs, camps and employer programs — can connect young people with counselors, coaches, mentors and tutors. Jill Norton, founder of Clark Street Consulting, supports nonprofits, foundations and government agencies to advance educational equity.

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Native Americans turn to charter schools to reclaim their kids’ education

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Once the site of an Indian boarding school, where the federal government attempted to strip children of their tribal identity, the Native American Community Academy now offers the opposite: a public education designed to affirm and draw from each student’s traditional culture and language. Credit: Sharon Chischilly for The Hechinger Report.

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STUDENT VOICE: The pervasive and crippling fear of college

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My CUNY Start teachers were incredibly supportive, even providing math tutoring before and after class. I landed two on-campus jobs — one as a mentor to new Fatherhood recruits, and one as a Civic Fellow working with the college’s government relations manager. After completing CUNY Start, I was ready for college-level classes.

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Critics warn that well-meaning reforms may be lowering the quality of college

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While the tutoring and on-the-run support that have replaced it may smooth their paths, at least one university president wonders whether future engineers will sufficiently master the calculus they need. “I Students work on an assignment in a high school civics class. Choose as many as you like. Weekly Update. Future of Learning.

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Getting a GED while still enrolled in high school

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“We want to stop that disconnection, catch them before they become opportunity youth,” said Jerome Jupiter, the former schoolteacher who heads up YEP’s educational arm, which combines tutoring with case management. A favorite civics teacher pulled her aside and told her that her schoolwork was academically strong. “If

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Without local school boards, parents in poor communities lose their vote

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million people live in places where state officials took over entire districts or individual schools in the past six years, according to News21 data collected from state government agencies. The manager was given all the powers of the local governing board. It suffocates the civic impulse. More than 5.6 On average 29.2

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Trump Executive Order Calls for Artificial Intelligence to Be Taught in Schools

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Examples listed include creating AI-based teaching resources, supporting higher ed advising and boosting intensive, high-impact tutoring. The new executive order was issued during a period of rollbacks of regulations governing the AI marketplace, points out Rabbitt of The Learning Accelerator.

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