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OPINION: Why are schools that predominately serve black and brown students consistently underfunded?

The Hechinger Report

It was clear to me that, in most cases, if your school was just a traditional neighborhood school, located in a poor neighborhood and/or not classified as a focused school for high-performing students, funding and educational opportunities were scarce.

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‘More than a warm body’: Schools try long-term solutions to substitute teacher shortage

The Hechinger Report

The federal government provided billions of dollars to help schools recover from Covid, and some tapped that money for temporary stipends to attract new substitutes. They can earn a higher daily rate than traditional substitutes, or put the extra amount toward health benefits. But the stakes to find more permanent solutions are high.

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Progress in the Deep South: Black students combat segregation, poverty and dwindling school funding

The Hechinger Report

Locals worry that some families’ ability to opt out of the traditional schools has diverted resources from the kids who need the most help. Two charter schools opened in 2000 and have been attracting white students away from the traditional schools ever since. At that time, only 1 percent of white teachers taught in black schools.

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What is evidence-based education?

Jonathan Firth

Focusing on the example of homework, a traditional view might be that the teacher should allocate whatever they judge to be useful, or whatever is just ‘the way it’s done’ (or whatever is lying around the office, is quick to mark, or is in the textbook/revision guide!). or their individual gut feeling about what ought to work.