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Forget civics class: Students want to make a difference in real life

The Hechinger Report

Now they are demanding a greater role in school policy and the decisions that shape their educations. The reality is that in most school governance systems, young people are systematically marginalized … and students play absolutely no role.” Related: Students have their own demands for school reopening.

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

The Hechinger Report

Middle schoolers Eli and Manin practice guitar chords for the Native folk rock song “NDN Kars” at the Native American Community Academy in Albuquerque. School officials said the decline is due to incomplete data.) No language class, nothing,” Joshua said of his previous school. Some have returned as teachers and school staff.

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STUDENT VOICE: It shouldn’t take a tragedy to spark youth activism

The Hechinger Report

We’ll never forget last year, when survivors of the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, became leaders instead of victims, taking their cause all the way to Washington, D.C., The public high school I attended — River Bluff High School in Lexington, South Carolina — has one answer.

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‘State-sanctioned violence:’ Inside one of the thousands of schools that still paddles students

The Hechinger Report

Yet students at Collins Elementary join the increasingly isolated ranks of those legally paddled at school. One is in college and two are in high school in another district. Schools are supposed to log instances of paddling within their walls, which districts are then supposed to compile.

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How transparent is school data when parents can’t find it or understand it?

The Hechinger Report

When Mosi Zuberi learned that his 18-year-old son, Kaja, might not graduate from McClymonds High School in Oakland, he anguished over his parenting missteps, wondering where he had gone wrong. After multiple suspensions, Kemp’s son dropped out of high school during his junior year.

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What the research says about the best way to engage parents

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Anne Henderson, National Association for Family, School, and Community Engagement. Out-of-school factors weigh heavily on student success, studies show, and research indicates family engagement can lead to higher grades and test scores, improved attendance and better behavior. “I One that centered on listening.

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A university grapples with its links to slavery and racism

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Earlier in the school year, a white student came to the office of the Black Student Union, a space it shares with the student government, and told her she had no right to be there. “It She recognizes that not everyone may agree with the school’s decision to create the plaques. “We

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