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Native American students have the least access to computer science

The Hechinger Report

The program trains educators at K-12 schools whose students include Native children on different ways they can introduce young people to programming, robotics and coding. But computer science lessons like the ones at Dzantik’i Heeni Middle School are relatively rare.

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How Belonging and Productive Struggle Can Motivate Students in Math

Digital Promise

During our webinar on productive struggle, middle school math teacher and former National Council for Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) board member Kevin Dykema explained his philosophy on the topic: “The thinking goes, if you were good at memorizing, you’d be good at math.

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American Students Deserve a Multilingual Education

ED Surge

Though there are a number of strong language programs across the country, a 2016 report published by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences showed evidence of declines in foreign language course offerings in elementary schools and middle schools over the years.

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We asked Asian American students what they wanted from history instruction. They say including their voices is not enough.

The Hechinger Report

To get a sense of how students in New York feel about these changes, The Hechinger Report spoke with six public school students, representing four of the city’s five boroughs, whose heritage is Asian American or Pacific Islander. Although students seemed to enjoy the school-wide production, Zeng was embarrassed. “It

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How My Lunch Table Became a Space for Community Among Multiracial Students

ED Surge

My parents didn’t have the tools necessary to help a half-Korean girl navigate school and life. Over the course of middle school and high school, I met a few other biracial kids like me. We are open to the ideas of different cultures,” said another. Several female students in the room nodded in agreement at this.

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Diverse future of the Midwest has already arrived in one Iowan school

The Hechinger Report

He was glad he had something from home as he walked alone into North Middle School to start eighth grade in his new hometown of Sioux City, Iowa. That meant Cristian started his first day of school in America without a hug from his mom or a reassuring smile from his dad. Nor did he walk into school with his brother.

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At this one-of-a-kind Boston public high school, students learn calculus in Spanish

The Hechinger Report

The idea behind the Muñiz Academy, named for the longtime principal of Boston’s first dual-language elementary school (the Rafael Hernandez K-8 school), was that many Hispanic students would do better in schools that support their cultural background and, with it, the Spanish language.