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The new homeschoolers: More diverse, very committed

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Some parents are really worried about Covid and their child getting sick, but one of the main reasons is about culture. We want them to know a lot about their culture.”. The recent Census data only tracked five racial groups, without exploring home-school participation by religion. Covid-19 upended that. They’re average.”.

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70 years later, schools — and moms — are still fighting segregation

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More than 27,700 school-age youth live in Pasadena , Altadena and Sierra Madre , the communities served by the district, but only about half of them attend public school. Pasadena High School. But the moms in the community who support public schools have organized to create a more equitable and diverse educational landscape.

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PROOF POINTS: Stanford’s Jo Boaler talks about her new book ‘MATH-ish’ and takes on her critics

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But Boaler’s popularity and influence have made her a focal point in the current math wars, which also seem to reflect the broader culture wars. The first draft discouraged tracking children into separate math classes by achievement levels, and proposed delaying algebra until high school.

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PROOF POINTS: Inside the latest reading study that’s getting a lot of buzz

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Hirsch, who developed the curriculum used in these schools and whose 1987 book Cultural Literacy inspired the common core standards movement in American education. In this study, the researchers copied a method used by charter school researchers. Some postponed starting kindergarten that year.

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How flawed IQ tests prevent kids from getting help in school

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For generations, intelligence tests have played an outsize role in America, helping at times to control who can join the military and at what rank; who can enroll in the nation’s most elite private schools, and even who can be executed under federal law. In the early 1970s, Lester, known in court documents as Larry P.,

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Some Christian schools are finally grappling with their racist past and segregated present

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Chen, who was hired as the school’s first principal of color in late 2017, said a better description might have been “exclusive,” and not just because of the $12,500 to $20,500 tuition, but because of the cultural rigidity that clearly delineated outsiders and insiders. Gross agreed. Enduring legacies. Gant developed the A.C.E.

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Isn’t desegregation a measure of educational quality?

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New Orleans, which at 25 percent has the highest percentage of students attending private schools , mimics national trends. White- and middle-class folk showing others that it’s not a risk to send a child to a good school with lots of black and brown kids — now that’s real reform.