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OPINION: Why school ratings can backfire

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Moreover, those proficiency levels are closely tied to students’ family economic status and their entering levels of proficiency in English and math. Gates Professor of Sociology and Education and chair of the Department of Education Policy and Social Analysis at Teachers College, Columbia University.

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What happened when a South Carolina city embraced career education for all its students

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Districts across the country have been ramping up career education programs spurred, in part, by federal legislation updated in 2018 that provides funding for career education (commonly referred to as Perkins V ), said Matt Giani, a research associate professor in sociology at the University of Texas at Austin who studies education policy.

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Inside the Reardon-Hanushek clash over 50 years of achievement gaps

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Hanushek, an economist, believes that the inability to close the achievement gap shows the failure of our education policies to help the poor, especially the $26 billion a year the federal government spends on Title I funding on poor schools and for Head Start preschool programs. Sign up for Jill Barshay's Proof Points newsletter.

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Minnesota has a persistent higher-ed gap: Are new efforts making a difference?

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But that impressive statistic masks severe racial disparities in degree completion: The state has the second largest attainment gap between whites and blacks in the nation, according to the Education Trust. He estimated that nearly one in three new jobs created through 2026 will require education beyond high school.

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Substitute teacher crisis forces districts to turn to local businesses and recent grads

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The desperate search for substitute teachers has led some states and school districts to lower qualifications for the people entrusted to educate and supervise America’s schoolchildren at a moment when learning losses are already stacking up. But not enough people have taken advantage, despite the economic downturn and spike in unemployment.

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Even at elite colleges lauded for their generosity, some students take on debt

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And the University of Pennsylvania “is committed to making its practical, powerful and flexible Ivy League education available to the best and brightest students, regardless of their economic circumstances.”. And the thing is, these students are getting screwed.”.

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For adults returning to college, ‘free’ tuition isn’t enough

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But now a convergence of factors — a dwindling pool of traditional-age students, the call for more educated workers and a pandemic that highlighted economic disparities and scrambled habits and jobs — is putting adults in the spotlight. But in the midst of his studies, he stumbled and had to retake an economics course.

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