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Engage Students with Authentic Learning at Home

Digital Promise

As schools and districts across the country transition to remote learning, educators are seeking new ways to engage their students in powerful learning experiences at home. When Josh Luukkonen’s school closed due to COVID-19, Luukkonen’s junior high social studies students were studying economics.

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Can you fix middle school by getting rid of it?

The Hechinger Report

David Rosenberg, Education Resource Strategies. The recent conversions represent a return to old ways of educating early adolescents. Up until about 1900, the American education system operated on a two-tier structure, with eight years of primary school followed by four years of secondary school.

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Advocates hope pandemic shift away from requiring SAT and ACT will help diversity

The Hechinger Report

One in four universities were test-optional by the end of 2019, but the obstacles to group test-taking created by the Covid-19 pandemic increased that number substantially; two-thirds of four-year higher education institutions in the U.S. allowed students to forgo submitting scores this year.

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‘I can be mom and teacher’: Schools tackle child care needs to keep staff in classrooms

The Hechinger Report

In states such as Idaho and Texas, where funding for early childhood education is limited, some schools are spearheading initiatives to provide quality, affordable child care. The schools hope parenting teachers don’t have to choose between career and motherhood, as the education workforce remains predominantly female.

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‘We’re stronger than we’ve ever been’: A Mississippi district shows that integrated schools pay off

The Hechinger Report

Folks here have always been willing to step up for education,” said Morgigno who has served as superintendent since 2010. Folks here have always been willing to step up for education.”. Department of Education in the late 1980s. million and house fine arts classrooms and a practice gymnasium. percent are Hispanic or Latino.

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School support staffers stuck earning poverty level wages

The Hechinger Report

At the beginning of the 2022-23 school year, 53 percent of public schools reported being understaffed, according to the Institute of Educational Sciences. In the absence of paraprofessionals, special education services wouldn’t be possible.” million educational support workers they employ.

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After years of inaction, Delta teacher shortage reaches ‘crisis’ levels

The Hechinger Report

In over 20 years, the problem has escalated, according to data from the Mississippi Department of Education. At some high schools, more than half of the classes were taught by uncertified teachers, including nearly 70 percent of courses at West Bolivar High School in Rosedale, and 61 percent at Heidelberg Junior High School in Heidelberg.