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India tries coding camps, craft centers and all-girls schools to fight illiteracy

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In rural Rajasthan, construction will soon be underway for a new all-girls school that will showcase local goods and heritage handiwork in this former medieval trading center, while combining education and economic development for local women. The private schools are not necessarily better,’’ Sahni said. β€œI

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New Orleans schools still struggle with integration

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The school focused on the arts and offered a project-based curriculum, and Otto had always been creative. Plus, Gisleson liked the idea that Otto would be surrounded by kids who came from racial and socio-economic backgrounds that were different from his own. β€œIt Sixty-nine percent were economically disadvantaged.

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Tears, sleepless nights and small victories: How first-year teachers are weathering the crisis

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At Western Middle, 60 percent of the roughly 700 students are Black, 11 percent are Hispanic or Latino, and 70 percent are considered economically disadvantaged. The students Amia was about to meet online were particularly vulnerable. All are groups that researchers worry will bear the fallout of disrupted learning during the pandemic.

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Segregated schools are still the norm. Howard Fuller is fine with that

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From Marcus Garvey to Malcolm X, the notion that separate and equal is not only possible, but in some cases preferable, has been a rallying point for those who believe that black educators should be the ones designing and leading schools for black children. The trade-off. secretary of education.

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Arizona gave families public money for private schools. Then private schools raised tuition

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This story also appeared in Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting State leaders promised families roughly $7,000 a year to spend on private schools and other nonpublic education options, dangling the opportunity for parents to pull their kids out of what some conservatives called β€œ failing government schools.”

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What education could look like under Trump and Vance

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Trump also supports efforts to privatize the K-12 school system, including through vouchers for private schools. In 2020, in the early days of the pandemic, Trump signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security, or CARES, Act, which allotted an additional $3.5

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How could Project 2025 change education?

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The conservative Heritage Foundation is the primary force behind the sprawling blueprint, which is separate from the much less detailed Republican National Committee 2024 platform , though they share some common themes.

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