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Computer Science is Growing in K-12 Schools, But Access Doesn’t Equal Participation

ED Surge

Bridging Barriers to Access When it comes to who is participating, white high school students nationally make up 48 percent of high school students and 48 percent of 9-12 computer science students, according to the report. The report found that disparities in participation are the lowest in K-8 classes.

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Change Comes From Within

A Principal's Reflections

Enter the age of standardization and computerized assessments that will test the living daylights out of students in the United States over the course of their lifetime in K-12 education. Where there still is forced change turmoil, economic instability, and mistrust run rampant. This is a great example of forced change.

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OPINION: Why school ratings can backfire

The Hechinger Report

At the K-12 level, we have seen how school ratings can boost or depress property values and shift who seeks to enroll in a given school. At the K-12 level, we have seen how school ratings can boost or depress property values and shift who seeks to enroll in a given school. The trouble is, it doesn’t work.

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How Colonialism Invented Food Insecurity in West Africa

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They wrote about Abena—and Akaina, a young girl in Eastern Africa living 3,000 years from today—to help teach K12 students about possibilities for a sustainable future. This map shows the location of archaeological sites and their associated occupational phases in the Banda Traditional Area, Bono Region, Ghana.

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Dollars and sense: Can financial literacy help students learn math? 

The Hechinger Report

states have adopted laws or policies requiring personal finance education before students graduate from high school, bringing the total number to 30 states, according to the Council for Economic Education. Experts say it’s a course that doesn’t necessarily have to be taught by a traditional math teacher. Since 2020, nine U.S.

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OPINION: Students need more educational choices after high school

The Hechinger Report

Traditional higher education has reached an inflection point. Students are assuming historic levels of loan debt in pursuit, ironically, of economic mobility (a long-proven benefit of higher education). trillion — up nearly $750 billion in 12 years. Related: Interested in innovations in the field of higher education?

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Unlocking the Power of Creativity and AI: Preparing Students for the Future Workforce

ED Surge

Teaching creativity and creative thinking in K-12 has always been valued but often challenging to implement. Johnsrud: There are a lot of economic and career opportunities for students to have a very different future than their parents or grandparents did — if they have the assistance of AI. How would you respond to that?

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