ED Surge

AUGUST 7, 2023

Under federal law , homeless students are owed a K-12 education. But it’s always been difficult to deliver on that promise. There are a lot of reasons why these students struggle. Poverty in the local community trickles down to affect families, says Lisa Mentesana, executive director of the Beaverton Resource Center, an Oregon-based nonprofit that assists with basic needs.

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Cultures K-12 Library Teaching 98

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

One of the great debates in education spans more than two millennia. This story also appeared in Mind/Shift Around 370 B.C., Plato wrote that his teacher Socrates fretted that writing things down would cause humans to become ignorant because they wouldn’t have to memorize anything. (Ironically, the only reason we know this is because it was written down in Plato’s “Phaedrus,” still available today.

Psychology 83

Psychology Humanities Research Social Science 83

ED Surge

AUGUST 7, 2023

In collaboration with the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) and commissioned by Qualcomm Technologies, Project Tomorrow polled LAUSD parents about their views on the value of their child(ren) having a district-issued tablet or Chromebook with internet connectivity to use outside of school to support homework and extended learning. The online surveys were provided in both English and Spanish.

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Research Educational Technology Education 83

Digital Promise

AUGUST 7, 2023

New landscape report highlights the need for continued discussion on supports for Black learners and workers in tech

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

MORGAN CITY, La. — Jenna Gros jangles as she walks the halls of Wyandotte Elementary School in St Mary’s Parish, Louisiana. The dozens of keys she carries while she sweeps, sprays, shelves and sorts make a loud sound, and when children hear her coming, they call out, “Miss Jenna!” This story also appeared in USA Today Gros is head custodian at Wyandotte, in this small town in southern Louisiana.

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TCI

AUGUST 7, 2023

TCI’s middle and high school programs have literacy instruction built into the reading, notebook questions, and activities. Each program provides many opportunities for students to develop a strong command of English and build reading and writing skills through social studies. Reading Reading is an integral part of each program. From well-structured informational text to primary source passages, there are many opportunities to build reading skills.

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Social Studies Primary Sources Middle School History 52

Smithsonian Voices | Smithsonian Education

AUGUST 7, 2023

"Explore, Discover, Learn: Back to School With the Smithsonian" is a guide for generations of lifelong learners, featuring memorable milestones in education, an array of activities and ties to today

Education 40

Education 40

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

It wasn’t the first time Ventrese Curry’s granddaughter had gotten into trouble at school. A seventh grader at a charter school in St. Louis, Missouri, she had a long history of disrupting her classes and getting into confrontations with teachers. Several times, the school issued a suspension and sent Curry’s granddaughter home. This story also appeared in Missouri Independent In each instance, the school followed state law: The punishment was officially recorded and assigned a set length of tim

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Middle School Charter School Advocacy Tradition 98

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

When I was in elementary school, students who exhibited anxiety were given a smattering of separation as teachers prompted them down the school hallway to the nurse’s office, where they were isolated from their peers. There wasn’t a lot the nurse could do — offer a phone call home, a sticker, a reminder to breathe. I related to this experience as a high school student after losing my father to breast cancer.

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Psychology Elementary School High School Research 81

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

One day this spring, Victoria Trice’s high school students in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, peered through virtual reality headsets as part of a lesson on Afrofuturism. This story also appeared in Capital B In Philadelphia, Sharahn Santana encouraged her tenth graders to reflect on what might have happened if Plessy v. Ferguson, the 1896 Supreme Court ruling upholding racial segregation, had been decided differently.

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