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OPINION: Early data offers a sobering look at interrupted and incomplete learning, but there is hope ahead

The Hechinger Report

As young people, families and educators near the end of yet another hectic pandemic school year, new research studying the early impact of remote learning offers a sobering look at experiences and outcomes, including interrupted and incomplete learning. is the interim president and CEO of the Nellie Mae Education Foundation.

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Ethics in the Classroom

Digital Promise

“Right now, our conversation in the United States about education policy and practice is so polarized, and so dismissive of the other side,” explains Levinson. Eventually, Levinson envisions the discussion of ethical dilemmas as common professional development in schools.

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How do we teach Black history in polarized times? Here’s what it looks like in three cities

The Hechinger Report

It’s difficult to find enough teachers with the subject-area knowledge to teach it, and over the years, many of the teachers who’d initially received professional development in the subject had left, Jimenez said. That said, the district has had its struggles with the mandatory course.

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