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Should rich families be allowed to fundraise a better public school education for their kids?

The Hechinger Report

The parent associations at Green Lake and Rising Star elementary schools co-sponsored the event so students at the two schools could meet for the first time. Parents from the Green Lake and Rising Star elementary schools in Seattle meet for a spaghetti dinner in late 2019. Credit: Kam Yee. Credit: Dawn Larson.

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Foreign Language Classes are Becoming More Scarce

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Government Accountability Office, nearly one in four Foreign Service officers do not meet the language proficiency requirements that they should meet to do their jobs. begin language study in middle or high school. have a shortage of qualified foreign language instructors at the K-12 level for the 2016–2017 school year.

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Why decades of trying to end racial segregation in gifted education haven’t worked

The Hechinger Report

On a crisp day in early March, two elementary school gifted and talented classes worked on activities in two schools, three miles and a world apart. Gifted education needs to diversify, they said — for racial and social justice, and because otherwise it might not survive. BUFFALO, N.Y. —

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Lessons from NOLA: Ailing Mississippi district should be wary of charter schools

The Hechinger Report

Charter schools receive roughly the same funding from the state as district schools, based on the number of students enrolled. This tendency gives conservative legislators, adverse to big-government, further ammunition to deny adequate funding to traditional districts like JPS. The SPLC calculates JPS lost $1.85

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Mental health: Is that a job for schools?

The Hechinger Report

In an effort to help, federal and state governments are allocating hundreds of millions of dollars in new funding to cover everything from training more providers to running mental health awareness programs. Advocates suggest the school building is the most accessible and least stigmatizing place for mental health support.

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Florida Rejects 35% of Social Studies Texts as Too Leftist

Diane Ravitch

The Orlando Sentinel reported today that the State Education Department had rejected 35% of the social studies textbooks submitted for review because of leftist content. The DeSantis administration objects to any references to “social justice” or negative references to capitalism. history and world history courses.

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Segregation in Steel Valley: How these Pittsburgh-area elementary students are separated by race and academic performance

The Hechinger Report

We focus on education, health, the environment, public safety and social justice issues. The Steel Valley School District operates two elementary schools in a shoulder of the Monongahela River. One school enrolls mostly black students. Related: How the federal government abandoned the Brown v.