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OPINION: Schools are still struggling post-pandemic, but surprising success stories give us hope

The Hechinger Report

No school governance model is predominant. First, high-performing schools use data as a common thread to drive, monitor and adjust every aspect of their operations — including core instruction, small-group instruction, attendance interventions, social-emotional learning and professional development.

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Edtech Has Grown More Common, More Global and More Sophisticated. What’s Next?

ED Surge

Below are a few of the hypotheses I am watching in 2023: Hypothesis 1: Results Matter Education buyers—parents, schools, and talent development departments—will make more decisions based on efficacy and fewer based on relationships with vendors.

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OPINION: It’s finally time to put pandemic excuses behind us and hold students to higher standards

The Hechinger Report

Additional strategies adopted by Illinois and Louisiana include tutoring and interventions for struggling learners and professional development for educators. Lesley Muldoon is the executive director of the National Assessment Governing Board , which oversees the Nation’s Report Card.

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COVID-19 Hit Schools Unequally, But Data Shows Learning Recovery Is Equally Slow

ED Surge

Government Accountability Office. To that end, the survey did reveal that schools with higher rates of students who are racial minorities and students experiencing poverty were more likely to employ tailored accelerated instruction, family outreach and professional development in attempts to help with learning recovery.

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Building Back Better: How K-12 Schools Can Use COVID Relief Funds for Learning Loss

ED Surge

This can include investments in tutoring, summer programs and other interventions that help students catch up and regain their footing. Boost curriculum and professional development: Schools can use funds to develop new curriculum materials or purchase new textbooks and other educational materials.

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OPINION: Does Devos’ plan to ‘rethink schools’ overlook a key population?

The Hechinger Report

A retired math teacher who lived a half mile up the road from my family, he opened his home to me every Wednesday afternoon for tutoring. State and federal governments, educators, parents, entrepreneurs and billionaires are all seeking solutions to this problem. We need investments in teacher preparation and professional development.

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Native Americans turn to charter schools to reclaim their kids’ education

The Hechinger Report

Once the site of an Indian boarding school, where the federal government attempted to strip children of their tribal identity, the Native American Community Academy now offers the opposite: a public education designed to affirm and draw from each student’s traditional culture and language. Credit: Sharon Chischilly for The Hechinger Report.