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OPINION: Is home-based public school the next big thing for 3-year-olds?

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In a white paper last month, the city’s education department committed to maintaining the city’s capacity of subsidized infant and toddler care. Kendra Hurley is senior editor at The New School’s Center for New York City Affairs. The post OPINION: Is home-based public school the next big thing for 3-year-olds?

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Making an environment where teachers can create bespoke lessons

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In September, the state government announced the RI Personalized Learning Initiative , a program meant to bring personalized learning to every public school statewide. That foundation in technology from the emphasis on blended learning could put the state in a strong position to take personalized learning to all schools.

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Thanks for a great run, Iowa

Dangerously Irrelevant

Here’s a partial list: rejuvenated a struggling educational leadership program at Iowa State University, including doubling our program’s enrollment, faculty, and tuition revenue; graduated 13 Ph.D.

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Will the real Montessori please stand up?

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Foster’s experience in finding a “Montessori school” that didn’t actually adhere to Montessori ideals is not unique. It was revitalized during the 1960s and grew quickly after one of the nation’s Montessori schools was featured in a Time magazine article titled “The Joy of Learning.” See if you can do it vertical,” said his teacher.

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If schools don’t overhaul discipline, ‘teachers will still be calling the police on our Black students’

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Federal grants , such as the “COPS in Schools” program, helped place thousands of officers in schools, with the number of school resource officers topping 46,000 in 2007-08. As of 2017-18, just about half of all public schools in the U.S. reported having at least one sworn law enforcement officer on campus.