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Announcing the 2021-2022 League of Innovative Schools Cohort

Digital Promise

Lines between school and the home became blurred, and in that haze, new forms of innovation emerged at local, national, and individual levels across the education landscape. A Broader View of Education Innovation. Districts are also fostering student leadership and elevating student voices in more meaningful ways.

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The story of how one college abruptly closed — and kept everyone in the dark

The Hechinger Report

And Wells agreed earlier this year to convert the land-use zoning for the campus from institutional to mixed use, which would allow the buildings and land to be used, and sold, for non-educational purposes. Related: Interested in innovations in the field of higher education? But abrupt closures put this process on steroids.

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How the Pandemic May Help More Students See Themselves as Scientists

Edsurge

“Ooo, it didn't explode,” shouted Megan as her undergraduate student mentor supervised her pouring liquid into a beaker at the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology. “It But during 2020, it seemed as if everything was exploding with no relief in sight. It didn’t explode.” It’s less a statement of fact and more an exclamation of relief.

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OPINION: Our workforce must be ready to help growing numbers of students who come to school learning English

The Hechinger Report

public school enrollment in 2020, up from 8.1 Spanish was the most-reported home language among English learners in 2020, followed by Arabic. Across the country, the need for English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) educators is hard to miss. One core underlying issue is the shortage of ESOL educators.

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Supporting students: What’s next for mental health

The Hechinger Report

Educators and others are experimenting with new ways to address students’ mental health needs — or reinvent old strategies. Hoover, published the first national school mental health report card in February. Anderson, who advocates for hiring more mental health professionals in her Rochester, New York, school district.

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OPINION: The pandemic wiped out decades of progress for preschoolers. It’s time to get them back on track

The Hechinger Report

The nation should respond not just by returning to the pre-pandemic norm but by offering high-quality preschool education to every child. According to the most recent report released by the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER), a majority of 3- and 4-year-olds received no preschool education in 2021-22.

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Let’s Teach Computer Science Majors to Be Good Citizens. The Whole World Depends on It.

Edsurge

For example, in 2020, the first known wrongful arrest through misidentification via facial recognition software occurred when police mistakenly accused a Black man of committing a crime. Incorporating more education about morality and ethics into computer science education could help.

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