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MIND Blog Rewind: Finishing 2020 Strong

MIND Research Institute

At the end of each quarter on the MIND blog, we share stories of how our organization, our partners, and educators across the country are advancing the mission to mathematically equip all students to solve the world's most challenging problems. Welcome to the MIND Blog Rewind! MIND Continues Partnership with LAUSD.

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Why we could soon lose even more Black Teachers

The Hechinger Report

NEW ORLEANS—Before the 2020-21 school year, Christa Talbott, a 20-year veteran of New Orleans schools, had never considered leaving the profession she loved this early. By the end of 2020, the 44-year-old was agonizing over whether the school year might be her last teaching there. This story also appeared in Time.

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Universal prekindergarten is coming to California — bumpy rollout and all

The Hechinger Report

Regardless of income, families will have access to top-notch early schooling. Gavin Newsom, who campaigned on his support for early learning and announced his intention to propose universal preschool, which includes transitional kindergarten, in a 2020 legislative master plan. The good news is the funds were appropriated.

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An innovative school leader rethinks education for kids of color in Indianapolis

The Hechinger Report

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Now Neal is starting over, with support from The Mind Trust, an Indianapolis-based education nonprofit.

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Toddlers need social emotional learning, teachers say

The Hechinger Report

This story also appeared in Mind/Shift “Look, he’s sad!” Last year in Louisiana, for instance, lawmakers and parents claimed that the state’s new early learning standards might include “ potentially divisive concepts ,” such as gender identity and systemic racism, within SEL lessons. What can we do to make him feel better?”

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When kids pick their ‘trusted adult,’ it pays off

The Hechinger Report

The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on?inequality These supports were paid for with funding the community had approved for such programs, even before the pandemic made children’s mental health a top national concern. We had some of the highest expulsion rates in the state.

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Teacher licensing rules are one reason small schools don’t have enough teachers

The Hechinger Report

Local News Fellowship. This story is one of four produced by local reporters under Hechinger’s inaugural Local News Fellowship project. In total, 137 Montana schools — 65 percent of which were classified as rural — employed unlicensed teachers during the 2020-21 school year. It really just blew my mind.

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