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Meet the Support Network Addressing Out-Of-School Challenges for Every Student

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Steadman, who teaches at Mendell Elementary School in this highly-diverse Boston neighborhood, passed along her concerns to a colleague, Madeline Gillespie, a family support coordinator. At Mendell, City Connects has had a continuous presence since 2013. And she meets with groups of students during their usual lunch breaks.

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PROOF POINTS: Research evidence increases for intensive tutoring

The Hechinger Report

Tutoring programs for elementary school children rise to the top within this body of research, which was conducted well before the pandemic and targeted to students who were considerably behind grade level. When the No Child Left Behind law was first passed in 2001, schools got extra money to tutor students who were behind.

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Will Philadelphia Education Survive?

Philly Teacher

Overflow crowd from the August 15, 2013 SRC meeting. Here is a run-down: 2001. I am called in November and am placed at an elementary school in Southwest Philadelphia. My colleagues and I survive a number of meetings with various District staff who have no answers about the future of our jobs or our school community.

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Charters felt pressured to promise miraculous progress — but none met the targets

The Hechinger Report

In 2008, a few years after Hurricane Katrina, school officials in Louisiana asked aspiring charter-school leader Andrew Shahan to consider taking over the failing Dr. Charles Drew Elementary School in New Orleans’ Upper 9th Ward. She expected much more than ‘You’re going to meet state standards,’” he said.

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Five Steps to Empowering Educators with Evidence

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to determine what programs will assist with meeting learning goals. The Clearinghouse not only provides access to programs that meet the different ESSA criteria, but users receive further guidance on successful implementation. Prior to coming to ODE in 2013, he worked at nonprofit research centers in Rhode Island and Ohio.

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An upscale Florida auction yields millions for local preschool programs

The Hechinger Report

Since 2001, the upscale auction, part of Collier County’s annual Naples Winter Wine Festival, has raised more than $176 million for local children’s nonprofits, including dozens that benefit the children of Immokalee’s farmworkers, according to the Naples Children & Education Foundation, which hosts the festival.

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Will Philadelphia Education Survive?

Philly Teacher

Overflow crowd from the August 15, 2013 SRC meeting. Here is a run-down: 2001. I am called in November and am placed at an elementary school in Southwest Philadelphia. My colleagues and I survive a number of meetings with various District staff who have no answers about the future of our jobs or our school community.