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Why haven’t new federal rules unleashed more innovation in schools?

The Hechinger Report

Personalized learning advocates had big hopes for ESSA, enacted in 2015. The bad news is we’re not seeing a lot of innovation or discussion around personalized learning,” said Claire Voorhees, national policy director for the Tallahassee, Florida-based Foundation for Excellence in Education, an advocacy group for personalized learning.

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Schools can’t afford to lose any more Black male educators

The Hechinger Report

South Carolina has seen its highest number of educator vacancies this year since the Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention and Advancement started tracking the trend in 2001. He was voted Blythewood High’s 2015-16 Teacher of the Year. Black men are often the providers for their families, so low pay can be devastating.

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The messy reality of personalized learning

The Hechinger Report

For decades, nonprofit advocacy groups and corporate donors have targeted K-12 education for intervention. The state’s largest district, in Providence, has dramatically increased its spending on web-based instructional programs, from $158,000 in the 2011-12 school year to $928,000 in 2015-16, the latest data available. The George W.