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Kids struggle to read when schools leave phonics out

The Hechinger Report

A big part of the problem is at the university level, in schools of education, according to the authors of a 2016 article in the Journal of Childhood & Developmental Disorders. ” In 2016, the National Council on Teacher Quality, a Washington, D.C. He makes a comparison to climate change research.

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Is Head Start a failure?

The Hechinger Report

Reviews of the program conducted in 2016 by the Administration for Children and Families, the federal governing body for Head Start, found nothing to correct. billion spent to serve about 1 million children in the 2016 fiscal year. million on its school district-based Head Start program in fiscal year 2016. But the U.S.

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Scrutiny of colleges that get billions in GI Bill money remains mired in bureaucracy

The Hechinger Report

The most trumpeted new approach focuses around a complaint system and a separate GI Bill comparison tool that flags schools the department determines are in trouble. A series of changes in 2011 and 2016 meant to clarify oversight roles has only muddled things, according to the VES report. Photo: Peggy Peattie for The Hechinger Report.

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The looming decline of the public research university

The Hechinger Report

In fact, the researchers who run this year-old, $750,000 lab at OSU’s Spine Research Institute resort often to Hollywood comparisons. Feldman’s “ The Real Reason Middle America Should Be Angry ,” in our March/April/May 2016 issue.) It’s a reveal reminiscent of a James Bond movie. For more on this subject, see Brian S.

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The Politics of Education Technology

Hack Education

And now, the final weeks of 2016 revolve around what will happen after January 20, 2017. ” “Net neutrality,” a term coined in 2003 by Columbia University law professor Tim Wu, is the principle that all Internet traffic – regardless of source or content or user – should be treated equally.