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One of the poorest cities in America was succeeding in an education turnaround. Is that now in peril?

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The graduation rate in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District rose from 56 to 81 percent between 2011 and 2020. The graduation rate rose from 56 to 81 percent between 2011 and 2020. The proportion of chronically absent students doubled to about half of the entire student body from 2020 to 2022. Student outcomes improved.

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Summit Schools to Spin Out Learning Program

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Summit Public Schools, which over the past four years has led the creation of the “Summit Learning Program” currently used by more than 380 schools around the U.S., said today that it will spin out that program into an independent nonprofit as of the 2019-2020 school year.

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This Texas college’s focus on mental health helps students work through trauma, stay on track

The Hechinger Report

From 2003 and 2017, researchers found that suicide rates rose among Black youth of all ages — with the biggest increase seen among the 15- to 17-year-olds, according to an article published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. Paul Quinn returned to in-person learning in the fall of 2020.

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As schools reopen, will Black and Asian families return?

The Hechinger Report

While many families are eager for a return to in-person learning this fall, others are not: Surveys show that some families are reluctant to return — and, that Black and Asian families are the most likely to feel this way. Covid-related health concerns are one reason: People of color have been disproportionately impacted by the virus.

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Implementing Innovation Strategies to Make School Districts More Equitable

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Conner categorized the past, present, and future as Before COVID, During COVID, and After COVID, pointing out a radical shift in education occurred on Friday the 13th in March of 2020, when schools were shut down across the United States. From 2001-2003, he served as Vermont’s Education Commissioner.

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Why I’m Optimistic About the Next Wave of Education Technology

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More than 80 percent of the edtech startups created in the past five years will not survive through 2020. As recently as 1997, only 27 percent of America’s K-12 school had internet access—a number that skyrocketed to 92 percent by 2003. 2011-2020: From Early Adopters To Mainstream Adoption.

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Seeing the Pandemic as an Opportunity for Change

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Before joining the faculty at UCLA he served as a tenured professor and holder of endowed chairs at New York University (2004–2015), Harvard University (2000–2003), and the University of California, Berkeley (1990–2000). Noguera was recently appointed to serve as a special advisor to the governor of New Mexico on education policy.