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4 focus areas to embrace innovation and avoid school system failure

eSchool News

The courageous superintendents and education leaders who are driving change are providing a pathway for better student outcomes and a foundation for more equitable opportunity,” said Amy Dujon, M.Ed., ” UVA-PLE has partnered with more than 400 schools across 100 districts in 25 states since 2003.

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Students parents suffer as more campus child care centers close

The Hechinger Report

In March 2021, Curry College in Massachusetts closed its on-campus child care center after 40 years due to Covid-19 challenges. Between 2003 and 2015, the number of campus child care centers declined precipitously, according to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research.

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Why Esports in Schools is a Good Thing

ViewSonic Education

This can take a toll on student health, leading to more missed school and negative academic outcomes. A 2003 analysis of 15 cases of school shooters found all but two suffered from social rejection. Projected at the pro level to eclipse the NBA by 2021 , esports offers rapidly growing career opportunities. So it is with esports.

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Nepal says students have a right to learn in their native languages —but it still isn’t happening

The Hechinger Report

If learning outcomes were equal, that number would be closer to 60 percent, the percentage of Banke residents who are non-native speakers, according to the 2011 census. 2021 census language data was unavailable.) Students learn Nepali during a May 2003 lesson at the Mahendra Jhoti Secondary School in Chaurikharka, Nepal.

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

The Hechinger Report

A lot rides on the school system’s continued improvement: Not just student outcomes, but also the future of the city itself and the fortunes of its young, new mayor, Justin Bibb. Student outcomes improved. Student scores on state tests rose 42 percent between the 2020-21 and 2021-22 school years.

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Implementing Innovation Strategies to Make School Districts More Equitable

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Instead, a more innovative and agile approach is needed to help today’s wide range of students recover from the pandemic and achieve more equitable outcomes. As the disruptions and changes continue to unfold during 2021, he recommends using an adaptive system design to change the structures and collective mindsets within school districts.

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Technology’s Impact on Student Learning: Insights from the Speak Up 2022 Congressional Briefing

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In 2003, Project Tomorrow, a national nonprofit dedicated to helping K-12 education leaders identify and implement best practices, launched the Speak Up Research Project, which gives K-12 leaders insights into current and emerging dynamics in the education ecosystem—and what those dynamics mean for all the stakeholders within a school district.

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