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PROOF POINTS: Long-term college benefits from high-quality universal pre-K for all

The Hechinger Report

Credit: Cavan Images The research on early childhood education can seem as messy as a playground sandbox. One 2022 study found that children who went to preschool in Tennessee ended up worse off , on average, than those who stayed home. Earlier research has also found long-term benefits from preschool. college and university.

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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

By many measures, schools here made big gains under Gordon and the ambitious 11-year effort to overhaul the education system that he helped create. The effects of poverty on education make further gains a daunting challenge. The graduation rate dipped for the first time in a dozen years.

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Bully Prevention Month–October

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Everyone knows what bullying is — someone being taunted physically or mentally by others — and there are endless resources devoted to educating both students and teachers on how to combat bullying. It includes media, images, videos, policies and laws, as well as who to contact if you or a child is being cyberbullied.

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As schools reopen, will Black and Asian families return?

The Hechinger Report

The family switched schools, and at their new school, she felt the educators pushed children, particularly those who are Black, into sports, when she would have liked to see them encouraged in math and science. Zakiya Sankara-Jabar, co-founder of the education activism coalition Racial Justice NOW!, It was a rough transition.

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A New Social Science? Statistics Outgrowing Other STEM Fields

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ALEXANDRIA, VA Statistics—the science of learning from data—is the fastest-growing science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) undergraduate degree in the United States over the last four years, an analysis of federal government education data conducted by the American Statistical Association (ASA) revealed.

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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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What Student Loan Debt Means for the American Dream

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Congress regarding the importance of education. Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education,” stated President Kennedy. In his address, the president even spoke to the financial realities of higher education and institutional sustainability. Kennedy, provided a profound message to the U.S.

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