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

The Hechinger Report

So far, a 2021 study of Boston’s universal pre-K program found that students who attended the city’s preschools between 1997 and 2003 were more likely to go to college immediately after high school. About 40 percent of the families took advantage of it and chose to send their children to a pre-K program at a public elementary school.

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Black teachers matter, for students and communities

The Hechinger Report

This begins with expanding access to teaching jobs and continues by giving hardworking teachers a raise. The Shanker report found that between 2003 and 2011 the white teaching workforce in Washington more than doubled, from 16 to 39 percent, while the black share declined precipitously, from 77 to 49 percent.

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Want resilient and well-adjusted kids? Let them play

The Hechinger Report

The student had access to firearms at home; he had witnessed abuse while growing up; and he had a difficult relationship with his father. Elementary principals have reported that recess, for example, has a positive impact on academic performance and that students are more focused afterward. This story also appeared in Mind/Shift.

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For safer schools, we need more hugs, not more guns

The Hechinger Report

One alarming trend is that the overwhelming majority of 21st-century shooters were adolescents, suggesting that it is now easier for them to access guns, and that they more frequently suffer from mental health issues or limited conflict resolution skills.” But why is connectedness so important?

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Is Head Start a failure?

The Hechinger Report

They also have family case workers who help adults access services for which they’re eligible and set goals to help them move into steadier, better paying work. For comparison, that’s still less that the $32 billion available in tuition support for disadvantaged students though the federal Pell Grant program this year. But the U.S.

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