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Many Hispanic students never have a teacher who looks like them

The Hechinger Report

students in kindergarten through 12th grade that is Hispanic increased from 19 to 25 percent between 2003 and 2013, while the black non-Hispanic population dropped from 17 to 16 percent and the white non-Hispanic population fell from 59 to 50 percent. By way of comparison, white non-Hispanics make up just 31.8 The share of U.S.

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The Politics of Education Technology

Hack Education

E-Rate has been, since the origin of the fund in 1996, the main way in which schools and libraries were supposedly guaranteed “reasonable rates” on telecommunications services. million in E-Rate rebates.). Bandwidth is necessary, and schools still struggle to provide it, particularly in rural areas.