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As schools reopen, will Black and Asian families return?

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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. Related: Remote learning has been a disaster for many students. But some kids have thrived.

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OPINION: How can teachers help students grapple with the chaos surrounding us?

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They say college should not be a time for a lot of survey courses. But it’s the job of our nation’s higher education institutions — not just their education departments — to ensure new teachers can teach the concepts they may not have learned themselves in K-12. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletters.

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Inside Maine’s disastrous roll out of proficiency-based learning

The Hechinger Report

In a recent survey of the state’s superintendents conducted by the University of Southern Maine, roughly a quarter of respondents said they planned to stick with a proficiency-based diploma, even though the law no longer requires it. I had never seen kids so in charge of their learning.”. In 2003, the Gates Foundation gave RISC $5.8

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

The Hechinger Report

Such proactive efforts help keep more students on track as they learn how to manage challenges in a positive way, officials said. During orientation, incoming Paul Quinn students learn about the clinic, campus services and the mental health assessment they can opt out of if they choose.

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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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PROOF POINTS: The value of one-size-fits-all math homework

The Hechinger Report

Advocates call this concept “personalized learning” but this sci-fi idyll (or dystopia, depending on your point of view) has been slow to catch on in American classrooms. The study, set to test how well the students learned math in spring of 2020, was derailed by the pandemic. But a private foundation salvaged it.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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This group of older borrowers collectively hold $247 billion in student debt, an amount that has roughly tripled since 2003.” It’s good to shake up your “everyone should learn to code” messaging sometimes, I guess. Here’s Coursera arguing “Why Everyone Should Learn Sales.”