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PROOF POINTS: 861 colleges and 9,499 campuses have closed down since 2004

The Hechinger Report

is one of more than 800 colleges and 9,000 campuses that have closed since 2004. Thirty-five colleges and universities shut down in 2021, a 70 percent decrease from 2016, when a peak of 120 colleges shuttered, according to an analysis of federal data by the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO).

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Culturally Responsive Teaching: Tips and Strategies for Educators

Waterford

In many cases, without even realizing it, educators plan their curriculum without considering whether it includes the diverse backgrounds and identities of their students. 9,16] If educators are unaware how to teach and support multicultural students, they will fail to reach a significant portion of their school.

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How a disgraced method of diagnosing learning disabilities persists in our nation’s schools

The Hechinger Report

He never received extra help or special education services from his Houston-area school district. In 2004, as a new Ph.D., was creating its own special education categories and definitions to prepare for the passage of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act in 1975. to get things done,” he said.

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COLUMN: Now imagine if your school closed for good

The Hechinger Report

Of the 22,101 public schools that have closed since 2004, 3,927 (17 percent) of them were in Black-majority census tracts, and 3,395 of those schools (86 percent) were in urban areas. Whatever the reason a school has to close, something needs to fill the educational, economic, and social voids created by the closure.

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5th Grade: Here I Come!

Learning in Hand

I have connected with thousands of educators. I am delighted to say that I signed a contract to teach fifth grade for the 2018-2019 school year. The last time I taught fifth grade was in 2004 , and I am so incredibly excited about spending an entire school year with my own group of young learners again. Self-Employed Educator?

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Asking the Right Questions About Your Equity Agenda

edWeb.net

Equity is one of the most overused terms in education—not just because most can’t agree on a definition, but because the promise of equity is often not backed up by action. In addition, are the equity goals reflected in staffing at every level—do the administrators, staff, and educators look like their students? By Stacey Pusey.

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"Libraries as Community Anchors" - a Library 2.0 Mini-Conference

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

With over 25 years experience in ICT, in 2018 Means started the national Community SecondNets initiative, a wide area wireless community intranet strategy for libraries, schools and other anchors as second responders in disasters. She provides continuing education for practitioners at national and regional conferences.