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Lexia Celebrates 40th Anniversary 

eSchool News

It was out on the fringes,” said Lexia President, Nick Gaehde who joined the company as its head in 2005. in 2013, and then becoming part of education technology and services provider Cambium Learning Group in 2020, and integrating with reading intervention provider Voyager Sopris Learning. “In

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Most families have given up virtual school, but what about students who are still thriving online?

The Hechinger Report

The second grader attends SpaRRk Academy, a virtual learning program for elementary students created in 2021 by the Rio Rancho School District in New Mexico. A longtime administrator in Rio Rancho, Aaker led the district-wide transition of elementary students to online learning when Covid struck. It wasn’t just a mother’s intuition.

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Michigan School Administrators’ Journey Toward Increased Equity and Inclusion

edWeb.net

After starting with individual work, the next phases cover district assessments and audits, designing a district plan, and then providing support and coaching during the implementation of the plan. And equally important is determining all the assessments and grading are free of bias and accurately reflect student mastery.

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An Oral History of Early Childhood Educators During the Pandemic

Edsurge

From December 2020 through May 2021, EdSurge followed seven early childhood educators from across the country. Briggs is licensed to enroll six children, but had only three children in her program in December 2020. In addition, children who attend the elementary school across the street join for afterschool care.

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PROOF POINTS: Charter schools have improved in the past 15 years, but many still fail students, researchers say

The Hechinger Report

Favored by Black and Hispanic families According to the latest available data from the 2020-21 school year, there are now 7,800 charters serving 3.7 New York City is now requiring elementary schools to choose from three different reading curriculums ; charters are exempt. million students. That strength has not persisted.

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Why decades of trying to end racial segregation in gifted education haven’t worked

The Hechinger Report

On a crisp day in early March, two elementary school gifted and talented classes worked on activities in two schools, three miles and a world apart. Jolly wrote in 2005. They knew not all their children were especially brilliant — they just wanted to get into the best elementary school in the city. BUFFALO, N.Y. —

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Eliminating advanced math ‘tracks’ often prompts outrage. Some districts buck the trend 

The Hechinger Report

During that period, the proportion of students earning New York’s higher-level Regents diploma climbed from 58 percent in 1989 to 97 percent by 2005. “I Related: How one district diversified its math classes – without the controversy Those slow rollouts contrast with what happened in the Shaker Heights City School District in Ohio in 2020.

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