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Women’s History Month should have a place for teachers

The Hechinger Report

Approximately 77 percent of the more than 3,827,000 teachers in public elementary and secondary schools in the U.S. Approximately 77 percent of the more than 3,827,000 teachers in public elementary and secondary schools in the U.S. Between 2005 and 2017, public schools in the U.S. Women’s work in general is undervalued.”.

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Teachers of the world, unite. You have nothing to lose but your pain!

The Hechinger Report

Between 2005 and 2017, public schools in the U.S. were underfunded by $580 billion in federal dollars alone — money that was specifically targeted to support 30 million of our most vulnerable students,” says a new report published by the education advocacy nonprofit, the Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools.

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Charters felt pressured to promise miraculous progress — but none met the targets

The Hechinger Report

For this story, reporters analyzed every available open-enrollment charter application approved between 2005 and 2015 — the decade after Katrina. Once the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) approves charters in Louisiana, the applications are generally set aside and ignored.

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Developing Systems for Effective, Equitable Education for All Students

edWeb.net

The president and founder of Bernstein Strategy Group, Jon Bernstein has been working on education, education technology and telecommunications issues since 1995 and running his own government relations firm since 2005. Jon received his JD from the Northwestern University School of Law and his BA from Colgate University.

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The 2019 Global Education Conference - Full List of 130 Sessions and 10 Keynotes!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

CCSSO is a nonpartisan, nationwide, nonprofit organization of public officials who head departments of elementary and secondary education in the states, the District of Columbia, the Department of Defense Education Activity, the Bureau of Indian Education and the five U.S. Messiah College | Chesla Ann Lenkaitis, Ph.D.,

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10 years later, goal of getting more Americans through college is way behind schedule

The Hechinger Report

Meanwhile, black and Hispanic students make up the fastest-growing proportion of Iowa primary and secondary school students , up from 13 percent in 2005 to 21 percent today. “We Harper College, a community college in Illinois working to increase its number of graduates. Caroline Preston/The Hechinger Report.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

With all the charges of fraud and deceptive marketing levied against post-secondary institutions this decade — from ITT to coding bootcamps, from Trump University to the Draper University of Heroes — we might ask if, indeed, this is the way it works now. “And I’d never gotten my Ph.D. So I thought maybe this is the way it works.”. “I

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