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States bet big on career education, but struggle to show it works

The Hechinger Report

At a legislative hearing in 2020, a Louisiana education department official said the reporting lapse could cost the state $21 million in annual federal funding for career education. (A For example, a 2020 analysis found that only 18 percent of the credentials CTE students earn are sought by employers in job postings.

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Schools Will Never Return to Business as Usual. Here’s How They Can Make the Most of Our New Reality.

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These approaches teach adults and children how to use their emotions wisely and how to support inclusive, positive relationships to strengthen and grow their communities, which in turn support them. “We 2006) ) The Lab School and Thurgood Marshall Academy are models for how schools can rise to meet the challenges of these trying times.

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Middle school science teachers often have shaky scientific knowledge

The Hechinger Report

In April 2020 he released a bestselling book with co-author Judy Mikovits, a discredited scientist who claim that vaccines “kill millions.” He’s held a teaching credential in the state since 2006, based on passing the state’s biological sciences and geosciences teaching exams, state records show.

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COLUMN: Time for white people to have ‘the talk’ with their kids

The Hechinger Report

Quarterback Drew Brees, of the New Orleans Saints, walks off the field at halftime during the NFL Pro Bowl football game in January, 2020. Every black parent, at some point, has to have “the talk,” the proverbial sit-down where we engage our children in a serious discussion about how black people are treated by police.

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When school districts fall into debt and can’t get out

The Hechinger Report

The atrium of Whitmore Lake High School, part of a nearly $48 million capital campaign approved by voters in 2006. Nationally, school district debt has grown substantially, from nearly $323 billion in 2006 to $443 billion in 2016, according to U.S. In the elementary school, art classes were cut. WHITMORE LAKE, Mich. Census data.

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Empowering Superintendents to Connect Technology and Learning

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Once a technology plan is adopted, superintendents needs to make sure all constituents have a laser focus on implementing it as developed, evaluating successes and failures, and then discussing how to move forward. Instead of isolated lessons, students learn how to connect their studies with real-world problems.

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Can U.S. Colleges Serve People Who Primarily Speak Spanish?

Edsurge

While there’s ample research showing the personal and cognitive benefits of bilingual education in elementary and secondary schools, less so exists evaluating the effectiveness of similar postsecondary programs in boosting student performance, second-language proficiency and employment opportunities after graduation in the U.S.

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