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Undocumented High School Students Are Now the ‘Post-DACA Generation’

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This year marks the first time since 2012 that a majority of undocumented high schoolers who are graduating won’t be able to apply to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known simply as DACA, according to a new report from the immigrant advocacy group FWD.us. before June 15, 2007 — 16 years ago.

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America’s Teachers Aren’t Burned Out. We Are Demoralized.

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The first job I took in Chicago Public Schools in 2007 was at a school where the administration truly valued student and staff input. Educators know that bargaining for the common good, working with other organizations and advocacy groups who think about all parts of our students' lives is what gives us hope.

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On ZTC, OER, and a More Expansive View

Iterating Toward Openness

For the first decade of the modern open education movement (1998 – 2007), the distinguishing feature of our work – the thing we cared most about and talked most about – was the open licensing we applied to educational materials. This choice rotated licensing into a secondary priority.

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On paper, teens are thriving. In reality, they’re not

The Hechinger Report

Researchers have pointed to the introduction of smartphones — the iPhone was introduced in 2007 — and the rise of social media as the culprit. Climate advocacy group EARTHDAY.org released a “state of climate interactive map” to highlight how climate change is taught and the policy efforts happening in every state.

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How The English Language Learning System Is Failing in America

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Both were talented and dedicated and used every opportunity possible to pull the ELL students into small groups. Research into her own son’s learning difficulties led her to author the Classroom Auditory Learning Issues resolution, adopted by the National PTA in July, 2007. Raven had two part-time ESL instructors. affiliate].

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What’s in a Name? Inside the Pricey, ‘Laborious’ Process of Education Rebrands

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In late October, education policy and advocacy group iNACOL opened its annual conference with a bang. Focus groups revealed that although Buck had a high brand value, many stakeholders reacted poorly to the term “institute,” assigning it a stodgy, slow-to-change vibe. That really wasn’t who we saw ourselves as being,” Lenz says.

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Women’s History Month should have a place for teachers

The Hechinger Report

Mary McLeod Bethune with a group of students after resigning as President of Bethune-Cookman College, Daytona Beach, Florida, 1943. Girls majoring in science, an underrepresented group, are more likely to have become interested through the positive influence of a teacher. Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images.