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Schools Say Highest Pressure from Students’ Social and Emotional Needs

EdNews Daily

No one who lived through the 2008 bank failures would say that other parts of the economy were unaffected by the cascade into recession. . Then a re-write of academic standards that had to be mapped to teaching and learning, constantly in revision. Friction of inconceivable proportions has resulted. .

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How to Build a High-Functioning Remote Team for Your Edtech Company

Edsurge

districts, schools, teachers and students; literacy-related frameworks and academic standards; the competitive product landscape; target user and buyer personas (such as curriculum director or librarian); and pain points for school administrators, teachers and students. We covered topics such as number of U.S.

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National test scores reveal a decade of educational stagnation

The Hechinger Report

Some blame the 2008 recession and the resulting drop in public funding for schools and increase in poverty among students. states adopted new, more demanding academic standards in the 2010s, and there have been widespread reports about the difficulties in changing instruction in the classroom. Policy changes may play a role too.

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Desegregation is unraveling in this Texas town

The Hechinger Report

They are roughly half of the students enrolled at Longview’s specialized elementary school, which has higher academic standards. With Wilcox at the helm, the community approved — in a measure that passed in 2008 by fewer than 20 votes — a $266.9 million bond to finance a massive overhaul of the district’s schools.

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How play is making a comeback in Kindergarten

The Hechinger Report

At last count, 14 states and the District of Columbia required districts to offer full-day kindergarten, up from 10 states in 2008. As kindergarten has become more widely available in the last several decades, it’s also become more academic. And teachers say they have the freedom to adjust schedules as needed.