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Data Shows Demographics Are Shifting in Fast-Growing Cities. How Are School Districts Impacted?

Edsurge

Education researchers have long kept an eye on the changing demographics of public schools, some looking at the potential for those shifts to shepherd in inequity as ethnic groups migrate or fluctuate in size. Parsing education data into snack-sized servings. Source: American Community Survey. Visualization by Nadia Tamez-Robledo.

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Why most schools won’t ‘reinvent’ themselves after the pandemic

Dangerously Irrelevant

Here is a smattering of such articles: A time for disruptive innovation in education. COVID-19 as a catalyst for educational change. Despite our wishes otherwise, even the savviest, most skillful, most trusted school leader is going to have difficulty transforming their educational system after the pandemic. 2021; under review).

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SLIDE: data, interactive tools, and an equity wake-up call (Part 1)

NeverEndingSearch

And soon, qualitative results will offer a better understanding of why educational leaders choose to make their school staffing decisions. almost 20% fewer than in 2009-10. Yet: In 2009-10, the national ratio of students per librarian was 939 to 1. Interactive digital tools will allow us to easily make comparisons.

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Education Has a Three-Headed Crisis. Mental Health Is Only Part of It.

Edsurge

It is now time to update this piece for 2021. And I believe education has a major role to play in addressing this imbalance, starting in the early years. In January 2021, 40 percent of adults reported experiencing symptoms of depression and anxiety—three times more than the rate in the first half of 2019. That’s not wrong.

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OPINION: To solve teacher shortages, let’s open pathways for immigrants so they can become educators and role models

The Hechinger Report

As our country continues to struggle with historic teacher shortages, we ought to consider an untapped pool of aspiring teachers: Young immigrants who want to become educators. Enrollment in New York State’s teacher education programs has declined by 53 percent since 2009.

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PROOF POINTS: It’s easier and easier to get an A in math

The Hechinger Report

But as schools settled back into their usual rhythms in 2021-22, grades didn’t fall back to pre-pandemic norms and remained elevated. Department of Education documented rising grades on high school transcripts between 2009 and 2019, while 12th grade math scores fell on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).

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PROOF POINTS: New evidence of high school grade inflation

The Hechinger Report

The latest is an analysis of more than 4 million high school seniors who took the ACT from 2010 to 2021. Another bad sign is that the grade inflation detected by ACT closely mirrors Department of Education research. points from a 3.0 – a B – in 2009 to 3.11 points from 3.22 (a B) in 2010 to 3.39 (a B-plus) in 2021.

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