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Empty Desks: Getting Chronically Absent Students Back to Class Is No Easy Feat

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East Palo Alto Academy, a small charter high school, saw a chronic absenteeism rate of 199 out of 355 students (56 percent) during the 2021-22 school year, according to state data. percent) in 2021-22. In 2021-22, 6.5 In 2021-22, 6.5 percent) during the 2018-19 school year to 846 out of 1,637 students (51.7

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Most families have given up virtual school, but what about students who are still thriving online?

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The second grader attends SpaRRk Academy, a virtual learning program for elementary students created in 2021 by the Rio Rancho School District in New Mexico. A longtime administrator in Rio Rancho, Aaker led the district-wide transition of elementary students to online learning when Covid struck.

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PROOF POINTS: New evidence of high school grade inflation

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The latest is an analysis of more than 4 million high school seniors who took the ACT from 2010 to 2021. 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. At the same time, the average ACT score decreased by almost a point from 21 in 2010 to 20 in 2021.

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PROOF POINTS: Black and white teachers from HBCUs are better math instructors, study finds

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Black elementary students in North Carolina tended to score higher on annual math tests when they were taught by an HBCU-trained teacher, but not necessarily a Black teacher, according to an unpublished study from a Stanford University graduate student. Credit: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report. HBCUs are clearly enjoying a renaissance.

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

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It is now time to update this piece for 2021. 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. Source: A Year in the Life of a Pandemic , April 27, 2021, by Philip Fisher, Joan Lombardi and Nat Kendall-Taylor.

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PROOF POINTS: Debunking the myth that teachers stop improving after five years

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Philanthropist and former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates popularized the notion in a 2009 TED Talk when he said “ once somebody has taught for three years, their teaching quality does not change thereafter.” That is, the cohort of rookie teachers in 2001 were just as effective as the cohort of rookie teachers in 2009.

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The 7 Key Elements of eSpark’s Theory of Learning

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Mathematics Growth in Early Elementary School: The Roles of Beginning Knowledge, Student Engagement, and Instruction. The Elementary School Journal, 108(2), 115–130. Implementing a Schoolwide Literacy Framework: Improving Achievement in Urban Elementary Schools. Elementary School Journal, 111(4), 535–560. Bodovski, K., &