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Seeing the Pandemic as an Opportunity for Change

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From 2009–2012 he served as a trustee for the State University of New York as an appointee of the governor. Noguera was recently appointed to serve as a special advisor to the governor of New Mexico on education policy. He also advises the state departments of education in Washington, Oregon, and Nevada. About the Hosts. Dr. Daniel A.

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Inside Maine’s disastrous roll out of proficiency-based learning

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In 2009, Gates gave half a million to the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, which describes itself as New England’s largest education-focused philanthropy, to lead a four-state effort to remake the region’s schools. Nellie Mae, which had $430 million in assets at the end of 2009, began investing its own money in Maine, too.

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Vermont’s ‘all over the map’ effort to switch schools to proficiency-based learning

The Hechinger Report

The idea, popular among well-funded education philanthropies and education advocacy groups, is gaining ground across the United States. Data from the New England Secondary School Consortium shows that high school graduation rates in Vermont increased from 85.5 percent between 2009 and 2017. percent to 89.1

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Is teacher preparation failing students with disabilities?

The Hechinger Report

A 2009 study concluded that no one explicitly shows teachers how to teach to “different needs.” Students with disabilities who are placed in general education classrooms get more instructional time , have fewer absences and have better post-secondary outcomes, research shows. Educators say little has changed since then.

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The college-going gap between Black and white Americans was always bad. It’s getting worse

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Forty-five percent of Black children go to high-poverty primary and secondary schools , compared to 8 percent of white students. The study followed 23,000 students beginning in 2009, when they were in the ninth grade. Our high schools are more segregated than ever and prepare students very unequally,” Orfield said.

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Developing Systems for Effective, Equitable Education for All Students

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Amanda Karhuse has served as the director of advocacy for the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) since 2006. Vrain Valley School District in 2009 and was named 2013 Superintendent of the Year by the National Association of School Superintendents. Currently, Amanda serves as President of NCTET.

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The newly reimagined Empire State Information Fluency Continuum

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Barbara Stripling, Professor Emerita, Syracuse University, and former ALA President, describes the history and goals of the project that builds on an earlier version developed by school librarians in 2009 under the auspices of the Office of Library Services and its former Director, Dr. Stripling.