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Charters felt pressured to promise miraculous progress — but none met the targets

The Hechinger Report

In 2008, a few years after Hurricane Katrina, school officials in Louisiana asked aspiring charter-school leader Andrew Shahan to consider taking over the failing Dr. Charles Drew Elementary School in New Orleans’ Upper 9th Ward. Ken Campbell, director of charter schools for the Louisiana Department of Education between 2007 and early 2010.

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From Testing to Transformational Change with Pam Moran

The CoolCatTeacher

Pam: One of the things that’s pretty interesting since the last time we talked, Vicki, is that I was part of a group originally in 2010 that started lobbying of superintendents. Pam, what is an update on what has happened with education reform in Virginia since we last talked? Update on Testing Reform in Virginia. There were several of us.

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In Puerto Rico, the odds are against high school grads who want to go to college

The Hechinger Report

The Puerto Rican rate is from 2009-2010, the latest available in a territory whose government produces few up-to-date statistics, and which federal counts often don’t include; experts say it’s likely only gotten lower since then. Department of Education says. Only funding constraints have kept the foundation from adding more, Fernández said.

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DLEMS 00: Deeper learning in elementary and middle schools

Dangerously Irrelevant

And so it begins… I am on sabbatical in Spring 2023, unpacking deeper learning in elementary and middle schools. Driving Question What do students, teachers, and leaders do in ‘deeper learning’ elementary and middle schools that is different from their traditional peers? Related Posts Leadership Day 2010 – The final list!

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The 2019 Global Education Conference - Full List of 130 Sessions and 10 Keynotes!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Ozelle Stephen, Rev/Director of Education, Miridians Elementary School, Centre of Enabling Support Foundation, Uganda Access to Quality education Opportunities, Good Health + Well-being for all. Dr. Beate W. Nguyen, Principal + Global Scholar-Practitioner, Archdiocese of Los Angeles/St. Kristin Hundt, Teacher. Global Citizen. School + N.D.

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Coronavirus means school food is free across the U.S. What if it stayed that way?

The Hechinger Report

based advocacy organization lobbying for anti-hunger programs. The rise in hunger comes down to two elements: need and access, said Kelley McDonough, a senior program manager for No Kid Hungry, an anti-hunger advocacy group. Hyperactivity and poor memory are also thought to sometimes stem from childhood hunger.

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