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

The Hechinger Report

The disparity serves as an extreme example of similar trends across the United States, where the children of higher-income families go to better colleges than those from lower-income ones. A third of high school students quit before they finish , more than double the current proportion in the rest of the United States , the U.S.

Dropout 111
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What role should a teacher play in choosing books kids read?

The Cornerstone for Teachers

I’m also limited by my experience as a secondary teacher; these conversations have less controversy in lower elementary, though discussions about appropriateness do surface more commonly in the upper elementary/middle school transition. May you take what you need and may it be useful to you. Supreme Court Case such as Roth v.

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The Business of Education Technology

Hack Education

In previous years, when I’ve written about this topic, I’ve saved “The Business of Ed-tech” for one of the last articles in my “ Top Ed-Tech Trends" series. But it appears that the massive growth that the sector has experienced since 2010 stopped this year. Funding has shrunk.