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Want a stronger workforce? Make reading initiatives multigenerational

eSchool News

Since 2013, according to an analysis , policymakers in 37 states have passed laws or implemented new policies related to reading instruction and stakeholders from scholars and journalists to teachers and parent coalitions have weighed in.

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OPINION: Studying humanities can prepare the next generation of social justice leaders

The Hechinger Report

The trend accelerated with that summer’s Black Lives Matter protests following the murder of George Floyd. Caroline Condren, a 2013 English BA recipient from Colorado College, works as a senior development and communications manager at a documentary film company that melds content production and social advocacy.

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Ensuring Access to Robust Broadband for ALL Students

Doug Levin

In June of 2013, the President announced his intention to “ connect 99 percent of America’s students to the internet through high-speed broadband and high-speed wireless within 5 years.” We should demand more of our political leaders and from our education advocacy organizations.

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Why are wealthier students getting lower prices than their low-income peers?

The Hechinger Report

He had to get help from an advocacy group called College Possible to pay his rent. An athlete while he was in college, Agyei had to work to pay some of his expenses and needed help from an advocacy group to keep paying his rent as his tuition increased. Meanwhile, he noticed that his bills from the college kept going up. Miguel Agyei.

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REINVENTING.SCHOOL Live Show Today - The Exploding Trend of "Pandemic Pods" and Micro-Schools #reinventingschool #learningrevolution

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Launching “Mindful Technology Consultants” in 2013, she continues to train teachers at the masters level on the use of digital portfolios as alternative assessments, and on bringing mindfulness practices into the classroom. Mara is the international two-time best selling author of HELP!

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Experts call for an end to online preschool programs

The Hechinger Report

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Mississippi Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes with trends and top stories about education in Mississippi. In 2013, the Waterford Institute received an $11.5 Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. Subscribe today!

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Spending summer in class means these college students will be done in three years

The Hechinger Report

That’s in part because the college itself is young, having graduated its first class in 2013, and small, with 617 undergraduates in the last academic year — characteristics freeing it from some of the entrenched traditions that can stifle change in higher education. UMR was first among these schools to launch its pilot.

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