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School Cellphone Use Contracts Can Reduce Bullying

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The Washington Post reported (July 16, 2019) that a report filed by the National Center for Education Statistics, that online bullying and texting is the rise among middle and high school students. More parents are sending their young children to elementary school with a smartphone.

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OPINION: What health care can teach educators about the difference between ‘equal’ and ‘equitable’

The Hechinger Report

Longitudinal data show that students enrolled in City Connects schools performed better academically and had lower grade retention, chronic absenteeism and dropout rates. This story about student success plans was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education.

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How one city closed the digital divide for nearly all its students

The Hechinger Report

Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. “We Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report Boxes of #OaklandUndivided devices wait for student pickup at Castlemont High School in May 2021. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. The homework gap isn’t new.

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How a Chinatown school is trying to bring more diversity to theater

The Hechinger Report

Photo: Eveline Chao for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Eveline Chao for The Hechinger Report. Each year since, they have won numerous awards, including the trophy for Outstanding Production for the best overall elementary school performance three years in a row, from 2013 to 2015, and again in 2017. NEW YORK — It’s 3 p.m.

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Districts Pivot Their Strategies to Reduce Chronic Absenteeism During Distance Learning

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This has been a goal of Simon’s since she joined Long Beach Unified in fall 2013. By comparison, the state of California reported a 12 percent chronic absenteeism rate among students in 2018-2019, representing 676,000 students. But it has proven elusive. Her district’s chronic absenteeism rates have actually increased, from 13.3

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What happens when two separate and unequal school districts merge?

The Hechinger Report

In July 2013, the Mississippi legislature mandated the consolidation of Starkville and Oktibbeha County school districts in an effort to save money and ensure a better education for students in the low-performing Oktibbeha County schools. These detailed reports are the primary means by which the federal court and the DOJ provide oversight.

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Getting a GED while still enrolled in high school

The Hechinger Report

Photo: Judge Evans for The Hechinger Report. In New Orleans, the large number of dropouts who lack HiSET credentials drives the astronomically high count of so-called “opportunity youth.” All through elementary school, she’d excelled in the classroom, though she spent a lot of time in the principal’s office. “But

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