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NAEP ‘Nation’s Report Card’ Shows Steep Fall in Math Scores

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Over the last two-and-a-half years, students’ math and reading scores saw a historic decline, according to the results of a Congressionally-mandated test—known as the “nation’s report card.” In fact, average fourth and eighth grade math and reading scores fell for most states between 2019 and 2022. Eighth graders fell eight points.

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Progress Made on K–12 Connectivity, But Work Remains

EdTech Magazine

Tue, 02/12/2019 - 11:41. Teachers and students are well on their way to fulfilling the mission of seeing 99 percent of all schools connected to next-generation broadband, according to the “2018 State of States Report” from EducationSuperHighway. According to the agency’s 2018 Broadband Deployment Report , 88 percent of U.S.

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How one school is coping with mental health: Social workers delivering technology, food and counseling to kids at home, and open office hours all day — even when school is out

The Hechinger Report

Hispanic or Latinx, Black, African American and multiracial students, on average, reported dealing with more obstacles than white or Asian students. This story about social workers was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education.

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Schools lead the way to zero-energy buildings, and use them for student learning

The Hechinger Report

Photo: Chris Berdik for The Hechinger Report. Much of the advocacy for net-zero buildings has focused on environmental and economic incentives. Photo: Chris Berdik for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Chris Berdik for The Hechinger Report. Another net-zero elementary school, also designed by VMDO, is to open in 2019.

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Leading Teaching and Learning in Today’s World

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The 2021 Driving K-12 Innovation report released by CoSN selected the most critical Hurdles (challenges), Accelerators (mega-trends), and Tech Enablers (tools) that school districts are facing with personalized learning, innovation, and digital equity. As defined by the CoSN report, accelerators are megatrends that drive change.

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As coronavirus ravaged Indian Country, the federal government failed its schools

The Hechinger Report

In a March 16 memo, the principal of Kaibeto Boarding School in Arizona, a bureau-operated school, asked staff to report to work from March 23 to April 3 while the school was closed, according to a document reviewed by HuffPost. Some students and staff at Rocky Ridge later reported symptoms consistent with Covid-19, according to ProPublica.

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Climate change threatens America’s ragged school infrastructure

The Hechinger Report

Credit: Young Kim for The Hechinger Report. “In This story is one of four produced by local reporters under Hechinger’s inaugural Local News Fellowship project. Credit: Young Kim for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Young Kim for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Young Kim for The Hechinger Report. billion and $5.5

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