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Announcing the 2021-2022 League of Innovative Schools Cohort

Digital Promise

Located in Mississippi, Columbus Municipal School District is committed to advancing advocacy of learners’ parents. In April 2021, the district launched monthly parent advocacy meetings focused on restorative justice, literacy, and college and career readiness.

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OPINION: Creating better post-pandemic education for English learners

The Hechinger Report

Schools’ struggles to engage English learners’ families during the pandemic partly stem from another pre-pandemic inequity — gaps in access to digital learning devices and the internet. The post OPINION: Creating better post-pandemic education for English learners appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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Rally to Restore Philadelphia School Librarians: Responses, reflections, and resources

NeverEndingSearch

Television coverage included this report by NBC10’s Stephanía Jiménez: For me, one of the most powerful moments was Kayla Johnson’s poignant recognition of her privilege , as a student who attended Philadelphia schools that still had librarians through her whole K12 experience. He discussed the digital divide with them.

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One state is poised to teach media literacy starting in kindergarten 

The Hechinger Report

Experts say that many Americans, both young and old, lack the skills required to critically analyze information in a digital world. A 2019 report from the Stanford History Education Group found that high school students had “difficulty discerning fact from fiction online.”. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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eSN Hero Awards Finalists: 11 inspiring educators

eSchool News

Data released at the end of the 2021-22 school year showed the district increased math scores by double digits in grades 3-8, outperforming pre-COVID levels. To meet this challenge, in the summer of 2020, Jhone Ebert, Nevada State’s Superintendent of Public Instruction, announced the launch of the Nevada Digital Learning Collaborative (DLC).

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Should rich families be allowed to fundraise a better public school education for their kids?

The Hechinger Report

The school’s PTSA had zero assets or income as of 2018, according to a local public radio report. “I Mothers Gwyn Hainsworth, far left, Vernee Fletcher, Jamie Zimmerman, Katy Strange and Leticia Bazemore pose at Jefferson Park in Seattle during a June 2019 soccer scrimmage. It was never about the money,” she said. “We

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Counseling kids during the coronavirus: A tough job made even tougher

The Hechinger Report

Just before this crisis began, Arizona was poised to spend millions more on boosting its thin roster of counselors, thanks in part to the advocacy of students like Kumar. Nearly a third of high school students surveyed reported persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness, according to the CDC. About 19 percent reported anxiety.

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