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Announcing the 2021-2022 League of Innovative Schools Cohort

Digital Promise

Digital Promise is thrilled to announce 37 districts—including 26 new districts and 11 returning districts—will join the ranks of the League of Innovative Schools for the 2021-2022 school year. A Broader View of Education Innovation. Department of Education in 2011. million students served over time.

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Why Schools Still Struggle to Provide Enough Mental Health Resources for Students

Edsurge

While the mental health of students remains a top concern of many in the education field, federal data reveals that it’s not all bad news. The National Center for Education Statistics released its biennial Crime, Violence, Discipline, and Safety in U.S. Public Schools report covering the 2021-22 academic year.

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The Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS) Announces New Regional Directors

eSchool News

30, 2021) – The Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS) has elected Pedro Rivera and Dr. Frank Rodriguez to its Board of Directors. President Rivera and Dr. Rodriguez understand the education issues that impact the Latino community and have long histories of educational leadership. WASHINGTON, D.C.

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What Does It Take to Put Inclusive Curriculum Legislation Into Practice?

Edsurge

The Teaching Equitable Asian American Community History (TEAACH) Act was signed into law in July 2021 with wide bipartisan support, amending the state’s school code to ensure that all Illinois public school students learn about the contributions Asian Americans have made to the United States. Let’s get them to recognize there is an absence.”

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One of the poorest cities in America was succeeding in an education turnaround. Is that now in peril?

The Hechinger Report

By many measures, schools here made big gains under Gordon and the ambitious 11-year effort to overhaul the education system that he helped create. The effects of poverty on education make further gains a daunting challenge. Covid put the district’s gains in jeopardy. Performance on state tests tumbled 24 percent.

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

The Hechinger Report

“We have this huge digital divide that’s making it hard for [students] to get their education,” she said. David Silver, the director of education for the mayor’s office, said people talked about the digital divide, but there had never been enough energy to tackle it. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report.

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In New York state, students can be suspended for up to an entire school year

The Hechinger Report

Brentwood Union Free School District gave out 466 long-term suspensions from 2017-18 to 2021-22. The New York State Education Department does not collect data on suspension lengths, but public records requests to 17 of the state’s largest school districts uncovered more than 6,200 suspensions of more than 20 days from 2017-18 to 2021-22.

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