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PROOF POINTS: Third graders struggling the most to recover in reading after the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

A new report by the nonprofit educational assessment maker NWEA documents that third graders are currently suffering the largest pandemic-related learning losses in reading , compared to older students in grades four to eight, and not readily recovering. Learning to read well in elementary school matters. See recovery graphic below.).

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The science of catching up

The Hechinger Report

Educators will have to do something different for the 2021-22 school year to make up for those losses. A 2020 review of 100 tutoring programs found that intensive tutoring is particularly helpful at improving students’ reading skills during the early elementary years, and most effective in math for slightly older children.

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Despite mediocre records, for-profit online charter schools are selling parents on staying virtual

The Hechinger Report

At OHDELA, enrollment more than doubled to about 5,200 students in the 2020-2021 school year, according to state data. OHDELA gets an F rating from the Ohio Department of Education, receiving failing marks on measures including students’ performance on state tests, academic growth and graduation rates. At Stride Inc.,

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The 7 Key Elements of eSpark’s Theory of Learning

eSpark

These elements are: differentiation, adaptivity, student engagement, direct instruction, practice, formative assessment with immediate feedback and student explanation of learning. Though the students are continually assessed throughout the program to adjust to their skills, this initial reading sets them on a path tailored to their needs.

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State Spotlight: Texas’ Student-Centered Response to COVID-19

ExcelinEd

How to re-engineer the school experience so students reach high academic outcomes, with the same or better proficiency in 2021 as they did pre-COVID. . “We A llow s elementary schools the flexibility to add additional instructional days (up to 210 days); . Assessing Anticipated Learning Loss. platform. . platform.

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Is the hardest job in education convincing parents to send their kids to a San Francisco public school?

The Hechinger Report

On the line, Kelly Rodriguez explained that she wanted to move her 6-year-old from a private school to a public one for first grade, but only if a seat opened up at Sunset Elementary School, near their house on San Francisco’s predominantly white and Asian west side. But Dee said, between fall 2019 and fall 2021, enrollment declined by 2.5

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K-12 Funding in the American Rescue Plan

MIND Research Institute

President Biden has signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 , providing more funding relief for K-12 education than the previous CARES and CRRSA Acts combined. And LEAs cannot reduce funding or staffing per student in schools with high rates of students living in poverty by more than district-wide funding or staffing reductions.

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