Remove 2022 Remove Advocacy Remove Elementary Remove Secondary
article thumbnail

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

Edsurge

In the wake of the Atlanta Spa shootings and a surge in violence against Asian Americans throughout the pandemic, Illinois made history by becoming the first state to mandate that Asian American history be taught in public K-12 schools beginning in the 2022-23 school year.

Training 152
article thumbnail

eSN Hero Awards Finalists: 10 dedicated educators

eSchool News

Her advocacy resulted in $1.5 In addition to her role as Content Lead for Libraries, Michelle served as President of the Iowa School Association of School Librarians in 2022, and Past President in 2023. Principal Rod Ruth was named South Carolina’s 2023 Secondary Principal of the Year.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

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

The Hechinger Report

Decades of chronic underfunding is often at the root of the struggles in districts like Cleveland to serve high proportions of Black and Latino students from low-income backgrounds, said Allison Rose Socol, a vice president at The Education Trust, an education advocacy group. Covid put the district’s gains in jeopardy.

article thumbnail

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

The Hechinger Report

Our mission is really to educate our kiddos, and in order to do that we need them in school,” said Lori McKenna, Albany’s assistant superintendent for secondary instruction. in September 2022. Our first go-to is not suspension. Parents, children, teachers — everyone needs to have that fundamental feeling of safety.

Report 92
article thumbnail

Innovative ideas for school libraries

eSchool News

During the 2021-2022 school year, the Reading School District saw over 13,000 ebooks and audiobooks checked out through the Sora K-12 reading app. As the National Center for Education Statistics stated, as recently as 2016, “ 95% of elementary schools and 82% of secondary schools had a library or media center.”

article thumbnail

New data: Even within the same district some wealthy schools get millions more than poor ones

The Hechinger Report

O’Neal Elementary School, in Elgin, Illinois, none of the third graders could read and write at grade level according to state tests in 2019. Just nine miles away sits Centennial Elementary School, where 73 percent of third graders met grade-level standards on that same test. At Ronald D. This story also appeared in Daily Herald.

Data 145