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AUGUST 17, 2023

where our school buildings are crumbling, where our students are not being adequately prepared to face the realities of the climate crisis, where there are vast inequities across race and class,” said Shiva Rajbhandari, a Sunrise Movement organizer and a 2023 graduate of Idaho’s Boise High School. There are reasons to be optimistic.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2023

That’s similar to retention rates in previous years — a report from the Tennessee Education Research Alliance shows that around 1 percent of third graders were held back each school year between 2010 to 2020. Credit: Lily Estella Thompson for The Hechinger Report So, what happened in Tennessee? Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Many of the advocacy groups that filed challenges did so multiple times in different school districts. John Fredericks is the ninth and 10th grade ELA and AP English Literature teacher at West Tallahatchie High School in Webb, Mississippi and is a 2023-2024 Teach Plus Senior Writing Fellow. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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OCTOBER 16, 2023

Credit: Lillian Mongeau for The Hechinger Report That’s slowly changing — for some disabilities. This back-to-school season, the Education Reporting Collaborative, a coalition of eight newsrooms, will be documenting the enormous challenge facing our schools and highlighting examples of progress. 17 at 8 p.m. Eastern, 7 p.m.

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MAY 24, 2023

The state partnered with Asian Americans Advancing Justice Chicago (AAAJ Chicago) — a local advocacy organization focused on advancing civil rights and racial equity, which advocated for the passage of the TEAACH Act — to support implementation.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 16, 2024

I’m Jon Marcus with The Hechinger Report … Kirk: And I’m Kirk Carapezza with GBH. Jon: And last year, 2023, was a record year, with about 80 colleges closing, many of them small liberal arts colleges with enrollments around 1,000 students or less. And 2023, the federal money is gone. Jon: This is College Uncovered.

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JUNE 14, 2023

Credit: Grace McConnell for The Hechinger Report Gordon is getting a lot of that: plaques, thank-yous, T-shirts, goodbye hugs from parents, teachers and current and former students. Credit: Grace McConnell for The Hechinger Report The strategy was bolstered in 2019 when Gordon attracted a national college-promotion program called Say Yes.

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MARCH 27, 2023

Our Library 2.023 mini-conference, " Mental Health and Wellness: Library Workers Thriving in Uncertain Times ," is just one week away and will be held online (and for free) next Tuesday, April 4th, 2023, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Time. President of the American Library Association 2018-2019.

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MARCH 22, 2023

Our Library 2.023 mini-conference, " Mental Health and Wellness: Library Workers Thriving in Uncertain Times ," will be held online (and for free) on Tuesday, April 4th, 2023, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Time. We have finalized the 18 concurrent presentations for the conference, and they are listed below.

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MARCH 31, 2023

Our Library 2.023 mini-conference, " Mental Health and Wellness: Library Workers Thriving in Uncertain Times ," is this coming Tuesday, April 4th, 2023, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Time. We have 4,600 people already registered for the conference, and the schedule is below. It's a great set of presentations!

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MARCH 15, 2023

Our Library 2.023 mini-conference, " Mental Health and Wellness: Library Workers Thriving in Uncertain Times ," will be held online (and for free) on Tuesday, April 4th, 2023, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Time. We hit 3,000 registrations this week, so we're anticipating a great event!

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MAY 9, 2023

Librarians are reporting that they are stressed out, fatigued, burned out, and exhausted. DATE: Thursday, June 1st, 2023, at 2:00 pm US - Eastern Time COST: $99/person - includes any-time access to the recording and the presentation slides and receiving a participation certificate. What to do? and hosted by Loida Garcia-Febo.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2023

An Associated Press reporter has had to visit the family in person to communicate. Credit: Bianca Vázquez Toness/Associated Press “This was about balancing the number of students in schools,” says Tiffany Fick, director of school quality and advocacy for Equity in Education, a policy organization in Atlanta. Communities such as St.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. “We Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report Boxes of #OaklandUndivided devices wait for student pickup at Castlemont High School in May 2021. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. The homework gap isn’t new.

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MARCH 5, 2024

Without the historic level of operational funding that was distributed monthly to child care programs across the United States through September 2023, many providers are experiencing staff departures and shouldering rising costs, leading many to increase tuition for families and some to close classrooms — or worse, close their doors entirely.

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AUGUST 7, 2023

Louis area home on June 10, 2023. Credit: Zachary Clingenpeel for The Hechinger Report Jennings School District officials did not respond to follow-up questions about Crawford’s case, but a letter addressed to the family said that the boys were transferred to home-school learning at Crawford’s request. I feel like a failure.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Read about the three 2023 winners here. Cleveland’s advocacy and perseverance extended beyond mental health services as she oversaw the district-wide launch of Hazel’s at-home physical health services, where students can meet with a medical provider virtually from the comfort of their own homes at no cost, regardless of insurance status.

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MAY 9, 2023

Sponsored by ClassLink Through the Driving K-12 Innovation series, CoSN continues to share high-quality trend reports supporting emerging technology in K-12 education to transform learning. CoSN provides thought leadership resources, community, best practices and advocacy tools to help leaders succeed in the digital transformation.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2023

Khloe Warne, 12, stands for a photo with her mother, Alyssa, at the family bakery Beef Cakes, Thursday, May 18, 2023, in Grants Pass, Ore. Credit: AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson Alyssa Warne and her daughter, Khloe, 12, read at the Josephine Community Library, Thursday, May 18, 2023, in Grants Pass, Ore. Across the U.S.,

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 28, 2022

“We knew the pandemic put a huge strain on a system that was already strained, so this is just a continuous struggle that’s been made worse,” said Nina Perez, the early childhood national campaign director for MomsRising, a nonprofit advocacy group that focuses on supporting policies that help women, mothers and families. More than 1.3

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 21, 2023

Roy Cooper, a Democrat, proposed $500 million in child care stabilization grants in his 2023-25 budget after legislators initially requested $300 million. But the legislation faces steep pushback from some legislators, the Missouri Independent reports. In North Carolina, Gov. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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JUNE 16, 2023

The district took strategic steps to achieve both, including: Engaging a technology standards coordinator to get devices into students’ hands and analyze usage reports to determine whether learners use the devices to their benefit. To date, it has been successful.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Saturday 2nd September 2023 New York, NY Credit : Amir Hamja/ The New York Times Credit: Amir Hamja/The New York Times Even as Columbia has swallowed up more land, it has taken fewer students from New York City. Fitzsimmons contributed reporting. built a 23-story glass and steel building in Greenwich Village for $1.2

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Databases also needed to go online, allowing parents to search providers and see inspection reports and violations in their state. Ten years after those rules around health and safety were put in place, over a dozen states are failing to fulfill all the reporting requirements, an in-depth analysis from The 19th found.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 24, 2024

Future-minded reporting Our free newsletter, Future of Learning, features innovative, original stories every other Wednesday. Securly is one of the most popular web filters, used in more than 20,000 schools, and its “sexual content” category covers “websites about sexual health and LGBTQ+ advocacy websites.”

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DECEMBER 17, 2023

Credit: Lily Estella Thompson for The Hechinger Report Rachelle Ketron at her daughter Meryl’s memorial site. Credit: Lily Estella Thompson for The Hechinger Report Rachelle Ketron at her daughter Meryl’s memorial site. The Legislative Record from Monday, April 17, 2023, on display at the Owen County Public Library.

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APRIL 30, 2024

Credit: The Baltimore Banner James Murphy, the director of postsecondary policy at the advocacy group Education Reform, said he expects legacy admission preferences to disappear through a combination of legislation, like Maryland’s bill, and institutions voluntarily dropping the practice. on October 19, 2023. Photo by Michael A.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2022

Meanwhile, in Texas, the governor has directed schools to report students who are receiving gender-affirming care, such as hormone blockers, as cases of child abuse. Even before the bans, LGBTQ characters were underrepresented in curricula and lesson plans, according to a 2019 survey by GLSEN, an LGBTQ advocacy organization.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Franklin/Associated Press A Hechinger Report analysis of dozens of private school websites revealed that, among 55 that posted their tuition rates, nearly all raised their prices since 2022. Last year, Arizona became the first state in the nation to offer universal school choice for all families. This doesn’t help low-income families.”

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Credit: Joan Morse for The Hechinger Report “It’s going to be a battle,” she said at the table. Buildings are infrequently cleaned; an elementary school principal reported at an October school board meeting that mice were running over children’s feet and hallways smelled of urine. The policy ended up passing 4-0.

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JUNE 22, 2022

Credit: Kate Flock for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Kate Flock for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Kate Flock for The Hechinger Report. “We Beyond student advocacy networks, young people can also seek help through hotlines and abortion funds. appeared first on The Hechinger Report. We just have to listen to them.

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DECEMBER 30, 2019

The Horizon Report. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. But as the ed-tech sector is never willing to let a bad idea die, the report will live on. billion by 2023. with Pigeons. billion by 2025.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

As The Casey Foundation recently highlighted in our 2023 KIDS COUNT ® Data Book , shortcomings of the child care system already cost the country $122 billion a year in lost wages, tax revenue and productivity. averaged $10,600 a year in 2021, according to an analysis by the advocacy organization Child Care Aware.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2024

It hit us like a ton of bricks,” said Laura Foster, a local mother who helped create the progressive advocacy group the Ridge Network to fight the right-wing dominance of Pennridge’s schools. If we don’t make the most of this chance,” he said, “we’re not going to get another one.” “It

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