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Universal prekindergarten is coming to California — bumpy rollout and all

The Hechinger Report

billion program will be fully implemented by the 2025-26 school year across the nearly 900 districts in the state that include elementary grades. Credit: Alison Yin for The Hechinger Report There are teachers who should have aides, but don’t. This coming fall, children who have a fifth birthday by June 2, 2025, can enroll.

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Including young learners in the push for reading reform

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The proposal calls for schools to use “scientifically proven” reading curricula by 2025, and to invest millions in retraining teachers. The bill in New York contains only one line specific to pre-K, noting that students at that age will be assessed based on their cognitive abilities and social-emotional learning.

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Savvas Announces New Math and Reading Solutions that Engage and Inspire Students While Giving Educators the Resources to Help All Learners Achieve

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myView Literacy © 2025 is a core English Language Arts (ELA) program for grades K-5 that empowers teachers and transforms students. New for back to school, Savvas is introducing the MSDA + Growth Assessments, part of the new Savvas Momentum Assessment Suite of adaptive assessments, instructional resources, and more.

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As States Make It Easier to Become a Teacher, Are They Reducing Barriers or Lowering the Bar?

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A 2022 report published by that task force revealed that about 1,000 aspiring educators were unable to begin a preparation program each year due to their failure to pass the Praxis Core. In recent years, a number of states have tried to get a handle on the issue. asks James. We don’t need a standardized exam for that.”

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Smoothing the path for immigrants to finish their college degrees

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Once students are accepted, Sanchez said, Davenport will assess their education and work experience to see what can count toward degree progressions. About 23 percent of Latino adults between the ages of 25 and 29 have a bachelor’s degree, compared to 45 percent of their white peers, according to a 2022 Pew Research Center report.

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Districts brace for fiscal cliff as COVID relief funding nears an end

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The School District Spending of American Rescue Plan report is the fourth installment of a multi-year survey focused on how school systems across the country are utilizing ARP funds in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Schuler, executive director, AASA.

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ACT Says Grade Inflation Is a Serious Problem. It’s Probably Not.

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Thus this latest shot across the bow, which comes courtesy of a new report from ACT , the nonprofit behind the college entrance exam. The report examined data from more than 4 million high school students from 2010 to 2021 who took the ACT. Sanchez, an ACT researcher who co-authored the report. grade points, from 3.17

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