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Schools in the poorest state become even poorer

The Hechinger Report

Nancy Loome, executive director and founder of the Parents’ Campaign, a nonprofit and grassroots education advocacy organization. By comparison, the national average is about 20.4 “We should be spending more than any other state because we have more poverty — significantly more poverty.”. Census data.

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Hidden toll: Thousands of schools fail to count homeless students

The Hechinger Report

They’re experiencing trauma, and trauma has a pretty significant impact,” said Darla Bardine, executive director of the National Network for Youth, a policy and advocacy group focused on youth homelessness. Advocacy groups and researchers , too, have surfaced examples. He stooped beside her and angled his laptop for a selfie.

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At some colleges that recruit veterans and their GI Bill money, none graduate

The Hechinger Report

SAN DIEGO — In the main room of a onetime fraternity house at the edge of San Diego State University, a small group of students labors quietly, laser-focused, over textbooks and laptops. This is the Veterans House, its door propped open by a spent artillery shell. Things do not appear to be improving.

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Education Technology and 'Fake News'

Hack Education

Should you ban laptops ? By comparison, just 19% of Democrats believe that colleges’ and universities’ effect is negative.). Facebook said it would work with the ed-tech advocacy group Digital Promise to teach digital skills. Are standing desks ? Is ESP real ? Do cellphones cause brain cancer ? Naturally.