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New Report: Equity, Cybersecurity Top List of State Education Technology Priorities

eSchool News

As students return to another school-year impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report sheds light on how state education agencies and policy-makers are adapting to an increasingly digital, post-pandemic world. Survey respondents emphasized the need for greater focus on the effective use of technology.

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Can you take algebra in eighth grade? In many cases, the answer is no

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According to a new nationally representative survey released Tuesday, 65% of U.S. The findings, based on surveys conducted last spring by the RAND Corporation, shed light on the uneven access students have to advanced math classes in middle school, which can have lasting effects on their higher education and job prospects.

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With little federal support for families, states are stepping up  

The Hechinger Report

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Early Childhood newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about early learning.? Poor early experiences can also impact health later on, educational outcomes and graduation rates, she added. Subscribe today!

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‘We’re Sounding the Alarm Bells’: Head Start Report Underscores Workforce Crisis

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Earlier this month, as thousands of early childhood educators and advocates gathered in Baltimore for the 2022 National Head Start Annual Conference, attendees exchanged first-hand accounts and anecdotes from the field, sharing what the last couple of years have been like for them and what it’s like right now.

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On paper, teens are thriving. In reality, they’re not

The Hechinger Report

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Youth drug use is trending down. He wrote about his findings for the organization Child Trends.

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OPINION: Studying humanities can prepare the next generation of social justice leaders

The Hechinger Report

The humanities field has not recovered from that free fall, recently published data from the National Center for Education Statistics show. The trend accelerated with that summer’s Black Lives Matter protests following the murder of George Floyd. It is for this reason that the Andrew W. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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Food, Housing and Childcare: Colleges Addressing Basic Needs Are Boosting Success

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At a morning panel on Thursday, Sara Goldrick-Rab, professor of higher education Policy at Temple University, started the conversation by providing some context and statistics from the Wisconsin HOPE Lab, which she founded. One challenge is there’s no federal data to back up these trends. “We

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