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College tuition breaks for Native students spread, but some tribes are left out

The Hechinger Report

Tribes have to meet several criteria in their petitions for federal recognition, including proof they’ve had decades of a collective identity, generations of descendants and long-standing, autonomous political governance. That’s because the U.S. Threatened with having her wages garnished, she filed for bankruptcy.

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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. And even if a district meets the number of mandatory hours, many students still fall behind, as Martinez did. Our first go-to is not suspension.

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Charters felt pressured to promise miraculous progress — but none met the targets

The Hechinger Report

They tended to cite a combination of their own optimism coupled with pressure from state officials, who in turn were pressured to meet the federal educational goals set in No Child Left Behind. She expected much more than ‘You’re going to meet state standards,’” he said.

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Vermont’s ‘all over the map’ effort to switch schools to proficiency-based learning

The Hechinger Report

The idea, popular among well-funded education philanthropies and education advocacy groups, is gaining ground across the United States. Data from the New England Secondary School Consortium shows that high school graduation rates in Vermont increased from 85.5 Students only needed to attend until they were able to meet a proficiency.

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From here to there: Musings about the path to having good OER for every course on campus

Iterating Toward Openness

I made what was probably the clearest statement of my vision for the future of learning materials in my Shuttleworth Fellowship application several years ago: My long-term goal is to create a world where OER are used pervasively throughout primary, secondary, and post-secondary schools. First point. We’ve been at this for a while.

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Innovative ideas for school libraries

eSchool News

For a new generation of educators, these pursuits have something in common: They’re all appropriate learning exercises that can take place in the school library. There is also progress in creating inclusive and engaging print and digital library collections to meet a growing demand for equitable access to school libraries.

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The Business of Education Technology

Hack Education

Moreover, per this ideology, without the aid of algorithms and “personalization” technology, human educators and traditional institutions have historically failed to meet the needs of individuals as individuals. “That’s just false to me,” he said. ” So congrats, ed-tech vendors.)