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Why Schools Can’t Talk About Family Engagement Without Talking About Race

Edsurge

Last summer, not far from the doorsteps of Oakland Unified School District, a group of parents came together to build an academic program from scratch in an effort to close the gap between the education their children were getting in school and the education they deserved.

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

eSchool News

More than 40% of elementary school principals told RAND researchers that their school grouped kids based on their math levels, mostly within the classroom. But by middle school, nearly 70% of principals said they grouped students in math. We’re not giving a recommendation that nobody should be tracked,” Kaufman said.

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The Importance of the Right Technology in Schools

edWeb.net

Gaisford spoke about the State Educational Technology Directors Association and the EdTech Trends Report , which was created to track the impact of technology on education across the country. Mangum then took the floor to take the attendees back to 2016 and talked about the important edtech trends of that time.

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What convinces voters to raise taxes: child care

The Hechinger Report

New Orleans is part of a growing trend of local communities passing ballot measures to expand access to child care. But many don’t immediately get a spot: As of April, City Seats had 821 students on its waitlist, according to Agenda for Children, a nonprofit policy and advocacy group that administers the program.

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Tight labor market hits after school

The Hechinger Report

According to the Afterschool Alliance, an advocacy group for after-school programming , 7.8 The organization offers health and time-off benefits, pays more than many after-school groups, offers full-time positions and employs substitutes when staff are out. But this is a systemic issue.”. Subscribe today!

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Using teacher-leaders to improve schools

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 Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. That means approximately 1,600 teachers and 50,000 students are teaching and learning under this model, the group says.

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Learning Revolution Weekly Shows - Thrive in EDU, Teaching by Heart, Reinventing.School, The Connected Classroom, Exceptional Circumstances for Exceptional Children | #learningrevolution

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Each show will be held in Zoom, will be listed in the Learning Revolution SCHEDULE calendar, and then posted as a recording on the RECORDINGS page and also on the individual show's page or group. Next week we'll be announcing the book groups that are starting. As budgets get cut, special education advocacy must be paramount.