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The State of Computer Science Report Reveals Progress and Challenges in US Education

eSchool News

The 7th annual report on K-12 computer science in the United States dropped today. It provides an update on national and state-level computer science education policy, including policy trends, maps, state summaries, and implementation data. Dig in to the whole report here.

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Inside Canada’s 50-year fight for national child care

The Hechinger Report

This movement came after decades of structured, organized advocacy , much of which started after the commission’s report. Canadian labor groups have also supported the efforts , something that has recently become a more prominent strategy in the United States, especially after efforts to pass child care legislation faltered in 2022.

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As states adopt science of reading, one group calls for better teacher training, curriculum

eSchool News

But a national policy group says many states still have significant work to do to ensure strong reading instruction. A similar number of states administer weak licensure tests, the report said, creating uncertainty about how well prepared teachers are. Other states NCTQ called out for their weak policies are just getting started.

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OPINION: Left out: Dreamers miss too may education opportunities that could change their lives

The Hechinger Report

In some instances, state tuition and financial aid policies explicitly exclude undocumented students; in others, length of residency requirements exclude recent immigrants, recent reporting by The Hechinger Report revealed. Advocating for policy change is essential. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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PROOF POINTS: A third of public school children were chronically absent after classrooms re-opened, advocacy group says

The Hechinger Report

Chang points out that five states reported a decrease in chronic absenteeism – an improvement in student attendance – during some of the worst days of the pandemic. “I Chang says that scheduled teacher visits to families’ homes are a “proven strategy.” Attendance Works disputes these official figures. I don’t think so,” said Chang.

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How Did Portland Pull Off a Universal Pre-K Victory? We Started with the Fundamentals

Edsurge

After nearly a decade of organizing, advocacy, planning and hand-wringing, we passed a Preschool for All initiative. To say we’re proud of those policy achievements would be an understatement. As a new report about our victory shows, our success can be attributed to something even more basic and essential that so many people miss.

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Colleges Are Missing Out on Students Who Start — But Don’t Finish — Their Applications

Edsurge

But this strategy had a fundamental error. It’s one relevant to past research about barriers preventing students from enrolling in college, said Taylor Odle, an assistant professor of educational policy studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and co-author of the “non-submitters” study.

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