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Fuel Education Honors Seven Programs for Transforming Education for Students

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That’s why innovative educators across the country are implementing creative programs to better meet those needs. California STEAM San Bernardino (Calif.) – for supplementing online coursework with innovative projects like virtual makerspaces, STEAM fairs, coding workshops, drone-enabled virtual field trips, and more.

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Progress in getting underrepresented people into college and skilled jobs may be stalling because of the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

Experts say that this means dropout rates, which had been declining for more than a decade, will likely start to rise again. Her coalition of advocates in Nashville now meets remotely, every Friday morning. Among other things, its members talk about the obstacles confronting students. “I Last year, 50 did. It’s so sad.

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5 Radical Schooling Ideas For An Uncertain Fall And Beyond

MindShift

In pre-pandemic times, it offered a series of hourlong workshops to family members, mostly in low-income communities, coaching them to set goals and practice specific reading concepts with elementary school-age children. In just five weeks, on average, 3 out of 4 of their participants get to the next reading level or even further.

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Are the challenges of Puerto Rico’s schools a taste of what other districts will face?

The Hechinger Report

Credit: Kavitha Cardoza for The Hechinger Report Federal funds paid for a private company to run an afterschool academic recovery program at El Coquí this school year. Teachers across Puerto Rico say they have received little assistance in meeting their students’ changing needs. Some nonprofits have stepped in to fill the gap.