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What happened when a South Carolina city embraced career education for all its students

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Then, they made way for the next group of students, who were eager to drop their own bag from the staircase in hope of a different result. Credit: Ariel Gilreath/The Hechinger Report. Credit: Ariel Gilreath/The Hechinger Report. “We AJ the robot is the school mascot at A.J. Credit: Ariel Gilreath/The Hechinger Report.

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Can kids get passionate about learning — and develop the persistence to follow where it leads? One school has a plan

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Photo: Brenda Iasevoli for The Hechinger Report. We believe in the idea of trying on different identities: ‘I’m going to be a photographer, robotics engineer, or actor in a Shakespeare play.’ ”. Photo: Brenda Iasevoli for The Hechinger Report. “We Photo: Brenda Iasevoli for The Hechinger Report. NEW HAVEN, Conn. —

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What happens when two separate and unequal school districts merge?

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Starkville, in contrast, was regarded as a successful school system, offering opportunities such as Advanced Placement classes and robotics competitions through a career and technology center. And yet, the Justice Department has not asked the district to report on the performance of the minority students desegregation is supposed to help.

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Federal relief money boosted community colleges, but now it’s going away

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Credit: Steven Yoder for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Steven Yoder for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Steven Yoder for The Hechinger Report. “It In one class presentation, they offered to set up an anxiety support group for students and polled the class on how many would use it. We really needed them,” said Polnariev.

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The messy reality of personalized learning

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Tammy Kim, for The Hechinger Report. Kids work alone and in small groups; they sit at tiny desks and on beanbags and sofas scattered around the classroom. For decades, nonprofit advocacy groups and corporate donors have targeted K-12 education for intervention. Tammy Kim, for The Hechinger Report. PROVIDENCE, R.I.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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“The FCC Is Threatening to Gut a Program That Provides Internet Access to Minorities,” Pacific Standard reports. Anyway, Techcrunch reports that “WeWork takes meat off the menu as part of environmental policy drive.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. “ Robots in the classroom ?

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” “The White House on Monday announced that it would nominate Mitchell “Mick” Zais as deputy secretary of education ,” Inside Higher Ed reports. ” Via The Intercept : “Conservative Provocateur James O’Keefe ’s Group Hit With Restraining Order, Blocking Latest Sting.”