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OPINION: Why school shutdowns are a disaster for science classes

The Hechinger Report

Such closures have a disastrous impact on education in STEM subjects: science, technology, engineering and math. student of color and a past New York City public school educator, I am particularly concerned about how these closures are hurting Hispanic and Black children and those from low-income families.

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The Secret to Preventing Community College Dropouts? Start With Middle School

Edsurge

And it's taken some time, so you have to pick out what your biggest need is, and then, you have to start with a small number of students, show success, and learn how to do it. Mary Jo Madda ( @MJMadda ) is Senior Editor at EdSurge, as well as a former STEM middle school teacher and administrator. It's going to grow on its own.

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3 Strategies to Combat Summer Learning Loss

Digital Promise

NSLA states summer learning loss “ is one of the most significant causes of the achievement gap between lower and higher income youth and one of the strongest contributors to the high school dropout rate. For many young people, the summer ‘opportunity gap’ contributes to gaps in achievement, employment and college and career success.”

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The Professional Development Problem

EdNews Daily

If we can’t effectively support our educators then expecting them to reverse the concerning trends of high school dropouts (more than ¼ fail to graduate H.S.), For administrators, this area would target school culture and how to improve the health of the organization through adaptation, climate, and infrastructure.

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PROOF POINTS: Inside the perplexing study that’s inspired colleges to drop remedial math

The Hechinger Report

The confusion stems from the study design. Dropout rates were the same for students in both the remedial and the “corequisite” courses, as the college plus extra help version is often called. “We Going straight to college courses helped more students earn college credits in English but that didn’t help them get through college.

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Kids Don’t Fail, Schools Fail Kids: Sir Ken Robinson on the 'Learning Revolution'

Edsurge

“The problems tends to arise when kids go to school because the deeper they get in, the more they start to lose interest,” Robinson said, pointing to the United States’ large student dropout percentage as evidence that school—as a system—is failing students. In 2016, Mary Jo was named to the Forbes "30 Under 30" list in education.

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PBS to Present “Spotlight Education,” A Special Week of Programming Featuring Reports About America’s Students and New Models of Learning, September 12-17

EdNews Daily

SPOTLIGHT EDUCATION highlights public media’s focus on education and our role in convening conversations around how to improve outcomes for students,” said Paula Kerger, President and CEO, PBS. ET – TED TALKS “Education Revolution”.

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