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For some kids, returning to school post-pandemic means a daunting wall of administrative obstacles 

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This story also appeared in The Associated Press After more than a year of some form of pandemic online learning, students were all required to come back to school in person. I’m really taken aback that a district would set forth a series of policies that make it actually quite difficult to enroll your child.”

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Kids are failing algebra. The solution? Slow down.

The Hechinger Report

Math courses are “the most significant barrier to degree completion in both STEM and non-STEM fields,” the authors concluded. Algebra I is the air you breathe to be in STEM,” said Nathan Levenson, a former CEO of a crane-manufacturing company and later a school superintendent in Massachusetts. Here’s how it all adds up.

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After the pandemic disrupted their high school educations, students are arriving at college unprepared

The Hechinger Report

For the rest of her junior year and most of her senior year, she learned from a laptop in her family’s living room, with her younger sibling taking Zoom classes down the hall in their shared bedroom. Related: Hundreds of thousands of students still can’t access online learning.

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When a college degree is no longer a ticket to the middle class

The Hechinger Report

But Lawrence Mishel, a labor market economist with the Economic Policy Institute, sees it much differently: “I think we’re way past that tipping point.”. Approximately 80 percent of college degrees — including in the humanities that Hanrahan’s peers majored in, such as English and History — have labor market value, Carnevale says.

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We believe that the development of everything from policies to facilities to lesson plans should be guided by our compass roses, Critical Attributes of 21st Century Education and the Multiple Literacies for the 21st Century. The NEA shared this article that discusses nation-wide efforts to re-engage high school dropouts.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” From the Department of Education press release : “Secretary DeVos Accepts President Trump’s Q2 Salary as a Donation for STEM-Focused Camp.” Bloomberg reports that “ Trump Administration Tapping Tech CEOs for STEM Policy Approach.” “ Can personalized learning prevail?

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” The task force, put together by Entangled Solutions , includes “25 members from think tanks (including education policy wonk Rick Hess from the American Enterprise Institute), colleges (University of Texas), coding bootcamps (Galvanize), investment banking (Tyton Partners), and accounting firms (Ernst & Young).”