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Forget civics class: Students want to make a difference in real life

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Some school districts, local governments and nonprofit groups across the country have galvanized this youth activism by giving students opportunities to participate in leadership roles and democracy in ways that go beyond civics classes and student government. Every year the group chooses an issue to focus on.

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Digital Equity: It’s More Than Just Student Access

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Amesse Elementary at Denver Public Schools. Living digital equity involves thinking of each child and their individual and communal needs and actively seeking to provide access, resources, opportunity, standards, and support to all children, “especially groups that are and have been historically marginalized.” Amesse Elementary.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via Buzzfeed : “How Betsy DeVos Could Break Up The Charter School Coalition.” ” Via Buzzfeed : “The Education Department Quietly Invited Anti-LGBT Groups To A Father’s Day Event.” An op-ed in Inside Higher Ed from EAB’s Melanie Hoe : “What the Purdue-Kaplan Deal Means for You.”

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Purdue University is buying Kaplan University for a dollar. Me, I wrote about how far Kaplan Inc ’s reach is in education politics and products. ” Via NBC News : “How to Thrive: Arianna Huffington Launches E-Learning Series.” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed. Or something else?

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2021:Year in pictures

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Berta Romero is a counselor for English learners at Mary Harris Mother Jones Elementary school in Prince George’s County, Maryland. Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report Credit: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. READ THE STORY: We know how to help young kids cope with the trauma of the last year — but will we do it?

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Child care, car seats and other simple ways to keep teen moms in school

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Credit: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. “My And pregnancy is more common among Hispanic teens than among teens in any other racial or ethnic group, except American Indian and Alaska Native teens, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Credit: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report.

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