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Learning Loss and the Lessons Americans Refuse To Learn

The Jose Vilson

American students improved their standing among their international peers in all three areas during the pandemic, the data says. Some countries did better than the United States, and the American results do show some areas of concern. school policies do not seem to have pushed American kids into their own academic black hole.

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Defending the Liberal Arts: My class on “Perspectives on Death and Dying” dealt in theory — until 9/11

The Hechinger Report

We were all horrified and shocked by the tragic loss of life at the World Trade Center in New York City, at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., We were all horrified and shocked by the tragic loss of life at the World Trade Center in New York City, at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., One is now an F.B.I. One is now an F.B.I.

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11 lessons from schools that kept Covid cases low

The Hechinger Report

In each one, the majority of the district’s or school’s students returned to in-person learning by the end of the spring semester — and officials identified Covid-19 cases in under 5 percent of the student population. Here are 11 major lessons we identified from the districts that kept their communities safe. Here’s how they did it.

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Restorative circles, online wellness rooms and grief training: How schools are preparing for the Covid mental health crisis

The Hechinger Report

Teachers wanted to know how to respond to students who appeared distraught during Zoom lessons, or what to do about the kids who didn’t log on at all. More and more, schools are recognizing that academic learning may at times have to take a back seat to alleviating those challenges. The calls started at 6 a.m.,

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A school created a homeless shelter in the gym and it paid off in the classroom

The Hechinger Report

SAN FRANCISCO — On a Friday evening in the fall of 2019, Maria Flores stood waiting with her “crazy heavy” duffel bag and her teenage son outside the office of a man whose home she cleans. A friend of hers had told him that Flores had been evicted from the apartment she had lived in for 16 years. This story also appeared in The Guardian.

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How do we teach truth to students in a climate of “CRT” backlash?

The Cornerstone for Teachers

Next thing I know, colleagues are sending me articles about Culturally Responsive Teaching and Social Emotional Learning being put under fire. Many of these policies took effect this fall, and some of them involve penalties for teachers and administrators found out of compliance, including the loss of their license or fines.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 12 Edition)

Doug Levin

I’ve been on planes a lot lately – flying from coast to coast. While there are inconveniences to air travel, the upside for me is that I use these long haul flights as a chance to catch up on my long-form reading list. Lately, my explorations into this topic have led me in some unexpected directions.

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