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All posts tagged "Education and Training"
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284NewsWriting notes instead of typing pits scholars against each other
A widely cited neuroscience study claims handwriting notes improves learning. Is the research valid?
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300News9 education storylines to watch as Trump returns to the White House
How could President Trump's actions on these key issues change education in America's future?
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478NewsQ&A: How a child becomes bilingual — and what can be done to help them get there
Q&A with developmental psychologist and language scientist Adriana Weisleder Kids from immigrant backgrounds in the US often struggle to develop fluency in...
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205► ReportsThe role of state policy in supporting students experiencing homelessness and former foster youth in higher education
By offering tuition exemptions and services, states can remove barriers for homeless/foster youth.
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291NewsTwo families sue after 11-year-old and 13-year-old students were arrested under Tennessee’s school threat law
The lawsuits argue that students’ rights were violated when police were called.
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307NewsOklahoma plan to check parents’ citizenship could keep kids from going to school
Checking parents’ citizenship violates federal law. Can this policy be enforced?
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391NewsAs public colleges begin to merge or shut down, one state shows how hard it is
Closing colleges and universities face hostilities from communities and politicians.
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731NewsThe number of 18-year-olds is about to drop sharply, packing a wallop for colleges — and the economy
A long-anticipated demographic cliff caused by the Great Recession will arrive this fall.
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281NewsIn Maryland, a multimillion dollar push to scale up high dosage math tutoring
A Maryland high dosage math tutoring program employs nearly 1,000 college and graduate students.
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235► ReportsThe disengagement gap: Why student engagement isn’t what parents expect
With chronic absenteeism still double pre-pandemic levels, student engagement across the country is faltering.
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376NewsArizona regulators closed a failing charter school. It reopened as a private religious school funded by taxpayers.
Arizona imposes no transparency or accountability requirements on private schools that receive taxpayer dollars.
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599NewsEducation stories we’re watching in 2025
School Curriculum | Teaching Methods | School Choice | School Closures | Dismantling the DOE | Project 2025
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645NewsCalifornia banned bilingual education for almost 20 years. It still hasn’t recovered
Proposition 227 required schools to teach only in English with students still learning it.
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592NewsParents on the hunt for child care say it feels like ‘The Hunger Games’
Yearslong wait lists, anxiety, and lack of choice: 4 parents' quest for quality care.
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445NewsThe story of one Mississippi county shows how private schools are exacerbating segregation
Student populations in private schools are far whiter than in the surrounding public schools.
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600NewsPotential for immigration arrests at schools under Trump spurs push to shield families
Every school needs detailed policies for all staff interactions with federal immigration officials.
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472News30 Black public school teachers in Philadelphia tell us why so many are leaving the profession
The teaching profession is facing the "Great Teacher Resignation." What's causing their exodus?
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911Guest Opinion Essay6 observations from a devastating international math test
Is it time to panic? Here are six takeaways, from interviews with testing experts.
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669News‘The kids everyone forgot’: The faltering post-pandemic push to reengage teens and young adults not in school, college, or the workforce
Do we need more than job-training? Adding social-emotional support to reconnection programs could help.
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345Guest Opinion EssayWhy being forced to precisely follow a curriculum harms teachers and students
Teachers have long decried "curriculum fidelity." Why? Every classroom and every student is different.
