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College Enrollment Dip Hits Students of Color the Hardest
During the 2020-21 school year, 120,000 fewer new high school graduates entered the nation’s colleges and universities than the year before, according to a new analysis by the College Board. The pandemic has particularly set back students of color, and seems to have set up significantly different education trends in two- and four-year colleges.
Grading Has Always Been an Imperfect Exercise. COVID-19 Made It Worse
In search of a more-equitable record of student learning
Helping Students Bounce Back From a Disrupted Year: Strategies for Schools
For more than a year, the pandemic has caused widespread disruptions in many students’ school experiences, repeatedly changed their formats for learning, and isolated them physically from teachers and classmates. As educators work to return students to full-time, in-person learning, they will need more than just academic interventions. They will also need to help students reconnect and get back into the schooling mindset.
9 Tips for Creating Effective Community Partnerships Around Students’ Mental Health
Here’s how schools can bring together community groups to help fill in service gaps for students with mental health issues.
Young People Have a Desire to Save Their World. How Can We Help?
We find that the young seem to be a bundle of 50 percent anxiety and 50 percent wanting to change the world, writes Michael Fullan & Joanne Quinn. They need a focus and a way to mobilize that consists of both short-term success and a clear, moving path to fundamental changes in how and what we learn and its impact on creating a better planet.
Biden Pitches Plan to Expand Universal Pre-K, Free School Meal Programs, Teacher Training
On the eve of his 100th day in office, President Joe Biden proposed an ambitious $1.8 trillion American Families Plan that would expand universal prekindergarten access, make it easier for high-poverty schools to serve free meals, and fund programs to train and support teachers.
The COVID-19 Stimulus Money Won’t Last Forever. Here’s What’s Next for Schools
3 ways states can help schools prepare for this inevitability
Don’t ‘Make the Math Classroom a Project-Based-Learning-Free Zone’
Students deserve to experience mathematics as a way to engage with their world. They need opportunities to apply their understanding of math concepts to problems that matter to them and to their communities.