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Students call on State Board of Education to address safety, equity and mental health
Student representatives from across California made a series of policy and curriculum recommendations during a presentation to the State Board of Education Wednesday morning.
OPINION: Often overlooked vocational-tech schools provide great solutions to student debt, labor shortages
A startling 3 million skilled trades jobs will sit unfilled by 2028. Traditional public schools alone aren’t responsible for the student debt or skilled labor crises — but a longstanding Massachusetts education experiment has shown promise at addressing both.
How to fix segregation by college major and in the workforce
Two experts at the Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality outline ways to address growing racial and gender segregation by field of study.
New Guide Pairs Research and Policy on Recruiting, Retaining Teachers of Color
A new guide offers researchers, policymakers, district and school leaders, and classroom teachers alike insights for engaging in evidence-based policies and other actions that can be taken to meet the urgent need to recruit and retain teachers of color.
This high-tech map is helping leaders chart a course back to high achievement
A brand new Education Recovery Scorecard is providing K-12 leaders with perhaps the clearest district-by-district comparison yet of each system’s road to academic recovery. The scorecard should help superintendents and their teams recalibrate their plans to tackle learning loss, say the researchers at Harvard and Stanford universities who conducted the analysis.
GAO: Ed Department has more work ahead in addressing teacher shortages
To successfully address the nationwide teacher shortage, the U.S. Department of Education needs to clearly communicate time frames, milestones and performance measures on this issue, the U.S. Government Accountability Office reported.
OPINION: U.S. high schools must take note and take action after dismal NAEP score report
Given the unprecedented level of student need reflected by the NAEP score report, we must rethink how high schools organize, implement and refine their strategies to support students, writes Robert Balfanz and Angela Jerabek.
Learning Acceleration and Assessment Strategies in 100 Large Urban Districts
34 districts plan to incorporate tutoring, extended learning, small-group instruction and use of data. Are they succeeding?
CDC: 3 in 4 high schoolers faced potential trauma during pandemic
About three out of four high school students reported at least one potentially traumatizing experience during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an analysis by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published in October. In addition, over half (53%) of the 4,390 high school students studied reported up to two adverse childhood experiences.