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It’s Time to Rethink the ‘One Teacher, One Classroom’ Model
The last few years have taken a toll on our teachers. The COVID-19 pandemic, ongoing cultural divisions, and the Uvalde, Texas, massacre all weigh heavily. Morale is at an all-time low. Now is the time to rethink the teaching profession, writes Irene Chen and Stephanie Banchero.
Will California’s $4.1-billion bet on ‘community schools’ transform K-12 education?
California is making a mega-bet — with an unprecedented $4.1-billion investment over seven years — that converting hundreds of campuses in high-poverty neighborhoods into schools like Humanitas offers the best chance to save children’s pandemic-damaged education and address entrenched inequities.
Research highlights positive impacts of math-focused summer learning
Summer math learning programs can be effective in mitigating learning losses disproportionately experienced by low-income pre-K-12 students during the pandemic, according to research published by the American Educational Research Association.
Lots of Talk About Diversity, but the Numbers Don’t Budge
For all the talk in higher ed about increasing diversity, historically marginalized racial and ethnic populations are still underrepresented among college students, faculty and administrators, according to a new report from McKinsey & Company.
First in the Family Make Their Mark in College
While first-generation college students’ backgrounds and challenges are unique to the individual, they tend to have high expectations and multifaceted postgraduation goals—plus complex support needs.
What Happens After Graduation?
Many metrics in higher education assess an institution by measuring recruitment, admission, enrollment, and completion. But Excelencia in Education, an organization that works to increase the success of Latinx students across the nation, is asking institutions to consider one more metric: what happens to students after completion?
How the principal-counselor relationship can improve student success
Panelists at the annual ASCA conference provide five solutions to help administrators promote and empower their counseling departments.
Academic Recovery From the Pandemic Will Outlast Funding by Years
From the beginning, educators have seen pandemic recovery as a marathon rather than a sprint. The latest data suggest helping students regain academic ground could be more of a yearslong endurance trek—one that is likely to outlast current federal and state money to support it.
7 Things We Learned About COVID’s Impact on Education From Survey of 800 Schools
A series of surveys sent between January and May reveal how the pandemic has shaped absenteeism, student behavior, mental health and staffing problems.