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Chronic absenteeism among U.S. students has nearly doubled since before the pandemic, and experts fear plummeting test scores and soaring learning loss will be impossible to correct without fixing it. New data released on the Return 2 Learn Tracker from the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) shows chronic absenteeism, defined as students missing more than 10 […]
By Jonmaesha Beltran and Rachel Hale, Wisconsin Watch This article was first published by Wisconsin Watch. Melissa Pacheco remembers multiple days when her daughter and nephews came home from school with headaches from overheating. One day, her nephew vomited as a result, she said. She blamed the lack of central air at Academia de Lenguaje […]
CNN — A South Carolina teen has made history at her private high school after her classmates crowned her the school’s first Black homecoming queen. Amber Wilsondebriano, 17, is a senior at
WASHINGTON (TND) — An organization is facing major backlash across the U.S. for blaming Israel for the Hamas terrorist invasion. It is also supported by two of America’s largest teachers unions. School districts across the country are supporting Black Lives Matter in their schools to provide teaching resources in the wake of the rising tension […]
There I was, sitting at my desk in front of my computer, heart racing and palms sweating, staring into Zoom. I knew I would never forget this moment. This was the moment that would change not only my life but the lives of thousands of students across Delaware. And this wasn’t just any Zoom call: […]
The Washington Post Exclusive October 10, 2023 at 11:04 a.m. EDT Nationwide, 1 in 47 school-aged children attended a school where at least one gun was found and reported on by the media in the 2022-2023 school year. (Video: Joy Yi, Robert Klemko, Sarah Hashemi/The Washington Post) Comment on this storyComment Jaden Wood didn’t know […]
Amy Dilmar, a middle-school principal in Georgia, is well aware of the many crises threatening American education. The lost learning that piled up during the coronavirus pandemic. The gaping inequalities by race and family income that have only gotten worse. A widening achievement gap between the highest- and lowest-performing students . . .
Steven Senne/AP Claudine Gay was inaugurated Friday as Harvard University’s first Black president. CNN — In a historic first, Harvard University inaugurated new president Claudine Gay on Friday, the first Black person and second woman to lead the university. “I stand before you on this stage with the . . .
Yale Law School started the exodus last November: Dozens of law and medical schools, many among America’s most elite, vowed not to cooperate with the U.S. News & World Report rankings juggernaut. The publisher’s priority-skewing formula was flawed, administrators complained, as was the notion that schools could be scored and sorted as if they were […]
Why many schools are crumbling in majority-Black districts – CBS Minnesota Watch CBS News Almost 70 years after the U.S. Supreme Court ordered equal educational opportunities for all children, a CBS News investigation has found many schools fail that test. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive […]