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Most Students Who Left College During COVID Want to Return — But Many Can’t
Money, stress and family & work obligations are keeping students from returning to college and earning their degrees, survey finds.
Quality Curriculum Is Not Enough: Committed Educator Supports Are Key
Adopting high quality instructional materials is just the beginning: Deliberate and continued professional learning enhances implementation success, writes Michelle Hawley.
Dougal: What’s the Cost of a Bad Test? Much More than $7 Per Student
When states are required to test every child annually from third grade on up, economics overrides good education practice, writes Jason Dougal.
How 100 Large and Urban Districts Are (and Aren’t) Engaging Stakeholders
Districts are supposed to gather local feedback on how to spend their ESSER pandemic relief money. One year in, 1 out of 3 may not be complying.
No HS Degree? No Problem. A State’s Plan to Nudge Adults Into Community College
Maine education officials are encouraging residents who never graduated from high school to return to adult education and complete the High School Equivalency Test (HiSET).
Buher: Now is the Moment for a New Children’s Rights Movement
America's young people are victims of the dissonance between government leaders' purported commitment to children and kids' actual lives, writes Andrew Buher.
Make Teaching a True Pathway to the Middle Class for Young Latino Teachers
We are losing an entire generation of teachers of color, at a time when the diversity of our students continues to grow. The real measure of whether or not we are able to build back our education system from this pandemic will lie in whether or not we are able to recruit and retain more Black, Latino, Asian Pacific Islander and indigenous educators in the years to come, writes Daniel Velasco.
Helping Young People Ages 14-24 Shift From HS to College, Work & Beyond
The decade between ages 14 & 24 is crucial for young people and for the future of the workforce. Education leaders should help make a seamless transition from middle school to high school, college and careers, writes All4Ed's Deborah S. Delisle and Linked Learning Alliance's Anne Stanton.
Allan: With $175G Grants, Accelerate ED Looks to Better Link K-12, College & Work
With $175,000 grants, new Accelerate ED 'design sprint' looks to better link K-12, college & work.