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Survey: Test-Optional is Appealing to Minority Students
An EAB survey of almost 5,000 students who graduated high school in 2021 has found that test-optional policies were a significant factor in motivating students to apply, with 15% saying that they applied to a college specifically because it was test-optional. But test-optional policies were particularly influential for under-represented minorities.
Los Angeles Unified Makes Big Strides Toward 100% College Financial Aid Apps
Starting next school year, the state of California expects every high school senior to apply for financial aid for college. Despite lingering effects of the pandemic, Los Angeles Unified School District has made big strides toward meeting the new financial aid mandate.
Central San Joaquin Valley receives grant to support college and career transitions
Governor Gavin Newsom announced that the Central San Joaquin Valley K-16 Partnership would receive a four-year grant of $18.13M to strengthen education-to-workforce pathways and ensure that partners address income, racial, and gender inequalities in education and employment.
What information would help you plan your education path? California wants to know.
The team behind California’s plan to connect the state’s fragmented education data, an effort known as Cradle-to-Career, will begin hosting public discussions on June 8 to hear what users may want from the system’s new data dashboards and tools.
Ignore NAEP. Better Yet, Abolish It
National (and international) tests aren’t going to ‘fix’ education, writes Al Kingsley.
To recover from the pandemic, social-emotional learning is not a luxury, it’s a necessity
Nearly 2 1/2 years into a deadly global pandemic, our nation’s children are in the midst of a mental health crisis that we have failed to adequately address, writes Brandon Frame.
‘A Call to Action’ as Enrollments Tumble
Higher education officials in Tennessee are trying to determine why the state’s high school graduates are passing on college, and how to change their minds.
We need to stop teaching high school subjects separately
Core subjects being paired together makes sense. When student choice is brought into the mix, students can make connections that we may never have even thought about incorporating into the classroom, writes Alyssa McKee.
Teacher shortages continue. Here's what New Jersey is doing to make it easier to hire more
New Jersey is relaxing teacher certification requirements and implementing laws to make it easier for public schools to hire teachers, but that will not fix an ongoing teacher shortage in the state, a new report warns.