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Coronavirus is the practice run for schools. But soon comes climate change

The Hechinger Report

McKneely was a teacher at Edna Karr High School in New Orleans when the 2005 hurricane devastated the city and closed his school for months. The Miami-Dade school district, for example, adopted a plan back in 2012 to close the digital divide. This story also appeared in The Huffington Post.

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The number of grandparents raising grandchildren is up, thanks in part to the opioid epidemic

The Hechinger Report

More than 2 million people in the United States were thought to be struggling with an addiction to prescription opioid pain relievers in 2012, according to the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control , which also found that the number of accidental overdose deaths from prescription painkillers had more than quadrupled since 1999. $4

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Tomorrow, Wednesday June 17th - "Small, Rural, and Independent Libraries" Mini-Conference #library2020

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Jennifer’s background includes over 10 years working for OCLC where she honed her skills in library advocacy, marketing and public relations. While at OCLC Jennifer helped to develop and then manage the Geek the Library advocacy program. She has worked for Yates County since 2012.

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Native Americans turn to charter schools to reclaim their kids’ education

The Hechinger Report

NACA was born out of an urgent need to reimagine education for Indigenous youth: In 2005, three quarters of Native American students graduated on time in the Albuquerque school district, compared to 87 percent of all students, according to state data. Related: 3 Native American women head to college in the pandemic.

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Developing Systems for Effective, Equitable Education for All Students

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The president and founder of Bernstein Strategy Group, Jon Bernstein has been working on education, education technology and telecommunications issues since 1995 and running his own government relations firm since 2005. million and was one of 16 districts nationwide awarded the 2012 Race to the Top Grant for $16.8

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Tolerating failing schools in New Orleans — so long as they’re for black kids

The Hechinger Report

Our Voice Nuestra Voz, a non-profit education advocacy group in New Orleans, analyzed the school performance scores data and found that approximately 15,000 students attend these failing schools. And failure is trending. Higher Education. Mississippi Learning. Equal opportunity goes in all directions.

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It’s not who controls the schools that matters, it’s whether they care about equity

The Hechinger Report

The schools had been taken over by the state-run Recovery School District in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. For example, in 2010, the hate watch group the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and other advocacy organizations filed a federal lawsuit against the Louisiana Department of Education.