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Value-Added Schools

A Principal's Reflections

In 2009 as I took a device from a student for failing to follow school policy that student responded to me that school was like a jail. Emphasize student agency (voice, choice, advocacy) as a right for all Re-think homework and outdated grading practices to create a culture focused on R.E.A.L Take it from them and they will check out.

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An After-School Education Program Aims to Diversify the Tech Industry

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Code Next is a free after-school program designed to make tech more accessible to students of color, many of whom lack opportunities to explore STEM fields in middle and high school. In 2009, at the subway station, local transit police shot 22-year-old Oscar Grant, an event many consider to have started the Black Lives Matter movement.

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Waterford Gets $20M+ Grant for Online Preschool. Its Critics Are Not Happy.

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Despite the momentum recently to expand early learning opportunities to children, there are still millions of people who face barriers to that access, specifically in rural and low-income areas,” she says. The solution to that problem, he says, is more investment in place-based preschools of the type that wealthier families have access to. “As

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Some schools cut paths to calculus in the name of equity. One group takes the opposite approach

The Hechinger Report

Founded at Brookline High near Boston in 2009, the group now works with roughly 1,000 students from 14 nearby districts beginning in the summer after seventh grade to help them complete advanced math classes like calculus before they finish high school. In the summer of 2009, Mims piloted his idea with a group of rising eighth graders.

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The college-going gap between Black and white Americans was always bad. It’s getting worse

The Hechinger Report

Almost 40 percent default on their college loans within 12 years, compared to 12 percent of white graduates, The Institute for College Access and Success says. The study followed 23,000 students beginning in 2009, when they were in the ninth grade. We’re not making progress. We’re going backwards.” It’s just the way society is.”

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Many state flagship universities leave black and Latino students behind

The Hechinger Report

Leave this field empty if you're human: “It matters who’s enrolled at flagships, because they tend to go on to be leaders in their states, particularly in politics and in business,” said Andrew Nichols, director of higher education research and data analytics at The Education Trust, an advocacy group that focuses on college access.

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Want your child to receive better reading help in public school? It might cost $7,500

The Hechinger Report

When Ann Civitareale’s father passed away in 2009, she little fathomed that she would spend thousands of her inheritance on medical and educational testing for her two sons. In some school districts, a specific diagnosis — and even the first-hand testimony of a neuropsychologist — can be crucial for accessing the best services.

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