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Dual enrollment has exploded. But it’s hard to tell if it’s helping more kids get a college degree

The Hechinger Report

Map reprinted from The Postsecondary Outcomes of High School Dual Enrollment Students A National and State-by-State Analysis (October 2024) Community College Research Center. asked Kristen Hengtgen, a policy analyst at EdTrust, a nonprofit research and advocacy organization that lobbies for racial and economic equity in education.

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AI is the solution to costly and ineffective dyslexia programs

eSchool News

3 Advocacy groups, backed by dyslexia authorities at universities, have pushed for dyslexia legislation across the country with these outcomes: 4 40 states now mandate dyslexia screening, and more than 30 list approved screeners that schools must use. Current Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education: School Year 2003-04.

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Before assigning homework, ensure that students have a home

The Hechinger Report

But since it wasn’t our house, they could use the bathroom first,” Kimberly, 12, told the child advocacy organization Children’s Defense Fund for their The State of America’s Children 2014 report. Homework will always be secondary to a home. Sometimes we had to go to school late, because we had to wait for the bathroom.

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Leading Education Technology Innovations: AI, Cybersecurity, and Student Well-Being

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Five specific current challenges were identified in the 2024 survey results: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cybersecurity, Student Well-Being, Digital Equity, and Interoperability. Quakertown Community School District (PA) kicks off an AI taskforce this year, piloting it with 50 – 60 secondary teachers.

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AI is the solution to costly and ineffective dyslexia programs

eSchool News

3 Advocacy groups, backed by dyslexia authorities at universities, have pushed for dyslexia legislation across the country with these outcomes: 4 40 states now mandate dyslexia screening, and more than 30 list approved screeners that schools must use. Current Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education: School Year 2003-04.

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How one city closed the digital divide for nearly all its students

The Hechinger Report

It’s just been exacerbated by the pandemic,” said Rebeca Shackleford, the director of federal government relations at All4Ed, an education advocacy nonprofit. The Oakland Reach, a parent-led advocacy group that works with underserved communities, also joined the partnership. The ESSR funds expire in 2024.

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OPINION: Some advice for the political left: Let’s redefine ‘public education’ to improve all schools

The Hechinger Report

That’s certainly what the advocacy group Network for Public Education thinks. “ NPE warns of deep cuts to federal programs that support low-income students and those with disabilities, more funding for charter schools, advocacy for religious education and a nationwide voucher program. It also excludes another 4.7

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