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Climate Change Took a Heavy Toll on the U.S. Last Year. What’s the Cost to Education?

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They found that standardized test scores dropped across grade levels following the storms, and that elementary students scored progressively worse on tests for each of the three years following Hurricane Matthew. And those groups that just don't have the means or the access will be left even further behind.”

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OPINION: Let’s use the pandemic as a dress-rehearsal for much-needed digital transformation

The Hechinger Report

What should come next is an examination of how schools can more deeply and deliberately harness technology to make high-quality learning accessible to every learner, even in the wake of a crisis. As we’ve seen over the last two years, educational equity, crisis preparedness and access to technology are deeply intertwined.

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Trust issues

The Hechinger Report

In at least four states, five tribal nations themselves are the lessees — paying the state for access to, collectively, more than 57,700 acres of land within their own reservation borders. However, six of the eight proposals up for funding between 2025 and 2027 would be transferred to tribal nations.

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STUDENT VOICE: The path to health equity begins in K-12 classrooms

The Hechinger Report

This creates a culture of aspiration in which success feels both possible and accessible, shifting societal perceptions and inspiring future generations to aim higher. Surya Pulukuri is a member of the class of 2027 at Harvard Medical School. But programs like 15 White Coats and SSTRIDE cannot thrive without sustained investment.

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Former Trump commissioner blasts DOGE education data cuts

The Hechinger Report

Removal of commissioner disturbing Woodworth also decried the unexplained and sudden removal last week of his successor, Peggy Carr, a Biden appointee whose congressionally determined six-year term was supposed to extend through 2027. DataLumos , a free, open-access data archive at the University of Michigan, is one such crowdsourcing site.

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STUDENT VOICE: What losing the Department of Education would mean for special education

The Hechinger Report

More specifically, these students need Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) and 504 Plans, which document specific needs, such as extra time on exams and accessible desks for wheelchair users. States already decide how they define disability and who is eligible for services, which contributes to existing discrepancies in access.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via Pacific Standard : “Why Is the FCC Considering Cutting Broadband Access for Students?” Jeb Bush’s lieutenant governor, as assistant secretary of elementary and secondary education, the top post at the Education Department overseeing K–12 policy.” ” More on the bill via Inside Higher Ed.