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Many Lack Access to Quality Early Education. Home Visiting Programs Are Bringing it to More Families.

Edsurge

Through regular home visits and monthly group meetings, parents learn how to promote early literacy and social-emotional skills from staff who went through the program themselves and often share the same language and background as the families they serve. “If The HIPPY program is unique for its two-generation approach.

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Utah State Board of Education Approves 95 Percent Group Resources as Evidence-Informed, Recommended Supplemental Programs for Grades K-5

eSchool News

95 Percent Group LLC, the trusted source for comprehensive, proven literacy solutions, announced today the Utah State Board of Education approved its flagship 95 Phonics Core Program ® and 95 Phonics Intervention and 95 Phonological Awareness Intervention as Recommended Supplemental Literacy Curriculum Resources. Lincolnshire, Ill. –

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

Edsurge

I hope that it doesn't take until 2027 for education to be like, ‘We need to start thinking about climate change,’” Davis says, “because what will happen is those [schools] that have resources and access will already be prepared with electric vehicles, with solar panels.

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Evidence Shows That Home Visits Support Children and Families. Here’s What to Know.

Edsurge

Many home visiting programs also offer regular group meetings to convene participating families. Now, under a new funding formula, that allotment will double to $800 million annually by 2027. They can connect families to resources such as food pantries, domestic violence prevention and early childhood intervention.

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Can Mentorships Get More Girls Into STEM Subjects?

Edsurge

Flagship Clubhouse staff member and mentor Dominique Williams (left) helps a group of teen girls use a vinyl cutter. There’s a chance that number could get even smaller over the next decade, according to Girls Who Code , which estimates that just 22 percent of computer scientists will be women in 2027, down from 37 percent in 1995.

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OPINION: The pandemic wiped out decades of progress for preschoolers. It’s time to get them back on track

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No group of children fared worse than preschoolers during the pandemic, as it erased a decade of progress with drops in enrollment and waivers for quality standards. One clear lesson from the pandemic: Children lose out when they don’t attend school. In California, Illinois, Michigan and New Jersey, governors put forward the new initiatives.

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Building a Career in EdTech: SmarterServices Team Member Celebrates 15 Years

eSchool News

We have done a great job of curating a group of people who are reliable and passionate. year-over-year through 2027 ( Grandview ). As the SmarterServices team grew and product offerings expanded, the support team’s workload increased from 1,000 tickets per month to 500 tickets per day. But that never deterred Sipper. “I

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