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OPINION: With many schools choosing online learning, how can we keep the music alive?

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Music teachers need your advocacy and your help. This story on music education was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. The post OPINION: With many schools choosing online learning, how can we keep the music alive?

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How the Substitute Teacher Shortage Is Impacting Teacher Professional Development

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It’s 7:00 am, and I’m on my second trek from my car to our centralized district meeting space, lugging snacks, supplies and chart paper as I prepare to lead a workshop on best practices for technology integration for a group of 15 elementary teachers in my district. One of every five requests in the U.S.

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Remote learning a bust? Some families consider having their child repeat kindergarten

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On April 20, Kentwood Elementary in Los Angeles opened its doors to students. Lola sat in a room with her classmates while her teacher, who was home for medical reasons, taught them online. The Los Angeles Unified School District, where Lola was enrolled, reported a 14 percent drop, a loss of nearly 6,000 students.

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Trying to improve remote learning? A refugee camp offers some surprising lessons

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For example, the focus of last summer’s global virtual camp was leadership and advocacy through the power of storytelling. The Hechinger Report is based at Columbia University’s Teachers College.). The post Trying to improve remote learning? A refugee camp offers some surprising lessons appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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They didn’t turn in their work for remote school. Their parents were threatened with courts and fines

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During a pandemic, when there’s no uniform way of counting attendance, Hedy Chang, director of the advocacy group Attendance Works, has seen districts rethinking some of these rules, with their ability to do so varying on state flexibility. Caroline Preston contributed reporting. It sometimes takes him hours to type assignments.

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OPINION: Creating better post-pandemic education for English learners

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A 2019 Department of Education report found evidence that English learners suffered from these divides before the pandemic; the crisis has only made them more consequential. The post OPINION: Creating better post-pandemic education for English learners appeared first on The Hechinger Report. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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

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Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. “We Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report Boxes of #OaklandUndivided devices wait for student pickup at Castlemont High School in May 2021. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. The homework gap isn’t new.