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Crisis in teaching quality may explain stagnant learning recovery, report finds
More than three years after the pandemic began, a crisis in teaching quality may be stalling academic recovery, new research shows. Faced with exhaustion, staffing shortages, and frequent student disruptions, many educators are using “outdated and ineffective” methods and content below grade level, according to a report released last week by the Center on Reinventing Public Education at...
By Marianna McMurdock | August 7, 2023
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New $200 million FCC proposal could help schools combat cyber attack onslaught
As ransomware and other cyber attacks become an increasingly potent threat to schools nationwide, a proposal by Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel seeks to create the first federal funding stream to help districts fight back. A three-year pilot program announced by Rosenworcel earlier this month could invest up to $200 million to enhance cybersecurity...
By Mark Keierleber | August 3, 2023
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How a California wine region is ‘growing futures’ by turning vineyards into state-of-the-art classrooms
The primary industry in Lodi, California, is agriculture. About 40 miles southeast of the capital city of Sacramento, this land flanking the Mokelumne River is blanketed in grapevines dating back to 1850. But in this grape-producing powerhouse, which produces 20% of all of California’s wine grapes, just 80 independent wineries stand. Farmers sell most of...
By Jim Fields and Emmeline Zhao | August 2, 2023
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Fewer school meals: As California moved to approve universal access, data show 7% drop in school meals served at districts across U.S.
The number of students receiving school meals fell dramatically in the 2022-23 school year as federally funded pandemic meals expired, according to a new report from the Food Research and Action Center. Of the 91 large school districts surveyed, accounting for more than 6.5 million students, participation in school breakfast and lunch decreased by more...
By Joshua Bay | August 1, 2023
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Opinion: America’s education system is a mess, and it’s students who are paying the price
“Math and reading scores for 13-year-olds have hit their lowest scores in decades.” When the recent NAEP long-term trend results for 13-year-olds were published, the reactions were predictable: short pieces in the national press and apologetics in education blogs. COVID-19, we were told, was continuing to cast its long shadow. Despite nearly $200 billion in...
By David Steiner | July 31, 2023
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Opinion: After I got shot, my school did nothing to save me from failure. I’m fixing that
This article has been produced in partnership between LA School Report’s parent company, The 74, and the XQ Institute. I never heard the shot, but the impact of the bullet that struck my leg just below the knee has reverberated throughout my life. As I laid on the ground of my East Oakland neighborhood, next...
By Christian Martinez | July 27, 2023
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Opinion: Without affordable child care, graduating from college can be nearly impossible
In 2003, I accomplished something that seemed unfeasible for students like me: I graduated from the College of William & Mary as a young mother. I’d navigated the many hurdles that student-parents encounter in higher education, including housing and food insecurity, the need for more hours in the day for schoolwork and to care for...
By Nicole Lynn Lewis | July 26, 2023
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Analysis: State laws are leaving schools across the country unprepared for a ‘fiscal cliff’ — including California districts that are ‘running out of cash’
For the past three years, districts have received more federal money than ever — $190 billion — to hire staff, dole out hefty bonuses and address the learning loss and mental health problems fueled by the pandemic. The expiration of these funds in about 14 months could be the biggest jolt to school finances that...
By Linda Jacobson | July 25, 2023
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Opinion: Three ways to help students gain the career connections they need to succeed
Between 2012 and 2018, rates of loneliness in school among teens nearly doubled. COVID-19 school closures only added fuel to the fire, leaving students feeling even more isolated and withdrawn. In response to this nationwide epidemic, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy’s recent advisory urges institutions, including schools and community organizations, to reimagine their structures, policies and programs to support the development...
By Robert Markle | July 24, 2023
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After Harvard ruling, will admissions policies at elite K-12 schools be next?
A landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to ban race-conscious admissions at colleges could apply more broadly to a handful of federal cases that center on efforts to diversify selection at elite K-12 schools. “What cannot be done directly cannot be done indirectly,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the majority opinion in the case against...
By Linda Jacobson | July 20, 2023