How are students doing since COVID? Good luck finding out from your state’s school report card

How are students doing since COVID? Good luck finding out from your state’s school report card

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. Test data from many sources suggest students are still behind where they were before the pandemic. But it would be pretty hard to figure that out from most states’ school report cards. A new study from the Center on Reinventing Public Education–CRPE–graded…

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OPINION: If we don’t do more to help and educate homeless students, we will perpetuate an ongoing crisis 

OPINION: If we don’t do more to help and educate homeless students, we will perpetuate an ongoing crisis 

Young people experiencing family instability and trauma are at increased risk for precarious living situations and interrupted educational experiences. And students who leave school before graduation are considerably more likely to experience homelessness and less likely to enroll in college.  By failing to systematically and preemptively address youth homelessness through our schools, we are increasing…

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Gen AI Demands We Teach Critical Thinking

A couple of days ago I sent my wife a text that included a link to this TikTok video, which gave some pointed advice about healthy oat milk brands. Her response, as expected, was short: “Is this real?” I had prepared myself by reading a half-dozen articles from reputable health and nutrition websites so I…

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