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October 26, 2023 / / Education News Deep Dive

Whitmire: Rocky Mountain Ties—In Denver, Charters Excel Working With District

The recent release of school rankings in Denver, based on the challenging PARCC tests, resulted in the downgrading of some schools. However, the significance of Denver’s successful experiment with charter …

October 26, 2023 / / Education News Deep Dive

New NACSA Chief Karega Rausch’s Mission for Authorizers: Make Charter Schools More Responsive to the Communities They Serve

The National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA) has recently named Karega Rausch as its new president and CEO, making him the …

October 26, 2023 / / Education News Deep Dive

More Than Half of North Carolina’s Students Rated Proficient on State Exams

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According to data from the NC Department of Public Instruction, slightly more than half of North …

October 26, 2023 / / Education News Deep Dive

Expanding America’s Rural Broadband Likely a Focus of Next Federal Farm Bill

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The COVID-19 pandemic has brought attention to the necessity of federal assistance in establishing high-speed …

October 26, 2023 / / Education News Deep Dive

Interview: Co-Authors — and Identical Twins — on What Connects Curiosity to Learning

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One of the fascinating contradictions of the American education system is that …

October 26, 2023 / / Education News Deep Dive

Interview: Psychologist Deborah Offner on Educators as First Responders

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Visit the complete collection of 74 Interviews here, featuring author and researcher Angela Duckworth discussing psychology and parenting.

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October 26, 2023 / / Education News Deep Dive

EduClips: LAUSD Seeks to Help Neediest Schools Through State Budget; GAO Finds Racial Disparities in School Discipline — and More Must-Reads From America’s 15 Biggest School Districts

EduClips provides a compilation of the most important education news from the largest …

October 26, 2023 / / Education News Deep Dive

Aldeman: Yes, Average Teacher Salaries Are Down. But Many Individual Teachers Are Doing Just Fine

In recent times, there has been a significant focus on the average salaries of teachers. It has become a commonly accepted conclusion, based on data …

September 21, 2023 / / Education News Deep Dive

Outside Julia Richman High School, a dumpster sits on the curb, filled with discarded desks that are a mishmash of metal legs and worn wooden tops with inkwells. Inside the grand brick building, work crews diligently work to repair the …

September 21, 2023 / / Education News Deep Dive

Dressed in a straw hat and rubber boots, Vichai Khunnaseangkhum, a 6th grade teacher, leads his students on an adventure up a wooded hill near their school in northern Thailand. Three local farmers assist him as he teaches the students …