President Joe Biden's administration wants to make a $1.8 trillion down payment on the future of children, families and higher education, saying it would produce lasting benefits for the economy. Paying for it would be $1.5 trillion...
source: The Associated Press
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said he expects every school in the country to offer families in person learning, full time, five days a week at the start of the next school year and that he stands ready to increase the Education Department's oversight authority for those...
source: U.S. News & World Report
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Tan Huynh, a contributor for MiddleWeb, writes: "When I first joined one of my previous schools, I was assigned to the highest need classes, which often were social studies and science. My job was to make the content accessible. When students went to math class, though,...
source: MiddleWeb
Here, in the wrenching 13th — or perhaps 14th, depending on how you mark the tragedies — month of the pandemic, so many American families are frayed. Even with vaccines bringing us nearer to something...
source: The 74
More than three-quarters of Colorado's students learning English as a second language took their annual state tests on English fluency this spring. That's after a campaign from advocates first sought to cancel the tests, and...
source: Chalkbeat
Boston Public Schools is currently managing more than 100,000 Acer Chromebooks using Learn21's One2One Manager at no cost for one year, thanks to a special partnership with Acer. A longtime partner with BPS, Acer introduced the "one-for-all" tracking system before the pandemic,...
source: District Administration Magazine
Fausto Flores has spent too many hours to count coding with his robotics coach Omar Cortez. But the sixth grader at the School for the Talented and Gifted in Pleasant Grove, Texas, isn't complaining. "When I get the code right what I feel is pure enjoyment and happiness,"...
source: Tech&Learning
As districts across the United States consider how to get student learning back on track and fortify parent interest in public schools, they're asking the same question as Steve Joel: What should we keep after the pandemic? The superintendent in Lincoln, Nebraska, says a...
source: The 74
Experts encourage superintendents to deploy even more comprehensive safety strategies as students who've been traumatized during COVID re-acclimate to school. Mental health-related emergency room visits for younger children and teens have...
source: District Administration Magazine
