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Education – The Conversation Read More Year-round schooling can assist low-income parents in need of child care. kali9/E+ Collection via Getty Images Upon becoming mayor of Philadelphia, Cherelle Parker announced that she will establish a working group on full-day and year-round schooling – an idea she had supported while campaigning. The group will develop a…
Doing Educational Equity Right: School Discipline
Education Next Read More This is the third in a series on doing educational equity right. See the introductory post and part two on school finance . If school funding is the issue around which it’s easiest to find common ground across left and right, school discipline might be the hardest. That shouldn’t be surprising,…
6 years after Parkland shooting, school librarian works hard to make her space the safest
District Administration Read More Six years since the day everything changed, the library at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School brims with resources to promote mental health. There’s a “Zen den” for resting and decompressing, a therapy dog named River, yoga equipment, a button-making station and smartboards that display videos of crochet lessons. Librarian Diana…
Florida ‘Don’t Say Gay’ settlement loosens LGBTQ+ restrictions in classrooms
The source of this story was Beth Hawkins and The 74 A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit challenging Florida’s controversial “Don’t Say Gay” law that restricted classroom instruction related to sexual orientation and gender identity. The agreement clarifies what is and is not allowed under the law, in an attempt to resolve confusion…
AI could prove helpful for students with dyslexia Lauren Barack on March 6, 2024 at 7:00 pm
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Failed West Virginia Microschool Fuels State Probe — and Some Soul Searching Linda Jacobson on March 3, 2024 at 4:01 pm
The 74 Read More In August, Kelly Romanishan thought she’d found the right school for her son — an innovative startup in a rented two-story house that promised STEM lessons, art activities and “the necessary tools to take on the world.” The West Virginia mom paid the operator a $2,200 advance from her Hope…
