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OPINION: Often overlooked vocational-tech schools provide great solutions to student debt, labor shortages

The Hechinger Report

A startling 3 million skilled trades jobs will sit unfilled by 2028. percent statewide dropout rate, according to 2020-21 Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education data, and special needs students fare particularly well at voc-tech schools. So does the U.S. percent , even lower than the overall 1.5

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Empty Desks: Getting Chronically Absent Students Back to Class Is No Easy Feat

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The Ravenswood City School District, which has about 1,600 students in its elementary and middle schools (excluding charters) in East Palo Alto and Menlo Park, saw chronic absenteeism spike from just 471 out of 2,549 (18.5 Source: California Department of Education. Note: Figures include charter schools. percent) in 2021-22.

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OPINION: Why school shutdowns are a disaster for science classes

The Hechinger Report

While pre-Ks, elementary schools and some schools for children with complex disabilities reopened in December, there is still no plan to reopen middle and high schools. Related: We must boost elementary science education. jobs in the STEM sector are forecast to grow by 8 percent by 2028. In the U.S.,

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OPINION: The simple steps that encourage young learners to break equity barriers

The Hechinger Report

The class of 2028 will, no doubt, have a maze of postsecondary options to help them unlock their dreams and ambitions. Higher education is the key to becoming that doctor or teacher someday, and children can begin to understand that as early as elementary school, which is the time when they are most engaged in their schooling.

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Will the Rodriguez family’s college dreams survive the end of affirmative action?

The Hechinger Report

Some have cited advice from legal counsel in declining to release the racial and ethnic composition for the class of 2028. Several said that they would not have such data available even internally until after the admissions cycle wraps up next year.

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13 Ways Education Could Change In The Next 13 Years

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Ed note: 2 Pieces for Context– 30 Incredible Ways Technology Will Change Education by 2028 and Curriculum is More Important Than Learning Technology. The elementary school might evolve. 13 Ways Education Could Change In The Next 13 Years. by TeachThought Staff. Personalized learning will disrupt how we think of curriculum.