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OPINION: Creating better post-pandemic education for English learners

The Hechinger Report

Until in-person learning can fully resume, family members are the only adults who regularly work with students on distance learning assignments. A 2019 Department of Education report found evidence that English learners suffered from these divides before the pandemic; the crisis has only made them more consequential.

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Who wants to lead America’s school districts? Anyone? Anyone?

The Hechinger Report

As hard as those first months were, the gradual return to in-person learning in fall 2020 was harder. After a stint as interim superintendent beginning in 2019, she was appointed the district’s leader by the Washoe County School Board in April of 2020. 15, 2021, in Elko, Nevada. Credit: Daniel Clark/The Nevada Independent.

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Schools lead the way to zero-energy buildings, and use them for student learning

The Hechinger Report

Much of the advocacy for net-zero buildings has focused on environmental and economic incentives. Another net-zero elementary school, also designed by VMDO, is to open in 2019. Starting in 2019, the plan is for all Discovery students to do sustainability audits, not just the Eco-Action club.

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eSN Hero Awards Finalists: 10 dedicated educators

eSchool News

The implementation also helped address challenges with certifications and staffing for their early college high school and STEM high school–when they no longer had a university partner providing physical education credits, Edmentum filled that gap with highly qualified, state-certified teachers and award-winning curriculum.

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‘She just wants a friend’: Families push for full school days for children with disabilities

The Hechinger Report

Khloe, who has been diagnosed with autism, ADHD and an anxiety disorder, had no individualized education plan for her disability when she returned to in-person learning after the pandemic. Under federal law, it is illegal to bar a child from receiving the same education as their peers based on conditions stemming from their disability.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. In 2011, Barber went to work for Pearson as its Chief Education Advisor, continuing his advocacy for competition, data collection, measurements, and standards-based reforms. The last half of WeWork’s 2019 was an unmitigated disaster.

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