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Can you take algebra in eighth grade? In many cases, the answer is no

eSchool News

According to a new nationally representative survey released Tuesday, 65% of U.S. principals said their elementary or middle school offered algebra in eighth grade, but only to certain students. The new survey data doesn’t look at whether tracking helps or hurts students’ math outcomes.

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As more youth struggle with behavior and traditional supports fall short, clinicians are partnering with lawyers to help

The Hechinger Report

Credit: Yunuen Bonaparte for The Hechinger Report After ruling out stressors in Antonio’s family environment, the Yale team learned more about the challenges he was facing at school, including severe learning difficulties in the classroom and bullies outside of school. A recent survey of U.S. And teachers want more support, too.

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How the Substitute Teacher Shortage Is Impacting Teacher Professional Development

Edsurge

It’s 7:00 am, and I’m on my second trek from my car to our centralized district meeting space, lugging snacks, supplies and chart paper as I prepare to lead a workshop on best practices for technology integration for a group of 15 elementary teachers in my district.

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‘We’re Sounding the Alarm Bells’: Head Start Report Underscores Workforce Crisis

Edsurge

Tommy Sheridan, the deputy director of the National Head Start Association (NHSA), a nonprofit advocacy and professional support organization for Head Start, was hearing stories about just how challenging it is to be in early childhood education right now. The median elementary school teacher salary in the U.S.

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Teaching Must Get More Flexible Before It Falls Apart

Edsurge

A recent survey of teachers in Washington, D.C. that would keep them in the classroom. At elementary schools, we’d have to get rid of the 1 teacher/1 class/5 days equation. One relatively easy option would be for elementary classes to have their normal classes 4 days a week. So let’s imagine.

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Tight labor market hits after school

The Hechinger Report

Kids in about two dozen elementary schools across Dane County and Waukesha County in Wisconsin empty out of classrooms at the end of the day and make their way to gyms, cafeterias or media centers. According to the Afterschool Alliance, an advocacy group for after-school programming , 7.8

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‘It’s OK to not be OK:’ How One High School Saved Lives with a 34-Question Survey

MindShift

In classrooms around the building, the school’s ninth-graders whizzed through an online mental health survey that would soon deliver real-time data to the group in the conference room. A statewide student health survey given every two years reveals just how prevalent thoughts of suicide are among Colorado youth.

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