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    'Covid grads' aren't ready for college
    Joanne Jacobs
    • 2 days ago
    • 2 min

    'Covid grads' aren't ready for college

    A top student at his Milwaukee high school, Angel Hope won college scholarships and chose the University of Wisconsin at Madison, writes...
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    'If things get hard, they just quit'
    Joanne Jacobs
    • 5 days ago
    • 2 min

    'If things get hard, they just quit'

    After three years of pandemic-disrupted schooling, students just don't care any more, complains a teacher on Chalkbeat's After the Bell...
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    To keep kids healthy, keep them in class learning
    Joanne Jacobs
    • 7 days ago
    • 2 min

    To keep kids healthy, keep them in class learning

    School closures were a mistake, writes Joseph G. Allen, an associate professor and director of the Healthy Buildings program at Harvard's...
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    It's a 'long road to recovery'
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Jul 20
    • 1 min

    It's a 'long road to recovery'

    When students returned to school, they began learning again, but the recovery was hampered by "high absenteeism, quarantines and...
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    Normal in the fall?
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Jul 20
    • 2 min

    Normal in the fall?

    San Diego schools have reimposed indoor mask mandates for summer school students, reports Domenick Candelieri. The city is seeing a...
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    Tennessee rebounds: Is it tutors?
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Jul 12
    • 1 min

    Tennessee rebounds: Is it tutors?

    Reading scores have rebounded to pre-pandemic levels or better in Tennessee, according to a new analysis, reports Beth Hawkins on The 74....
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    Out the classroom door, but still teaching
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Jun 16
    • 3 min

    Out the classroom door, but still teaching

    While there’s little evidence of a “Big Quit” in education there may be a Significant Shift in how teachers see their options, writes...
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    No learning loss in Sweden
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Jun 13
    • 1 min

    No learning loss in Sweden

    Photo: Andrea Piacquadio/Pexels In Sweden, which kept schools open throughout the pandemic, first- through third-graders made normal...
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    Young males in trouble
    Joanne Jacobs
    • May 26
    • 1 min

    Young males in trouble

    We are failing our young men, argues podcaster Allie Beth Stuckey. That’s the one commonality in the vast majority of mass shootings....
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    Class of ’22:  Fewer males aim for college
    Joanne Jacobs
    • May 19
    • 2 min

    Class of ’22:  Fewer males aim for college

    After two pandemic years, the college-going gender gap is widening, reports YouthTruth’s Class of 2022 survey. Compared to the class of...
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    Public schools lost 1.3 million students
    Joanne Jacobs
    • May 18
    • 2 min

    Public schools lost 1.3 million students

    Nearly 1.3 million students left district-run public schools in the last two years, estimates the Return to Learn tracker. Districts’...
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