Chronic absenteeism has become one of the defining challenges facing American schools. Students are missing more school than they did before the pandemic, when absenteeism was already labeled a national …
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It seems like a tale of two school systems. Washington, D.C., has emerged as the fastest-improving school system in the nation, according to a major new analysis of student test …
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MIDLAND, Texas — Dylan Ruiz sat in front of a nearly 6-foot-tall structure, a jumble of pumps and valves that simulate the flow of liquids and pressure changes. He was working …
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Many boys aren’t interested in school. Can building more career-focused high schools help?
DANIELSON, Conn. — Inside the carpentry classroom at Harvard H. Ellis Technical High School in eastern Connecticut, three dozen sophomores and juniors are building cabinets and framing walls. Saws buzz, hammers …
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AMHERST, Mass. — Crowding around a fire pit outside the Amherst College campus center, earnest-looking high school seniors offered fire-building suggestions as intently as if they were taking a final …
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A new law in Utah allows students to opt out of coursework that conflicts with their beliefs
OGDEN, Utah — The syllabus in 18-year-old Madelynn Wells’ introductory film studies class assigned “Jaws” first, and then the Spanish dark comedy “Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.” …
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OPINION: Putting students on school boards treats young people as participants in their own democracy, but only if adults listen to them
Public school is the first place most Americans meet democracy. It is also, for almost all of them, the last place they experience it without a vote. School boards are …
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Parents and educators intuitively know the many benefits of singing and music for young children. It’s why children learn the alphabet through song, PBS’ Daniel Tiger sings to teach emotional …
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Online shopping. Smartphones with 5G. Meal delivery. Instantaneous access to information. So much of the world has speeded up. But college seems to take forever. Now change may be coming …
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This story was produced by the Associated Press, in partnership with Chalkbeat and AL.com, and reprinted with permission. MODESTO, Calif. – Before every important test, teacher Nancy Barajas dims the …
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