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WEBAnother School Shooting — and an $8 Million Bid to Stop Them. There’s an innate tension between school safety and students’ civil rights. The 74’s Mark Keierleber keeps you up to date on the news you need to know. School (In)Security.
New Data: School Shootings Surge to a Record High - The 74
WEBSep 13, 2023 · Fourteen people were wounded or killed in active school shootings in 2021, the report revealed, compared to a high of 81 in 2018. Between 2000 and 2021, there were 46 active shooting incidents, resulting in 108 deaths and 168 injuries. Of the 47 people who carried out the active shootings, all but one was male.
Here’s How the Cost of College Has Changed Since the 1960s
WEBNov 14, 2022 · The price of that college degree has become more daunting by the year. The average undergraduate tuition, fees, room, and board for full-time students in the 2020-21 school year was $25,910. While grants and scholarships offset the cost of college, many people finance their higher education through student …
How a Free, 24/7 Tutoring Model is Disrupting Learning Loss for …
WEBSep 14, 2023 · A new 24-hour online tutoring service is helping the nation’s most underserved students make huge academic gains — at no cost to them. UPchieve, an ed tech nonprofit, is bringing on volunteer tutors to offer free, on-demand academic and college application support to any U.S. middle or high school student attending a Title I school or ...
‘Oregon Trail’ at 50: How Three Teachers Created the Computer …
WEBDec 2, 2021 · Teachers began taking notice. The game quickly became MECC’s most popular title. As desktop computers began to sprout in classrooms, MECC spun off a for-profit company that sold millions of copies of The Oregon Trail and other early titles nationwide.. A new generation of coders added graphics, sounds, and music to create the versions of The Oregon Trail that most kids have played since.
40 Years After ‘A Nation at Risk,’ Assessing the Impact of Whole …
WEBJan 9, 2024 · While some models have proven effective at shifting child outcomes in certain settings, none have yet been proven — at large scale, using high-quality causal research methods — to be a silver bullet that can overcome the challenges many children face today in terms of improving academic outcomes.
Analysis: Schools Are Facing a Surge of Failing Grades During the ...
WEBFeb 8, 2021 · I n a year of educational crisis, fall report cards brought more troubling news.. Failing grades are on the rise across the country — especially for students who are learning online. Worrying data points are emerging across the country: In New Mexico, more than 40 percent of middle and high school students were failing at …
Can Right Answers Be Wrong? Latest Clash Over ‘White ... - The 74
WEBJun 21, 2021 · Get essential education news and commentary delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up here for The 74’s daily newsletter.. T o learn the geometric concept of transformations this year, Crystal Watson’s eighth-graders drew up blueprints of apartments. As they worked, she asked them to imagine designing affordable housing for Black and Hispanic families like theirs in Cincinnati who have ...
The Science of Catching Students Up After COVID Learning Loss
WEBOct 14, 2021 · A meta-analysis of 68 studies of afterschool programs by the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning found that students participating in an afterschool program improved their school-day attendance and were less likely to engage in drug use or problem behavior.
Conor P. Williams – The 74
WEBConor P. Williams is a senior fellow at The Century Foundation. Previously, Williams was the founding director of New America's Dual Language Learners National Work Group. He began his career as a first-grade teacher in Brooklyn. He holds a Ph.D. in government from Georgetown University, a master’s in science for teachers from Pace University ...