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Riccards: Twenty Years After the National Reading Panel, It’s Time …
WEBApr 21, 2020 · T oday, Capitol Hill often seems a dark and gloomy place, drained by quarantine of virtually all the energy and activity typically found in the halls of Congress. But 20 years ago, on a beautiful April morning in our nation’s capital, with the sun shining and the remnants of cherry blossoms hanging in the …
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 …
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.
‘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.
Black Student Enrollment Is Up in FL Schools of Choice - The 74
WEBJan 25, 2022 · A new report, “Controlling the Narrative: Parental Choice, Black Empowerment & Lessons from Florida” — a joint effort among Black Minds Matter, the American Federation for Children and Step Up for Students — analyzes the great migration of Black families to choice schools, the positive academic trend lines for Black students participating in school choice […]
ALICE, America’s Most Controversial Active-Shooter Training that ...
WEBDec 7, 2021 · As gunshots rang out inside Michigan’s Oxford High School last week, terrified students scrambled for shelter, barricading classroom doors with desks and chairs should the gunman try to burst inside. Some wielded scissors and calculators as makeshift weapons in case they had to fight back. One student, 16-year-old star running back Tate Myre, was reportedly […]
A History of Holding Parents Responsible for Their Kids’ Crimes
WEBFeb 9, 2024 · School (In)Security. A History of Holding Parents Responsible for Their Kids’ Crimes. A Michigan mother’s rare conviction in a school shooting carried out by her son raises the stakes in charging parents for their children’s bad acts. Jennifer Crumbley, the mother of the Oxford High school gunman, enters a courtroom in Oakland County ...
N.C. Central University Offers New Scholarship for Aspiring Principals
WEBAug 28, 2024 · A partnership between The Innovation Project and North Carolina Central University (NCCU) is providing $1.5 million in scholarship funding for aspiring principals from small, high-need North Carolina school districts. The Recruitment, Retention, and Promotion of Effective Educators scholarship initiative covers the …
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 …