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Computer science education sees more investment, but access gaps linger

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Black/African American students, Hispanic/Latino/Latina/Latinx students, and Native American/Alaskan students are less likely to attend a high school that offers foundational computer science.

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The Gates Foundation Is Awarding Millions to Solve America’s Algebra Problem. Will It Add Up?

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As a Black student in a predominantly white school, he says he excelled in his studies in elementary school. But after doing poorly on a math placement exam in middle school, he was placed in a math class for students with learning disabilities.

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How a Focus on Independent Learning Transformed My Most At-Risk Students

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As it turned out, Kevin was mostly non-verbal with emotional and learning disabilities. Sure, centers in elementary school made sense, but I wasn’t quite certain at first whether a middle school biology class could pull it off. Amanda Lotz is a life sciences teacher at at Southside Middle School in New Hampshire.

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Lowe’s donates $1.5M to career and technical education

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This will allow them to increase food production, serve more people at events and begin a mentoring program for middle-school students. Tennessee College of Applied Technology, Crump, Tenn. — $11,243: Students will construct a food storage building at Michie Elementary School for their backpack program.

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What Students With Learning Differences Really Want Us to Know

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There were complications in my birth, and so they've kind of always known, but it wasn't formally a learning disability until about 4th or 5th grade. You've been in school for quite a while now, so, what has your experience been as a student both when you were in K-12 and now in college? What worked for you? Let me know!

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When a New School Year Means a New School Model, Students Can Be in for an Uphill Battle

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Jill Edwards Yet, Principe worries that this roulette of school models, where there is little consistency between schools and grade levels, creates more challenges for students. “I I talked to an elementary school teacher at a Boston meetup, and she put together a whole personalized learning system for grades K-3.

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Double Shift: 6 Stories of Teachers With Side Hustles

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Role : Elementary school English/language arts teacher Location : Cooter, Missouri Salary : $40,000 Years teaching : 22 Additional jobs : School custodian, house cleaner, painter and more Stacey Robinson poses in her classroom in Cooter, Missouri. Spencer makes $45,000 as a special education teacher at an elementary school.

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