eSchool News
JUNE 10, 2025
In the decades following World War II, the United States made sweeping investments in public education. Landmark legislation like the GI Bill and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965 aimed to level the playing field for all students (regardless of race or background). Teaching to the test narrowed curricula.
eSchool News
APRIL 2, 2025
Unfortunately, this kind of productive struggle is largely absent from K-12 education, leaving students ill-prepared with the mental resilience required to learn and adapt in college and beyond. The issue is not just that K-12 education lacks challenging work; its that the system actively discourages failure.
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Edsurge
JUNE 5, 2017
While the proposed cuts to the federal education budget have taken the. The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) has always required local agency plans as a condition of getting the federal funding. Failure to do so is a failure to rebut the administration’s argument that these funds are unnecessary.
Edsurge
FEBRUARY 4, 2019
Yet to hear the state’s commissioner of elementary and secondary education tell it, there’s still a lot of work to be done. So what was initially seen as a failure was actually longterm, pretty successful. Massachusetts has done very well,” said Commissioner Jeffrey C. Riley at the recent LearnLaunch 2019 conference in Boston.
eSchool News
JUNE 18, 2024
23 Ohio state’s 4-year Dyslexia Pilot Project on grades 1-3 did not reduce the risk of reading failure in 3 rd graders ($960,000). link] National Center for Education Statistics. Current Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education: School Year 2003-04. link] Office of Special Education Programs.
Edsurge
FEBRUARY 20, 2017
Not only do these schools serve the varied needs of their local communities, which include adult education and programming to enrich the lives of local residents, they play a critical role in providing an on-ramp to post-secondary education for students who have the talent and will to pursue a college education.
Edsurge
APRIL 24, 2023
Name : Sarah Cardoza Age: 29 Location : Eagle River, Alaska College : University of Alaska Fairbanks Area of study : History and secondary education Hometown : Homer, Alaska EdSurge: What is your earliest memory of a teacher? I felt kind of like a failure. Sarah Cardoza : My earliest memory goes back to kindergarten.
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