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Only 1 in 8 elementary teacher prep programs adequately teach math

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Too many students are falling behind in their math skills, limiting their academic success and future economic opportunities. Recent math scores from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) show that a quarter of fourth graders lack even basic math skills.

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Kenneth C. Griffin Donates $2 Million to Nonprofit Achieve Miami’s Teacher Accelerator Program to Strengthen South Florida’s Teacher Pipeline

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million gift to TAP in 2022, further strengthening Achieve Miamis efforts to recruit and train qualified educators to teach in public, private and charter schools across Miami-Dade and close learning gaps in the citys schools. By investing in students and teachers, we are building a stronger future for our community.

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AEF Schools: Empowering Students with Individualized Learning, Social Growth, and Real-World Skills

k12 Digest

Its a familiar story for many parentswatching their child struggle in school, knowing they are capable but somehow unable to thrive in a traditional classroom. They envisioned a school where children who didnt fit the standard mold could still succeed, not just academically but socially and emotionally.

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A new kind of high school diploma trades chemistry for carpentry

eSchool News

In a corner of Huffman High School, the sounds of popping nail guns and whirring table saws fill the architecture and construction classroom. Down the hall, culinary students chop and saute in the schools commercial kitchen, and in another room, cosmetology students snip mannequin hair to prepare for the states natural hair stylist license.

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Elmwood School: Where Girls Rise with Confidence, Curiosity and Global Vision

k12 Digest

That moment in 1915 became the foundation of what is now Elmwood School an institution that, in 2025, proudly celebrates 110 years of inspiring young women to lead with confidence and purpose. The schools leap into the future began in 1978 with the introduction of the International Baccalaureate (IB) Programme.

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Science teachers, math teachers, history teachers–we’re all reading teachers now

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I’m in my fifth year teaching science to fifth and sixth graders, but, like every other teacher at the K-8 charter school where I work, I also teach reading. But pandemic-era school closures drastically cut into learning time, and literacy skills have been slow to recover.

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Science teachers, math teachers, history teachers–we’re all reading teachers now

eSchool News

Im in my fifth year teaching science to fifth and sixth graders, but, like every other teacher at the K-8 charter school where I work, I also teach reading. But pandemic-era school closures drastically cut into learning time, and literacy skills have been slow to recover.

Reading 329