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A new state mandate requiring twice-a-year literacy screenings for kids in grades K-3 starting next year is intended to help school districts pinpoint what additional reading supports they can offer to students.

Chalkbeat Detroit’s best work of the year was focused on topics such as chronic absenteeism, COVID relief aid, learning loss, teacher shortages, and early childhood education.

Nine PBS in St. Louis partnered with Lion Forge Animation to create a series that features diverse characters who share a love of comic books.

Although failing to enter the popular lexicon as of yet, the term emergency remote teaching (ERT) is intended to avoid conflating what wed now call traditional online education with the improvised adaptation of face-to-face lesson plans and classroom experiences to the synchronous videoconferen­c­ing platform available to any given school dur­ing the COVID-19 pandemic.

The pandemic’s effect on learning requires a further investment to fund tutoring and support for kids.

These sites say they offer viable moneymaking opportunities. But site terms — and freelancers who have tried the jobs they promote — tell another story.

Executive Summary: School choice improves parents' satisfactionwith their children's schools, and public schools that facecompetition have shown improved performance, yet opponents continueto oppose reforms that give parents the opportunity to choose theirchildren's schools. State and federal policymakers should reformexisting education policies to give all families the opportunity tochoose the best schools for their children.

(Archived document, may contain errors) No. 94 April 10, 1996 AMERICA"S REPORT CARD ON READING: A LESSON FOR CONGRESS AND THE TAXPAYERS

How can district leaders best mobilize the tutoring infrastructure they’ve invested in over the last 18 months?

Now that the elections are mercifully behind us, it's probably time to refocus on more important issues, like the slow-motion train wreck that is American public education.