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The NEA teachers union OK'd indoctrination on "white fragility" in training and communications on social, gender, LGBT, and racial justice.

Mississippi, a state not often associated with pioneering reforms, is teaching the rest of the country to read | United States

Combined with a separate $45 million increase proposed in Whitmer’s 2021-22 budget in May, the governor’s efforts, if approved, represent a stunning financial shot in the arm for a program that has been proven to improve academic skills of participants. The additional funds would guarantee enough classroom seats for every eligible 4-year old whose family chooses to participate. Eligibility guidelines would remain the same, with children from families earning up to 250 percent of the federal...

The 2021 legislative session is rapidly drawing to a close, and our elected representatives in Salem are busily cranking out new laws. As is always the case, some of the

New Brief Describes the Promise and Peril of Third-Grade Literacy Policies Share Article Key New NEPC Policy Brief Takeaway: New brief uses Kentucky’s “Read to Succeed” Act as a way to explore best practices in early literacy instruction. BOULDER, Colo. (PRWEB) June 03, 2021 In recent decades, state policymakers across the United States have been tinkering with their early literacy policies, with the goal of ensuring that st...

Amplify Education, reading assessment, Mark Johnson; Istation; science of reading; Superintendent Catherine Truitt; State Board of Education

Most Americans are not familiar with term critical race theory, but that hasn’t stopped some from getting upset about attempts to reckon with the sprawling repercussions of slavery.

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The Social Order We live in anxious times. But many times in our past were far more anxious, and the reasons for anxiety then were more compelling. Consider, for example, the situation facing the world in the early months of 1941, when Hitler’s triumphant armies controlled continental Europe, when only the British Isles managed to hold out, and when the future of liberty looked very dim—indeed, when civilization itself seemed imperiled. Yet at that moment, the novelist John Dos Passos chose...

Recent results from national science tests confirm a disturbing trend: scores are declining among the lowest-performing students. And those responsible for overseeing the tests are sending muddled messages about why that’s happening.