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Five in 10 voters say their confidence in the public school system has decreased since the start of the Covid crisis and over the past year, according to a recent nationwide survey by education think tank the Hunt Institute. According to data from the National Bureau of Economic Research, reading and math test scores in West Virginia dropped significantly during the course of the pandemic. Bob Wise, education consultant and former West Virginia Governor, said nearly 60% of voters and parents strongly agree states and school districts should be using federal relief dollars to support schools. .
To boost educational outcomes, New Mexico will start the new year with a free, virtual tutoring program - focused on math, language arts, and science for students from pre-K through 8th grade. The tutoring is available to all Title 1 schools, including tribally controlled ones. The governor s office announced the company, Paper Education Inc., was chosen to offer the services following a competitive process. .
Tennessee is working to overcome the state s teacher shortage, especially in rural areas, with a residency-based program for would-be educators. The goal is to give teachers-in-training the classroom experience and mentoring they need along with their higher education, as part of the state s "Grow Your Own" job training partnership. Erin Crisp, executive director of the Tennessee Grow Your Own Center, said the U.S. .
By Nick Fouriezos for Open Campus Media.Broadcast version by Suzanne Potter for California News Service reporting for the Open Source Media-Public News Service Collaboration Geography matters in how likely you are to go to college or earn a degree. In California, more than one in three residents has a bachelor s degree. But in many of the state s rural Central Valley counties, not even one in five do. .