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Districts where students spent the most time in remote learning during the 2020-21 school year lost at least half a million more students than they would have if they’d stayed open, a new report shows. And those that offered mostly in-person learning during the first full school year of the pandemic not only lost fewer […]
Winning the lottery can be a dream come true — not only for the jackpot winners but for the states they play in. State revenue generated by lottery earnings often benefits charitable or civic causes — education, public employee pension funds, or the Special Olympics, for example. Throughout history, lotteries have helped pay for the […]
In recent years, there has been a lot of focus on the problematic ways that many schools have been teaching reading. Specifically, as journalist Emily Hanford pointed out, many teachers were omitting phonics instruction, having never been trained or directed to deliver it. This oversight has led to reading difficulties in millions of kids. But […]
When it comes to education in prison, policy and research often focus on how it benefits society or improves the life circumstances of those who are serving time. But as I point out in my new edited volume, “Education Behind the Wall: Why and How We Teach College in Prison,” education in prison is doing […]
Wisconsin public school libraries will share in $52 million next year from the state’s Common School Fund, paid for with investments by the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands. State Treasurer Sarah Godlewski, who leaves office at the end of this year, and State Superintendent Jill Underly announced the record payout to the fund for […]