Hundreds of thousands of students are entitled to training and help finding jobs. They don’t get it

Posted 2025-02-04 08:00:00 by: Melinda King

There’s a half-billion-dollar federal program that is supposed to help students with disabilities get into the workforce when they leave high school, but most parents — and even some school officials — don’t know it exists. As a result, hundreds of thousands of students who could be getting help go without it. New Jersey had […] The post Hundreds of thousands of students are entitled to training and help finding jobs. They don’t get it appeared first on The Hechinger ...

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OPINION: Instead of panicking over test scores, let’s rethink how we measure learning and student success

Posted 2025-02-04 06:00:00 by: Melinda King

Last week’s reaction to the dismal scores on the nation’s report card, also known as NAEP, was familiar: panic and calls for reform. Here’s an alternative response: Just say nope to NAEP. For decades, education policy has lurched from one test score panic to the next, diverting resources from what we know matters — building […] The post OPINION: Instead of panicking over test scores, let’s rethink how we measure learning and student success appeared first on The Hechinger ...

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OPINION: We must acknowledge that students are asking for options beyond the four-year college degree

Posted 2025-02-03 06:00:00 by: Melinda King

In my 25 years in and around higher education, I have always subscribed to the “fix and disrupt” school of innovation. With this mindset, I try not to wring my hands at the fact that millions fewer learners are enrolling in college now than in 2010 — the disruption is forcing higher education to innovate. […] The post OPINION: We must acknowledge that students are asking for options beyond the four-year college degree appeared first on The Hechinger ...

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A dismal report card in math and reading

Posted 2025-01-29 05:01:00 by: Melinda King

The kids are not bouncing back.  The results of a major national test released Wednesday showed that in 2024, reading and math skills of fourth and eighth grade students were still significantly below those of students in 2019, the last administration of the test before the pandemic. In reading, students slid below the devastatingly low […] The post A dismal report card in math and reading appeared first on The Hechinger ...

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What the White House pause on spending means for education

Posted 2025-01-28 21:36:00 by: Melinda King

UPDATE: After a federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from freezing federal grants and loans, the White House rescinded its request that distribution of those grants and loans freeze should be paused.  A late-night directive from the White House budget office Monday that appeared to freeze streams of federal dollars that pay for everything […] The post What the White House pause on spending means for education appeared first on The Hechinger ...

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TEACHER VOICE: We can’t outpace AI, but we can still teach our students the value of writing

Posted 2025-01-28 06:00:00 by: Melinda King

There’s no getting around it — it takes work to teach students how to write. And it takes work for them to do it. It involves knowing which ideas to reject and which to expand upon. It requires summoning a purpose, choosing words that capture the proper tone and reading them out loud. It is […] The post TEACHER VOICE: We can’t outpace AI, but we can still teach our students the value of writing appeared first on The Hechinger ...

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COLUMN: In just one week, Trump created a new culture of anxiety in education

Posted 2025-01-27 21:30:00 by: Melinda King

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump didn’t talk much about education during his reelection campaign, but he’s made up for it through a series of actions during his first week in office that have left many administrators, teachers, parents and students on edge. Trump already has reversed policies that kept immigration agents away from schools, […] The post COLUMN: In just one week, Trump created a new culture of anxiety in education appeared first on The Hechinger ...

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A researcher said the evidence on special education inclusion is flawed. Readers weighed in

Posted 2025-01-27 11:00:00 by: Melinda King

I am always happy when my work generates a public discussion. That happened after a January column I wrote about a prominent scholar’s critique of the evidence for including children with disabilities in general education classrooms. Advocates, parents and teachers argued for inclusion, against inclusion and for some hybrid of the two. The director of […] The post A researcher said the evidence on special education inclusion is flawed. Readers weighed in appeared first on The Hechinger ...

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OPINION: As diversity rates at elite colleges hang in the balance, some students still face increased exclusion and barriers

Posted 2025-01-27 06:00:00 by: Melinda King

Diversity rates at several elite colleges and universities have plummeted, a little over a year after the Supreme Court’s restriction on race-conscious admissions. It’s a divisive but unsurprising blow to historically underrepresented students seeking educational opportunity and access. While demographic data is still forthcoming, the challenges these students face to attend certain colleges continue to […] The post OPINION: As diversity rates at elite colleges hang in the balance, some students still face increased exclusion and barriers appeared first on The Hechinger ...

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3 global early ed trends to watch this year

Posted 2025-01-23 06:00:00 by: Melinda King

LONDON — Participants at one of the world’s largest early childhood conferences late last year were eager to learn from each other, and notably collegial — until one of the final sessions of the event. During a presentation about artificial intelligence in early childhood, a presenter suggested using an AI program to create artwork based […] The post 3 global early ed trends to watch this year appeared first on The Hechinger ...

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