Six states have now passed LGBTQ+ inclusive curriculum …
WEBJun 17, 2021 — Following months of anti-transgender legislation and contentious debates around LGBTQ+ student rights, Nevada took a big step forward last week by becoming the sixth state to require schools to teach a history and social science curriculum inclusive of LGBTQ+ people and identities. In many ways, Assembly Bill 2621 mirrors efforts of other states that have already passed such legislation, many ...
New Study Reveals Positive Impacts of Paraeducators on Student …
WEBApr 2, 2021 — Hemelt, Ladd and Clifton found that paraeducators had a positive impact on students’ reading and math achievement scores on state standardized tests and that these impacts were particularly strong for students of color. Teacher assistants also helped boost overall school proficiency rates, with the strongest effects seen for students of color ...
By the Numbers: Trends in Nontraditional Student Enrollment
WEBNew data released yesterday, however, show that over the last four years the share of nontraditional students enrolled in college has actually begun to fall. Administered every four years by the U.S. Department of Education, the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS), a nationally representative survey of 89,000 students, last went ...
State of Language Rights and Bilingual Education 50 years After …
WEBJanuary 21, 2024 marked the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court case of 1974 which enshrined in law that students identified as English learners (ELs) must be provided with the necessary services to “fully participate” in their education, regardless of their home language. The class action case was brought forth on behalf of 1,800 Cantonese-speaking students from Chinese backgrounds ...
Culturally Responsive Education Resources for Federal, State, and …
WEBCulturally responsive education (CRE) is an approach to schooling that promotes student engagement, learning, and achievement by centering their knowledge, cultural backgrounds, and everyday experiences in the classroom. Students who experience CRE engage with academic content in ways that are personally meaningful, build …
Integrating Native People in Curriculum: Learning from the Past …
WEBDec 12, 2022 — Integrating Native People in Curriculum: Learning from the Past and Current Voices. As 2022 ends, it can be tempting to forget intentions set during November, National Native American heritage month. Thus, take time to reflect on the reasons why the nation intentionally recognizes Native people and strategies to implement in …
Family Thriving: How Social Policy Can Promote Greater Connection
WEBFeb 13, 2024 — Social policies can help families and children to thrive when they recognize and embrace the intersection of issues and needs that impact real lives. Thriving Families, an ongoing qualitative research effort run by the New Practice Lab at New America, aims to make family thriving central to social policy design and delivery.
Community College Enrollment Declines Threaten to Worsen …
WEBJan 25, 2022 — The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic recession have upended higher education. New data from the National Student Clearinghouse shows that college enrollment has declined by more than 5 percent from fall 2019 – right before the pandemic – to fall 2021. While enrollment is down across all types of postsecondary education (see figure 1), community colleges have been hit particularly hard.
New National Paid Leave Proposals Explained - New America
WEBApril 28, 2021. With new national leadership prioritizing paid family and medical leave, 2021 may be the year the United States finally creates a national paid leave program, ending its outlier status among peer nations, reducing hardships for families and small businesses, helping the women and people of color hardest hit by the pandemic, and ...
Terrorism in America After 9/11
WEBMission. People. Funding. Jobs & Fellowships. Press. A comprehensive, up-to-date source of online information about terrorist activity in the United States since 9-11.
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