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Reopening Resilient Schools

WEBReopening Resilient Schools. With a hybrid learning model and proper safeguards, schools can successfully open. John Bailey. A student at the Sainte-Croix …

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The Rising Cost of Teachers’ Health Care

WEBAs recently as 2009, the employer cost for single coverage was $1,361 higher for teachers than for private-sector professionals, compared to $998 today, and …

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Health Care for Life

WEBLos Angeles Unified, the second-largest school district in the country, is on pace to spend more than half of its annual budget on retirement and health-care costs …

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Schools Can Help with the Youth Mental Health Crisis

WEBThe Trevor Project CEO Amit Paley. A federal survey conducted during the 2017-2018 school year found 40.5 percent of schools said “inadequate access to …

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Health Benefit Costs Represent a Serious Threat to Charter School

WEBThose are the alarming findings from BuyQ ’s national survey of charter management organizations representing 15,500 charter school employees and 129,000 …

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A Blueprint for Back to School

WEBAbout the Authors. John P. Bailey is a visiting fellow of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, former special assistant to the president for …

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Ban the Cellphone Ban

WEBThe New York City Department of Education, for example, ended a ban on cellphones in schools in 2015, citing parents’ wishes to reach their children during the …

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Straight Up Conversation: Prepare U Founder Ryan Beale

WEBRyan Beale recently launched Prepare U, a new health curriculum for 13- to 18-year-old students designed to address mental-health awareness and help users …

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How the Aging of the U.S. Population Will Affect K-12 Education

WEBEvery day between now and the year 2030, 10,000 Americans reach retirement age. Every state will be much older than today, and the vast majority of states …

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Segregation and Racial Gaps in Special Education

WEBFor Black students, 9 percent of kindergarteners are classified, compared to 11.6 percent of white students. If Black students were classified at the same rate as …

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K-12 Accreditation's Next Move

WEBDefining accreditation and how it fits into the nation’s K–12 schools is a patience-inducing exercise. “The education of the general public and the education of …

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Zuckerberg 2.0: Cami Anderson and Newark

WEBAnderson has some serious creds, having managed Joel Klein’s initiative aimed at creating schools for New York City’s most challenging students. And she gets …

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A Research-Based Case For Transforming College

WEBA Research-Based Case For Transforming College. 2,000 interviews precede recommendations for improved onboarding, mental health. MIT Press, 2022, …

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The Fine Art of School Engagement

WEBIncreasing students’ arts educational experiences has positive effects on student discipline, writing achievement, school engagement, and empathy. At …

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District Costs for Teacher Health Insurance: An Examination of …

WEBThis paper is a chapter in a forthcoming George W. Bush Institute publication. 1 District Costs for Teacher Health Insurance: An Examination of the Data from the BLS and …

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Closing Schools To Slow a Pandemic

WEBA 2006 analysis estimated that closing all schools for four weeks during a hypothetical pandemic would lower GDP by $10-47 billion, or 0.1-0.3 percent. …

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Is Wi-Fi a Health Threat in Schools

WEBTwo health issues dominate current arguments by Wi-Fi opponents. One is that Wi-Fi exposures might lead to cancer. This derives from a 2013 study by the …

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Higher Ed, Lower Spending

WEBStill, in the past three decades, average state and local funding per enrolled student has dropped by one quarter, or $2,337 (see Figure 1). In 1987, states spent …

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Take Away Their Cellphones

WEBTake Away Their Cellphones. So we can rewire schools for belonging and achievement. Doug Lemov. After successive school years disrupted by shutdowns, …

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What We're Watching: 2013 Urban Innovator Award

WEBThe Manhattan Institute’s Center for State and Local Leadership recently presented its Urban Innovator Award to Christopher Cerf, New Jersey’s state …

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