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States Raise the Bar for What It Means to Be Proficient in Reading and Math

Posted on Thursday, August 22nd, 2019 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Lauren Camera, US News & World Reports
Date: 8/21/2019
Link: Complete Article

NEARLY EVERY STATE IN the U.S. has raised the bar over the last decade for what it considers grade-level achievement in math and reading, according to a new study from the National Center on Education Statistics. Because each state sets its own standards for what proficiency in a subject means, researchers at the center developed a… [Read More]

‘Homework gap’ shows millions of students lack home internet

Posted on Monday, June 10th, 2019 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Associated Press, NBC News
Date: 6/10/2019
Link: Complete Article

HARTFORD, Conn. — With no computer or internet at home, Raegan Byrd’s homework assignments present a nightly challenge: How much can she get done using just her smartphone? On the tiny screen, she switches between web pages for research projects, losing track of tabs whenever friends send messages. She uses her thumbs to tap out… [Read More]

$23 Billion Funding Gap Exists Between White and Nonwhite School Districts, Report Finds

Posted on Thursday, February 28th, 2019 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Sarah Mervosh, New York Times
Date: 2/27/2019
Link: Complete Article

School districts that predominantly serve students of color received $23 billion less in funding than mostly white school districts in the United States in 2016, despite serving the same number of students, a new report found. The report, released this week by the nonprofit EdBuild, put a dollar amount on the problem of school segregation, which… [Read More]

In Historic Win, Nationally Recognized Teacher Jahana Hayes Elected to U.S. House

Posted on Wednesday, November 7th, 2018 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Sarah Schwartz, Education Week
Date: 11/7/2018
Link: Complete Article

Jahana Hayes, the 2016 National Teacher of the Year, has won her race for a U.S. House seat, representing Connecticut’s 5th district. A former high school history teacher and current district administrator, Hayes, a Democrat, will be the first black woman from the state to serve in Congress. In her victory speech Tuesday night in… [Read More]

Follow 15 of America’s teachers on a day of frustrations, pressures and hard-earned victories

Posted on Thursday, October 18th, 2018 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Multiple Authors, USA Today
Date: 10/18/18
Link: Complete Article

It’s shortly after dawn when Edward Lawson, one of America’s 3.2 million public school teachers, pulls his car into the parking lot of Julian Thomas Elementary in Racine, Wisconsin. He cuts the engine, pulls out his cellphone and calls his principal. They begin to pray. Lawson is a full-time substitute based at a school with full-time… [Read More]

In the Age of Trump, Civics Courses Make a Comeback

Posted on Wednesday, June 6th, 2018 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Alina Tugend, New York Times
Date: 6/5/2018
Link: Complete Article

MAMARONECK, N.Y. — It’s just after 7 on a Thursday morning and Mamaroneck High School is empty — except for about 30 freshmen who are already seated in their classroom, laptops in front of them. They are finishing the first year of a new initiative: a four-year program called Original Civic Research and Action, which… [Read More]

Treating Childhood Trauma

Posted on Monday, March 12th, 2018 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Oprah Winfrey, 60 Minutes
Date: 3/11/2018
Link: Complete Article

In 1850, a Catholic orphanage called St. Aemilian was founded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to take in children whose parents had died in a cholera epidemic. 168 Years later, that same organization — now known as “SaintA” —  is still finding shelter for thousands of children who need it, often kids who have deep trauma in… [Read More]

Poverty, segregation persist in U.S. schools, report says

Posted on Monday, January 15th, 2018 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Maria Danilova, AP, PBS
Date: 1/11/2018
Link: Complete Article

WASHINGTON — Too often, low-income, black and Latino students end up in schools with crumbling walls, old textbooks and unqualified teachers, according to a report released Thursday by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. The commission said inequities are caused by the fact that schools are most funded with state and local tax dollars. More… [Read More]

It’s 10 P.M. Do You Know What Apps Your Children Are Using?

Posted on Friday, September 15th, 2017 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Hayley Krischer, New York Times
Date: 9/6/2017
Link: Complete Article

Alexander Graham Bell didn’t expect his telephone to be widely used for prank calls. And Steve Jobs was chary of children using his iThings. But social media apps are appendages for tweens and teens. It’s one way they earn social currency. Below, a guide to what parents will (or should) be anxiously monitoring during this… [Read More]

Senate panel rejects Trump’s proposed federal education cuts

Posted on Wednesday, September 13th, 2017 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Joe Heim, Date: 9/7/2017
Link: Complete Article

The Senate Appropriations Committee voted overwhelmingly Thursday to approve a spending bill that rejects President Trump’s proposed cuts to education funding for fiscal year 2018 and, for now at least, derails the administration’s goal of directing federal dollars toward promoting and expanding school choice and private school vouchers. The 29 to 2 vote on the… [Read More]