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CalMatters by Carolyn Jones | Enrollment in transitional kindergarten in California appears to have increased for the 2023–24 school year. The goal is to offer it for all 4-year-olds by 2025–26. Hanna Melnick shares insight on the expansion of transitional kindergarten, noting the importance of both curriculum and assessment.
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Austin American-Statesman by Keri Heath | “Teachers that are better prepared are not only more effective in their teaching and more effective for students but are more likely to stay in the profession.” Emma García discusses key factors of teacher retention in this article focused on teacher shortages in Austin, TX, schools.
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The Baltimore Banner by Kristen Griffith | Maryland schools—where one third of students are Black, and 20% of teachers are Black—are struggling to retain Black teachers. This article featuring insight from Linda Darling-Hammond explores why Black teachers are leaving the profession and offers solutions to improve teacher diversity.
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Magnet schools have been key components of longstanding efforts to desegregate schools; however, many districts have recently retreated from their proactive diversity efforts, resulting in greater school segregation. Through four evidence-based policies, magnet schools can continue to deliver on their original desegregation missions.
Michael GriffithDaniel EspinozaDion BurnsEmma García
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The tool is designed to cost out the elements needed to establish a community school relative to a typical public school, guiding users through several steps to help them estimate costs. The tool was designed with input from national and local community school practitioners, researchers, and policymakers.
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Five U.S. school districts have been recognized for their efforts to provide high-quality services to students experiencing homelessness. The districts use multipronged approaches to identify these students, as well as fund and staff the programs that support them.
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The American education system has made limited progress towards the dream of equity envisioned by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. more than 60 years ago. Exemplary schools across the country offer a blueprint for building schools in which all students thrive regardless of zip code, family income, or race and ethnicity.
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In a comprehensive list, LPI policy experts outline how community schools can utilize a variety of federal programs with approximately $366 billion in available funding to provide services and advance whole child approaches to education.
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Exclusionary discipline (suspension and expulsion) increases risks of student misbehavior, dropout, and incarceration—and Black students are 4 times more likely than White students to experience such discipline. An alternative to exclusionary discipline, restorative practices address root causes of misbehavior and can improve academic, disciplinary, and school climate measures and reduce racial disparities.