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Academics

Here’s a better way to measure a school’s performance

Micah Ward -
Standardized test scores are an outdated metric for measuring school performance. Instead, schools should be measured based on the balancing of five important factors.
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Here is what superintendents value most about learning this summer

Micah Ward -
See how superintendents judge the success of summer learning and what prevents students from attending.
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3 education issues governors prioritized in their state addresses

Micah Ward -
Mental health, school choice and academics were among the many educational issues governors promised to improve in their 2025 State of the State addresses.
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2 ways to better integrate literacy and science instruction

Micah Ward -
At a time when research points to continued declines in reading and science achievement, new data suggests the need for blending literacy and science instruction as a solution.
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COVID aid funded big repairs at high-poverty schools. Will that give academics a boost too?

Chalkbeat -
Across 21 states with publicly available data, schools on average planned to spend 18% of their third and largest COVID aid package on facilities, a Chalkbeat analysis found.
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New Jersey begins first-in-nation plan for K-12 climate change academics

DA Staff -
In summer of 2020, New Jersey became the first state in the nation to adopt a plan to incorporate climate change into K-12 academics.
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A college fights ‘leftist academics’ by expanding into charter schools

DA Staff -
Hillsdale College is building a national charter school network. Tennessee invited the college to start 50 of them, using public funds
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How academics, social development factor into modes of instruction

Johnny Jackson -
A parent's request to keep their student in virtual learning should prompt the IEP team to review if the student has been meeting all his IEP goals and objectives.
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DATV: Why alternative high schools are looking beyond academics

Matt Zalaznick -
Alternative high schools help students resolve academic and attendance issues. Yet there's been a sea change in the way educators approach these goals.
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