Moves to private schools, homeschooling, and a reduction in the school-age population, are a few of the factors behind the pandemic-driven declines. But that's not the whole story.
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Black baseball legends Jackie Robinson, Hank Aaron, and Roberto Clemente—and their triumphs in the face of racism—are apparently not appropriate reading for students in one large Florida district.
Opponents said teachers viewed the bill as punitive and suggests they cannot be trusted, while supporters said it would help quell controversies because parents could find out ahead of time what their children are being taught.
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It's a slim majority, at 50.6%, but the growth in recent years has been rapid. Between 2009 and 2022, the percentage of kids identifying as a race other than white increased by nearly 50%.
In his ninth year as superintendent at Warsaw Community Schools in Indiana, Dr. David Hoffert believes in the power of equipping students with exceptional teachers.
Amid racist education laws, violence in schools and banned books, Black families are forming homeschooling groups to take matters into their own hands.
Most notably, nearly every school that reported having students that were behind academically cited English (99%) or math (99%) as the most common subjects students are struggling in.