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If strike closes LA schools, it could be 'nail in the coffin'
A threatened strike by Los Angeles Unified's service workers -- custodians, bus drivers, cafeteria workers and special-education aides --...
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 26, 20231 min read
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If schools pay students, will they come?
Learning loss and absenteeism are a crisis, writes Brandon Cardet-Hernandez, a member of Boston's school board, on the Hechinger Report....
Joanne Jacobs
Dec 30, 20221 min read
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No shows
Students just aren't showing up in many school districts, writes Steven Hayward on Powerline. Chronic absenteeism -- missing 10 percent...
Joanne Jacobs
Dec 14, 20221 min read
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'Shades of badness' in math, reading scores
The longer urban schools stayed closed the worse their fourth-graders are doing in math, concludes an analysis of National Assessment of...
Joanne Jacobs
Oct 31, 20223 min read
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