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WEBA new report has found a continuing trend of students leaving four-year colleges compared to two-year programs — with experts pointing to a successful advising model in helping to increase community college retention. The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center found by the start of the 2022-23 academic year the number of students who ...
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WEBDepression and suicidal activity have decreased slightly for teens since 2021, but simultaneously there have been alarming increases in violence, bullying and school avoidance, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2023, two in ten teens were bullied at school and one in ten did not attend due to safety concerns, 4%...
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WEBThis year, I’ve been speaking with everyday Americans to hear their ideas about the purpose of public schools and how to improve them. One aspiration cuts across all perspectives: Everyone wants their children to feel a sense of belonging in school. Parents can’t understand why this isn’t more of a priority in education policy, and...
Best education articles of 2022: Our 8 most shared stories about …
WEBJan 3, 2023 · Preparedness: Combing through Smarter Balanced test results in November, LA School Report’s Joshua Bay found the greatest decline in test scores was among female students – a 2.76 percentage point decrease in ELA and 6.16 percentage point decrease in mathematics. Latino students also fared badly, with a …
Survey: Many Gen Zers say school lacks ‘sense of purpose’ and …
WEBMay 2, 2024 · A new report from Gallup and the Walton Family Foundation surveyed more than 1,000 Gen Z students between the ages of 12 to 18, finding that less than half enrolled in middle or high school felt motivated to go to school. About half said they do something interesting in school every day. The report found the most influential driver of Gen Z students’ happiness is their “sense of purpose ...
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WEBDec 19, 2023 · The 2022-23 school year continued a time of transition and uncertainty for LAUSD, with district schools continuing to lose students, a three-day workers’ strike and low test scores. Here are the most read stories about the nation’s second largest school system: 1. Leaving Los Angeles: These 10 LAUSD schools lost the most students during ...
LAUSD by the numbers: Crunching the data on crime, overdoses …
WEBMay 16, 2023 · Los Angeles has been shaken recently by a series of crimes and other dangerous or deadly incidents at local schools. The situation is drawing high-level attention. “In the past two weeks, we’ve seen near-death overdoses at an LAUSD middle school, the death of a mother and critical injury of her child as they walked to school, and...
LA parents concerned over school safety as violence spikes around ...
WEBJun 5, 2024 · Emily Juarez no longer feels safe letting her two older children ride public transportation or walk to their LA Unified school after an increase in reports of violence near district campuses. “I stopped maybe a couple of weeks ago,” Juarez said last month. “I see the stuff that’s happening. I do see the news and...
Most-read stories from the school year: A look at LAUSD’s year in …
WEBJul 11, 2023 · The 2022-23 school year continued a time of transition and uncertainty for LAUSD, with district schools continuing to lose students, a three-day workers’ strike and low test scores. Here are the most read stories about the nation’s second largest school system: 1. Leaving Los Angeles: These 10 LAUSD schools lost the most students during COVID...
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WEBAmid a heated political feud over the way educators should teach students about the legacy of issues like white supremacy and slavery, a major new study points to a positive, lasting link between antiracist instruction and improved academic outcomes for teens who struggle in school. The study, published Sept. 14 in the peer-reviewed Proceedings of the...