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Jun 6, 2022 · The federal government does not ban corporal punishment in schools and 19 states still allow it, leaving districts to decide whether to use it and how. Often, the issue is decided by principals, who frequently defer to parental preference, creating unequal systems of discipline across schools in the same communities and even within individual classrooms.

Nov 22, 2024 · Early education What would happen to federal early education programs? The most well-known and biggest federal early childhood programs, Head Start and the Child Care Development Block Grant, are not a part of the Education Department — they’re administered by the Department of Health and Human Services. So they would not be directly affected by an Education Department shutdown. But ...

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Dec 16, 2024 · Due to a lack of adequate federal funding, only a fraction — about 10 percent — of families who are eligible actually get child care assistance. This leads parents to make desperate choices, like quitting jobs or putting off finding a permanent home, just to …

Sep 2, 2024 · An experiment in a Turkish high school shows that using ChatGPT in math can “substantially inhibit learning.” Even a fine-tuned version of ChatGPT designed to mimic a tutor doesn’t necessarily help.

Jun 29, 2020 · A decade of academic researchers and federal data reports show large and growing education inequality in America between the rich and poor.

Oct 28, 2024 · A new analysis released in October 2024 by the Community College Research Center (CCRC), at Teachers College, Columbia University, and the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center tracked what happened to every high school student who started taking dual enrollment classes in 2015.

Nov 5, 2024 · With the right approach to teaching math, everyone can learn and do math. There is no special “math gene” that naturally makes some people better at math than others. It starts with a focus on comprehension and on making math more welcoming.