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FACT SHEET: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Launches National Effort to Support Student Success

President Biden calls on schools to leverage American Rescue Plan funds to expand programming and services to help students make up for lost learning time and succeed America’s students are on average two to four months behind in reading and…..

The Pandemic Erased Two Decades of Progress in Math and Reading

By Sarah Mervosh New York Times Sep 1 2022 The results of a national test showed just how devastating the last two years have been for 9-year-old schoolchildren, especially the most vulnerable. National test results released on Thursday showed in stark…..

This Chart Measures Your Life — and it Doesn’t Look Good

Chad Williams  in Medium  I’m supposed to live less than 4000 weeks, and each one breezes by I read an article from Bloomberg titled “A Typical American Life, Week by Week”. The piece shows the chart below and then goes on to analyze the…..

Finally, some basic justice for my girlfriend, Breonna Taylor

Washington Post August 26th 2022 A21 Kenneth Walker is a native of Louisville. After nearly two and a half years, a person connected with the Louisville Metro Police Department has finally taken some responsibility for the death of my girlfriend, Breonna Taylor……

AmeriCorps Project CHANGE at AFI Film Festival

It was a first for Project CHANGE for a number of reasons. Firstly, to host a graduation in the form of a film festival. We have never done that before. We usually have speeches that we film and turn the…..

Some kids need harder lessons than schools are willing to give them

New data reveals stubborn preference for below grade-level instruction Perspective by Jay Mathews Washington Post August 22 2022 Hundreds of teachers and much data over many years have convinced me that too many schools think the best way to educate kids…..

Parents and teachers cautiously optimistic for new school year

Mental health, teacher shortages and monkeypox join list of covid concerns By Nicole Asbury, Lauren Lumpkin and Hannah Natanson Updated August 20, 2022 at 10:22 a.m. EDT|Published August 20, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. EDT Across the Washington region, thousands of children are getting ready to return to…..

Time out from study- change the world instead!

Five skills parents can learn so they can help their children cope

By Katherine Reynolds Lewis August 16, 2022 at 8:00 a.m. EDT Washington Post The coronavirus pandemic has affected the mental health of children and teens, and therapists are tapped out and booked up. But that doesn’t mean care is impossible. In…..

Montgomery County Schools working to fill hundreds of teacher, staff vacancies

By  Nicole Asbury  Washington Post August 8th 2022 Three weeks before school begins, Montgomery County Public Schools is facing roughly 500 teacher and support staff vacancies, mirroring a national shortage of educators that has left school systems scrambling to fill positions……