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3 days ago | the74million.org | Lauren Wagner

Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter Boys are surpassing girls in middle school math and science achievement, according to new research comparing three of the nation’s top academic assessments. A study published Tuesday by the testing company NWEA shows a gender gap in eighth grade STEM achievement has returned following the pandemic.

3 days ago | yahoo.com | Lauren Wagner

Boys are surpassing girls in middle school math and science achievement, according to new research comparing three of the nation’s top academic assessments. A study published Tuesday by the testing company NWEA shows a gender gap in eighth grade STEM achievement has returned following the pandemic. Historically, boys have tested better than girls in math and science in middle school, said Megan Kuhfield, one of the NWEA report’s authors.

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2 hours ago Major Update For 1.9 Million Borrowers About Student Loan Forgiveness And Repayment Processing 1.9 Million Student Loan Borrowers Will See Data About IDR Processing Efficiency Starting In May Nearly two million student loan borrowers remain stuck in repayment limbo, even as the U.S. Department of Education signals a new plan to address the massive backlog of Income-Driven Repayment … 6 hours ago Supreme Court to hear school disability discrimination case The Supreme Court hears...

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Lauren Wagner

Committed. Exhausted. Comfortable. Frazzled. Valued. Stuck. Once a month, staffers at Sullivan Middle School in Sullivan, Illinois, pick adjectives to describe their feelings about work as part of an anonymous online survey. Principal Nathan Ogle said the short questionnaire, which he implemented in October, has helped transform employee culture at the rural school of 250 students.

3 weeks ago | the74million.org | Lauren Wagner

Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter When 12-year-old Arjun Sharda pitched his plan to form a networking club in 2023, his middle school teachers cast doubt on the idea. Running Brushy Middle School near Austin, Texas, had clubs about Star Wars, Pokemon and anime, but 12- and 13-year-olds wouldn’t be interested in serious topics like networking, they said.