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2 weeks ago | edsurge.com | Daniel Mollenkamp

For Aspire Public Schools in Los Angeles, the turnaround took a couple of years. Coming back from the pandemic, the 11 charter schools serving about 4,400 students saw a steep drop in credentialed teachers sticking with their roles. So relying on a program at Alder Graduate School of Education that pays graduate students to work as teachers-in-training, Aspire built an internal pipeline of new educators.

3 weeks ago | edsurge.com | Abbie Misha

As classrooms across the country become more linguistically diverse, educators face a growing challenge: ensuring that every student, regardless of English proficiency, can access learning, participate fully and feel included. Today, emergent bilingual (EB) students, also known as English learners, account for 10.6 percent of U.S. public school students — more than 5.3 million nationwide — up from 9.4 percent a decade ago.

3 weeks ago | edsurge.com | Mary-Liz Shaw

Chronic absence, defined as missing 10 percent or more of school or about 18 school days in a year, is a national crisis. It peaked in the pandemic, when about 31 percent of students nationwide — 14.7 million kids — were chronically absent during the 2021-22 school year, according to data from the U.S. Department of Education. The rate dropped only slightly for the 2022-23 school year, the latest for which national figures are available, to about 28 percent.

3 weeks ago | edsurge.com | Jewél Jackson

Social media platforms like Instagram, X and TikTok have become landscapes for learning and increasing awareness of topics like mental health. But for children who are learning how to navigate virtual spaces, the pitfalls are many and hidden. Educators and researchers are becoming increasingly worried how much kids are absorbing the digital information they find online about mental health, which kids are unlikely to fully grasp even if the information is trustworthy.

1 month ago | edsurge.com | Daniel Mollenkamp

Although it is not known for swiftness, the Supreme Court surprised the nation last week with a relatively speedy decision on its first case involving charter schools. The court heard oral arguments for St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School v. Drummond at the end of April, less than a month before issuing its decision.