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Main Idea
** A new teacher vows to help in a classroom full of need: “Under the right conditions, they’d be stars” ([link removed])
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In New Orleans, the schools that teach the poorest children are facing dire shortages of teachers, especially those like Molière, who are both culturally connected to the city’s kids and committed to the profession for the long haul.
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** Scientific research on how to teach critical thinking contradicts education trends ([link removed])
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“Wanting students to be able to ‘analyse, synthesise and evaluate’ information sounds like a reasonable goal,” writes Daniel Willingham, a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia. “But analysis, synthesis, and evaluation mean different things in different disciplines.”
** Flagship universities don’t reflect their state’s diversity ([link removed])
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This fall, LSU has seen enrollment of both black and Latino freshman for fall 2019 more than double from 2017.
** OPINION: A sea change in New York City public schools that prioritizes student well-being? As students head back to class, arrests for minor misbehavior are set to end ([link removed])
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This is especially remarkable in our current cultural moment — a post-Parkland world in which school districts are pressured to purchase weapons, grant law enforcement access to student records, and spend limited education dollars on high-tech surveillance.
Solutions
“Beating violence with education: How Education City in Dantewada is showing the way ([link removed]) ,” via Citizen Matters
“The factory that combines school and work to give El Salvador a brighter future ([link removed]) ,” via PBS NewsHour
“A public school that not only keeps children safe, but heals ([link removed]) ,” via Nonprofit Quarterly
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