While white students get specialists, struggling Black and Latino readers often get left on their own
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Liz Willen Dear reader,
In the midst of holiday madness and seasonal illnesses, we’ve published some really important education stories I hope you’ll find time to read. Over the years, our reporting on reading ([link removed]) and how it’s taught ([link removed]) have sparked enormous discussion and much hand-wringing.
This week, we take a look at a related issue: dyslexia, the most common language disability, and one that hinders a person’s ability to easily read words. Hechinger contributor Sarah Carr found ([link removed]) that in Boston and many other communities, Black and Latino families have a much harder time than their white peers accessing the help they need.
I’d also like to highlight some fascinating reporting on rural education, a topic you’ll be seeing a lot more of from The Hechinger Report. Jon Marcus traveled to Emporia, Kansas, where budget cuts forced a college to eliminate majors ([link removed]) , a new trend for higher education at a time of declining enrollment. He also visited a second college in Kansas with an unusual approach to boosting enrollment – niche majors, ([link removed]) such as automotive restoration.
Here’s hoping the holiday season comes with quiet time for reading, reflecting and rebooting. Finally, thanks to all who’ve contributed to our end-of-year campaign. Please spread the word, and join us! ([link removed])
Liz Willen, Editor
Main Idea
** While white students get specialists, struggling Black and Latino readers often get left on their own ([link removed])
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Teachers trained in dyslexia remediation and private schools for language disabilities are out of reach for many
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** Rural universities, already few and far between, are being stripped of majors ([link removed])
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With budgets and enrollment crashing, some schools cut humanities in favor of ‘workforce needs’
** Unusual majors help some colleges stand out from the crowd — and boost enrollment ([link removed])
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A bachelor’s degree in automotive restoration has put a tiny Kansas school on the map
** Pods live on: School districts are using the pandemic-era invention to help kids recover from ‘learning loss’ ([link removed])
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In Central Falls, Rhode Island, and a handful of school districts around the country, administrators are repurposing learning pods for students who fell behind academically during the pandemic
** A battle at one university is a case study in why higher education needs to change ([link removed])
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A campus conflict pits a corporate president against her faculty over one word: ‘Accountability’
** COLUMN: There’s a lot of new federal money for greening K-12 education. This is how schools could use it ([link removed])
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Here are seven steps schools can take to claim their piece of the clean, green pie
** OPINION: We must address Covid-related grief and other pandemic impacts on children ([link removed])
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Students are still hurting, and need counseling, safe buildings and further interventions
** OPINION: Let’s listen to what parents, not politicians, really want from their public schools ([link removed])
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Parents overwhelmingly want their children to receive an accurate education, despite numerous bans on what can be taught
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