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In 2020, school systems in the United States began to close down in March because of the spread of COVID-19. This was a historic event in the history of the United States schooling system because it forced schools to shut-down. At the very peak of school closures, COVID-19 affected 55.1 million students in 124,000 public and private U.S ...
Unequal access to education in the United States results in unequal outcomes for students. Disparities in academic access among students in the United States are the result of multiple factors including government policies, school choice, family wealth, parenting style, implicit bias towards students' race or ethnicity, and the resources available to students and their schools.
A zero-tolerance policy in schools is a policy of strict enforcement of school rules against behaviors or the possession of items deemed undesirable. In schools, common zero-tolerance policies concern physical altercations, as well as the possession or use of illicit drugs or weapons. Students, and sometimes staff, parents, and other visitors ...
The 74 shares insights from math education experts about the societal tendency to classify kids as "bad" or "good" at the subject instead of normalizing accommodations and tutoring.
Last week, the local education-focused nonprofit KIDS COUNT reported that from 2017 to 2021 some 2,728 teens ages 16 to 19 were neither in school nor working. While that total represents more than ...
The college counselor at my high school told me that she’s seen kids not apply to certain universities after hearing that fellow classmates whom they considered to be better students were applying.
A demerit is a point given to a student as a penalty for bad behavior. [1] Under this once common practice, a student is given a number of merits during the beginning of the school term and a certain number of merits are deducted for every infraction committed. [2] Schools use the demerit record within a point-based system to punish misbehavior.
South Carolina has the sixth worst school system in the United States, a new report shows. Students will return to school in the Palmetto State this month, but they’ll be doing so in a system ...