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USA TODAY
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Standardized tests are back. They'll feel different and many students won't take them. |
When the world of K-12 education spiraled into confusion last spring, many teachers and students quietly delighted in the disappearance of high-stakes tests. The multiple-choice questions and hours spent monitoring exams were suddenly gone. Schools pivoted to finding students and connecting everyone digitally. The Department of Education dropped the requirement for states to administer annual achievement exams in reading and math, which usually happens in spring.
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2021/02/25/standardized-tests-virtual-students-school-funding/4553471001/ |
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INLAND VALLEY DAILY BULLETIN
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KPCC
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Isolation, Impostor Syndrome, Snail Mail: Why Fewer High School Seniors Are Applying For College Financial Aid |
Lynda McGee, the college counselor at Downtown Magnets High School, keeps a list of names under the headline, in a spooky font, "FAFSA Wall of Shame." It's a list of the school's seniors who haven't yet completed the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, the 106-question form that can unlock tens of thousands of dollars in loans, grants and scholarships for college. Students must file their FAFSA application by March 2 to be eligible for California state aid as well as federal financial aid for the 2021-22 school year. Applications for the California Dream Act for those without legal status are also due March 2.
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https://laist.com/2021/02/25/california-college-financial-aid-application-decline-pandemic.php |
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Teaching Students A New Black History |
When you think of the history of Black education in the United States, you might think of Brown vs. Board of Education and the fight to integrate public schools. But there's a parallel history too, of Black people pooling their resources to educate and empower themselves independently. Enslaved people learned to read and write whenever and wherever they could, often in secret and against the law. "In accomplishingthis, I was compelled to resort tovarious stratagems," like convincing white children to help him, wrote Frederick Douglass. "I hadno regular teacher.”
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https://scpr.org/news/2021/02/25/96798/teaching-students-a-new-black-history/ |
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