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Do Alternatives to Public School Have to Be Political?

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and with a second location in Vermont, Mysa stresses mastery-based learning, where students have to show comprehension before advancing. Mysa’s tuition costs parents who don’t receive aid around $20,000 a year, comparable to what it costs the government to educate a student in a public school. They spent much of the year on it.

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Facing a Digital Divide, Student Success Requires Connectivity and Access to Technology

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At the time, nearly 16 million students in the United States lacked home internet access, according to a widely cited report from Common Sense Media. Despite incremental progress made to narrow the digital divide, students’ success today hinges on having access to a connected device and high-speed internet in the classroom and at home.

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Many Lack Access to Quality Early Education. Home Visiting Programs Are Bringing it to More Families.

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from Colombia a few years ago, found Ocampo through a free home visiting program that supports families with their children's early learning and development. The model — and others like it — has provided a lifeline for families, especially those for whom access to quality early education is scarce or out of reach financially.

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How Desk Chairs Became a Lesson About What We Deserve in Public Schools

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It is not often that we see an overhaul of the furniture in our public school classrooms, let alone in the middle of the school year. I imagined what it would be like to learn as a student in these spaces with the freedom to move, spin, group and separate as I pleased. These are the same desks I used when I was a student.

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Computer Science is Growing in K-12 Schools, But Access Doesn’t Equal Participation

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Computer science has a wider footprint in schools than ever before, but there are differences when it comes to who has access to computer courses and who’s enrolling. Looking to a Tech-Driven Future The report makes a case for computer science as part of the solution for pandemic-related learning loss, touting its high level of engagement.

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Best Open Access Journals and Scholarly Articles for Research Students

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Unfortunately, a sizeable portion of this academic scholarship is locked behind paywalls thus restricting its access to those who can afford to pay. Several researchers and students are unable to afford the high costs required for access thus crippling their efforts to participate in the generation of quality knowledge.

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Harvard and MIT Launch Nonprofit to Increase College Access

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What would you do if you had $800 million to build a new nonprofit to support innovation in online learning? The $800 million underpinning the effort derived from a controversial decision by the two universities in 2021 to sell their edX online learning platform to 2U. I think we can make an enormous difference.”