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Private Schools Benefited From Vouchers. Public Schools Aim to Join In

Hechinger, WPost

After Months of Standstill, Ed. Dept. Announces New Research Funding

EdWeek

Virtual School Enrollment Doubled Following Pandemic-Era Surge

Chalkbeat

Meta Reaches $17 Billion Settlement Over Teen Social Media Addiction

The74

Are Student Attention Spans Really Shrinking? Maybe Not

Edutopia

Teacher Degree Apprenticeships

This report explores teacher degree apprenticeship programs, an emerging teacher preparation model that has the potential to address long-standing challenges in the workforce, like expensive training programs, teacher shortages, and retention. The authors start with a brief overview of the K–12 teacher degree apprenticeship landscape. Then, through interviews with program leaders and technical assistance providers, the authors identify three design or implementation considerations that matter for program quality: sponsorship types, affordability, and accessibility. This report explains how programs address these three considerations and the challenges they have faced in doing so, highlighting common approaches and themes. NewAmerica

Data Literacy Skills

Parents and educators see data literacy as an important skill, especially in the age of artificial intelligence, but feel schools do not offer enough opportunities to learn it, a new survey shows. Part of the challenge in teaching these skills is that data literacy isn't mandated across the country. Another issue is that conversations and decisions about integrating data literacy and AI learning into core subjects too often happen in subject area silos. One expert suggests that data science is critical because it has the power to explain things beyond what's in the mathematical formula, it can help connect math with what's going on in the world. EdWeek

Blending Algebra 1 and Geometry

Some districts around the U.S. have begun to experiment with blending math courses like Algebra 1 and geometry. Ensuring success of the blended approach starts with a well-designed curriculum. Latrenda Knighten, President of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics said that, "Blending doesn't mean four weeks of algebra and then four weeks of geometry," She said. "It's about understanding courses well enough to know that content, to know which themes you can blend together, and to show how I can apply this in the real world, that relevance students need." K12Dive