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Ohio: No job skills needed to be ‘career ready’
Ohio will put a career readiness seal on the diplomas of graduates who’ve mastered skills such as teamwork and creativity, reports Catherine Gewertz in Education Week. Taking career-tech courses or...
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How schools fail special-ed students
Almost all students with disabilities are capable of graduating from high school on time, writes Hechinger’s Sarah Butrymowicz and Jackie Mader. Yet only 65 percent earn a diploma in four years,...
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PDK: 1/3 of parents prefer public schools
Fifty-two percent of Americans oppose “allowing students and parents to choose a private school to attend at public expense” in the 2017 PDK Poll. However, only 54 percent of public-school parents...
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Jobs-first higher ed builds career ladders
Some 8.4 million Americans are unemployed, while employers are trying to fill 10.9 million jobs. Employers are desperate, but “a fair number of unemployed or job seekers don’t feel that same sense of...
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PDK: 1/3 of parents prefer public schools
Fifty-two percent of Americans oppose “allowing students and parents to choose a private school to attend at public expense” in the 2017 PDK Poll. However, only 54 percent of public-school parents...
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Tracking is a reality
Tracking is a reality in high school, writes Fordham’s Michael Petrilli. “Some kids enter high school at a fifth-grade level, others at an eleventh-grade level,” according to pre-pandemic data, he...
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You’re 16: Get a job or start college
Photo: Pixabay Everybody’s supposed to trudge through four years of high school, then another four (or five or six or seven) years of college to qualify for a decent job, writes linguist John...
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How schools fail special-ed students
Almost all students with disabilities are capable of graduating from high school on time, writes Hechinger’s Sarah Butrymowicz and Jackie Mader. Yet only 65 percent earn a diploma in four years,...
View ArticleAviation students solve problems — before the crash
Students are learning math, engineering and problem solving through a curriculum designed by the nonprofit Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) Foundation, reports Kevin Bushweller on...
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How schools fail special-ed students
Almost all students with disabilities are capable of graduating from high school on time, writes Hechinger’s Sarah Butrymowicz and Jackie Mader. Yet only 65 percent earn a diploma in four years,...
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