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The latest Chalkbeat Ideas roundup starts with a counterintuitive finding: Low- and high-poverty districts tend to spend more than those in the middle. https://t.co/nU9zLl3z7t

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How do you get high schoolers to show up? At Voyages Prep, a student-led project to renovate a local park won a $50,000 global contest — and gave at-risk kids a reason to care about school again. https://t.co/CsINUZJhpx

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Just 36% of orders for services were implemented on time in a recent audit. For payments such as private school tuition and tutoring, it was under 13%. https://t.co/96bd09h1O3

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NYC saw dramatic declines in reading proficiency, nearly wiping out last year’s gains. Officials say the sharp swings deserve “careful, rigorous analysis.” https://t.co/QF180asSL6

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An ed-tech supporter agrees that schools are using plenty of technology badly, but he says blanket restrictions address the wrong problem. https://t.co/hYmK9KFGeY

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Reading proficiency dropped 5 percentage points statewide while math inched up. The unusual drop in reading scores raised eyebrows among testing experts. https://t.co/GHeiHihV1Q

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Studies in Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, and Texas point in the same direction: Four-year college often helps students with modest high school records. https://t.co/6wuTtRwUr5

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The free program for 2-year-olds is a key part of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s affordability agenda. The program is expected to grow by 10,000 seats next year. https://t.co/V6DlaCi2iB

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We went on a shopping trip to Teachers Pay Teachers and looked for classroom materials that appear to have been generated by AI. Here are the strange resources we found. https://t.co/u69DhNXfI4

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After years of uneven responses to school-avoidant students, NYC will mandate school liaisons, staff training, and clearer rules to help students return to class. https://t.co/gJE4jn2gMp

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A Senate committee vote to reverse some of Trump’s moves to break up the Education Department shows even some Republicans don’t support a major piece of his education agenda. https://t.co/P2JzaLKgVt

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Simone Hawkins will leave the Education Department just as Mayor Zohran Mamdani's free childcare program for 2-year-olds is getting off the ground. https://t.co/iI9akJt7vK

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Around 20,000 unaccompanied minors nationwide are set to lose legal services when the federal government ends a contract Friday. One NYC immigration court shows us what that will look like. https://t.co/QMwv1wCx6a

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Veteran teachers left, principals cycled through too, and high-poverty schools likely faced the greatest strain. Here’s what years of churn did to classrooms. https://t.co/cB7jkVSKeq

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⚠️ TODAY ⚠️ When many teachers leave, the whole school community is affected, and student achievement often declines. What are potential ways to bolster teachers and schools, while supporting students? There's still time to RSVP for this discussion: https://t.co/2fbEC3LP7K

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The mandated curriculum drew backlash from some educators who said it added busywork and diminished their ability to tailor lessons to their students’ needs. https://t.co/OqEKcffroO

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New data shows schools block 140,000 gambling-site visits a month. Teachers are rushing to warn students, especially boys, that sports betting is not the path to instant wealth they think it is. https://t.co/bEvxKtjH8o

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🚨 TOMORROW 🚨 Join us for this important discussion on teacher turnover. RSVP to save your virtual seat and to submit your questions for our panel: https://t.co/2fbEC3LP7K

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Mamdani's appointees will weigh school closures, AI policy, major contracts, and other high-profile education issues. Here's who they are and what to know. https://t.co/Hf2jSJJ6nY

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We dug into exclusive new data on the share of teachers leaving the profession. This data, which we’ll share in detail for the first time at our July 30 online event, shows that heightened teacher turnover was not just a pandemic-era blip. RSVP: https://t.co/2fbEC3LP7K