/underserved-students Underserved Students en-US 2021 (c) °ÄĂĹĹÜą·ÂŰĚł Tue, 17 Sep 2024 09:00:00 GMT /leadership/students-fell-behind-during-the-pandemic-who-stayed-behind/2024/09 Not enough students are receiving the support they need, and there's a disproportionate toll on the most vulnerable students. Tue, 17 Sep 2024 09:00:00 GMT /leadership/students-fell-behind-during-the-pandemic-who-stayed-behind/2024/09 /leadership/when-interventions-aim-at-relationships-academics-and-attendance-improve/2024/04 Connecting a student to adults—and peers—has been a missing link in early-warning systems. Wed, 03 Apr 2024 22:00:03 GMT /leadership/when-interventions-aim-at-relationships-academics-and-attendance-improve/2024/04 /policy-politics/a-state-uses-ai-to-determine-school-funding-is-this-the-future-or-a-cautionary-tale/2024/02 Nevada reworked its funding formula hoping to target extra aid to students most in need. What happened could hold lessons for other states. Wed, 28 Feb 2024 22:42:50 GMT /policy-politics/a-state-uses-ai-to-determine-school-funding-is-this-the-future-or-a-cautionary-tale/2024/02 /leadership/state-policies-set-up-incarcerated-students-to-fail-report-finds/2022/06 When students are in juvenile justice centers, they often lose access to high-quality education. Wed, 22 Jun 2022 19:45:51 GMT /leadership/state-policies-set-up-incarcerated-students-to-fail-report-finds/2022/06 /leadership/vulnerable-students-districts-at-greater-risk-as-natural-disasters-grow-more-frequent/2022/01 New federal research indicates the harm from fires and storms to school facilities, learning, and mental health is disproportionate. Wed, 19 Jan 2022 18:13:13 GMT /leadership/vulnerable-students-districts-at-greater-risk-as-natural-disasters-grow-more-frequent/2022/01 /leadership/documentary-reveals-challenges-inside-lebron-james-school-for-vulnerable-students/2021/09 LeBron James and Akron Public Schools opened the I Promise School with big fanfare in 2018. A new documentary chronicles its inaugural year. Tue, 28 Sep 2021 19:50:28 GMT /leadership/documentary-reveals-challenges-inside-lebron-james-school-for-vulnerable-students/2021/09 /leaders/2021/relying-on-community-values-how-one-school-leader-advocates-for-vulnerable-families Carissa Purnell’s work at the Family Resource Centers in Salinas, Calif., is a lifeline for families, many of them migrant farm workers. Wed, 17 Feb 2021 05:01:32 GMT /leaders/2021/relying-on-community-values-how-one-school-leader-advocates-for-vulnerable-families /leadership/inside-the-effort-to-find-and-help-disengaged-youth/2021/01 When in-person learning abruptly ended last spring, schools and community groups sprang into action. Wed, 06 Jan 2021 21:36:56 GMT /leadership/inside-the-effort-to-find-and-help-disengaged-youth/2021/01 /leadership/opinion-sure-envision-a-new-public-school-system-but-dont-ignore-the-emergency-at-hand/2020/08 As we work to address the centuries of injustice in education, families need short-term solutions as well, writes Michael J. Feuer. Wed, 12 Aug 2020 01:46:15 GMT /leadership/opinion-sure-envision-a-new-public-school-system-but-dont-ignore-the-emergency-at-hand/2020/08 /policy-politics/opinion-what-the-looming-economic-collapse-could-mean-for-education/2020/06 The best guide to the future is the recent past, writes Pepperdine University professor Kfir Mordechay. Here are the most urgent lessons from the Great Recession. Tue, 30 Jun 2020 00:27:29 GMT /policy-politics/opinion-what-the-looming-economic-collapse-could-mean-for-education/2020/06 /leadership/coronavirus-upends-after-school-world/2020/05 With schools shut down, social distancing in place, and parents at home, after-school programs are laying off staff and switching gears to meet families' needs. Thu, 07 May 2020 02:10:57 GMT /leadership/coronavirus-upends-after-school-world/2020/05 /leadership/in-pursuit-of-equity/2020/03 Educational equity is more than just a philosophy to embrace—it is a goal realized through concrete actions. Wed, 04 Mar 2020 02:12:52 GMT /leadership/in-pursuit-of-equity/2020/03 /leadership/the-simple-policy-change-thats-getting-more-students-of-color-in-advanced-courses/2020/03 By automatically enrolling all students in high-level courses, schools in Washington state are working to erase a long entrenched form of inequity. Wed, 04 Mar 2020 02:12:52 GMT /leadership/the-simple-policy-change-thats-getting-more-students-of-color-in-advanced-courses/2020/03 /leadership/data-reveal-deep-inequities-in-schools/2020/03 New data tools allow users to see how public schools fall short when it comes to providing all students the resources they need to meet their highest potential. Wed, 04 Mar 2020 02:12:52 GMT /leadership/data-reveal-deep-inequities-in-schools/2020/03 /leadership/number-of-homeless-students-hits-all-time-high/2020/02 An 11-percent increase in homeless students, including many without an adult to care for them, is posing challenges for schools from coast to coast. Tue, 11 Feb 2020 02:40:03 GMT /leadership/number-of-homeless-students-hits-all-time-high/2020/02 /policy-politics/at-promise-can-a-new-term-for-at-risk-change-a-students-trajectory/2020/01 California no longer uses the term “at-risk,” with supporters arguing it stigmatized students. But some are skeptical that the new term is better. Fri, 10 Jan 2020 02:26:35 GMT /policy-politics/at-promise-can-a-new-term-for-at-risk-change-a-students-trajectory/2020/01 /teaching-learning/briefly-stated-stories-you-may-have-missed-1/2019/10 °ÄĂĹĹÜą·ÂŰĚł catches you up on the week gone by with a thoughtful look at recent news in K-12 education. Wed, 30 Oct 2019 00:10:03 GMT /teaching-learning/briefly-stated-stories-you-may-have-missed-1/2019/10 /policy-politics/camp-giving-vulnerable-students-an-academic-home-for-the-summer/2019/06 While many students eagerly count down the last few days of the school year, the start of summer break is a more anxious prospect for students in and on the verge of homelessness. Wed, 19 Jun 2019 01:30:27 GMT /policy-politics/camp-giving-vulnerable-students-an-academic-home-for-the-summer/2019/06 /leadership/brothers-who-fled-dangers-in-honduras-face-new-menaces-in-u-s/2019/04 When Eric and Alberto left Honduras with their mother in 2017, they were hopeful for gaining asylum. But their mom was deported and now the boys attend school in a high-crime neighborhood that is making them question if their lives can be better here. Wed, 10 Apr 2019 01:36:23 GMT /leadership/brothers-who-fled-dangers-in-honduras-face-new-menaces-in-u-s/2019/04 /leadership/longing-for-his-school-grandmother-and-friends-in-guatemala/2019/04 Fernando, 12, is grateful he made it to the United States to reunite with his mother after years apart. But his new life in Maryland is difficult and he misses many things about home, including being a top student in school. Wed, 10 Apr 2019 01:35:59 GMT /leadership/longing-for-his-school-grandmother-and-friends-in-guatemala/2019/04 /leadership/working-50-hours-a-week-and-trying-to-understand-whats-happening-in-school/2019/04 To pay for rent, food, lawyer’s fees, and still send money home to El Salvador every week, Paty, 18, waits tables in a restaurant while attending high school in Virginia. Wed, 10 Apr 2019 01:35:41 GMT /leadership/working-50-hours-a-week-and-trying-to-understand-whats-happening-in-school/2019/04 /leadership/a-migrant-daughters-reunion-with-a-mother-she-barely-knows/2019/04 Natalia’s American high school has become a refuge from the rocky home life the 17-year-old is experiencing after reuniting with a mother who left her in El Salvador when she was a baby. Wed, 10 Apr 2019 01:34:49 GMT /leadership/a-migrant-daughters-reunion-with-a-mother-she-barely-knows/2019/04 /leadership/teaching-migrant-children Tens of thousands of children have fled chaos in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, surviving dangerous journeys and confinement in shelters in a quest to get to the U.S.-Mexico border. Now, many are living in communities and attending schools across the United States and face new risks and ominous questions about their futures. Tue, 09 Apr 2019 04:00:00 GMT /leadership/teaching-migrant-children /policy-politics/video-minorities-english-learners-and-special-education-whos-keeping-watch-under-essa/2018/06 The Every Student Succeeds Act has been called a civil rights law at base, setting tough standards for states in measuring and boosting the performance of historically disenfranchised groups of students. But civil rights advocates worry about compliance and oversight in an era of new flexibility. Federal policy reporter Andrew Ujifusa discusses these concerns. This video was filmed following °ÄĂĹĹÜą·ÂŰ̳’s virtual summit on ESSA, where online participants submitted their questions about the upcoming implementation of the new federal law. Tue, 12 Jun 2018 14:00:03 GMT /policy-politics/video-minorities-english-learners-and-special-education-whos-keeping-watch-under-essa/2018/06 /leadership/learning-in-a-corrections-facility-a-day-at-wyoming-girls-school/2018/03 A stay in a corrections facility—often hours away from home, school, and everything familiar—is a shock to the system for any student. Wed, 07 Mar 2018 03:54:17 GMT /leadership/learning-in-a-corrections-facility-a-day-at-wyoming-girls-school/2018/03 /teaching-learning/the-tough-often-lonely-job-of-teaching-incarcerated-students/2018/03 Schools inside juvenile justice facilities struggle mightily to find and hold onto teachers who have the skills to deliver meaningful education to some of society's most at-risk students. Wed, 07 Mar 2018 02:57:43 GMT /teaching-learning/the-tough-often-lonely-job-of-teaching-incarcerated-students/2018/03 /teaching-learning/getting-help-fast-for-disabled-homeless-students-isnt-easy/2018/03 Nearly 1.4 million children in public school experience homelessness. Eighteen percent of them have a disability, too. Wed, 07 Mar 2018 02:57:43 GMT /teaching-learning/getting-help-fast-for-disabled-homeless-students-isnt-easy/2018/03 /leadership/the-gifted-child-in-foster-care-lost-in-the-shuffle/2018/03 George Garcia, a former foster-care child now mentoring foster students in college, found his way into academically challenging classes through friends. Many bright foster-care students aren't so lucky. Wed, 07 Mar 2018 02:57:43 GMT /leadership/the-gifted-child-in-foster-care-lost-in-the-shuffle/2018/03 /leadership/educating-students-who-are-invisible/2018/03 Many of the most vulnerable populations of students in the nation’s schools are also hidden populations—sometimes intentionally so—but they still need special attention from educators. Wed, 07 Mar 2018 02:57:43 GMT /leadership/educating-students-who-are-invisible/2018/03 /policy-politics/teaching-and-reaching-students-behind-bars/2018/03 A Wyoming correctional school is part of a network working to improve the quality of instruction provided to the "invisible" students living in juvenile-justice facilities. Wed, 07 Mar 2018 02:57:43 GMT /policy-politics/teaching-and-reaching-students-behind-bars/2018/03