Follow-Up Friday: Sequester Hits Defense Department Schools, New Algorithm Might Help Schools ID Potential Dropouts
Remember sequestration? The impact of the forced federal budget cuts on public schools been shoved to the back burner amid heated debate over the future of theCommon Core State Standards, early childhood education, and last-minute Senate compromise on student loan rates. But as Nirvi Shah writes for Politico, sequestration will mean a shorter academic year for about 84,000 students in Department of Defense-run schools on military bases. (You can read the full storyhere.)
“It means that the children of the military forces are going to lose a full five days of school over the children who are receiving a regular public education. That is such a disservice to our military personnel,” said Michael Priser, president of the Federal Education Association, told Politco.
“It means that the children of the military forces are going to lose a full five days of school over the children who are receiving a regular public education. That is such a disservice to our military personnel,” said Michael Priser, president of the Federal Education Association, told Politco.
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The Hechinger Report's Jill Barshay has a fascinating post on a researcher's efforts to identify potential high school dropouts as early as the first grade, giving