A day after State School Superintendent Richard Woods presented Literacy Leader Awards to 10 Cobb Schools, the Cobb County Board of Education Meeting focused on the importance of literacy and
âFreedom Schools are not just culturally responsive, but we invest in young people â developing their sense of self-agency that they can make a difference in their home, their community and in the world,â expressed Dr. Wilson, who is expected to discuss Freedom Schools further, and the most recent CDF State of Americaâs Children 2021, during the NNPAâs annual summer convention in June.
By Stacy M. Brown
Black Press USA
The Childrenâs Defense Fund has always lived by the motto that children are the future.
As young people of color are the majority of youth in America, the nonprofit organization is ramping up its Freedom Schools program.
This story has been updated to reflect the portion of students who will remain in distance learning in Elk Grove Unified.
California school officials scratching their heads over how to roll out standardized tests this spring could soon have another option.
On Tuesday, the State Board of Education voted unanimously to seek a waiver from the U.S. Department of Education that would allow California school districts to use locally selected tests rather than the Smarter Balanced statewide assessments, which are required by state and federal education law.
“It has become clear that the persistent gaps that existed in our education system pre-pandemic have become chasms,” said Rachael Maves, deputy superintendent of public instruction for the Instruction and Measurement Branch of the California Department of Education. “In this context, it seems not only appropriate but necessary” to measure student learning.