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PROOF POINTS: Plenty of Black college students want to be teachers, but something keeps derailing them late in the process

The Hechinger Report

Studies have often found that Black students learn more from same race teachers. But a June 2023 analysis of college students in Michigan highlights a particularly leaky part of the teacher pipeline: teacher preparation programs inside colleges and universities. Teacher diversity statistics in 2020-21. Condition of Education.

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The newest form of school discipline: Kicking kids out of class and into virtual learning

The Hechinger Report

But one day in February, after refusing to go into her classroom and allegedly cursing at her teachers, the seventh grader was sent home to learn online indefinitely. Sometimes, there is no system in place for tracking how many students are being punished this way or how many days of in-person classroom learning they are forced to miss. “We

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How Can Technology Help Improve Teaching Efficacy in a Classroom?

Kitaboo on EdTech

At a time when learning is getting more personalized for each student, there is added pressure on teachers to deliver against the odds. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated a sudden shift towards online learning not leaving teachers and students enough time to adapt to the new platform and technology.

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What Is Prior Knowledge and Why it Matters?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Prior knowledge is one of the key concept in educational research that fundamentally reshape our understanding of how learning occurs. This term refers to the pre-existing cognitive framework that each student brings into the learning environment, encompassing everything from factual information to deeply ingrained skills and misconceptions.

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Introducing YouScience® Brightpath: A New Platform That Enables the Convergence of Education-to-Career to Better Prepare Students for Success in School and Life

eSchool News

In addition, the troubling nationwide high school dropout rate persists, and college enrollment and retention rates are declining for our most vulnerable populations, further highlighting student disengagement. Demonstrating learning relevance through a closer alignment of education and industry.

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Thousands of kids are missing from school. Where did they go?

The Hechinger Report

Over months of reporting, the AP learned of students and families avoiding school for a range of reasons. During the prolonged online learning , some students fell so far behind developmentally and academically that they no longer knew how to behave or learn at school. I can’t learn that way,” he said in Spanish.

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Community college students get double the support through unusual dual-teacher program

The Hechinger Report

Terrica Purvis, a student in Chemistry 121 class at Everett Community College, tests the ph balance of a buffer solution and water, on Friday, March 10, 2023. Barfibafeghi said her biggest challenge has been learning English. Then they checked what the pH was with a pH strip. Related: Many community college students near earn a degree.