The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 2, 2023

Researchers randomly assigned 21 elementary and middle schools to receive arts education first and watched what happened to 8,000 of their students in grades three through eight. After at least a year of this artistic potpourri, the academic performance of students in math, reading and science was no different for those who got more art.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2021

How will policy be reshaped? After all, early childhood marks the most critical developmental stage in a person’s life, according to brain science and evidence from numerous longitudinal studies. Will the field come to be treated like a public good, as many other countries view it to be? Who stands to gain and lose?

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 17, 2023

university bachelor’s degree recipients and 23 percent who get master’s degrees manage to stay and work in the United States , according to researchers at the University of California, Davis, and elsewhere. said Kate Hooper, a policy analyst at the Migration Policy Institute. But only 11 percent of foreign-born U.S.

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EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

So that’s the good news. The bad news is if our projections of the 3.5 Based on research that we did 4 years ago, it was apparent that it would be small and rural schools who felt the impact first. Research we did last summer with principals in Michigan showed us two things. million teacher shortage.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The science of learning and development, enabled by technology, can help us support teachers’ efforts to address their students’ unique learning needs. As technology is further embraced in the classroom, we need to ensure that local and national policies support and enable these innovations while enhancing privacy and protecting student data.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The 4,000-student school district offers classes in agriculture and health sciences, courses in coding and welding, and internships at the local hospital and the district offices. I think we’re doing a great job, but I have no data or research.” Yet Rider can’t be sure that her program steers students toward successful careers.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 25, 2018

Automation will boost demand for science-and-tech skills as well as soft skills such as critical thinking, according to a report from the Economist Intelligence Unit. These trends will require big-picture thinking from governments, educators and businesses. Gretchen Ertl for The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

Instead of waiting for the federal government to address the student debt crisis or better hold schools accountable for tuition rates, let’s turn to the industry itself to tackle these challenges. For example, college faculty publish papers in journals with conclusions that incorporate policy and practical recommendations.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2021

When the coronavirus pandemic first hit in March 2020, the research unit inside the U.S. Department of Education, called the Institute for Education Sciences, commissioned a report to wade through all the studies on education technology that can be used at home in order to find which ones were proven to work.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 28, 2019

In 2018 we witnessed a clash of titans as government and tech companies collided on privacy issues around collecting, culling and using personal data. As researched by Daniel Solove , if people have an objection to certain uses of data, they want a right to say no. This will create greater demand for transparency in data use.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 8, 2021

Four new studies on project-based learning. 3rd grade science. Developer: Michigan State University Research. Developer: University of Michigan and Michigan State University Research. 6th grade science. Developer: Stanford University Research. Developer: University of Washington Research. Curriculum.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

And because government policy has tended to focus on the individual worker, and less on influencing the hiring and employment practices of businesses, workers can be left in the lurch even if they successfully complete programs in fields that are billed as high-demand. How do we help them get back on their feet?

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 16, 2022

The problem is not a lack of programs and policy initiatives aimed at increasing the number of Black, Latino and Indigenous talents in the STEM workforce; it’s that few of the programs recognize that the problem starts in elementary schools with those fragmented mathematical ideas. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 22, 2022

They’re more prone to depression, live shorter lives, need more government assistance, pay less in taxes, divorce more frequently and vote and volunteer less often. It is a crisis, and I don’t think it’s widely recognized yet that it is,” said Jason Lane, dean of Miami University’s College of Education, Health and Society.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 15, 2022

“The graduates that leave tend to be higher earning,” said Kevin Stange, an associate professor of public policy at the University of Michigan. But the researchers also noted two other areas where state data understates college payoffs: Five majors where state data understate salaries five years after graduation.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 4, 2020

Yvonne Mendez was only six months away from graduating with a registered nursing degree from Anamarc College in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, when the school abruptly closed. Government agencies and accrediting bodies have safeguards to protect students from such abrupt college closures, but the oversight is often weak or too late.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 30, 2021

Ways to engage students in developing media literacy were recently discussed during an edWebinar , sponsored by the News Literacy Project , which featured Shaelynn Farnsworth, National Director of Educator Outreach and Success, and Ebonee Rice, Vice President, Educator Network.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 7, 2019

Black men and women are significantly underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Research tells us that young people from low-income families have significantly less access to non-classroom learning opportunities than their peers from families with more resources. Sign up for our newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2020

In recent years, students have led climate marches, gun control rallies and walkouts protesting federal immigration policies and racial injustice. Now they are demanding a greater role in school policy and the decisions that shape their educations. Andrew Brennen, National Geographic education fellow.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

New research from the think tank New America shows that 24 states have approved at least some community colleges’ plans to launch bachelor’s degree programs; at least seven have been approved in the past five years. Others, she said, go into positions within the city government or to human resources jobs.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The model has shaped decades of policy regarding whose literacy is considered vital and worthy of extra help and investment—and whose is not. government in 1977 asked that schools look for a “severe discrepancy between levels of ability and achievement” when screening children for learning disabilities. Guidelines put out by the U.S.

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Edsurge

MAY 26, 2021

Among government employees, teachers are feeling the most burnout. Among teens, 46 percent of parents reported a new or worsening mental health condition in their child since the beginning of the pandemic. Researchers at the University of Oregon tracked the impact of the pandemic across 10,000 families with young children below age 5.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

There is a clear need for science-driven curriculum, and the thoughtful implementation of emerging technologies. For instance, new AI tools are providing educators with an invaluable resource—more time for individualized instruction, with increased specificity. This trend follows the pattern of other public interest phenomena.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 20, 2023

Together, they envisioned a set-up through which Dominican students could take computer science classes and earn a minor, and Make School students could take a few classes from Dominican faculty and earn a bachelor’s in applied computer science in only two years. The partnership, established in 2018, would be the first of its kind.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 1, 2021

Part of the iLEAD program from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, the presenters follow the principles of improvement science in their approaches to equity. Key Components to Using Improvement Science to Advance Equity. Identify the root cause. About the Presenters. Dr. Ash Vasudeva. Dr. Charoscar Coleman.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Key points: Current education trends point to personalization and accessibility Keeping up with current trends in education is essential for educators Learn more about K-12 Tech Innovation News In the dynamic landscape of K-12 education, several trends are shaping the way students learn and educators teach.

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EdNews Daily

APRIL 18, 2019

And curiously, it hasn’t made the national news media. In South Carolina last year, 25 percent of new teachers left after their first year. Cauthen’s organization, the Learning Counsel, is a research institute and news media hub that provides information and assistance to districts around the shift to digital curriculum.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 12, 2020

The typical participant is not a super star on the football field or in student government. . Researchers found that students who participated in a 10-week music instruction program, where they drummed for an hour each week , had enhanced communication with peers and adults as well as improved concentration.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 4, 2020

This story also appeared in NBC News. Some members of the institution’s own governing board were surprised when they were confronted with these facts. When Missouri Western State University declared a financial emergency in the spring, it was widely assumed to have been the fault of the coronavirus pandemic. Cash reserves sank.

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MIND Research Institute

DECEMBER 19, 2019

She shares classroom news and mathematical activities. Mohammed is Chief Innovation Officer at San Antonio ISD and is a favorite to follow for insight into education policy. We often look to them for news when it comes to Texas education and other state government topics. December 16, 2019. Nancy Crouch @nancy_lead4ward.

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EdNews Daily

JULY 21, 2019

In South Carolina last year, 25 percent of new teachers left after their first year. Cauthen’s organization, the Learning Counsel, is a research institute and news media hub that provides information and assistance to districts around the shift to digital curriculum. Other states are experiencing similar retention challenges.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 10, 2016

This continuing innovation is particularly important, because some of the technical and governance challenges facing the Bitcoin blockchain are real doozies. For what it may be worth, I’ve also seen (very) occasional pieces on blockchain-related topics from the big think tanks (including Brookings, Cato, and New America).

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 12, 2021

A sociologist, Noguera’s research focuses on the ways in which schools are influenced by social and economic conditions, as well as by demographic trends in local, regional, and global contexts. Noguera was recently appointed to serve as a special advisor to the governor of New Mexico on education policy. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2022

In subsequent years, Purdue’s program won a think tank’s award for most innovative public policy proposal, and at least 14 other colleges or universities launched their own programs. There’s another reason for Back a Boiler’s pause: clampdowns by the federal government on certain schools that offer ISAs.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

There’s a general consensus among education researchers that smaller classes are more effective. (In When I have written about unrelated educational reforms, researchers often compare them to the effectiveness of class size reductions to give me a sense of their relative impact. In math, it found no benefits at all.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Unlike Sheldon, Liu Huang’s background isn’t in education philanthropy, nonprofits or government. And it requires authentic, meaningful collaboration across sectors, so CZI has always had a diverse team, from educators and researchers to the technologists who make up our education team. This is hard work.

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EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Beyond coursework, students swim in a flux of data, buffeted by phone calls, text messages, Facebook updates, Twitter tweets, news crawls, and other sources. While both domains have their virtues, combining them effectively into one unified framework can sometimes be challenging because of outmoded policies at many colleges and universities.

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