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The science of catching up

The Hechinger Report

A seminal 2016 study sorted through almost 200 well-designed experiments on improving education, from expanding preschool to reducing class size, and found that frequent one-to-one tutoring was especially effective in increasing learning rates for low-performing students. Not all tutoring has been successful. LOOKING AHEAD.

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8 Ways to Help New Teachers Thrive (and Veteran Teachers Too!)

The CoolCatTeacher

K., & Bruegmann, E. The Learning Policy Institute says in their 2016 study, Well-designed mentoring programs improve retention rates for new teachers, as well as their attitudes, feelings of efficacy, and instructional skills.(32) 25) Learning Policy Institute. (24) 24) Jackson, C. 25) Kraft, M. A., & Papay, J.

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10 Big Hurdles to Identifying and Educating the Nation’s Smartest Kids

MindShift

students are classified as “high achievers” in mathematics, according to the most recent international assessments. No Child Left Behind, the 2001 federal law, incentivizes “just getting kids over a bar,” Finn says. For example, only 2.45 has three very bright granddaughters. educating its top performers?

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How ‘Learning Engineering’ Hopes to Speed Up Education

Edsurge

Herbert Simon, a pioneer in artificial intelligence and learning engineering who died in 2001, is immersed in his office at Carnegie Mellon University. What’s more, for each of these choices, there are additional decisions about which media to use (video, audio, hands-on), whether to give concrete examples, and more.

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Does alternative grading make cheating more likely?

Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

If students are allowed reassessments, for example, does it open the door for dishonesty -- especially if the reassessments are coupled with flexible turn-in or deadline policies, or done outside of class time? There is generally an inverse relationship between perceived abilities on the one hand, and the rate of cheating on the other.

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How the federal government abandoned the Brown v. Board of Education decision

The Hechinger Report

North Smithfield Manor has long been zoned for Gardendale schools as part of the district’s integration efforts, and Williams had planned her life around sending her children to Gardendale High, where more than seven out of 10 graduates enroll in college—one of the highest rates in the district. Graphic: Davin McHenry. Graphic: Davin McHenry.

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