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Despite popularity with parents and teachers, review of research finds small benefits to small classes

The Hechinger Report

A small classroom in Richton, Mississippi. In 2002, the debate about the merits of small class sizes erupted into a public spat between Eric Hanushek of Stanford University’s Hoover Institution and Alan Kreuger of Princeton University. . Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. Small classes are very popular with parents.

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How Mindfulness Can Help Teachers and Students Manage Challenging Situations

MindShift

Excerpted from “ Mindfulness in the Secondary Classroom: A Guide for Teaching Adolescents ,” (c) 2019 by Patricia C. Some of the very real challenges of life and the classroom are ill-?defined Social media offers a ready platform for comparing oneself to others, a process called social comparison. cut answers.

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Schools in the poorest state become even poorer

The Hechinger Report

billion on elementary and secondary education. By comparison, the national average is about 20.4 The challenge with persistently low funding is to make cuts while minimizing the effect on the classroom, said Cormack, of the Barksdale Reading Institute. The currency change happened in 2002. Schools stand to receive $2.4