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The Science Behind Spatial-Temporal Math

MIND Research Institute

Research investigating how such fear develops suggests that a lack of motivational or cognitive support paired with a high demand for correctness from the teacher can lead to students avoiding math probably because they want to avoid showing incompetence in class (Ashcraft, 2002; Turner et al., Summary of Efficacy. References: Ashcraft, M.

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How Can a Student Be ‘Proficient’ in One State But Not Another? Here Are the Graphs

Edsurge

When No Child Left Behind passed back in 2002, Congress enthusiastically proclaimed that 100 percent of American students would be proficient in reading and math by 2014. They then estimated NAEP equivalent scores for the exams and mapped the outcomes onto a graph depicting how their proficiency levels measured in comparison.

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

The Hechinger Report

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. “The available evidence points to no or only very small effect sizes of small classes in comparison to larger classes.

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Why I'm Still Bullish About the State of Edtech

Edsurge

When I worked at Microsoft back in 2002, our team basically invented the idea of Google Classroom (it was called Microsoft Class Server), but we were twelve years too early and the product disappeared by 2006. Last year, only 25,000 Americans graduated from bootcamps, in comparison to two million bachelors degrees awarded.

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Inspired by front-line health care workers, record numbers apply to medical schools

The Hechinger Report

So far in my lifetime, at least, and for as long as I’ve been in medical education, that’s the only comparison that I could make.”. “After 9/11, there was a huge increase in the number of men and women that were entering into the military,” Young said. “So It’s discouraging a little bit, to be honest,” Smith said.

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How Mindfulness Can Help Teachers and Students Manage Challenging Situations

MindShift

Adolescents report more daily experience of negative affect from ages 10 to 18 (Larson, Moneta, Richards & Wilson, 2002) but have more difficulty identifying and sorting out their feelings of anger, sadness, fear, disgust, and upset compared to younger children and adults (Nook, Sasse, Lambert, McLaughlin & Somerville, 2018).

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Schools in the poorest state become even poorer

The Hechinger Report

By comparison, the national average is about 20.4 The currency change happened in 2002. The level of funding makes a big difference in the quality of education, particularly in Mississippi where a greater percentage of children live in poverty than anywhere else in the nation. Census data.