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What Is Prior Knowledge and Why it Matters?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Furthermore, the research by Torsten Binder and colleagues in “ Assessing prior knowledge types as predictors of academic achievement in the introductory phase of biology and physics study programmes using logistic regression ” examines the impact of different types of prior knowledge on academic achievement in biology and physics.

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Minnesota has a persistent higher-ed gap: Are new efforts making a difference?

The Hechinger Report

Though some programs have helped lower dropout rates and improved graduation rates for students of color, the gap in the percentage of students finishing a degree has barely budged across the 30 community colleges in the Minnesota State Colleges and University system. System leaders don’t dispute that assessment.

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Why haven’t new federal rules unleashed more innovation in schools?

The Hechinger Report

Their ESSA plans detail systemic transformations of assessment methods and other practices, according to Lillian Pace, the senior director of national policy at KnowledgeWorks. High schools were rated on standardized tests, as well as dropout, attendance and graduation rates. But developing such systems is a complicated task.

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Reimagining failure: ‘Last-chance’ schools are the future of American high schools

The Hechinger Report

It is features like these that have helped former high school dropouts like Rocheli Burgos — and other students who have struggled in school — get a second chance at earning a diploma. After giving birth to her son in 2011, Burgos dropped out of her old school when counselors told her that she didn’t have enough credits to pass ninth grade.

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How To Make A Civics Education Stick

MindShift

“What’s the dropout rate in some places? On the civics portion of the National Assessment of Educational Progress, commonly called the “Nation’s Report Card,” students of color and low-income students have consistently scored lower than their white, wealthier counterparts. Forty percent?

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