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OPINION: How can teachers help students grapple with the chaos surrounding us?

The Hechinger Report

No matter whether elementary teachers return to physical or virtual classrooms, this will be a year for the history books. They say college should not be a time for a lot of survey courses. The problem of insufficient subject matter knowledge may not be acknowledged by teacher educators, but it is by classroom teachers.

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As schools reopen, will Black and Asian families return?

The Hechinger Report

While many families are eager for a return to in-person learning this fall, others are not: Surveys show that some families are reluctant to return — and, that Black and Asian families are the most likely to feel this way. She has no plans for them to return to school even when in-person learning resumes.

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Inside Maine’s disastrous roll out of proficiency-based learning

The Hechinger Report

In a recent survey of the state’s superintendents conducted by the University of Southern Maine, roughly a quarter of respondents said they planned to stick with a proficiency-based diploma, even though the law no longer requires it. I had never seen kids so in charge of their learning.”. In 2003, the Gates Foundation gave RISC $5.8

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PROOF POINTS: The value of one-size-fits-all math homework

The Hechinger Report

Advocates call this concept “personalized learning” but this sci-fi idyll (or dystopia, depending on your point of view) has been slow to catch on in American classrooms. In surveys, teachers said it changes how they review homework. I rarely hear about “personalized learning” any more in a classroom context.

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Technology’s Impact on Student Learning: Insights from the Speak Up 2022 Congressional Briefing

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In 2003, Project Tomorrow, a national nonprofit dedicated to helping K-12 education leaders identify and implement best practices, launched the Speak Up Research Project, which gives K-12 leaders insights into current and emerging dynamics in the education ecosystem—and what those dynamics mean for all the stakeholders within a school district.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

More on the Republicans’ tax plans – Via Education Week : “New Senate Tax Plan Doubles Teachers’ Deduction for Buying Classroom Supplies.” This group of older borrowers collectively hold $247 billion in student debt, an amount that has roughly tripled since 2003.”