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The Science Behind Spatial-Temporal Math

MIND Research Institute

Games have the potential to be perceived as an enjoyable and fun activity and, with that, might provide a preferred means to teach math (Bragg, 2003). The main outcomes of these evaluations revealed effect sizes of 0.42 ST Math's educational content is conveyed in a game-like format. 2014, 2019). & Wang, S. SRI International.

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Want resilient and well-adjusted kids? Let them play

The Hechinger Report

When the researchers compared information about the inmates’ childhoods with a population outside the prison, they found that the comparison group could provide abundant examples of free play in childhood, while the group inside prison largely could not.

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NCLB’s legacy: As the ESSA era begins, have policymakers, educators learned from the past?

The Hechinger Report

Many states either were not tracking them at all or were using widely disparate formulas that made state-by-state comparisons impossible. In a recent report, Education Week dug deep into student proficiency rates on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) from 2003 through 2015. Monday, Sept. Photo: AP Photo/J.

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Many Hispanic students never have a teacher who looks like them

The Hechinger Report

students in kindergarten through 12th grade that is Hispanic increased from 19 to 25 percent between 2003 and 2013, while the black non-Hispanic population dropped from 17 to 16 percent and the white non-Hispanic population fell from 59 to 50 percent. By way of comparison, white non-Hispanics make up just 31.8 The share of U.S.

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Is Head Start a failure?

The Hechinger Report

For comparison, that’s still less that the $32 billion available in tuition support for disadvantaged students though the federal Pell Grant program this year. And yet, Lipsey also says that we know enough about the potential for strong outcomes that tossing out existing public preschool programs is a bad idea too. “If But the U.S.

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Black teachers matter, for students and communities

The Hechinger Report

Research shows that black students who have black teachers have better academic outcomes, are suspended less often, and face higher expectations from their teachers. Charter schools in the district have different grade configurations and staffing considerations, precluding an apple-to-apples comparison.

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For safer schools, we need more hugs, not more guns

The Hechinger Report

By comparison, whiter metros such as Portland, Seattle, Salt Lake City, and Minneapolis have some of the lowest concentrations of security guards. The degree to which a student feels connected to their school can determine a host of other outcomes. But why is connectedness so important?