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

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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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As schools reopen, will Black and Asian families return?

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

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They say college should not be a time for a lot of survey courses. Kate Walsh has served as the president of the National Council on Teacher Quality since 2003, leading work to ensure that every child has equal access to effective teachers. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletters. appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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This Texas college’s focus on mental health helps students work through trauma, stay on track

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From 2003 and 2017, researchers found that suicide rates rose among Black youth of all ages — with the biggest increase seen among the 15- to 17-year-olds, according to an article published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. Paul Quinn returned to in-person learning in the fall of 2020.

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

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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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Hack Education Weekly News

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This group of older borrowers collectively hold $247 billion in student debt, an amount that has roughly tripled since 2003.” Via Edsurge : “Learning From Algorithms : Who Controls AI in Higher Ed, And Why It Matters (Part 2).” ” Still more student loan news in the legal section above.