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How to Prevent the Summer Slide and Help Reduce Educational Inequality

Waterford

But even over summer break, students still need educational opportunities so they can return to school strong and ready to learn more. Because at-risk students don’t always have educational resources over the summer, they are particularly vulnerable to losing knowledge gained over the school year.

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Using Hybrid and Blended Learning to Promote Student-Centered Classrooms

Waterford

There are, however, a few distinctions between the educational strategies that are important to note. It could involve digital media as well as offline resources like classroom makerspaces or library books. This means that students can work at a rate that is most comfortable for them, which is useful for all learners.[11].

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Do public schools beat private schools? The quality of evidence

The Hechinger Report

It goes without saying that parents who shell this money out believe that their children will be getting a better education in exchange for all that money. In recent days, the authors of Public School Advantag e have been defending their finding s and research methodology against a series of critics who advocate school choice reforms.

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Schools in the poorest state become even poorer

The Hechinger Report

Under the fiscal 2017 budget, approved by lawmakers in April, allocations for the state’s public schools will still be about $172 million below what is considered full funding, according to figures from the state Department of Education. Related: “Education costs money,” says state superintendent in Mississippi.

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Traveling to the African Diaspora to prepare black students for college

The Hechinger Report

By the time I met Pierre-Floyd, I’d talked to dozens of students who said the white educators were well-meaning but often expected black kids to enroll at majority-white colleges and meet white ideals of success. charter schools and decided to pursue a career in education. Pierre-Floyd is different. She tutored at two D.C.

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Cramming for Kindergarten

The Hechinger Report

Armed with research showing that preschool delivers long-term benefits, particularly to low-income students, states more than doubled their spending on pre-K between 2006 and 2016, when total spending reached $7.4 Steven Barnett, senior co-director of the National Institute for Early Education Research at Rutgers University.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

I wrote “an explainer” of sorts on Thiel and his politics, and I listed the education companies that he’s invested in. Y Combinator ( I list its education investments here ) has refused to sever ties with Thiel. One position that isn’t up for suggestion : Secretary of Education. Education Politics.