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Schools Are Desperate to Stop Violence. Will These New Guidelines Help?

Edsurge

After the Virginia Tech shooting in 2007, Virginia became the first state to require colleges to conduct threat assessments , later requiring K-12 schools to do the same. A method for schools to figure out which student threats foreshadow violence, threat assessment was adapted from the Secret Service.

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Much ado about NAEP

Dangerously Irrelevant

Scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) are down after the pandemic. Journalists (and others) are failing us when they don’t report out what NAEP levels mean. For instance, the New York Times reported this graph today from NCES : “Appalling,” right?! Four big thoughts on all of this… 1.

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What is assessment for? #engaginglitminds

Reading By Example

– Review of Educational Research , March 2007, Vol. The misconception and lack of understanding about assessment is one hole I fell into often as a teacher and observe in other educators as we unintentionally do what was done to us. Back in my day…assessment was the end result. To help improve our own teaching.

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On paper, teens are thriving. In reality, they’re not

The Hechinger Report

Nevertheless, teens report that their own mental health is spiraling : Increasingly, they are anxious, depressed and wrestling with thoughts of suicide. As other measures improved, youth also reported feeling less anxiety and depressive symptoms. In reality, they’re not appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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Preventing Student Debt Problems Begins With Financial Literacy Education

Edsurge

Student Debt Soars During the first wave of millennials entering college between 1997 and 2007, fall enrollment for degree-granting postsecondary institutions increased 26 percent. News & World Report, college graduates from the class of 2019 borrowed $30,062 on average , accounting for $6,300 more than borrowers from the class of 2009.

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Use these 5 learner-centered models to inspire educators

eSchool News

The report describes how five different learner-centered education models–The Met, Virtual Learning Academy Charter School, Iowa BIG, Village High School, and Embark Education–were able to launch and grow their models by assembling value networks congruent with their vision for learner-centered education.

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5 learner-centered education models to inspire reform

eSchool News

The report describes how five different learner-centered education models–The Met, Virtual Learning Academy Charter School, Iowa BIG, Village High School, and Embark Education–were able to launch and grow their models by assembling value networks congruent with their vision for learner-centered education.

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