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GED and other high school equivalency degrees drop by more than 40% nationwide since 2012

The Hechinger Report

Red states are where the annual issuance of new high school equivalency diplomas has fallen by more than 50 percent between 2012 and 2016. Specifically, the annual number of test takers who completed one of the three exams has fallen more than 45 percent from more than 570,000 in 2012 to roughly 310,000 in 2016. Data source: Thomas J.

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18 Effective Classroom Motivation Strategies

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Related: Great Motivational Videos for Students Aspects of Motivation In his paper “ Student Motivation and the Alignment of Teacher Beliefs “, Weisman (2012) provides an insightful overview of different aspects of motivation in the educational context. References Bernaus, M., & Gardner, R. link] Guilloteaux, M.

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Science-backed scalable tools improve student mental health

eSchool News

These factors include individual traits, social support, and relationship with parents, among others (Credé & Niehorster, 2012). 2012, December). Using research findings from the past decades and most recent studies in education and psychology, a screening tool can be parsimonious. Where are we, and where do we go now?

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Announcing the Jeffco 11 educational leadership blog

Dangerously Irrelevant

– Leadership Day 2012. – Leadership Day 2008. We hope you will join us at our Jeffco 11 blog for some great conversations! Related Posts. Calling all bloggers! The Iowa series – Wrap-up. Calling all bloggers! NECC button contest: We have a winner! Contest: I’m here for the learning revolution (due May 1).

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Teacher Development Research Review: Keys to Educator Success

Digital Promise

Teaching quality has been defined as “instruction that enables a wide range of students to learn” ( Darling-Hammond, 2012 ), and it is the strongest school-related factor that can improve student learning and achievement ( Hanushek, 2011 ; Nye, Konstantopoulos, and Hedges, 2004 ; Rivkin, Hanushek, and Kain, 2005 ).

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Research-based Benefits of Being Bilingual

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Aids in Conflict Resolution and Attentional Networks : Bilingualism enhances attentional networks, leading to faster and more efficient conflict resolution abilities and improved alerting and executive control (Costa, Hernández, Sebastián-Gallés, 2008). It tracks participants first tested in 1947 and retested in 2008–2010. de Bruin, A.,

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How the last recession affected higher education. Will history repeat?

The Hechinger Report

Since it seems near certain that the coronavirus pandemic is triggering a new recession right now, I thought it would be useful to recap what happened to colleges and universities during the Great Recession of 2008 to help us think through what might and might not repeat this time around. million, or nearly 16 percent, from 15.6

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