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PROOF POINTS: It’s easier and easier to get an A in math

The Hechinger Report

But as schools settled back into their usual rhythms in 2021-22, grades didn’t fall back to pre-pandemic norms and remained elevated. It’s not just happening in some classrooms or with some teachers, it’s happening across the system,” said Sanchez. It was a follow up to a 2022 report , which also detected grade inflation through 2021.

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Empty Desks: Getting Chronically Absent Students Back to Class Is No Easy Feat

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Getting to the classroom has been a struggle for students like Laura, 15, who just finished her freshman year at East Palo Alto Academy (EPAA). East Palo Alto Academy, a small charter high school, saw a chronic absenteeism rate of 199 out of 355 students (56 percent) during the 2021-22 school year, according to state data.

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Why I'm Still Bullish About the State of Edtech

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Here’s why 2021 was a banner year for U.S. Our own venture capital firm, New Markets Venture Partners, rode these tailwinds ourselves, successfully selling four companies in Q4 2021 and Q1 2022 at generous valuations. billion in mid-October, 2021, to $62.8 percent since going public in October 2021 at $29/share.

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Education Has a Three-Headed Crisis. Mental Health Is Only Part of It.

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It is now time to update this piece for 2021. In January 2021, 40 percent of adults reported experiencing symptoms of depression and anxiety—three times more than the rate in the first half of 2019. Source: A Year in the Life of a Pandemic , April 27, 2021, by Philip Fisher, Joan Lombardi and Nat Kendall-Taylor.

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PROOF POINTS: Debunking the myth that teachers stop improving after five years

The Hechinger Report

Philanthropist and former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates popularized the notion in a 2009 TED Talk when he said “ once somebody has taught for three years, their teaching quality does not change thereafter.” For example, student achievement in their classrooms might increase by the same 50 points every year.

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OPINION: Florida’s governor and the College Board do not get to decide how we learn Black history

The Hechinger Report

For sure, these decisions about who and what gets taught in America’s classrooms have very real implications for students, and those who seek to whitewash Black history should continue to be met with intense pressure and protestation. But white leaders have tried to restrict our education for centuries. We built them ourselves.

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Most families have given up virtual school, but what about students who are still thriving online?

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The second grader attends SpaRRk Academy, a virtual learning program for elementary students created in 2021 by the Rio Rancho School District in New Mexico. On days when SpaRRk Academy students are learning virtually, the classrooms are empty except for teachers and administrators, who come into the office just about every day.