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PROOF POINTS: Shop class sometimes boosts college going, Massachusetts study finds

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Construction students earned the higher incomes in their early adulthood but healthcare students were more likely to go to college, according to a Massachusetts study. The state spends about $3,000 more per vocational student a year, according to a September 2022 analysis. Credit: Oliver Parini for The Hechinger Report.

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PROOF POINTS: Black and white teachers from HBCUs are better math instructors, study finds

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Black elementary students in North Carolina tended to score higher on annual math tests when they were taught by an HBCU-trained teacher, but not necessarily a Black teacher, according to an unpublished study from a Stanford University graduate student. Credit: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report.

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PROOF POINTS: Paper books linked to stronger readers in an international study

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An international study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development found that students who had more books at home reported that they enjoyed reading more. It’s impossible to say from this study whether paper books are the main reason why students become better readers. was published on July 12, 2022.

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

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This story also appeared in Mind/Shift The latest warning sign comes from college admissions test maker ACT, which compared students’ ACT test scores with their self-reported high school grades between 2010 and 2022. Grades continued to rise in math and science even as grade inflation stabilized in English and social studies.

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PROOF POINTS: New evidence of high school grade inflation

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Close up of an illustration from the cover of a May 2022 study on high school grade inflation by ACT, a maker of college admissions tests. The ACT study found that high school grades rose between 2010 and 2022 while scores on the ACT fell. In a study of actual U.S. points from a 3.0 – a B – in 2009 to 3.11

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Teachers

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in this post, I share with you my perspectives, drawn from my experiences as a blogger, educator, and academic with a PhD in educational studies, on what constitutes the quintessential characteristics of 21st century teachers. In their quantitative study of over 300 Finnish first graders, Nurmi et al., Madda et al., 2011, Nurmi et al.,

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PROOF POINTS: New higher ed data by race and ethnicity

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This represents all undergraduate college students, both younger students entering straight after high school and older nontraditional students, studying full-time and part-time, and attending both four-year universities and two-year colleges. Click here and navigate to the demographics tab for these fall 2022 charts.) million in 2019.

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