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PROOF POINTS: Inside the latest reading study that’s getting a lot of buzz

The Hechinger Report

In early April 2023, I started getting emails and messages urging me to take a look at a fresh reading study in Colorado. The study, a working paper that has not yet been peer-reviewed, came to two dramatic conclusions. They said the gains were large enough to catapult U.S. However, U.S.

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

The Hechinger Report

Grade inflation struck all high school subjects, ACT found, but it was highest for math, followed by science, English, and social studies. Grades continued to rise in math and science even as grade inflation stabilized in English and social studies. The ACT analysis, published in August 2023 , covered almost 6.9 in 2010 to 3.32

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PROOF POINTS: New higher ed data by race and ethnicity

The Hechinger Report

Students’ race and ethnicity affect their chances of earning a college degree, according to several new reports on higher education released in January and February 2023. Credit: National Student Clearinghouse DEI Data Lab 2023 In 2011, as the pie chart on the left shows, more than 60 percent of the nation’s 20.6

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Couch surfing, living in cars: Housing insecurity derails foster kids’ college dreams 

The Hechinger Report

But the house was too chaotic to focus on studies, and without support, Johnson dropped out. Kyshawna Johnson, photographed during her shift at a Jovenes home in Los Angeles, on September 12th, 2023. Kyshawna Johnson, photographed during her shift at a Jovenes home in Los Angeles, CA, on September 12th, 2023. But only 4.8

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To increase and maintain teacher diversity, listen to teachers of color

The Hechinger Report

In one study, students rank teachers of color higher than white teachers on multiple measures, including feeling cared for and academically challenged. While the percentage of white students has steadily decreased nationwide — from 54 percent in 2009 to 47 percent in 2018 — nearly 80 percent of public school teachers are white.

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Dear Educators, a Balm for Deep Cuts: Navigating Racial Microaggressions at School

Edsurge

It’s the kind of experience I’ve studied as well as lived through. Sharing the results of this study is important, primarily to validate the experiences of Asian American educators and also to inform others about the harms microaggressions cause in schools. I spoke up. Pierce-Gonzalez, D., & & Wills, D. Ceja, M., &

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Momentum builds behind a way to lower the cost of college: A degree in three years

The Hechinger Report

Offering accelerated combined bachelor’s and master’s degrees also helps keep undergraduates from leaving for graduate study; those who stay provide universities with essential revenue. Faculty at another balked at creating three-year degrees in the staple disciplines of English, history, philosophy and political science.

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