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JULY 8, 2018

In the last decade, educators have focused on boosting literacy skills among low-income kids in the hope that all children will read well by third grade. Duncan of the University of California Irvine’s School of Education, whose research examines child poverty and education. “It Higher Education. BERWYN, Ill. —

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OCTOBER 16, 2017

Their work is a version of what educators call project-based learning, which means gaining knowledge by solving problems rather than by studying textbooks. Teachers push [academic] standards into these projects,” and schools don’t “want projects where kids are just an extra set of hands.”. Vrain students started slowly.

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OCTOBER 27, 2016

Research has shown that a majority of the educators who teach English-language learners (ELLs) are creating their own instructional materials — often with little oversight — that don’t necessarily match the student’s grade level or the rigor required by state academic standards.

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MARCH 1, 2017

When Mary Fair became a teacher in 2012, her classes often contained a mix of special education students and general education students. Placing children with and without disabilities in the same classroom, instead of segregating them, was a growing national trend, spurred on by lawsuits by special education advocates.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Independence Academy is one of 33 so-called recovery schools in the United States, public high schools that serve students whose lives and educations have been derailed by drug abuse. Its doors opened in January, 2012. Drug use, suspensions and expulsions have put many students here far behind academically.

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APRIL 17, 2019

He envisioned a game-based educational platform used by teachers and students to learn about science and the environment. And he had interest from educators who wanted to try Planet3 in schools that included the Las Vegas area. have adopted the standards while 21 states have standards based on the framework.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

But to the BMO’s annual education industry conference, where company executives, investors, bankers and financiers of all stripes descended in their suits and slacks (but very few ties). EdReports has become a real big deal in K-12 publishing,” he said, referring to the nonprofit that reviews textbooks for alignment to academic standards.

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OCTOBER 17, 2016

First, many educational markets are shaped by public policy. For example, specific policies regarding academic standards, testing requirements, and charter school authorization caps can give rise to specific types of products. Race To The Top (RTTT) and the subsequent introduction of NCLB waivers in 2012. K-12 landscape.

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JUNE 24, 2019

There are at least two truisms when it comes to education technology: 1. Soft-launched last summer, the library currently houses more than 100 educational apps, which teachers can browse by subjects or categories (like assessment or presentation tools). So far, that includes educators in more than 60,000 U.S.

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JULY 10, 2019

Jessica Evers is one of the tens of thousands of students who have enrolled in Premier Education Group schools over the last decade, bringing with them hundreds of millions in federal funding. For-profit schools, such as Salter and others owned by its parent company, Premier Education Group, have zeroed in on this market.

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APRIL 29, 2019

But they say the discussions are helping them to become better educators within a system in which predominantly white staff teach in schools with significant numbers of black and Latino students. “Am But even advocates for such trainings caution that all they can really do is raise awareness of educators’ personal biases.

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MAY 25, 2015

This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. But educators here saw how behind some of their students were in reading and math, so even at a school linked to the iconic Stax Records, R&B is having to make more room for the three Rs.

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APRIL 29, 2019

But they say the discussions are helping them to become better educators within a system in which predominantly white staff teach in schools with significant numbers of black and Latino students. But even advocates for such trainings caution that all they can really do is raise awareness of educators’ personal biases.

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JUNE 30, 2015

In the case of many Chicago 14-year-olds leaving their small, familiar K-8 schools, moving up to high school can feel like entering “the Wild, Wild West,” according to University of Chicago Urban Education Institute researcher Camille Farrington. But the entire paradigm of education has changed.

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MARCH 17, 2021

Emily, who loves math and wants to be a pharmacist, said that she’s nervous about how hard the classes may be but that she’s eager for a “better education.” Related: Why decades of trying to end racial segregation in gifted education haven’t worked. and Jessica Hockett found in 2012.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2017

Education Secretary Arne Duncan, briefs President Barack Obama for an interview in the Oval Office July 22, 2009. Former Education Secretary John King has voiced concern about her commitment to protecting civil rights, and the organization he now runs, Education Trust , is firmly opposed to her nomination.

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