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ThinkCERCA Raises $10.1 Million to Build Critical Thinkers, Readers and Writers

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Founded in 2012, ThinkCERCA offers a set of digital tools and lesson plans to help educators teach critical thinking skills across a variety of subjects, including English language arts (ELA), math, social studies and science. Each lesson, Murphy shares, will “break down academic standards around literacy into discrete subskills.” (For

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This STEM-focused district hands out paychecks along with report cards

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Photo: Wayne D’Orio for The Hechinger Report. Teachers push [academic] standards into these projects,” and schools don’t “want projects where kids are just an extra set of hands.”. Photo: Wayne D’Orio for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Wayne D’Orio for The Hechinger Report. Madison Reed, a high school senior.

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Game On: Kahoot Snaps Up DragonBox for $18 Million for Its First Acquisition

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Launched in 2012, DragonBox won early acclaim with a pair of apps that use puzzles to teach algebraic concepts, and without the explicit use of numbers and arithmetic symbols. (We The program includes tablets and apps, along with print workbooks, lesson plans and physical manipulatives aligned to national academic standards.

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Not enough students have mentors, and we must change that

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Andrea, who earned her college degree in English literature in 2012, is a temp in a law firm and drives people around on weekday mornings and through the weekends. This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education.

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How to help principals do a better job? Train their bosses

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75 percent of principals think their job has become “too complex,” according to a 2012 survey. A 2012 survey found 75 percent of principals think their job has become “too complex.” Between 2008 and 2012, the same survey found job satisfaction among principals decreased nine percentage points, from 68 percent to 59 percent.

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Tests suggest most Kansas students not ready for college

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Majority of students are not on track for college success, according to a new report. A majority of Kansas public school students aren’t on track to be ready academically for college based on their scores on standardized English and math tests this past spring, a state report said Tuesday. All rights reserved.

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How to boost math skills in the early grades

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Photo: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report. When we started here in 2012, our district was the lowest performing in math and reading of all the schools that feed into Morton West High School,” said Carmen Ayala, Berwyn North School District 98’s superintendent. Photo: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report. BERWYN, Ill. —

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