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PROOF POINTS: Study finds guaranteed free tuition lures low-income students

The Hechinger Report

A 2017 study by Harvard economist Raj Chetty found that many elite colleges, including the majority of the Ivy League, enroll more students from the top 1 percent than the bottom 60 percent. This study is evidence, however, that the upfront guarantee scholarship structure is more effective at increasing low-income enrollment.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 28 & 29 Editions)

Doug Levin

” that by 2019 half of all high school classes will be taught over the internet ; Raised questions about a new study on personalized learning ; Added four new incidents to the K-12 cyber incident map ; and. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 28 and 29 Combined Edition). Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 33 Edition)

Doug Levin

The 2017 EdNext Poll on School Reform: Digital Learning , which offers my sense of what those interested in K-12 educational technology can and should take away from this annual polling about schools. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 33 Edition). Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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New Study Shows Where ‘Growth Mindset’ Training Works (And Where It Doesn’t)

Edsurge

A large nationwide study has found that teaching ninth graders to maintain a “growth mindset” toward learning—stressing that their minds are like muscles that can get stronger with use—can result in higher test scores. Dweck is a co-author of the study released today. Data was collected in the 2015-16 school year.

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5 Ways to Build Reading Stamina in Adolescent Students

The CoolCatTeacher

0:15 Big Picture Stats 0:54 Andrea Yon's story 1:24 World Literacy Foundation study of the economic and social cost of illiteracy Sponsor: Today’s sponsor, Literal is an app to help students in grades 6-12 engage with reading. UNESCO (2017, September 2017). 2015, September 2015). June 21, 2015.

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Education: by the numbers

Neo LMS

I prefer narrative studies in this blog, digging for real-world examples of teachers and schools that are making a difference. Overall, in 2017, the national grade was a C-average, scoring a 74.2. A finance analysis studies spending and equity in spending across districts, by state. Hispanic (2014/5 78%) (2015/6 79%).

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Behind the findings of the Tennessee pre-K study that found negative effects for graduates

The Hechinger Report

Judging from the emails, calls and tweets I’ve received in the last week, there are few early education studies with more hated results than the multi-year study from Vanderbilt University researchers, which tracks outcomes for children who attended Tennessee’s voluntary pre-K program more than a decade ago.

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