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What I Learned From My Students Who Became Teachers

Edsurge

History class during the 2014-2015 academic year. History class during the 2014-2015 academic year. In 2018, a report conducted by the Consortium for Policy Research in Education and the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania found that 44 percent of new teachers left the classroom in five years.

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Understanding ESSA: How the Every Student Succeeds Act will Change U.S. Educational Policy

eSpark

On December 10, 2015, President Obama signed the Every Student Succeeds Act, a bipartisan bill designed to address the shortcomings of No Child Left Behind. “ Higher standards are right. Furthermore, No Child Left Behind’s one-size-fits-all method of evaluating schools has been criticized as incentivizing low academic standards.

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Open letter to teachers who feel trapped in racist schools

The Hechinger Report

Breaking up black school boards has more to do with disrupting black power than implementing a proven strategy to improve academic achievement. Genes may not pass on white supremacy, but education policies certainly do. Students may be the most powerful weapons to help us change policy. That’s horrific enough.

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National test scores reveal a decade of educational stagnation

The Hechinger Report

The average performance of the nation’s fourth- and eighth-graders mostly held steady in math and reading from 2015 to 2017, now marking a decade of stalled educational progress, according to the results of a test released Tuesday. The one exception was eighth-grade reading, with the average score rising by one point between 2015 and 2017.

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Seeing the Pandemic as an Opportunity for Change

edWeb.net

His most recent books are The Crisis of Connection: Roots, Consequences and Solutions with Niobe Way, Carol Gilligan and Alisha Ali (New York University Press, 2018) and Race, Equity and Education: Sixty Years From Brown with Jill Pierce and Roey Ahram (Springer, 2015). About the Hosts. Dr. Daniel A. Dr. Daniel A. Dr. Morton Sherman.

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Professional development should make teachers feel urgent, not small and isolated

eSchool News

The need for more practical and effective professional learning opportunities for teachers is especially important right now, with new academic standards being introduced and adapted in schools across the country. People outside the profession often want to see a greater sense of urgency about our work. But we’re not there yet.

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Tighter standards put college-level courses at risk

eSchool News

Advanced high school courses could be at risk under new standards. Indiana state education officials are working on a plan to address tighter academic standards for those teaching Indiana high school classes in which students also can earn college credit. ©2015 the South Bend Tribune (South Bend, Ind.).

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