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PROOF POINTS: Later school start time gave small boost to grades but big boost to sleep, new study finds

The Hechinger Report

A Minnesota study of 18,000 students whose schools switched to a later start time found kids slept more but posted only slightly higher grades. What’s less clear is whether starting school later in the morning will prompt kids to sleep more and consequently learn more during the school day. Credit: Thom Lang/Getty Images.

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20 Classroom Setups That Promote Thinking

TeachThought - Learn better.

This is our equivalent to “back to school,” and is intended to help you focus in the 2015-2016 school year on taking a thoughtful approach to your craft as a teacher. Part 2: Learning Profiles: What Great Teachers Know About Their Students. So what can we do? Learning Is An Ecology.

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Dallas parents flocking to schools that pull students from both rich and poor parts of town

The Hechinger Report

DALLAS — When Lauren McKinnon heard a new public elementary school was opening close to her home in Dallas, it was good news; but when she learned the school would offer an all-girls education format with a focus on STEM, she was excited, knowing inequities often exist for girls – like her daughters – in math and science.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. The Consortium for School Networking, CoSN, has taken up the mantle for the K-12 version. Good for you. But that’s not my job.

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Senate committee approves Betsy DeVos, “Thoughtless proponent of the privatization of American education”

The Hechinger Report

Betsy DeVos, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be the next Secretary of Education, testifies during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill January 17, 2017 in Washington, DC. Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images.