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Despite mediocre records, for-profit online charter schools are selling parents on staying virtual

The Hechinger Report

OHDELA gets an F rating from the Ohio Department of Education, receiving failing marks on measures including students’ performance on state tests, academic growth and graduation rates. They also say they are taking steps to improve retention and graduation rates. Stride spent about $1.8 Connections Education spent $1.2

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Another way to quantify inequality inside colleges

The Hechinger Report

Black Virginians were more likely to have grown up in poor neighborhoods and attended elementary, middle and high schools with other poor students, less experienced teachers and fewer resources. This is where the Urban Institute analysis gets really interesting. At some colleges in Virginia, the gap exceeds 30 percentage points.

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The science of catching up

The Hechinger Report

A seminal 2016 study sorted through almost 200 well-designed experiments on improving education, from expanding preschool to reducing class size, and found that frequent one-to-one tutoring was especially effective in increasing learning rates for low-performing students. Credit: Gretchen Ertl for The Hechinger Report.

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The 7 Key Elements of eSpark’s Theory of Learning

eSpark

Our team uses an 85% positive rating as a baseline. Mathematics Growth in Early Elementary School: The Roles of Beginning Knowledge, Student Engagement, and Instruction. Mathematics Growth in Early Elementary School: The Roles of Beginning Knowledge, Student Engagement, and Instruction. Bergan, J. Sladeczek, I. Schwarz, R.

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8 Ways to Help New Teachers Thrive (and Veteran Teachers Too!)

The CoolCatTeacher

K., & Bruegmann, E. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 36(4), 476–500. A Smile is the Teacher’s Game Face This summer, I met Rob Brown , elementary school principal at Southside Christian School in South Carolina. Postsecondary education descriptive analysis report. 25) Learning Policy Institute. (24)

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U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

Consider this post (light on analysis, heavy on the archiving of primary source material) one for the wonks, students, and historians. Finally, somewhat for the sake of brevity, I have excluded consideration of the role of the E-rate (which is overseen by the Federal Communications Commission and not the U.S.

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“Tired of fighting that fight”: School districts’ uphill battle to get good deals on ed tech

The Hechinger Report

A Hechinger Report analysis of Apple purchasing documents from 75 school districts around the country found big disparities in prices on devices, warranties and professional development support. Many of the discounts uncovered by the Hechinger analysis came on iPad Airs in the year before Apple discontinued them. million bill to $3.15

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