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Teenage Brains Are Elastic. That’s a Big Opportunity for Social-Emotional Learning.

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This type of thinking and teaching, which took a back seat to the academic standards-based accountability movement of the past 30 years, is now on the rise. A call to action was broadcast in 2018 in A Nation at Hope , the culminating report of the Aspen Institute’s National Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic Development.

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How to do online learning well? A California district has some answers.

The Hechinger Report

The district convened a series of meetings with teachers, school leaders, parents, city officials and community members to discuss what kind of educational system the community needed. Lindsay High School junior Gaby León said that other students she meets are fascinated when she tells them she’s never received a letter grade.

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What do at-risk students, English language learners and adult college students have in common?

The Hechinger Report

With more college students now considered nontraditional than traditional, higher education institutions have been scrambling to shift their models to better meet their needs. In 2017, the education research firm Eduventures issued a report about 175 institutions with some level of CBE, even if just a course or two.

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In one state, students are ditching classrooms for jobs

The Hechinger Report

Between September 2016 and June 2017, the number of licensed work-based learning coordinators in Vermont increased from 38 to 53. Before students can earn academic credit, they must complete a final project, which is then assessed by a highly-qualified teacher in that content area.

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After years of neglect, Mississippi takes baby steps to boost school readiness

The Hechinger Report

In addition, kindergarteners who took advantage of state-funded pre-K in Quitman ranked among the top five performers on an assessment of school readiness skills, state data released in November show. million in 2017. I’m glad that we’ve been able to put in the resources that we have.”. Related: Cramming for kindergarten.