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PROOF POINTS: ‘Right-to-read’ settlement spurred higher reading scores in California’s lowest performing schools, study finds

The Hechinger Report

In 2017, public interest lawyers sued California because they claimed that too many low- income Black and Hispanic children weren’t learning to read at school. A pair of Stanford University education researchers studied whether the settlement made a difference, and their conclusion was that yes, it did.

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?What Studying Education Taught Me in 2017—And Where Tech Can Take Us This Year

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In 2017, this was especially true while taking a computer science course on data structures and algorithms. The trend led to a prominent study by Caroline Hoxby on the large number of high-achieving students who do not apply to selective institutions despite their likely acceptance. According to an analysis by NerdWallet , nearly 1.2

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OPINION: Studying humanities can prepare the next generation of social justice leaders

The Hechinger Report

The drop in humanities majors and a significant and simultaneous rise in the number of STEM graduates show that students have altered their understanding of what they should study to achieve success in the post-collegiate job market. Miriam Hamburger, a 2017 religious studies graduate from Occidental College, is a good example.

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PROOF POINTS: 114 studies on flipped classrooms show small payoff for big effort

The Hechinger Report

The underwhelming answer from more than 100 studies of flipped classrooms is yes, but only slightly. “My Van Alten, a doctoral student, led the research team at the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands, which conducted the largest meta-analysis to date of flipped classrooms in the world. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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PROOF POINTS: Black and white teachers from HBCUs are better math instructors, study finds

The Hechinger Report

Black elementary students in North Carolina tended to score higher on annual math tests when they were taught by an HBCU-trained teacher, but not necessarily a Black teacher, according to an unpublished study from a Stanford University graduate student. Credit: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 17 Edition)

Doug Levin

A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 17 Edition). Tagged on: May 1, 2017 Google's Chromebook End of Life Policy stops support after 5 years | PCWorld → Planned obsolescence: Google's End of Life Policy sets a schedule for retiring older Chromebooks, but the details are murky. face up to. |

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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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