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PROOF POINTS: Only a quarter of federally funded education innovations benefited students, report says

The Hechinger Report

Credit: Staff/ The Hechinger Report Education journalism is chock full of stories touting some brand new idea that could fix schools. A February 2024 report about a research-and-development program inside the Department of Education makes this truth crystal clear. Almost 150 of them reported results with more than 20 still unfinished.

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9 EdTech Ideas to Use Now

The CoolCatTeacher

This powerful tool links with standards — and gives us the ability to do some timesaving, efficient reporting and tracking. I was recently named the 2017 Outstanding Teacher of the Year by PAECT and had a chapter published in the Edumatch “ Snapshot in Education ” book and enjoy blogging. ambassador for ?several

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5 Ways to Build Reading Stamina in Adolescent Students

The CoolCatTeacher

Furthermore, in September 2020, UNICEF reported that 1 billion children worldwide aren't learning at all. ” The Nation’s Report Card. UNESCO (2017, September 2017). The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product.

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In the News: On the Nevada Ready 21 1:1 Laptop Program

Doug Levin

21 September 2017. ” For reference, see “ Nevada Ready 21: Year 2 Implementation Report ” (June 5, 2017). As quoted in: Schwartz, Sarah. Nevada Recommits Funding for State 1-to-1 Program.” Education Week. “I just think that scrutiny will grow over time, as it should.”

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In the News: On the Nevada Ready 21 1:1 Laptop Program

Doug Levin

21 September 2017. ” For reference, see “ Nevada Ready 21: Year 2 Implementation Report ” (June 5, 2017). As quoted in: Schwartz, Sarah. Nevada Recommits Funding for State 1-to-1 Program.” Education Week. “I just think that scrutiny will grow over time, as it should.”

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HE Challenges: Combating declining completion rates

Neo LMS

The National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) released a report in 2017 , demarcating the specifics of the “drop out” or (more polite phrase) completion rate problem among colleges. The report covered the six-year completion rates of the cohort of students (which the study refers to as the 2011 cohort) who began college in 2011.

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A Teacher’s Guide to Toxic Stress in the Classroom

Waterford

According to student stress statistics, nearly half (45%) of the teenagers polled reported that they’re stressed all the time, and 70% report that anxiety or depression are “major problems” for themselves or their peers.[9,11] In fact, one-fifth of all children report that they worry a lot.[14] Sources : Sigler, M.K. Stempel, H.,

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