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How Building Bonds in the Classroom Can Motivate Better Teaching

Edsurge

A University of Missouri study found that students who feel their teachers care about them also report receiving better instruction. Researchers pulled data for two years (the 2017 and 2018 academic years) from Missouri’s state-wide teacher evaluation system, in which students rated teachers’ effectiveness.

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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. 0:15 Big Picture Stats 0:54 Andrea Yon's story 1:24 World Literacy Foundation study of the economic and social cost of illiteracy Sponsor: Today’s sponsor, Literal is an app to help students in grades 6-12 engage with reading.

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Rival studies shed light on the merits of a Montessori education

The Hechinger Report

Jill Barshay/The Hechinger Report. The main problem is that you can’t randomly assign some students to Montessori schools and study how they do compared with students at traditional schools. Recently, two peer-reviewed studies were published using this methodology. Some kids win a seat in a Montessori school.

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Is a Backpack the Key to Closing the Homework Gap?

EdTech Magazine

Approximately 71 percent of K–12 teachers allowed students to use the internet to research subjects in class, according to a 2017 University of Phoenix survey. In addition to extra homework time, offering Wi-Fi during students’ rides might also provide some secondary benefits. Seventy percent of U.S.

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How Parent Empowerment Can Change Your Classroom for the Better

Waterford

In a cross-analysis of fifty different studies, researchers found a strong link between parent engagement and student achievement.[8] 8] Additionally, one study found that when parents are involved in schools, their children are more likely to graduate from high school and attend post-secondary education.[9]. Petrelli, M.J.

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COLUMN: Black college grads end up with $25,000 more in loans than whites. Cancel that debt.

The Hechinger Report

Related: Black students default on college loans at a higher rate than others, study finds. A 2016 Brookings Institution study found that upon graduation Black college graduates owe, on average, $7,375 more in student loans than their white peers ($23,420 versus $16,046). A 2017 study from the Federal Reserve Bank of St.

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Guest post: Using EdTech and AI to reduce social inequality

EdTech4Beginners

An article on the newspaper “The Independent” in 2017 claims that the gap between the number of students from private and public schools to reach university has never been larger. Seneca Learning is a free online homework and revision platform that covers most of the secondary school curriculum.

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