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PROOF POINTS: Inside the perplexing study that’s inspired colleges to drop remedial math

The Hechinger Report

The early results of her randomized control trial were so extraordinary that her study influenced not only CUNY in 2016 but also California lawmakers in 2017 to start phasing out remedial education in their state. Most importantly, it studied math, often an insurmountable requirement for many students to complete their college degrees.

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What Is Prior Knowledge and Why it Matters?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Historical Context in Social Studies : When discussing the Civil Rights Movement in a history class, students draw on their prior knowledge of earlier historical events like slavery and the American Civil War to better understand the context and significance of this movement. Prior Knowledge: What Does the Research Say?

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Community college students get double the support through unusual dual-teacher program

The Hechinger Report

Purvis is in her first year of study for an associate degree in nursing at Everett Community College. Terrica Purvis, a student in Chemistry 121 class at Everett Community College, tests the ph balance of a buffer solution and water, on Friday, March 10, 2023. Then they checked what the pH was with a pH strip.

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For some kids, returning to school post-pandemic means a daunting wall of administrative obstacles 

The Hechinger Report

She studies how burdensome paperwork and processes often prevent poor people from accessing health benefits. Related: When the punishment is the same as the crime: Suspended for missing class To many observers, Tameka’s troubles stem from Atlanta’s rapid gentrification.