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Current Trends in Education

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Key points: Current education trends point to personalization and accessibility Keeping up with current trends in education is essential for educators Learn more about K-12 Tech Innovation News In the dynamic landscape of K-12 education, several trends are shaping the way students learn and educators teach.

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Unlocking the Power of Creativity and AI: Preparing Students for the Future Workforce

Edsurge

Many standards and curricula don’t call out creativity explicitly, and teachers aren’t often trained on how to teach and assess creative thinking. If it's really easy for your students to cheat and get an A on your assessment, is that an authentic assessment?

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Want a stronger workforce? Make reading initiatives multigenerational

eSchool News

Middle and high school The most recent National Assessment of Educational Progress found that 30 percent of both eighth- and 12th-graders were unable to meet basic reading standards such as determining the meaning of familiar words or identifying explicit details from a text. points and 1.5 points, respectively.

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NAEP ‘Nation’s Report Card’ Shows Steep Fall in Math Scores

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The assessment, NAEP, represents a clear, quantifiable window into the impact of the pandemic’s disruption on student performance, its administrators say. Over the last two-and-a-half years, students’ math and reading scores saw a historic decline, according to the results of a Congressionally-mandated test—known as the “nation’s report card.”

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Smoothing the path for immigrants to finish their college degrees

The Hechinger Report

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Higher Education newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Thursday with trends and top stories about higher education. Students are eligible for the scholarship award regardless of their immigration status, which Davenport does not ask about, he said.

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The Power of Rubrics—Students Take Control of Their Own Learning and Achievement

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As Rachel’s story illustrates, in addition to being outstanding assessment tools, rubrics perform another, equally important function. For rubrics to serve as a teaching tool, as well as a valid assessment tool, they must meet certain criteria. A Tool for Self-Advocacy. Rubrics as Teaching Tools. Rubrics change that.

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On paper, teens are thriving. In reality, they’re not

The Hechinger Report

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Youth drug use is trending down. He wrote about his findings for the organization Child Trends. Subscribe today!