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Let’s Teach in Pajamas Forever

The Jose Vilson

Contrary to my own public activism and advocacy, I propose that we move the nation’s largest public school system into a completely online endeavor forever and a day. Their YouTube views, Instagram likes, and other social media metrics must be off the charts. It’s even a boon for kids.

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Do protocols for school safety infringe on disability rights?

The Hechinger Report

Since then, three main programs have emerged that follow similar approaches, said Dewey Cornell, a professor of education at the University of Virginia and principal author of the most-studied model. Two studies show students with disabilities are up to four times as likely to be subjected to threat assessments as others.

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Six reasons you may not graduate on time

The Hechinger Report

“Students who are worried about debt sometimes work more and then reduce their course load,” said Robert Kelchen, a professor of higher education at Seton Hall who studies student debt. But by working instead of studying, they may find it more difficult to graduate on time.”. It definitely held me back.”. It’s hard to cope.

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How NYC Students and Teachers are Making Sense of George Floyd?s Killing

MindShift

Tai wrote in an email to Abbey Kornhauser, their advisor and social studies teacher. Abbey Kornhauser, social studies teacher at Sunset Park High School. But fears over the coronavirus have left him more comfortable participating in activism on social media.

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High schools try to make better use of something often wasted: Senior year

The Hechinger Report

“There’s a huge learning curve when you enter college, and a lot of kids aren’t ready,” said Denise Clark Pope, a senior lecturer in Stanford University’s Graduate School of Education who studies how to improve students’ engagement and reduce their stress. Photo: Margaret Noble. Subscribe to our Higher Education newsletter. Email Address.

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In Puerto Rico, the odds are against high school grads who want to go to college

The Hechinger Report

Of those who do enroll at universities on the island, fewer than half earn degrees, even after six years , the advocacy group Excelencia in Education reports, compared to more than 58 percent of college students nationwide. They really don’t even tell you to study for it,” Flores said. “We It’s not a thing.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

There’s really no agreed-upon definition of “personalized learning” after all , and as such no real way to measure how many or how well schools are actually implementing it. Whatever “it” is. .” ” Instead, it said it would offer some diagnostic tools online.

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