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How to Prevent the Summer Slide and Help Reduce Educational Inequality

Waterford

A student’s exposure to educational activities isn’t usually as rigorous during the summer as it is in the classroom, and some students may need a refresher at the beginning of the new year. The literacy rate in America is marked by a gap between privileged and disadvantaged communities. Principal Journal, January 2001, 80(3), pp.

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PROOF POINTS: Third graders struggling the most to recover in reading after the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

Learning to read well in elementary school matters. A separate December 2022 analysis calculated that if recent academic losses from the pandemic were to become permanent, it would add up to $900 billion in lower lifetime earnings for the 48 million students in public schools. After children learn to read, they read to learn.

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HE Challenges: Fast changing digital teaching methods

Neo LMS

In the previous posts on this topic our examination found that technology can and does help when it comes to improving completion rates , reducing tuition costs and helping universities to bridge the revenue gap. Almost half of all Ontario secondary school teachers report using YouTube or video elements in their classrooms.

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‘It was the most unfair thing’: Disobedience, discipline and racial disparity

The Hechinger Report

The 16-year-old said no, he was just startled, but it was too late – he was sent out of the classroom and given a two-day suspension. Black students in Ohio are, on average, kicked out of classes for these offenses at four and half times the rate of white students. “Watch out before you make me mad,” he said.

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Teachers' Essential Guide to Showing Movies and Videos in the Classroom

Graphite Blog

So you want to stream a movie, TV show, or documentary as part of a lesson in your classroom? But you probably have a lot of questions: Will my district allow me to show movies in my classroom? How does copyright law apply to schools and classrooms? What are the best video streaming services for schools?

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Best practices for managing web filtering in a digital learning environment

Hapara

Schools that receive E-rate program discounts for broadband access are required to have internet safety policies with “technology protection measures.” But if you have teachers on different devices or your learners use a variety of devices across classrooms, you don’t need this setting.

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The science of catching up

The Hechinger Report

A seminal 2016 study sorted through almost 200 well-designed experiments on improving education, from expanding preschool to reducing class size, and found that frequent one-to-one tutoring was especially effective in increasing learning rates for low-performing students. Credit: Gretchen Ertl for The Hechinger Report.

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