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The science of catching up

The Hechinger Report

Schools are already spending big chunks of their approximately $190 billion in pandemic relief money on a range of strategies from after-school programs to cutting class size. No catch-up strategy can possibly benefit all students. But there were many reports of tutoring fraud and fiascos. There’s no silver bullet.

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“Tired of fighting that fight”: School districts’ uphill battle to get good deals on ed tech

The Hechinger Report

Photo: Jessica Huseman for The Hechinger Report. For some hardware, districts can comparison shop. That’s all part of Google’s strategy to get into as many classrooms as possible. The Hechinger Report analyzed purchasing documents from 75 school districts and found wide variation in the discounts provided by Apple.

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OPINION: Why do high school seniors leave so much federal money on the table?

The Hechinger Report

Many schools and community organizations try to boost FAFSA completion rates by emphasizing the financial benefits of completing the FAFSA. By comparison, we found the nudges that emphasized the financial benefits of the FAFSA did not increase college enrollment. Related: Column E-Counseling 2.0:

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How ‘Learning Engineering’ Hopes to Speed Up Education

Edsurge

The second is to improve strategies for how students take in that information and retain it. If both happen together, that’s a 9x improvement in the rate of learning.” The Acuitus strategy that has evolved over 20 years involves mixing a digital tutor with in-person instructors. That’s referred to as the cognitive aspect.

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64 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

billion people are still without internet, and the rate of internet growth has actually slowed. Ryan Imbriale, Vice President of Education Strategy, PowerSchool Research-based interventions will be needed to help older students with reading fluency. Today, over 2.9

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More than a Checkmark

MIND Research Institute

Patterns & Repeatability P atterns & R e peatability are fundamental to establishing the reliability of any study finding. Evaluating and reporting these variations in usage, as well as their effects on group outcomes, is essential insight for practitioners. English learners, gifted & talented).

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65 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

billion people are still without internet, and the rate of internet growth has actually slowed. Ryan Imbriale, Vice President of Education Strategy, PowerSchool Research-based interventions will be needed to help older students with reading fluency. Today, over 2.9

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