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PROOF POINTS: Only a quarter of federally funded education innovations benefited students, report says

The Hechinger Report

Credit: Staff/ The Hechinger Report Education journalism is chock full of stories touting some brand new idea that could fix schools. A February 2024 report about a research-and-development program inside the Department of Education makes this truth crystal clear. Almost 150 of them reported results with more than 20 still unfinished.

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Learning Loss Is Everywhere. But How Do the Reports Compare?

Edsurge

Learning loss is everywhere—and so are reports detailing the setbacks. All in this Edtech Reports Recap. What differs is how those reports measure, how many are measured and what exactly they found. Perhaps the most widely reported of the edtech industry’s learning loss reports came from nonprofit NWEA early this month.

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Plagiarism search tools comparison

PlagiarismCheck

To show the difference between the three options, we have put up a comparison list to spotlight the main differences. Using free plagiarism checking tools is a bit more time saving strategy; however, there is no possibility to export/share the report. Once again making it teachers’ work to put all the comments and explanations.

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States Are Wrestling Over Whose Learning Loss Is Worst

Edsurge

The national learning assessment NAEP is known as the “nation’s report card” because it gives policymakers a window into national learning. It’s tempting to draw these comparisons, and a national metric broken down by state almost invites competitiveness. News & World Report rankings. That's not inspiring,” she says.

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National Achievement Report Finds Varied Rates of Recovery from COVID-19 Impact

eSchool News

million students from all 50 states, Renaissance’s midyear How Kids Are Performing report provides targeted insights to help educators accelerate spring and summer learning. Based on comparisons between performance results in winter 2021 and fall 2020, COVID achievement impacts are beginning to shrink in many grades. BLOOMINGTON, Minn.

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3 Reasons Teachers Should Use the Playlist Model

Catlin Tucker

” I wrote a blog about the difference , but here is a quick comparison that might help. Research Projects: When students engage in research projects, they need time to gather information, synthesize their findings, and put together presentations or reports to share their findings.

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Report: Judging Colleges by How Much Recent Graduates Earn Is a Misleading Metric

Edsurge

Put simply, just because a college reports that its graduates earn on average $93,500 (as Georgetown University claims), that doesn’t mean that simply attending the institution will land you a job with that salary. The actual outcome will involve many factors, including what major the student chooses.

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