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Are our definitions of ‘college readiness’ too high?

Dangerously Irrelevant

This is not easy to answer, because in most states, large numbers of students never take a college-entrance exam (in California, for example, at most 43 percent of high-school students sit for the SAT or the ACT). But, nonetheless, perhaps these definitions of ‘college readiness’ from SAT and ACT are too stringent? via [link].

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Retrieval practice, CBE, and what we value regarding student learning

Dangerously Irrelevant

Here is an example third grade mathematics proficiency scale [intentionally anonymized]: And, once again, we have to ask ourselves the tougher question of ‘ Proficiency scaling and student leveling ON WHAT? And vendors will be quite happy to take your money and sell this to you.

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How does an intelligent learning platform help teachers create a truly personalized learning environment?

Neo LMS

If you’re looking for a definition of personalized learning in the Glossary of Educational Reform, you’ll learn that: Personalized learning means addressing the distinct learning needs of each student with the help of different instructional approaches, educational programs, and learning strategies and experiences. . Key takeaways.

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Kids Don’t Fail, Schools Fail Kids: Sir Ken Robinson on the 'Learning Revolution'

Edsurge

“The problems tends to arise when kids go to school because the deeper they get in, the more they start to lose interest,” Robinson said, pointing to the United States’ large student dropout percentage as evidence that school—as a system—is failing students. One key example: standardized testing. Sir Ken Robinson.

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Progress in getting underrepresented people into college and skilled jobs may be stalling because of the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

Experts say that this means dropout rates, which had been declining for more than a decade, will likely start to rise again. Like the Rio Grande Valley, for example, Nashville had been seeing gains in high school graduation and college-going rates. “We We had some momentum,” Ward said. We’re just triaging. We had some momentum.

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Can peer counseling programs bridge access gaps for youth? Experts say it’s complicated

The Hechinger Report

One example is Seattle’s Teen Link , a free phone line established in the 1990s that has since expanded to online chat and text messaging. The pilot program trains 11th and 12th grade students to do basic interventions — helping with schoolwork planning and navigating new social dynamics — to reduce the risk of dropouts.

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

The Hechinger Report

“It’s essentially a vestige of colonialism,” said Roberto Jiménez Rivera, a rare example of a native Puerto Rican from modest means who went to college on the mainland, where he now is an assistant director of admissions at Tufts University. Related: New data show some colleges are definitively unaffordable for many. Enrique Ferna?ndez,

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