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Research-Influenced Learning Spaces

A Principal's Reflections

Research should be used to inform as well as influence the actions we take to implement sustainable change at scale. Below is an adapted section of Chapter 4 from our book that looks as research that can influence learning space design in classrooms and schools. Additionally, the study indicated that whole-school factors (e.g.,

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We don’t know how many students in college aren’t ready for college. That matters

The Hechinger Report

Here’s what we do know: During the 2014 academic year, at least 569,751 students at 884 public two- and four-year colleges across 33 states were deemed not ready for some college-level work. Although we only used data from the 2014-2015 academic year in our analysis, we’re making all the datasets we gathered available here.

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College admissions is already broken. What will happen if affirmative action is banned?

The Hechinger Report

Some context for the debate is important: While research shows many benefits of affirmative action, Americans remain conflicted over its value; a 2019 Pew survey found that most Americans (73 percent) do not believe colleges should consider race or ethnicity in admissions. The Myth of Equity in College Admissions.”.

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The paradox of working while in college

The Hechinger Report

A new study from a Rutgers research center also finds that students who work while in college earn higher salaries afterwards. The researchers calculated similar income spikes for working students in bachelor’s degree programs. Previous research has relied on student academic records. Proof Points.

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At Georgia State, black students find comfort and academic success

The Hechinger Report

By 2014, for lower-income students (those eligible for a federal Pell grant), it reached 51 percent — nearly the same as for non-Pell students. Its graduation rate for first-generation students went up 32 percent between 2010 and 2014. I’m talking about black female instructors who are scientists and researchers.

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The Real CSI

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The Centre for Social Investigation – not to be confused with the long-running TV series – was established at Nuffield College in 2014 as an “interdisciplinary research programme” with the aim of addressing “contemporary social issues of public interest”.

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OPINION: Lessons from Mississippi: Is there really a miracle here we can all learn from?

The Hechinger Report

A recent working paper by economists Kirsten Slungaard Mumma and Marcus Winters compared students who scored just below the threshold for third grade retention on the Mississippi ELA test in 2014-15 with those who scored just a bit above that threshold, tracing the students’ performance for several years. Pallas is the Arthur I.