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Persuasion as a Catalyst for Change

A Principal's Reflections

His research into influence and behavioral science allows us to piece together more effective ways to persuade, or embrace change, as I would prefer. Social science suggest three core qualities to move people towards change: Attunement – Can you get out of your own head and see a different point of view?

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Learn more about: How has Federalism Shaped (and Constrained) Native American Political Rights?

Political Science Now

Her book How the States Shaped the Nation: American Electoral Institutions and Voter Turnout, 1920-2000 was published in 2014 with the University of Chicago Press (Chicago Studies in American Politics). This work examines the effects of numerous state-level electoral institutions on 20th century voter turnout rates in the American states.

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What 3 Charts Can Tell Us About College Graduation Trends

ED Surge

The Community College Research Center at Columbia University reports that—among first-time students who started at a community college in 2014—15 percent had both transferred to a university and earned a bachelor’s after six years. These rates align pretty closely with what researchers have found. Major Question Source: U.S.

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Colleges’ promises to diversify face one challenge: finding black faculty

The Hechinger Report

citizen or permanent resident research doctoral recipients in 2014 were black and 6.5 percent were Hispanic, according to the National Science Foundation. percent of doctorates in both the humanities and social sciences, but just 5.4 percent in the physical sciences. percent of U.S. percent and 17.6

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PROOF POINTS: Stanford’s Jo Boaler talks about her new book ‘MATH-ish’ and takes on her critics

The Hechinger Report

Boaler also saw math as a lever to promote social justice. In 2014, San Francisco heeded that call , mixing different achievement levels in middle school classrooms and delaying algebra until ninth grade. It’s often not as precise as the hard sciences or even social sciences like economics.

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Despite popularity with parents and teachers, review of research finds small benefits to small classes

The Hechinger Report

in 2014, the most recent federal data available. Pupil-teacher ratios declined from 22.3 in 1970 to 17.9 in 1985 and dropped to a low of 15.3 But after the 2008 recession, local budget cuts forced class sizes to increase again, bumping the pupil-teacher ratio up to 16.1

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Why do suspension rates vary so much in Mississippi—and how can districts change that?

The Hechinger Report

In Wilkinson County, Hollandale and Tishomingo County, less than 1 percent of students were suspended from school during the 2014-15 school year. During the 2014-15 school year, nearly 13 percent of black students received an out-of-school suspension in Mississippi, compared with about 4 percent of white students.