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What 2015 Holds for the Future of Education

Digital Promise

As we all take time to reflect on 2014, now is also a good time to look forward to 2015. Looking to 2015, what will the new year bring for the future of education? Where do you see education moving in 2015? To stay up to date on Digital Promise’s work in 2015, sign up for our email updates !). Krista Moroder.

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Forget civics class: Students want to make a difference in real life

The Hechinger Report

Some school districts, local governments and nonprofit groups across the country have galvanized this youth activism by giving students opportunities to participate in leadership roles and democracy in ways that go beyond civics classes and student government. Related: Making America whole again via civics education.

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Identifying the Top Four Challenges in K-12 Education

Digital Promise

For example, we grouped together “creating authentic learning opportunities,” “challenge-based or problem-based learning,” and “developing civic knowledge through hands-on community engagement” because they all use hands-on, collaborative activities that are based on real-world conditions.

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A shocking number of young people can’t separate fact from fiction online

The Hechinger Report

The study, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Civic Online Reasoning , was produced by researchers at the Stanford Graduate School of Education. The researchers created 56 tasks for students in 12 states, and collected 7,804 student responses from January 2015 until June 2016.

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Beyond the Classroom: Building Faculty Capacity for Success: Virtual Workshop

Political Science Now

Her academic interests include American Government institutions and voting behavior, State and Local Government, Women and Politics as well as issues around citizenship, civic education, and political science education and pedagogy. She was granted tenure in 2010 and promoted to Senior II Tenured Faculty in 2018.

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STUDENT VOICE: Let’s stop the apathy in Kentucky and beyond

The Hechinger Report

For example, in the 2015 Kentucky gubernatorial election, when the voter turnout was a dismal 30.6 The answer starts in the classroom, where civics education often fails to inspire and engage students. As with any other core subject we study, acts of democracy and civic collaboration must be practiced and honed in our schools.

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Teaching kids not to be scared of math might help them achieve

The Hechinger Report

In 2015, a mere 25 percent of high school seniors were proficient in the subject, according to the National Center for Education Statistics , which produces the most reliable data on academic competency. The school’s overall average Algebra Regents exam score went from 60 in 2015 to 67 last year. American students are bombing math.

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