The Hechinger Report

JUNE 10, 2019

” Reboot aims to increase the teaching of critical thinking in schools and by parents at home. The current Reboot Foundation study replicates those findings using 2015 PISA test data, showing that the worrisome trend persisted with increased computer use in classrooms. But computer usage in schools was still novel then.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2018

institutions were deficient in the key attributes of critical thinking as measured by the latest Collegiate Assessment Plus test. A recent study by the Young Invincibles showed that, while the number of individuals with degrees increased from 1974 to 2015 among all groups, racial disparities have widened. In 2015, 36.2

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Dangerously Irrelevant

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

acquired some kind of postsecondary credential by 2015 (page 22) x 64% their credential was a 4-year diploma (approximately; it’s probably a little lower than the 2011 rate; page 22) = 25% of the Colorado High School Class of 2009 has a 4-year degree by 2015. Related Posts. Iowa’s anemic Internet access.

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TCI

JANUARY 21, 2025

A 2021 study highlighted a positive relationship between gamified learning and student motivation from 2015 to 2020. The three critical elements of a good game are strategy, chance, and design. A well-defined plan or method to achieve victory not only adds depth to the game but also encourages critical thinking.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Temple Beth Sholom is a new Jewish school that will use an approach that emphasizes critical thinking and creativity. At Berthold Academy , which opened in 2015, they believe the AltSchool platform dovetails with the nearly 110-year-old method developed by the Italian educator Maria Montessori. It’s an interesting idea.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

The majority of the roughly 1,200 teachers surveyed (79 percent) said that soft skills — collaboration, critical thinking, communication and creativity — would be key to helping students cope in this unpredictable economy. The report, sponsored by Google’s education arm , was based on a survey of teachers from 16 countries.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 17, 2022

What strategies might help students develop their critical thinking and problem-solving skills? Mental health and rates of anxiety (Durlak, Weissberg, Dymnicki, Taylor & Schellinger, 2011; Jones, Greenberg, & Crowley, 2015; Zins & Elias, 2006). So, how do we help students make responsible decisions?

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

The existing tools for supporting meaningful technology use were neither fully aligned with 21st century skills nor did they provide educators with a framework that guides reflection on growth in technology integration over time (Budhai & Taddei, 2015). The rubric includes a total of six indicators of impactful technology use.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 8, 2018

High school graduation rates have soared in recent years, hitting a new record of 84 percent for 2015-16 in the most recent federal government count, but there are still millions of Americans who didn’t get a diploma in high school. The new exams test critical thinking and problem solving, not just rote memorization.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 15, 2018

In his 2015 book “The Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future,” Martin Ford suggests that the spread of A.I. In his 2015 book “The Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future,” Martin Ford suggests that the spread of A.I. ” It also entails critical thinking and data analysis.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Parents and their students aren’t defining this demand in terms of the critical-thinking and leadership skills that broadly educated individuals gain. The demand for colleges and universities to justify their existence is greater than ever before.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

When states across the nation recently turned in accountability plans required under the 2015 Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), they showed great variety in their plans for early learning. A kindergarten class eagerly awaits the chance to correct a sentence in the morning lesson. Photo: Jackie Mader, The Hechinger Report.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 12, 2016

Vista Unified School District’s (VUSD) mission is “to inspire each and every student to persevere as critical-thinking individuals who collaborate to solve real-world problems.” Vista Unified School District. The district serves 21,104 students, with 67 percent of the population identifying as Hispanic.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JUNE 13, 2022

But most schools still are struggling to transition their day-to-day classroom instruction to include more critical thinking, problem-solving, creativity, and other ‘future-ready’ student competencies in ways that are substantive, meaningful, and aligned to those vision statements and graduate profiles. Related Posts.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

The years between 2000 and 2015 saw the number of instructional coaches in U.S. Coaches can be important thought partners for teachers as they facilitate cooperation and dialogue for productive reflection, critical thinking, meaning-making, innovation, and well-being. Today is International Coach Appreciation Day!

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 18, 2017

But colleges and universities are turning out only about 28,000 computer-science graduates with bachelor’s and master’s degrees per year, based on the most recent figures from 2015, according to the consulting firm Deloitte. And the pace with which they’re intervening has been picking up. Related: How to save the humanities?

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2016

By spring 2015, 54 percent of Kentucky elementary school students were proficient in the English language arts and 49 percent were proficient in math. From 2012 to 2015, its white and black students saw improvement on reading tests, and the black students in many cases outscored their black peers in the rest of the district.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2017

In 2015, the Idaho state legislature approved 19 incubator programs to explore the practice inside its schools. Under the federal education bill passed in 2015, states are permitted to forgo single end-of-year subject tests and use more nuanced measures instead. It’s the narrative we want to change.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

Brewer uses case studies to teach the science of vaccines; last year she used the example of a 2015 measles outbreak linked to Disneyland. The new standards emphasize scientific inquiry and critical thinking over recitation of facts. The NGSS was released in 2013.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2018

According to one study , more than 635,000 students under 18 took community college classes in 2015, an increase of 122 percent from 2001. You can encourage critical thinking about media by including characters in play — drawing pictures from a show, re-creating a craft activity, or writing or drawing a new end to the story.

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High School Professional Development Critical Thinking Teaching 77

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 23, 2016

In a 2015 study, researchers analyzing PISA results and responses on student surveys about what kind of math topics they are taught have discovered that students from less affluent backgrounds in all participating countries are taught less difficult math and typically perform worse on the assessment.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2016

The PAARC tests, used in states such as Illinois and New Jersey since 2015, were supposed to be even better. Common Core demands students go beyond rote memorization and demonstrate critical-thinking skills. But a 2015 state analysis found that, on the whole, PARCC costs $32 per student on average — $10 less than MCAS.

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ED Surge

APRIL 12, 2022

A report in 2015 found that level four apprenticeship. And these include learning how to learn, critical thinking, independence, improved social skills and general skills such as working in teams and developing good working habits. This gets results at a society scale.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 11, 2017

percent of Wilder middle school/high school students were proficient in 2015-16, compared to about 37 percent statewide. Children are also taught the “16 Habits of Mind,” a set of behaviors that encourage persistence and critical thinking. Photo: Wayne D’Orio. In math, only 3.4

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 15, 2016

Between the 2013-14 school year and the 2015-16 school year, the city added about 16,000 preschool students and 2,000 teachers. “We What children learn before age 5 — both academic skills like critical thinking and social skills like taking turns — sets the stage for the rest of their lives.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 8, 2016

The mean salary for a Head Start teacher with a bachelor’s degree (and 73 percent of the teaching force has a bachelor’s or higher) was $33,072 in 2015, according to the Early Childhood Workforce Index put out by the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, a think tank.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

million public school students were identified as gifted in 2015-16, about 6 percent of the total school population, according to the federal Department of Education. percent, were considered gifted in 2015-16. School administrators often see gifted education as a frill. Nationally, 3.3 The Hechinger Report’s analysis of U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2016

You can gain the same skills — critical thinking, civics, writing — through different content that feels more relevant.”. In 2015, Rutgers-Newark’s six-year graduation rate was 64 percent for black students and 63 percent for white students, compared with 40 percent and 61 percent respectively at public institutions nationally.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

In November 2015, middle-school students from Westchester County, New York, found themselves on a windswept field in Southern Sudan mingling with a crowd of refugees fleeing civil war. Photo courtesy Global Nomads Group.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2018

It provides real life applications for reading and math and develops critical thinking skills that help students solve problems in other subjects. employment in 2015, according to the U.S. Photo: Lillian Mongeau/The Hechinger Report. Science could be considered the perfect elementary school subject. Plus, it’s interesting.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2018

But a national survey indicates this optimism may be misplaced: Just 16 percent of college instructors rated incoming students as “well” or “very well” prepared for college-level work, according to the 2015 study by ACT, the creators of the standardized college entrance exam. percent of Lowell’s population lives in poverty today. “In

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 7, 2018

Lessons like these help students gain critical thinking skills and give them an opportunity to learn about workers’ rights and labor history, subjects that are often missing from classroom discussions, educators say.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2024

Instead, they’re working, socializing or partying and, as a result, show limited gains in critical thinking — the hallmark of American higher education. Josipa Roksa: And so the data shows that, you know, many students are not making much progress on the critical-thinking skills over the first two years.

Humanities 89

Humanities Critical Thinking History Cultures 89

C3 Teachers

MAY 23, 2022

Then I think about the kinds of disciplinary sources I want to feature and the kinds of formal and informal performance tasks I’ll use to assess student learning (Swan, Grant, & Lee, 2015). than to disclose their perspective on abortion.

Social Studies 52

Social Studies Social Justice Controversial Topics Pedagogy 52

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 28, 2020

We should treat it more like a classroom setting where we’re allowed to ask questions and use critical thinking skills.”. President Obama visited the city in 2015, citing its progress in police reform. We should treat it more like a classroom setting where we’re allowed to ask questions and use critical thinking skills.”

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

“Scientists hypothesize that this rise in [carbon dioxide] has contributed to the recent rise in global temperature,” reads a passage from TEKS iScience Grade 7, the Texas version of a McGraw Hill book published in 2015. “ ‘Hypothesize’ is too weak,” one expert wrote. It’s much stronger than a hypothesis,” wrote another.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

We did the research about what employers are looking for and we kept coming back to the same things: critical thinking, communication, cultural perspective,” said Emad Mohammad, the director of the new program, called Integrated Business and Humanities. But the School of Business couldn’t teach these skills.

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