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Research-Influenced Learning Spaces

A Principal's Reflections

The report indicates clear evidence that “well-designed primary schools boost children’s academic performance in reading, writing, and math” (Barrett, Zhang, Davies, & Barrett, 2015, p. The consensus of this research is that the space itself has physical, social, and psychological effects. Cited Sources Barrett, P., &

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Are traditional admission policies increasing racial inequality?

The Hechinger Report

We don’t have the traditional view that we’re somehow ‘letting these kids in’ to be influenced by us.”. In 2015, Rutgers-Newark’s six-year graduation rate was 64 percent for black students and 63 percent for white students, according to administrators, compared with 40 percent and 61 percent respectively at public institutions nationally.

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How Water Insecurity Impacts Women’s Health

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The United Nations defines violence against women as “any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual, or psychological harm or suffering to women.” The mamuli helped spur discussions about how a lack of water can prevent menstruating people from staying clean during their periods.

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Teacher Engagement Part II: Emotional Engagement

Catlin Tucker

The quality of a teacher’s relationship with their students has the most significant impact on their emotional engagement at work (Hagenauer, Hascher & Volet, 2015; Tucker 2020). When student behaviors distract from the learning or jeopardize the safe psychological space in the classroom, it is emotionally draining for educators.

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The new homeschoolers: More diverse, very committed

The Hechinger Report

But Native American and Muslim leaders say they believe rates have increased in their communities as well, after the pandemic gave families the time and space to reflect on whether traditional schools were really serving their needs. Since 2015, Kelly Tudor, in Texas, has run a Facebook group for Indigenous home-school families.

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A charter chain thinks it has the answer for alternative schools

The Hechinger Report

He likes the self-paced curriculum that allows students to complete a course in significantly less time than at a traditional school. Aaliyah Williams, a junior at The Charter School of San Diego, takes notes while watching an online video for her AP Psychology class. Photo: Linh Tat for The Hechinger Report.

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What happens when college students discuss lab work in Spanish, philosophy in Chinese or opera in Italian?

The Hechinger Report

Traditional language learning in the U.S. in the language, but they do want to speak,” said Dr. Several recent surveys show that employers need multilingual workers; a study by New American Economy, a bipartisan immigration policy group, found that the number of job postings seeking bilingual employees doubled from 2010 to 2015.