The Hechinger Report

JUNE 15, 2020

I was curious what lessons we could take from previous research on summer school to guide us during this unprecedented summer. I could find only one large, well-designed study , published in 2016, that tested how much kids actually learn in voluntary summer school programs. The problem, the researchers discovered, was attendance.

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Sapiens

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

To imagine those futures, the scholars resurrected sustainable lifestyles of the past known from archaeological research and African Oral Histories. These scholars are using their research on the precolonial past to sow sustainable futures—like the worlds inhabited by Abena and Akaina. Outside forces uprooted that security.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 10, 2018

A great deal of research reviewed by Lew & Schmidt (2011) in their study suggests the positive impact of reflective writing on cognitive development. In their research, Rose et al. 2016) found that video made the reflection experience more authentic and meaningful for both student and teacher.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

In a 2016 survey by Harvard’s Center for Education Policy Research, 94 percent of middle school math teachers said they analyzed student performance on tests in the prior year, and 15 percent said they spent over 40 hours on this kind of data analysis. The emerging answer from education researchers is no.

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Teaching Anthropology

APRIL 13, 2024

In PBL small groups of students work on a practical case study, both independently and collaboratively, to come up with open ended solutions (see Fukuzawa & Boyd, 2016). Journal of Research and Practice of College Teaching. Over 300 virtual mysteries have been created with clues auto-released weekly to the students. Fukuzawa, S.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 25, 2020

Prominent members of the education research community are enthusiastically pushing for a dramatic increase in tutoring. And just as importantly, I wanted to know what researchers know about using novices to do this kind of work. One effort to sum up the high-quality research on tutoring was a Harvard study from 2016.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Out-of-school factors weigh heavily on student success, studies show, and research indicates family engagement can lead to higher grades and test scores, improved attendance and better behavior. Nearly 100 people attended the first gathering in the spring of 2016, attendance that has remained steady every year since.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 12, 2023

In 2005, Yale researchers released a study that changed perceptions of school discipline in early grades. What research has shown is that nobody is immune to these things. One study from 2016 found that preschool teachers closely observed Black boys more than other children when they expected misbehavior.

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 14, 2025

By analyzing genetic divergences in early Homo sapiens populations, researchers argue that the biological capacity for language must have been present at least 135,000 years ago. The researchers propose that language might have played a key role. Further Reading & Related Research Tattersall, I. Palgrave Macmillan.

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 1, 2024

A new biocultural database, developed by researchers at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), reveals the profound connections between Borneo’s rich plant life and the survival, traditions, and identity of its people. Source: Land Use Policy, 2016.

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Sapiens

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

The Roti Collective, a community-based research project, explores the layered histories that brought a flatbread from the Indian subcontinent around the world. Based on our extensive research and experience, this is still true.) where I teach.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 25, 2021

“The essay may actually have been particularly helpful for predicting the college success of disadvantaged students,” said Jack Buckley, a former head of research at the College Board, via email. Buckley’s opinion carries special weight because he helped lead the 2016 redesign of the SAT.

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Anthropology.net

APRIL 26, 2025

Yet new research led by Jacqueline Peña and her colleagues at the University of Georgia has revealed that wild strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae —the same species that leavens bread and ferments wine—carry silent records of ancient human journeys. (A) 2009 ; Marsit et al. 2017 ; Nielsen et al. Yet forest-dwelling S.

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Anthropology.net

JANUARY 17, 2025

“Melka Wakena’s unique high-altitude setting offers valuable insights into how early humans adapted to challenging environments,” the researchers wrote. Stone Selection as a Window into Hominin Cognition The researchers aimed to understand how early Acheulian toolmakers selected stones for their tools. Gneisinger, W.,

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 2, 2024

. “The structure aligns with theoretical models predicting the use of specialized heating techniques for birch tar production, a hallmark of Neanderthal ingenuity,” the researchers note. Journal of Archaeological Research, 22 (4), 563–602. How Did Neanderthals Make Tar? Bentsen, S. Langley, A., & Needham, A.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 6, 2019

Other scholars produced research showing that the kind of zero-tolerance discipline then in vogue was hurting students’ long-term academic prospects and feeding the school-to-prison pipeline. Leave this field empty if you're human: Early research seemed promising. Even preschoolers were being suspended at alarming rates.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2025

The research into the benefits or harms of academic tracking or streaming show mixed results. In 2016, a group of researchers compiled all the best U.S-based based research on ability grouping and acceleration at that point, going back for a century. Related: Racial gaps in math have grown. Could detracking help?

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2022

Oft-cited research from a high quality preschool in Ypsilanti, Michigan concluded that 58 low-income kids who attended in the 1960s were more likely to hold a job, earn more money, own a home and less likely to commit a crime than similar kids who didn’t go to preschool. Credit: Lillian Mongeau for The Hechinger Report.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 28, 2017

Even though this was gratifying work there was still something missing that I could not put my finger on until early in 2016. Research underpins each key to provide greater rationale and substance for the ideas presented. It draws on the best research about the need for change and on the strategies that work and those that don't.

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 26, 2025

For decades, researchers have debated the evolutionary forces behind these differences. To track these changes, researchers compared skulls from 128 modern humans, 13 Neanderthals, and 33 chimpanzees. Related Research Neanderthal Facial Growth and Adaptation Bastir, M., & Rosas, A. A byproduct of powerful biting forces?

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 25, 2025

By analyzing cores from Egypt's Nazlet Khater region and Dhofar, Oman, the researchers tested several hypotheses about Levallois toolmaking: Was core shape independent of size, as suggested by the principle of "autocorrelation," meaning the shape remained consistent despite reduction in size through use? J., & von Cramon-Taubadel, N.

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Anthropology.net

JANUARY 8, 2025

Researchers analyzed 254 newly sequenced genomes, uncovering evidence of extensive gene flow from West Papua into the islands of Wallacea. The region, home to immense linguistic and genetic diversity, has often puzzled researchers seeking to untangle its complex history. Related Research Lipson, M., Patterson, N., Moorjani, P.,

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Anthropology.net

APRIL 2, 2025

Now, an international team of researchers 1 has uncovered the first ancient genomes from this long-lost ecosystem, shedding new light on an ancient North African lineage that has all but disappeared. Instead, the researchers propose that herding may have spread through cultural transmission rather than population replacement.

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Anthropology.net

APRIL 30, 2025

Related Research David, B., What emerges is not just a new "style" but a renewed understanding of art as a strategy for living through change. McNiven, I. Delannoy, J. J., & Watchman, A. The Archaeology of Rock Art in Western Arnhem Land, Australia. Annual Review of Anthropology, 42, 103–119. link] Ross, J., Westaway, M.,

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 16, 2022

It may be self-serving for a test maker to produce research showing that high school grades are rising and less reliable. ACT’s researchers calculated that the number of test takers with an A average surpassed the number of B students after 2016. Something interesting is happening in 2016. Credit: ACT Inc.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 13, 2016

We wanted a viable, research-based tool that would allow for collaboration regardless of hierarchy or prior knowledge. A highlight of the 2016 Model Schools Conference will be welcoming the North Kansas City School District leadership and hearing more about their implementation of the Rigor/Relevance Framework.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 9, 2021

2007; Klassen, Perry & Frenzel, 2012; McIlveen & Perera, 2016; Perera, Granziera, et al., It’s critical to understand what teacher engagement is and what factors positively impact teacher engagement if we are going to attract and retain talented teachers.

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 26, 2025

Credit: Stefania Wilks, University of Utah To test this, researchers sampled metates from three rock art sites in Warner Valley: Corral Lake, Barry Spring, and Long Lake. Interestingly, the researchers found evidence that some metates had been reused over long periods. A., & Pavlik, B. PNAS, 114 (29), 7606–7610.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

To start off, it’s worth thinking back to 2016. What’s more, our research revealed a clearer sense of employers’ motivations: they want better hiring results, to create new pathways for greater workforce diversity, and they’re pinched for talent.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

“These risks are particularly acute for adolescent girls, who have a short window of opportunity to get back to school before they are forced to take a different path — including marriage or migration for work,” researchers write. One of those researchers is Cassandra R. In the U.S.,

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Political Science Now

MARCH 20, 2025

1 Scholars and commentators often cite specific cases of populists harming democracy and, since 2016, several large-N studies have confirmed their negative impact. Research has been less consistent in showing the positive consequences of populist incumbents, especially for democratic representation and political participation.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 27, 2018

The site eMarketer found that 41% of students ages 0-11 and 84% ages 12-17 owned a smartphone in 2016. I know it’s not flashy, aligned to research, or even directly connected to pedagogy….but Well, I did find some stats for kids in the United States and am willing to bet that other developing countries have similar numbers.

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Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

in political science from the University of California, Merced in 2016 and 2018, respectively, and a B.A. Her research primarily focuses on two areas: American legislative institutions and Indigenous institutions and policy. She received her M.A. in economics from Stanford University in 2013.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 18, 2024

An early warning and intervention system, called BARR, pictured above, was one of the most successful education interventions to come out of the Department of Education’s research and development program that issued $1.4 billion in grants between 2010 and 2016. The failure rate was 74 percent. National scale up.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

In a 2017 study by the American Council on Education, a higher education association, researchers found that individuals who identified as something other than white held just 17 percent of college and university presidencies in 2016, while representing 42 percent of students enrolled in 2015.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 18, 2016

As Wagner and Dintersmith state in their book, “retained learning comes, to a very large extent, from applying knowledge to new situations or problems, research on questions and issues that students consider important, peer interaction, activities, and projects.” School was born!

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Beginning in 2016, a team of education researchers, vision specialists and philanthropists sought to rectify this problem in Baltimore, one of the poorest U.S. That enabled researchers at Johns Hopkins University to randomly assign schools to participate. That leaves some 12 to 15 percent of U.S.

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