A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 23, 2022

There is also a robust research base to validate its importance. for feedback in his synthesis of 800 meta-analyses of education research studies. Hattie and Timperley (2017) shared the following. The valuable information, in many cases, aligns with what the research has said constitutes good feedback. Goodwin, B.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

Not only did Elisabeth Trambley (2017) do a fantastic literature review of these, but she also conducted her own research study to determine the impact of brain breaks on behavior. Science and research compel all educators to integrate more movement into the school day. Networks: An On-line Journal for Teacher Research, 13 (1).

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JUNE 15, 2020

I was curious what lessons we could take from previous research on summer school to guide us during this unprecedented summer. Researchers at RAND, a nonprofit research organization, had designed a sort of ideal summer school experience drawing upon expert opinions and academic theories. The results were disappointing.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 4, 2021

To prove his point, Jackson studied more than 150,000 ninth graders in Chicago public high schools from 2011 to 2017. Examining Heterogeneity in High School Impacts ,” was conducted with three other researchers, including John Q. The researchers also noticed a shift in college behavior. Easton, the former head of the U.S.

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Researchers have discovered a genetic divide during the Bronze Age, which correlates with linguistic patterns between Eastern and Western Indo-European populations. Strontium Isotopes and Mobility in the Bronze Age To supplement genetic analyses, researchers used strontium isotope ratios to trace individual mobility.

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 18, 2025

But new research suggests that this narrative is missing an entire chapter. The researchers made this discovery not by analyzing ancient bones but by studying the DNA of living people. If this ancient mixing event is confirmed through further research, it could reshape how we classify and think about human evolutionary history.

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Anthropology.net

APRIL 14, 2025

” Measuring Inequality in Mudbrick and Stone The researchers turned to one of the most consistent archaeological indicators of wealth: house size. This research, conducted in collaboration with 27 scholars and the Coalition for Archaeological Synthesis, offers more than historical insight. link] Kohler, T. link] Scheidel, W.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Map reprinted from The Postsecondary Outcomes of High School Dual Enrollment Students A National and State-by-State Analysis (October 2024) Community College Research Center. asked Kristen Hengtgen, a policy analyst at EdTrust, a nonprofit research and advocacy organization that lobbies for racial and economic equity in education.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 22, 2020

For one, researchers have documented that Black principals are often better at attracting and retaining Black teachers. The study tracked a group of 4,700 assistant principals, who constitute the main recruiting ground for principals, from 2001 to 2017 in Texas. This principal-student mismatch matters for a lot of reasons.

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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 10, 2025

But researchers turned to another molecular witness: ancient proteins. “Retrieving this kind of molecular evidence from a fossil recovered from the sea floor — that would have been impossible even a decade ago,” noted Sheela Athreya, a paleoanthropologist not involved in the research. . A Species or a Population?

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 1, 2025

Between 2009 and 2017, the share of the states students taking calculus did rise modestly, from 1.25 2017 is the latest year for which there are compiled federal data on calculus enrollment, according to U.S. But a Hechinger Report analysis of federal data shows Minnesotas law hasnt worked out as planned.

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 4, 2024

By analyzing one million words of Akkadian cuneiform, researchers unearthed fascinating connections between emotional states and specific body parts, offering fresh insights into human emotional experience through time. However, researchers caution that linguistic descriptions alone may not capture the full scope of emotional experience.

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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

JANUARY 18, 2025

New research, published in Nature 1 by an international team of researchers led by the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, delves into the lives of two neighboring Avar communities in Lower Austria. Such results hold a lot of potential for future research in various disciplines." Related Research **Pohl, W.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2021

A 2018 review of the research evidence for reducing class sizes found only small benefits in reading and no benefits in math, on average. Parents and teachers may like smaller classes but the research evidence for spending money on them isn’t strong. Credit: Camilla Forte for The Hechinger Report. That’s hardly practical.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Her application is called TalkMoves, and a version of Jacob’s research is now being used by the tutoring company Saga Education to train first-time tutors. A researcher at the University of Southern California, she has been working on AI-based professional development for math teachers for several years.

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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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Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Bae of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and senior researcher Xiujie Wu from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the research sheds light on a complex evolutionary period in Asia’s late Middle and early Late Pleistocene. Led by Professor Christopher J.

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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. A consistent body of research has found that high school grades are more predictive of how a student will do in college.

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Anthropology.net

APRIL 14, 2025

Drawing on data from over 50,000 ancient homes spread across six continents and 10,000 years of human history, the research team measured the economic disparities of the past through one of its most visible clues: the size of people's houses. These decisions mattered—and they still do. Bogaard, A., Feinman, G. Peterson, C.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 8, 2021

Research has indicated that students with stronger self-regulation skills do better in blended learning environments. If students are not given the tools, practice, or space to develop these skills, they may flounder when asked to work independently in-class or online. Blended Learning Environments Require Self-regulation Skills.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Related Research Sapolsky, R. The ability to create a more just and sustainable future, Colombo suggests, may depend not just on technological progress, but on a deeper understanding of the ancient forces still shaping human behavior. Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst. Penguin Random House. DOI: 10.1111/nyas.13391

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 4, 2018

Tom Murray and I have watched many book studies and Twitter chats unfold since the release of the book in June of 2017. The content is aligned to well over 100 research studies in addition to what successfully implemented innovative practices actually look like in action. The reaction to Learning Transformed has been truly humbling.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 17, 2021

The number of eighth graders who said they read 30 minutes or more a day, besides homework, declined by 4 percentage points between 2017 and 2019. Researchers at the American Institutes for Research, a nonprofit research organization, are digging into whether kids are reading less — perhaps distracted by their digital devices.

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Political Science Now

MARCH 18, 2025

Piscopo , University of London Is political science research that explores gender and LGBTQIA+ politics still underrepresented in the disciplines top journals? This article examines publication trends in gender research and LGBTQIA+ research in five top political science journals, between 2017 and 2023 (inclusive).

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 31, 2025

However, recent research challenges this narrative, emphasizing the pivotal role of human interactions and demographic dynamics in this monumental change.​ Research indicates that early European farmers did not entirely displace local hunter-gatherers. Instead, there was a prolonged period of coexistence and genetic admixture.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 21, 2020

There is a growing body of research that points to coaching as a powerful way to support teacher effectiveness. In 2017, we partnered with Google and EdTechTeam to launch the Dynamic Learning Project (DLP), a classroom-based coaching program with the goal of increasing educational equity and the impactful use of technology.

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The Effortful Educator

MARCH 9, 2025

Ive been reading research and writing about it on this website for around eight years. There may be an article where it is mentioned, but Ive never looked at any research and considered how to use it appropriately in my classes. It is so nuanced and the research can be so varied. To me, thats the trifecta for a research article.

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Anthropology.net

APRIL 15, 2025

Led by Professor Dan Lawrence of Durham University, the research asks a thorny question: Is inequality the price of sustainability? The researchers are careful to avoid deterministic interpretations. “We wanted to understand the relationship between continuity and equality,” said Lawrence. Kohler, T.

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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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Digital Promise

JULY 16, 2019

Research suggests that when technology is effectively used in schools, access may help to bridge educational and social gaps (Warschauer & Matuchniak, 2010; Eccles, 2009; National Science Foundation, 2017). The majority of students said that they very often or often used technology for research, writing papers, and taking tests.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 31, 2020

Based on our research study on the Dynamic Learning Project , an edtech coaching initiative launched in 2017 by Digital Promise with support from Google and EdTechTeam, here are three reasons why edtech coaches can play a crucial role in helping districts meet the challenges of distance learning during this unprecedented time.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 11, 2022

Researchers have consistently found that some high-achieving high school students – the ones with straight A’s and SAT scores above 1200 – don’t bother to apply to top colleges despite the likelihood of admission and a free ride. A draft was circulated by the National Bureau of Economic Research in March 2022.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Now there is a significant body of research to answer the question of whether students learn more. My takeaway message is that it could be better,” said researcher David C.D. There’s less rigorous research in high schools and lower grades. But like many trends in education, the novelty took hold before the evidence mounted.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Research documented giant student achievement improvements in Washington, D.C., The patchwork of contradictory research was confusing. The patchwork of contradictory research was confusing. Researchers were curious to understand why some teacher evaluation programs were more successful than others. Overall, it’s a wash.

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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. Credit: ACT Inc. Something interesting is happening in 2016. In a study of actual U.S.

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