ED Surge

JANUARY 25, 2023

Researchers pulled data for two years (the 2017 and 2018 academic years) from Missouri’s state-wide teacher evaluation system, in which students rated teachers’ effectiveness. Cognitive engagement: Encouraged students to think deeply about the content. This teacher makes us use what we learn to come up with ways to solve problems.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 13, 2018

While in some cases, technology is used in powerful ways to support students in developing critical thinking and collaboration skills, and to develop a sense of agency, in other situations it is used in things like drill and practice exercises, test prep, and reading online content. 2 Kraft, M. Blazar, D., & Hogan, D.

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TCI

MARCH 25, 2025

Explore how social studies boosts academic success and how science instruction enhances critical thinking and vocabulary. A 2018 national survey found that K-3 teachers spent an average of 89 minutes daily on ELA and 57 minutes on math, but only 18 minutes on science and 16 minutes on social studies.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 24, 2024

Our role as educators is to cultivate critical thinking and equip students for a job market that will use AI, not to intimidate them. Nonetheless, this basic activity was enough to spark curiosity and critical thinking about AI. Yet course descriptions include bans on the use of AI. The stakes are high.

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Digital Promise

MAY 23, 2019

To highlight some of the standout programs and great work that has taken place at Verizon Innovative Learning schools across the country over the course of the 2018-19 school year, we’re excited to announce the initiative’s annual Schools of Excellence Award winners. Verizon Innovative Learning schools standouts.

Middle School 121

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

The notion that we can train someone in 2018 for job requirements in 2028 isn’t realistic.”. The notion that we can train someone in 2018 for job requirements in 2028 isn’t realistic,” Fuller said. Fuller, professor of management practice at Harvard Business School. Best robot-proof jobs requiring a bachelor’s degree or more.

Critical Thinking 111

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 10, 2019

Leave this field empty if you're human: “We see a lot of spending everywhere on tablets, computers, counting the ratio of computers per student,” said Helen Lee Bouygues, who founded the Reboot Foundation in 2018. ” Reboot aims to increase the teaching of critical thinking in schools and by parents at home.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Scientific research on how to teach critical thinking contradicts education trends. Daniel Willingham, a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia, makes the case that one of the biggest education trends — critical thinking — isn’t taught properly in schools.

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Digital Promise

MAY 7, 2019

In July 2018, Digital Promise launched a new Maker Learning Leadership Cohort. Many identify maker learning as a way to promote student agency through design thinking while promoting 21st century skills such as creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Studies suggest that instructional coaching is one such thoughtful intervention, providing a critical form of professional development to improve teacher practice (Kraft, Blazar, & Hogan, 2018; Knight, 2007). The rubric includes a total of six indicators of impactful technology use. SAGE Publications. Retrieved from [link].

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

A man watches an artificial intelligence (AI) news anchor from a state-controlled news broadcaster, on his computer in Beijing on November 9, 2018. Related: Youth will determine the outcome of the 2018 midterms. Related: Before assigning homework, ensure that students have a home.

Humanities 111

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2018

And in the 2018 rankings, Oxford University remained number one, while the University of Cambridge ranked second (jumping from fourth place in 2016-17). institutions were deficient in the key attributes of critical thinking as measured by the latest Collegiate Assessment Plus test.

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ED Surge

MAY 5, 2022

I recently picked up “ Fact vs. Fiction: Teaching Critical Thinking Skills in the Age of Fake News ” by Jennifer LaGarde and Darren Hudgins (2018).

Cultures 114

Cultures K-12 Library Critical Thinking 114

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 3, 2020

In 2018, it spent 16.5 Diverse college classrooms can help students sharpen their critical-thinking and problem-solving skills. Valerie Gonzalez, a 2018 Ashtabula graduate, wanted to attend Ohio University but couldn’t afford it. The state also consistently decreased spending on colleges and universities for 10 years.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 8, 2021

Related 2018 Hechinger coverage. It’s the kind of learning that’s going to propel students who have been further from opportunity forward at a more rapid rate with the kinds of critical thinking and problem solving skills that they need.”. Developer: Michigan State University Research. Curriculum. 2nd grade social studies.

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Project-Based Learning Middle School Social Studies High School 145

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 26, 2018

August 15, 2018 — The first day of school at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Photo: Carl Juste/TNS via ZUMA Wire. School systems are failing their students with outdated and inconsequential civics education that is only focused on facts and memorization.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Spending on higher education fell in 16 of the 20 most rural states between 2008 and 2018, when adjusted for inflation. Spending on higher education fell in 16 of the 20 most rural states between 2008 and 2018, when adjusted for inflation, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2024

based Virtual Internships was established in 2018 with the goal of removing barriers to internship participation, especially abroad, co-founder Ed Holroyd Pearce said. The program offers fully remote internships that last one to four months, require a commitment of 10, 20 or 30 hours per week, and have start dates throughout the year.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2019

Nationwide, one out of four teenagers from low-income households lacks access to a home computer and, overall, Latino students have less access than their black and white peers, according to a 2018 survey by the Pew Research Center. Students being able to access it is critical,” Porter says. That’s what I think technology can do.”

High School 111

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 23, 2019

” Many teachers might also genuinely think that a lesson is aligned with Common Core standards when it isn’t. A 2018 RAND study documented how a majority of teachers give the wrong answer to questions about what the Common Core standards are asking for. . “It leads teachers astray because it looks so good.”

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

At the same time, in recent years, confidence in the science of vaccinations has been trending downward — one recent survey shows that the percentage of American adults reporting it is “very important” to have their children vaccinated dropped 11 points between 2008 and 2018.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Between 2013 and 2018, the percentage of undergraduates at U.S. His kitchen-sink approach dramatically increases the school’s graduation rate in short order, from 51 percent in 2012 to 70 percent in 2018. colleges who reported feeling moderate to severe anxiety increased from 17.9

Economics 80

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Anthropology 365

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Students will be exposed to novel approaches to anthropological research, enhancing their skills and critical thinking. In Animal Intimacies (University of Chicago Press, 2018), Radhika Govindrajan explores the co-production of relatedness between humans and animals in the Central Himalayas.

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Dr. Shannon Doak

JUNE 7, 2019

They emphasize the “4 Cs” of creativity, communication, collaboration, and critical thinking, and are distinguished by the extent to which they are driven by student interest, engagement, and design. Technology is also able to support the 4Cs of education (Critical Thinking, Communication, Creativity and Collaboration).

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Critical Thinking Professional Development Cultures Tradition 54

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The most recent National Survey of Science and Mathematics Education published in 2018 found that elementary teachers taught science for just 18 minutes a day on average. Science instruction in elementary school can help students develop strong critical thinking skills, problem-solving, creativity, and curiosity!

Elementary School 52

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ED Surge

APRIL 12, 2022

So a 2018 report from the USA Center for Educational Statistics found that computing graduates had some of the highest median earnings at $70,000 a year and rising over the past 10 years. My argument is that the risk is too high, and the returns too low. Firstly, computing.

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Political Science Now

JULY 16, 2024

What experiential learning and civic engagement activities promote critical thinking about what it means to live under a democracy? In this Author Meets Critics roundtable, we explore these questions through the lens of Engaging Citizenship.

Political Science 55

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 22, 2023

There was very little change from the last round of testing, held in 2018. had moved up in the rankings — to 26th , up from 2018 when it was ranked 29th. as in 2018, math scores slumped. Be More Critical For math, PISA stresses critical thinking and real-world problem-solving.

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K-12 Critical Thinking Cultures Economics 133

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 15, 2022

Related: A study on teaching critical thinking in science. Only 7 percent reported feeling “very well prepared” to teach lessons about modern physics, 19 percent about electricity and magnetism and 21 percent about the properties and behaviors of waves, a 2018 National Science Foundation-supported survey found.

Middle School 130

Middle School Controversial Topics Geography Political Science 130

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Every time I turn on the news, I think about my eighth-graders. As I look back on my preparation for my first year as a teacher, in 2018, my fears, ideas and overthinking now seem whimsical at best. They are politically diverse as well, split about 50/50 when it comes to conservative or liberal beliefs.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Edward de Bono’s six “thinking hats,” specifically the one that called on thinkers to assess their ideas and look for potential flaws. Olmsted’s program is based on Renzulli’s three-tiered whole-school enrichment model. The Kellogg Foundation is among the many funders of The Hechinger Report.)

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Digital Promise

JULY 9, 2018

EcoXPT is a rich immersive technology and inquiry-based curriculum that teaches ecosystem science while seeding the ground with the kind of deeper-learning strategies seen as critical to a 21st-century education. In developing and running their own experiments, they’re building critical thinking. The EcoXPT Experience.

Critical Thinking 60

Critical Thinking Middle School Learning Science Research 60

C3 Teachers

MAY 23, 2022

To support this claim, preservice teachers might bring up the inherently political components of language preservation projects, food sovereignty, linguistic justice, abolitionist teaching, and/or culturally relevant pedagogy (Nickman, 2009; NK 360, 2018; Lyiscott, 2014; Baker Bell, 2020; Love, 2019; Ladson Billings, 1995; 2014).

Social Studies 52

Social Studies Social Justice Controversial Topics Pedagogy 52

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

According to the 2018 National Survey of Science and Mathematics Education , K-3 students receive an average of 18 minutes of instruction per day in science, compared to 89 minutes in ELA and 57 minutes in math. Related: A study on teaching critical thinking in science.

Education 145

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 20, 2020

By the 2018-19 school year, the program had expanded to $195 million for 258 schools.). The newly formed English department adopted graphic organizers intended to boost critical thinking and creativity. The plan allocated $52 million to open 45 community schools. (By

Elementary School 145

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Jayce was born in February 2018, and Hernandez spent as much time as possible studying for the May test instead. It’s not black and white, there is a lot of critical thinking,” Asknes said. Hernandez ultimately passed the prerequisites for the R.N. It takes a lot of persistence and dedication.”.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Credit: Mason Kumet for The Hechinger Report The number of undergraduates majoring in the humanities at the University of Arizona has increased 76 percent since 2018, when it introduced a bachelors degree in applied humanities that connects the humanities with programs in business, engineering, medicine and other fields.

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