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Research shows lower test scores for fourth graders who use tablets in schools

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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TEACHER VOICE: My students are bombarded with negative ideas about AI, and now they are afraid

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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OPINION: In higher ed, lower enrollment isn’t the only sign of trouble

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). These trends are confirmed by a 2012 survey conducted by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development , which showed that the U.S.

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The future includes good (human) teachers

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. The panel I spoke on responded to the work of Andreas Schleicher, education director for the intergovernmental Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

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A college where the graduation rate for black students has been 0 percent — for years

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 3, 2020

In 2018, it spent 16.5 Turner attended Ashtabula’s high school, Lakeside High, where almost every student is economically disadvantaged. Diverse college classrooms can help students sharpen their critical-thinking and problem-solving skills. Credit: Aaricka Washington for The Hechinger Report.

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Internships matter more than ever — but not everyone can get one

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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Rural universities, already few and far between, are being stripped of majors

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Eastern Kentucky University shut down theater, economics and other majors. Spending on higher education fell in 16 of the 20 most rural states between 2008 and 2018, when adjusted for inflation. Humanities graduates have critical thinking, communication skills and a lot of other things that are important in the workforce.”.

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OPINION: Do U.S. colleges reinforce or reduce inequality?

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Between 2013 and 2018, the percentage of undergraduates at U.S. Tough’s book asks us to consider whether higher education in America is more an engine of, or an obstacle to, economic and social mobility. Based on his reporting, Tough thinks it’s more hindrance than help, serving to reinforce rather than reduce social stratification.

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Is a College Degree the Worst Investment You Can Make — or the Best?

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. With a few notable exceptions, they do not train skills that students need to gain economic independence. Firstly, computing.

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Theme Panel: Civic Learning on Campus: Bringing Political Science In Mini-Conference I, II and III

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. Trojahn et al.

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Why Are Americans’ Math Skills Slipping?

ED Surge

DECEMBER 22, 2023

There was very little change from the last round of testing, held in 2018. The PISA exam — an attempt to evaluate education systems around the world by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development — appraises 15-year-old students from around the globe. as in 2018, math scores slumped.

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She has ‘the heart of a nurse,’ but can she overcome obstacles to her degree?

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 24, 2020

But now the professional degree that could propel her entire family toward the economic stability they had never known was vanishing from sight. “I 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.

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‘Everything they need’: A school transformed from one of New York City’s worst to one of its best; then coronavirus shut its doors

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 20, 2020

Ninety-six percent of children at the Walton Avenue School, a K-5 school in the Bronx he’d founded in 2013, face economic hardship, and about a third are homeless. By the 2018-19 school year, the program had expanded to $195 million for 258 schools.). Recently, Russo had seen a little boy wrapping up some of his school lunch.

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Elevating Social Studies with High-Quality Instructional Materials

TCI

OCTOBER 28, 2024

This broad field draws upon various disciplines, such as anthropology, archeology, economics, geography, history, law, and philosophy. History and Civics scores for eighth-grade students sounded an alarm: scores have dropped by an average of five points since 2018 and nine points since 2014.

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Research shows lower test scores for fourth graders who use tablets in schools

TEACHER VOICE: My students are bombarded with negative ideas about AI, and now they are afraid

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OPINION: In higher ed, lower enrollment isn’t the only sign of trouble

The future includes good (human) teachers

A college where the graduation rate for black students has been 0 percent — for years

Internships matter more than ever — but not everyone can get one

Rural universities, already few and far between, are being stripped of majors

OPINION: Do U.S. colleges reinforce or reduce inequality?

Is a College Degree the Worst Investment You Can Make — or the Best?

Theme Panel: Civic Learning on Campus: Bringing Political Science In Mini-Conference I, II and III

Why Are Americans’ Math Skills Slipping?

She has ‘the heart of a nurse,’ but can she overcome obstacles to her degree?

‘Everything they need’: A school transformed from one of New York City’s worst to one of its best; then coronavirus shut its doors

Elevating Social Studies with High-Quality Instructional Materials

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