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Research: The Influence of Socioeconomic Status on Learning

TeachThought

Researching Socioeconomic Status Outside Of The Classroom Clever and Miller (2019) held a study that looked at a non-traditional learning experience with college-aged students. The purpose of their study was to explore connections between SES and learning outcomes during service-learning (Clever & Miller, 2019).

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OPINION: Tribal colleges, lifeline to rural and disenfranchised Native communities, need our help more than ever

The Hechinger Report

The American Indian College Fund’s 2019-20 Student Ambassador cohort. Credit: Caitlin Alysse/American Indian College Fund 2019. Another survey conducted by the College Fund found that same fall 2019, one in 10 students said they were at risk of leaving college due to financial concerns.

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Why Schools Should Focus on Social Capital Development — Not Just Skills

ED Surge

Back in 2019 , I took to an EdSurge column to share my opinion — a sounding call for more attention to be paid to the role social capital plays in education and workforce training. Those with social capital may wield it to maintain power and reinforce authority, often at the expense of those with less. But education just isn’t there yet.

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Active learning as a pedagogical strategy to enhance the learning of anthropology

Teaching Anthropology

2019) and at raising learner satisfaction as they enjoy their courses more (Lumpkin et al., Learners’ engagement, active participation, and reflection are situated at the core of active learning. Previous studies have shown that this strategy has been successful at reducing failure rates in STEM courses at university (Talbert et al.,

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OPINION: Resuming universal standardized testing in America’s public schools would be ‘foolhardy’

The Hechinger Report

Already, there is evidence that this fall , students in grades 3 through 8 scored lower on standardized tests than similar students did in the fall of 2019, with sharper declines in mathematics than in reading. Aaron Pallas is Professor of Sociology and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University.

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Overdue tuition and fees — as little as $41 — derail hundreds of thousands of California community college students

The Hechinger Report

Wilson, 47, started taking courses in 2019, a few months before the pandemic hit and just before he lost his job as an elementary school music teacher. They impact low-income students at a much higher rate,” said Charlie Eaton, assistant professor of sociology at the University of California-Merced and co-author of the report.

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When the man behind the curtain is female: More women now hold key education policymaker jobs

The Hechinger Report

Seventy-seven percent of teachers are women, but only 31 percent of district chiefs are, according to an April 2019 report by Chiefs for Change, a bipartisan nonprofit. Chelsea Kelley explains new legislation to the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education in October 2019. Credit: Misty Padilla Feusahrens.

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