ED Surge

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The Bureau of Labor and Statistics projects that the market for computer science occupations will grow 13 percent between 2020 and 2030. Broad access to computer science resources is a critical enabler positively impacting the economic mobility of students.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 30, 2023

When we asked the students to question data on climate change and its sources, they dove in, displaying curiosity, critical thinking skills, computer and data literacy. Despite this, the diverse group of teenagers arrived each day, taking time out from their challenging home lives, eager to learn.

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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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ED Surge

AUGUST 29, 2024

Instead, he says, the group is experimenting with using data that schools have about their students — including from after-school activities like sports, clubs and internships — to measure and track progress on skills including communication, collaboration and critical thinking.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 10, 2022

I have a responsibility to a functioning democracy, with students who are well equipped [with] critical thinking skills that they will learn as a result of this.”. It’s about civic responsibility,” Polites said. “I Related: How one city closed the digital divide for nearly all its students.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

When we abruptly transitioned online in March 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic, I thought the classes I teach at my flagship research university would resume in person in a matter of weeks — and for sure by the fall semester. I was naïve. Andrew Joseph Pegoda (@AJP_PhD) holds a Ph.D.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2023

Reflecting the pressures on campuses today, a recent study indicates eroding confidence in higher education: In late 2022 only 55 percent of Americans surveyed said that “colleges and universities were having a positive effect on the way things were going,” compared with 69 percent in early 2020. How do we reverse this crisis in confidence?

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 7, 2022

In October 2020, Digital Promise launched the Center for Inclusive Innovation, as a way to create this support. There was much more emphasis on critical thinking and primary source investigation. Smith, now the chief inclusive innovation officer at Digital Promise, is the center’s co-leader.

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TCI

JANUARY 21, 2025

A 2021 study highlighted a positive relationship between gamified learning and student motivation from 2015 to 2020. The three critical elements of a good game are strategy, chance, and design. A well-defined plan or method to achieve victory not only adds depth to the game but also encourages critical thinking.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 8, 2024

Spoon has found that the changes also allow her to hold students to a higher standard when it comes to explaining the math concepts, an approach that’s informed by pushes for more focus on critical thinking in classrooms. Spoon's experiment coincided with research about how student performance is influenced by instructional practices.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 5, 2020

This micro-credential focuses on how Future Ready Librarians “encourage and facilitate students to become increasingly self-directed as they create digital products of their learning that engage them in critical thinking, collaboration, and authentic real-world problem solving.” Spring 2020 Submission Window Open.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 18, 2023

A view of Mater Dei Catholic High School in Chula Vista, California during wildfires in September 2020. The first time it happened was in September 2020. To get to my classroom, I walked through smoke-filled air from the nearby wildfires and past isolation tents for symptomatic students.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 25, 2024

The rapidly changing demands of the workplace and life require individuals who are self-motivated, adaptable, and capable of critical thinking and problem-solving. Students become dependent on teachers for direction and approval, hindering their ability to develop crucial problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 15, 2018

Many high-school graduates haven’t acquired the critical thinking and math skills necessary to train for nursing jobs, educators say. ” It also entails critical thinking and data analysis. But the path to nursing isn’t easy — and already technological advances are making it tougher.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 9, 2023

I was a freshman in college in fall 2020. We need teachers who are willing to admit that they may not always be right about everything; teachers who are willing to be challenged and to learn from others; and teachers who practice critical thinking and active listening. It's a dynamic, constantly changing field.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2018

By the fall of 2020, all Northern Cass students will plot their own academic courses to high school graduation, while sticking with same-age peers for things like gym class and field trips. In fact, Steiner’s plan is to start this coming fall with a week devoted just to SOPs and other “soft skills,” such as critical thinking.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 13, 2021

The superintendents discussed how the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools program is helping them narrow the digital equity gap to ensure students in their districts graduate college, career, and life ready, equipped with 21st century skills, such as communication, collaboration, and critical thinking skills.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 13, 2018

According to the Future of Jobs Report by the World Economic Forum, creativity is one of the top three most important skills for future workers, along with complex problem solving and critical thinking.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 2, 2017

MIT partnered with Redwood City 2020 Socios For Success for monthly Parent Engagement trainings on team building and leadership training. These learning scenarios support the development of skills such as critical thinking, inquiry and research, creativity, problem solving, designing and collaboration. Accessed 29 Sep.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 23, 2019

In a written statement, Teachers Pay Teachers asserted that teachers are finding “high­ quality, standards aligned materials that support effective instruction” on its site, but says it plans to revamp its ratings and review system in January 2020.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Next, and perhaps most importantly, the 162 students who made the cut attended a five-day boot camp in which they learned crucial workplace skills such as goal setting, effective communication, teamwork, public speaking, conflict resolution and critical thinking. “It

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2021

And critical thinking skills are what employers are asking for in the workplace, he said. Some parents of older kids are finally seeing the long-term benefits of all that early focus on how to think about math. pose outside the public library where Bell Elementary held a drive-through Family Learning Night in fall 2020.

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Edthena

MARCH 9, 2021

Distance learning students should understand what engagement looks like and taught how to monitor levels through critical thinking questions. Amy Berry, 2020 (from “The Distance Learning Playbook”). Parents can support student engagement through critical thinking questions.

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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 Shaving the Beasts (University of Minnesota Press, 2020), John Hartigan advocates for using ethology—the systematic study of animal behavior—as a tool to attend to other animals as ethnographic subjects.

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Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 15, 2022

In April 2020 he released a bestselling book with co-author Judy Mikovits, a discredited scientist who claim that vaccines “kill millions.” Related: A study on teaching critical thinking in science. That didn’t blunt the California science teacher’s ambitions: Since COVID-19 hit, he’s been on a writing tear.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Optimistically, the report said that if the recommendations were followed, they would help close the achievement gap by 2020. You know when we talk about preparing students for the jobs of the future, it’s critical thinking, it’s self-advocacy. He noted that strides have been made in improving attendance and in school climate.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

News literacy is fundamental to preparing students to become active, critically thinking members of our civic life — which should be one of the primary goals of a public education,” Kim Bowman, News Literacy Project senior research manager and author of the report, said in an email interview.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 17, 2015

Poor schools are told not to wander too far from the standards, there’s little time for student questions and critical thinking. 2020 = 125,000; 2040 = 185,000+. 2020 = 75,000; 2040 = 110,000+. 2020 = 11,000; 2040 = 13,000. In New York City, it’s very prescriptive. Asian / Pacific Islander population.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2022

Philadelphia’s rates of gun violence have spiked in recent years: There were 486 fatal shootings in the city in 2021, 23 percent higher than 2020 and a 95 percent rise compared to 2016.). Despite the obstacles, Kymani, a sophomore at West Philadelphia High, was determined to graduate on time in 2024. West had tried to adapt.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 5, 2020

North Star focused on building his critical-thinking skills. This story about charter schools and the 2020 U.S. As a charter school parent, when my son Ibrahim started at North Star, I noticed the difference in the school’s approach to academics immediately. I also noticed the light in his eyes when he put on his uniform.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2018

So we urgently need to equip young people with those skills — critical thinking, problem-solving and communication.”. So we urgently need to equip young people with those skills — critical thinking, problem-solving and communication. While the average poverty rate in small metro areas nationwide is 17 percent , some 21.5

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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. For fall 2020, the parents of 403 children applied to Olmsted’s elementary gifted program and 39 to Eve’s, according to data the district provided. They were open to talking about their stumbles.

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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).

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Related: A study on teaching critical thinking in science. A May 2020 report by the Southern Regional Education Board promotes three key solutions. It is not only the amount of science instruction that students are provided; it is also the nature of the curricula to which teachers have access.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 28, 2020

Police take a demonstrator into custody after curfew Sunday, May 31, 2020, in Minneapolis. We should treat it more like a classroom setting where we’re allowed to ask questions and use critical thinking skills.”. Credit: AP Photo/ Julio Cortez. “The

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Geogramblings

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The killing of George Floyd in May 2020 enabled a global resurgence of empowerment to the Black Lives Matter and decolonisation movements. PSHE topics that focus on topics such as key historical events, religious holidays etc can utilise such claims as a stimulus for discussion and critical thinking. UN Women (2020).

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