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Three reasons why so few eighth graders in the poorest schools take algebra

The Hechinger Report

In 2023 and 2024, RAND surveyed more than 3,000 school principals and almost 1,000 math teachers across the country. A working paper analyzing some of the survey findings was released in October 2024. Slide from a RAND webinar, “Racial and Socioeconomic Divides in Algebra Teaching and Learning,” presented in November 2024.

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A dismal report card in math and reading

The Hechinger Report

The results of a major national test released Wednesday showed that in 2024, reading and math skills of fourth and eighth grade students were still significantly below those of students in 2019, the last administration of the test before the pandemic. population, took the biennial reading and math tests between January and March of 2024.

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Researchers Try Using AI Chatbots to Conduct Interviews for Social Science Studies

ED Surge

In the following, you will conduct an interview with a human respondent to find out the participant’s motivations and reasoning regarding their voting choice during the legislative elections on June 30, 2024, in France, a few days after the interview.”

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Tutoring may not significantly improve attendance

The Hechinger Report

Credit: Staff photo by Derek Davis/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images In early 2024, initial reports indicated that tutoring might not only help kids catch up academically after the pandemic but could also combat chronic absenteeism. But I question the economic value when the benefit is so tiny. The remainder were largely Hispanic.

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2024 - record-breaking and not in a good way

Living Geography

2024 was the year when the weather continued to break. 2024 broke records for extreme weather heatwaves, droughts, storms, & floods killed thousands & displacing millions. When Risks Become Reality: Extreme Weather in 2024 is our annual report, published this year for the first time. and break records.

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Dual enrollment has exploded. But it’s hard to tell if it’s helping more kids get a college degree

The Hechinger Report

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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Ancient Hierakonpolis: The Earliest Evidence of Livestock Horn Modification

Anthropology.net

Credit: Journal of Archaeological Science (2024). This further underscores their ceremonial importance rather than economic utility. Right: Sheep skull T54–2 shown from (a) front and (b) left front side, with close-up of the frontal bone area between horn core bases. DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2024.106104 1 Van Neer, W.,