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What if public schools never reopen?

The Hechinger Report

This could be a watershed year in the history of American public education. When the pandemic struck, districts around the country, especially those in low-income areas, were still recovering from economic losses sustained during the 2008 recession, when nearly 300,000 teachers and other school staff were laid off.

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3 AI Time Savers for Your Classroom

Leah Cleary

As a history teacher, I’ve found it an effective teaching-tool. Q-Chat Tutor: The Q-Chat function acts as a personal tutor for students, guiding them through study materials and helping reinforce learning through interaction. Students can use Q-Chat as a personal tutor. I’ve been using Edpuzzle for about a decade.

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PROOF POINTS: Schools staff up as student enrollment drops

The Hechinger Report

The first act followed the Great Recession of 2008, as schools added back staff that they had been forced to cut in the economic downturn. The second act came with seven consecutive years of strong economic growth beginning in 2013. School hiring has taken place in three acts, Roza says.

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PROOF POINTS: How important was your favorite teacher to your success? Researchers have done the math

The Hechinger Report

What we cherish often has nothing to do with the biology or Bronze Age history we learned in the classroom. Kraft and his colleagues brought the tools of modern applied economics to answer the question of a teacher’s worth outside of the classroom. It’s really an underappreciated way in which teachers matter.”

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OPINION: Let’s change our approach to traditionally overlooked students

The Hechinger Report

To start with, colleges must consider factors other than the traditional standardized scores when recruiting underserved students from communities with few economic, health and educational resources. For example, at Dominican, we created “exit tickets” that students submit after class, which are used to refine subsequent tutoring sessions.

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STUDENT VOICE: Young Afghan girls are finding ways to keep learning

The Hechinger Report

Many found a way to continue their studies through informal tutoring centers, but those too have come under increased scrutiny as the government continues to crack down on women and girls’ access to education. I continued my school and course lessons until our economic situation deteriorated and I could not study English anymore.

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OPINION: Here’s why chronically underfunded HBCUs are needed now more than ever

The Hechinger Report

And it is threatening the first-year college experiences that are so vital to student achievement — a year without orientation, in-person academic tutoring, learning communities and on-campus activities could easily threaten a student’s ability to acclimate to college life.

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