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Theater, economics and psychology: Climate class is now in session

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I was struck by how professors in fields as diverse as theater, economics and architecture were participating in the “living lab” model. The post Theater, economics and psychology: Climate class is now in session appeared first on The Hechinger Report. Sign up for the climate and education newsletter.

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OPINION: Our schools must tell a better and more complete story about our growing economic inequality

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However, as the economy has grown, so has economic inequality, increasing dramatically across the country. This growing economic inequality is also widening educational achievement gaps and causing many young people to have a lack of empathy and understanding for those outside their socioeconomic peer groups.

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

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Earlier in the 2000s, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development described social capital as a space requiring further investigation to help students pursue higher education and careers. Through resources made available by connections — resources that can be mobilized through ties in the networks.

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Math can be a path to success after prison

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Math literacy often contributes to economic success: A 2021 study of more than 5,500 adults found that participants made $4,062 more per year for each correct answer on an eight-question math test. Since 2020, he has published four academic papers: three in math and one in sociology.

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OPINION: When wealthy parents hold sway in public schools

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With economic segregation in the United States worsening, there is likely to be a growing number of school districts where poor children, and poor parents, predominate. Yet, economic segregation, which is more pronounced among families with children, also creates public school districts where affluent families predominate.

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OPINION: Why school ratings can backfire

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Moreover, those proficiency levels are closely tied to students’ family economic status and their entering levels of proficiency in English and math. Gates Professor of Sociology and Education and chair of the Department of Education Policy and Social Analysis at Teachers College, Columbia University. The correlation is r = -.68

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Will AI Shrink Disparities in Schools, or Widen Them?

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It wouldn’t be responsible to lean on AI as the quick fix for all our economic shortages in schooling. Introducing more AI to classrooms, at least in the short term, implies teaching students using screens and virtual learning, argues Rina Bliss, an associate professor of sociology at Rutgers University.

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