A Principal's Reflections
OCTOBER 23, 2022
In order to learn and grow, some type of feedback is needed along the way. While an experience can be a foundation for learning, it is the feedback that often serves as a catalyst for reflection. At this point, learners gain valuable insight into the strategies being used so that adjustments can be made to make better progress. There is also a robust research base to validate its importance.
Dangerously Irrelevant
OCTOBER 24, 2022
Scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) are down after the pandemic. Surprise! Four big thoughts on all of this… 1. Below is the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) graph of daily COVID cases in the U.S. Note the huge spike in January 2022 due to the Omicron variant. Also note that the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) chose to administer the NAEP tests in March 2022 , during the downswing of that huge spike in cases and after two years
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The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 27, 2022
Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Subscribe today! Sometime in the past year or two, you’ve likely heard the word “metaverse.” It’s the future, the next big frontier of the internet, if you ask technology CEOs or researchers.
ED Surge
OCTOBER 25, 2022
“I've always thought games were good models for everything—how to learn, but also how to be,” says Arana Shapiro. She has dedicated much of her career to helping educators integrate technology with purpose into their curriculum. Now the Managing Director and Chief Learning Officer at Games for Change , Shapiro stands at the vanguard of a movement to both normalize and prioritize game-based instruction in schools.
Digital Promise
OCTOBER 26, 2022
The post How I Help Students Address Climate Change with Hydroponics appeared first on Digital Promise.
Dangerously Irrelevant
OCTOBER 26, 2022
[this blog post is a follow-up response to the Twitter exchange with Van Schoales posted below]. Hi Van. Although I’ve admired your work for years, you and I have never met, which means that we don’t have a relationship to lean into. Seth Godin reminds me that ‘ if your audience isn’t listening, it’s your fault, not theirs. ’ So please take this post as a very-public apology for whatever anger or defensiveness I sparked by my tweet.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 28, 2022
New data released this week from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP, known as the “nation’s report card,” should raise the alarm for America’s high schools. While scores declined across the board, eighth grade students showed the most stunning drops — underscoring the urgent task ahead for high schools charged with helping students get back on track.
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Digital Promise
OCTOBER 26, 2022
The post Building Systems that Support Connected Learning appeared first on Digital Promise.
Pedagogy and Formation
OCTOBER 26, 2022
It's difficult to write a post like this one without appearing that I'm being (at least indirectly) critical of teachers, and parents. As a former teacher, I'm aware of the challenges in teaching, whether infants, primary or secondary. And as a parent, and more recently a grandparent, I understand how tough parenting can be. All levels of education have their own unique issues in 2022, there are also some issues that are common to all.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 27, 2022
The Hechinger Report and the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting are investigating the practice of suspending students for skipping school or missing classes for reasons the school administration deems “unexcused.” We want to hear from students, parents, guardians and educators in Arizona who have experience with this. We need help understanding why students miss school in the first place, and what effect a suspension has on their lives.
ED Surge
OCTOBER 25, 2022
People who happen to be good at school and college are often described as ‘smart,’ and our systems tend to reward them with cultural status and good jobs. But what if the key to expanding educational access comes down to rethinking our concept of smarts and who has them? That’s the argument made by scholar and author Freddie deBoer in his book, “The Cult of Smart: How Our Broken Education System Perpetuates Social Injustice.” deBoer has taught in both the K-12 and college setting, and he has ser
Civics U
OCTOBER 25, 2022
Immigration and immigration reform have been issues in past American history, and are still issues in American government and politics. This article will not enter that debate, but will review key elements in immigration history and law. Some of these also have a bearing on current issues and decisions. All of the settlers who came to America were immigrants, and all current citizens are either immigrants or descendants of immigrants, except for indigenous Native Americans, although some would a
Stanford History Education Group
OCTOBER 27, 2022
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The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 28, 2022
This story was produced by the Associated Press and reprinted with permission. The Covid-19 pandemic devastated poor children’s well-being, not just by closing their schools, but also by taking away their parents’ jobs, sickening their families and teachers and adding chaos and fear to their daily lives. This story also appeared in The Associated Press.
ED Surge
OCTOBER 24, 2022
It was no secret that the pandemic hurt student performance. But its precise effects are still being quantified. New national test scores, released Monday, reveal that the disruption may have been even more severe than already anticipated. Over the last two-and-a-half years, students’ math and reading scores saw a historic decline, according to the results of a Congressionally-mandated test—known as the “nation’s report card.
Stanford History Education Group
OCTOBER 27, 2022
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The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 23, 2022
Academic achievement in Massachusetts, historically the highest achieving state in the nation, fell so much during the pandemic that the state’s eighth graders now score below those in New Jersey in reading, and in math, an 11-point drop nearly ties Massachusetts with Utah. Meanwhile, students in the Department of Defense school system appeared not to miss a beat.
ED Surge
OCTOBER 24, 2022
In a fifth-grade class at Redlands Unified School District in California, students sit in pairs, building LEGO® Education robots that hop. They're laughing, chatting and (sometimes) getting a bit frustrated. They're also coding, measuring and problem-solving. This is purposeful play. And right now, some district leaders and researchers say that's precisely what both students and teachers need.
ED Surge
OCTOBER 27, 2022
It’s no secret that the education system is struggling to adapt to the new digital risks that come with its rushed switch to digital forced by the pandemic. But it’s something that lawmakers are only beginning to wake up to. Just last week, the director of the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, Jen Easterly, listed K-12 as one of three “ target rich, resource poor ” priority sectors for the agency, which is tasked with toughening the country’s cybersecurity infrastructure.
ED Surge
OCTOBER 24, 2022
Do you remember a wedding or funeral you were helping to plan? Was affordability your top priority for the big day? An asymmetric market is one in which one side of the transaction has almost all the important information needed to make a wise decision. Examples include buying used cars, buying homes (without inspections), or even receiving medical treatments.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 25, 2022
Principles of Organic Chemistry and other aptly named “weed-out” courses can raise the blood pressure of first- and second-year STEM students to new highs. These are courses college students must pass to become candidates for a degree in a STEM major. They are often taught through giant lectures, with limited faculty-student engagement. Many students fail the courses or become so frightened by them that they drop the class — and thus the major.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 27, 2022
This podcast, Sold a Story, was produced by APM Reports and reprinted with permission. There’s an idea about how children learn to read that’s held sway in schools for more than a generation – even though it was proven wrong by cognitive scientists decades ago. Teaching methods based on this idea can make it harder for children to learn how to read. .
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 28, 2022
Mckell James first applied for child care in October 2019, five months before her oldest son was born. She got on a half dozen wait lists, but it took two years to get off just one. And that spot, while coveted, was only for two days of care each week. The Salt Lake City, Utah, family took it anyway, falling into a dizzying juggling act the other three days, with James, 35, and her husband, Corper James, 51, balancing their full-time jobs while watching their toddler.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 28, 2022
Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Higher Education newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about early learning. Subscribe today! Emily Thompson was working in a convenience store in rural Maine two years ago when she met someone who changed her life. Thompson, then 47, had recently reentered the workforce as a cashier after raising her child.
ED Surge
OCTOBER 26, 2022
Admittedly, I have been jamming to Beyoncé’s new album , "Renaissance", ever since it came out this past summer. It literally speaks to my soul, not only because it acknowledges my humanity but also in the way it pays homage to the intersections of Black and Queer artistry. "BREAK MY SOUL", in particular, reflects my work as a public high school history teacher as I have had my own renaissance navigating the toxic landscape that further marginalizes educators struggling to hold on to their human
ED Surge
OCTOBER 27, 2022
AMELIA ISLAND, FLA. — For decades, advocates of competency-based education have been arguing that colleges should award credits based on assessing what students know rather than how many hours they’ve spent in class. Yet despite getting some buzz every few years, the idea of CBE, as it’s called, has remained a relatively small-scale phenomenon. Could this post-pandemic moment lead to broader adoption of the idea?
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 24, 2022
The 2025 enrollment cliff forecast for years began more than a decade ago in Maine, where the number of high school graduates has been on a steady decline. At the University of Maine, we have addressed these challenges by focusing on making college affordable for both in-state and out-of-state students, as well as by truly welcoming prospective applicants — and letting them know we care about their growth and development as individuals and their overall well-being.
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