A Principal's Reflections
MAY 15, 2022
It is quite hard to keep up with all the exponential changes we are experiencing. Take technology for example. We get used to a device or app and before we know it there has been a huge update that alters the experience or it’s gone and replaced by something else. I think we can all agree that disruptive change is not the standard in society, but the question becomes how is this impacting education?
The Hechinger Report
MAY 16, 2022
Close up of an illustration from the cover of a May 2022 study on high school grade inflation by ACT, a maker of college admissions tests. The ACT study found that high school grades rose between 2010 and 2022 while scores on the ACT fell. Credit: ACT Inc. It may be self-serving for a test maker to produce research showing that high school grades are rising and less reliable.
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ED Surge
MAY 17, 2022
The pandemic has dragged on, prompting colleges to ricochet back and forth on mask mandate policies and rules about holding classes in person versus online. Professors report that students are disengaged , so much so that it’s even hard to get them to take advantage of free support services. Many faculty and staff members say they feel burned out and demoralized.
Digital Promise
MAY 19, 2022
Learning and Employment Records (LERs)—also referred to as digital wallets or verifiable credentials wallets—offer learners and workers the tools to communicate the totality of their skills and abilities to employers. But few people understand the value of this emerging technology and how to use it to their advantage. Preliminary research on the use of Blockcerts , a LER prototype at Georgia Tech, found that students were confused by the platform, frustrated by the unfamiliar terminology, and di
Edthena
MAY 19, 2022
School leaders, you know your school’s vision, mission, and motto, but do you know how to truly measure school success? According to the Principal of Stonefields School in Auckland, New Zealand, school leaders shouldn’t just trust their gut feelings about how their school is doing. School leaders need to look at the data to measure school success. And what data is that?
The Hechinger Report
MAY 16, 2022
In the movie “ Stand and Deliver, ” teacher Jaime Escalante tells his largely minority and low-income students: “You already have two strikes against you: your name and your complexion. Because of these two strikes, there are some people in this world who will assume you know less than you do.”. He added encouraging words that still resonate today: “Math is the great equalizer.”.
ED Surge
MAY 19, 2022
A version of this article first appeared at the Medium site of the Stanford GSE Office of Innovation and Technology. Blockchain has gotten plenty of attention lately as a new mode of exchange, allowing experimental cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and the sale of NFTs in ways that leave an unalterable, fully transparent public record that tracks the transfer and ownership of digital things.
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Education Elements
MAY 16, 2022
"Feedback is a gift." Most of us have heard this common phrase as educators, coaches, and professionals. But if feedback is a gift, why does receiving it sometimes trigger uneasiness, anxiety, and stress?
The Hechinger Report
MAY 19, 2022
PHILADELPHIA — At first, Marie Wilkins-Walker was just happy to be back in a classroom. Wilkins-Walker teaches career and technical education at West Philadelphia High School, where she has worked for a decade. Her classes focus on computer systems networking; students earn certificates for jobs in fields like IT while also providing tech support to the high school.
ED Surge
MAY 20, 2022
In the classic children’s book, “ Henny Penny ,” the title character, Henny, a chicken, fears that the sky is falling when an acorn drops on her head. She quickly creates mass hysteria among her animal peers. In the story, she frantically considers multiple explanations before finally arriving at the truth: the sky is, in fact, not falling. The moral of this oft-told tale is quite clear: Don’t respond with panic and leap to inaccurate conclusions that incite confusion or anger.
Digital Promise
MAY 17, 2022
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Edthena
MAY 20, 2022
[link]. The AI Coach platform was recently featured on the Teaching Learning Leading K12 podcast. Edthena founder and CEO Adam Geller highlighted how the platform coaches teachers to coach themselves. Host Steve Miletto and Adam talked about why coaching is integral to improvement in teaching, the four-phase self-reflective coaching cycle , and how teachers can use the AI Coach platform to support their growth and collaboration with their in-person coaches.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 19, 2022
Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Early Childhood newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about early learning. Subscribe today! There are 11.4 million babies in the United States, and nearly 1 in 5 are being raised by families in poverty. But whether families are eligible for direct support from the state depends largely on where they live, a challenge that the organization Zero to Three has highlighted in its mos
ED Surge
MAY 17, 2022
Everyone loves watching a well executed circus act—one that surprises, delights and briefly suspends us in awe. It’s the kind of performance that makes an impression because its success relies not upon magic or deceit but dedication and practiced skill. Take, for instance, the precarious act of spinning plates on poles, seemingly defying the laws of gravity.
Steven V. Miller
MAY 15, 2022
Sorry, Mother I’m in the gradual process of rehauling my {dragracer} package to make it more feature-rich for interested users. As far as R packages go, it was never going to be something super useful or in high demand, like {dplyr} or {devtools}. However, I want it to be more than it currently is because I could see it possibly being something useful, like {palmerpenguins} and especially {starwarsdb}.
ED Surge
MAY 18, 2022
Earlier this month, as thousands of early childhood educators and advocates gathered in Baltimore for the 2022 National Head Start Annual Conference, attendees exchanged first-hand accounts and anecdotes from the field, sharing what the last couple of years have been like for them and what it’s like right now. Tommy Sheridan, the deputy director of the National Head Start Association (NHSA), a nonprofit advocacy and professional support organization for Head Start, was hearing stories about just
ED Surge
MAY 15, 2022
Earnest. Decent. Unassuming. When I think of Jonathan Haber, who died unexpectedly of a heart attack last week, those are the first words that come to mind. Jonathan, who wrote columns for EdSurge among his many pursuits, was a wonderful thinker, in education and in life. The recent author of the book Critical Thinking , a topic about which he cared deeply, Haber had contributed in significant ways to a variety of important education projects.
ED Surge
MAY 16, 2022
The ACT has seen the writing on the wall—and it doesn’t look good. At a time when more colleges and universities are taking tentative steps away from standardized tests , ACT is not only recognizing the threat, but urging caution. Its reasoning? Grade inflation is growing, and grade point averages alone are not enough for colleges to make informed decisions about applicants without an objective measure of competence—like, say, a standardized test.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 16, 2022
College costs differ for almost everyone, just like airline tickets. But while plane tickets vary by carrier, date of purchase and luck, college costs hinge on reported family income, assets, the grades a student got in high school, the type of institution they want to attend and mastery of a complicated application system. Although about 85 percent of freshmen at four-year residential colleges receive some kind of financial aid, families get scared off by the sticker price, according to Phillip
The Hechinger Report
MAY 17, 2022
A mother of four in Florida recently questioned the repeated defense of “parent rights” that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis cited before signing his controversial “Parental Rights in Education” bill, known as the “ Don’t Say Gay bill,” at the end of March. “ ‘Parental rights’? Whose parental rights? Only parental rights if you’re raising a child according to DeSantis?
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