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The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 3, 2025
For decades, education policy has lurched from one test score panic to the next, diverting resources from what we know matters building students socioemotional skills, fostering strong relationships with teachers and peers and supporting enriched home environments that drive long-term success.
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 21, 2023
America has pulled back from the brink of denying science in education. We have to place facts, history and science at the heart of our education systems. AP Psychology is a popular course, and rigorous AP classes help prepare students for college and demonstrate their skills for college admissions.
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The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 22, 2024
The debate reignited among university professors during the pandemic with the 2021 online publication of a commentary in the journal Educational Psychology Review. The report encouraged science teachers to adopt an inquiry-based approach, and it was followed by similar calls from other policymakers.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 19, 2020
When puberty hits, the brain reorganizes dramatically, said Laurence Steinberg, a professor of psychology at Temple University, who specializes in adolescence. Like I don’t feel that same like human connection,” said Seamus Lynch, an eighthgrader at Lincoln Middle School in Park Ridge, a suburb of Chicago.
The Hechinger Report
JULY 13, 2020
I actually trained in developmental psychology, not in psychometrics, which I decided to do after a few years as a special ed teacher when I was really young. We can’t escape the need to use human judgment in evaluating classrooms. Why did you decide to become an expert in testing when you’re so critical of it?
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 22, 2020
“No one was considering the psychological toll each reopening plan would take on students,” she said. No one was considering the psychological toll each reopening plan would take on students,” she said. Credit: Chloe Pressley. Related: As we talk about reopening schools, are the teachers okay?
The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
Higher Education. Leave this field empty if you're human: But another way to think about educational inequality is to analyze how students fare at the same institution. Sign up for Jill Barshay's Proof Points newsletter. Choose from our newsletters. Weekly Update. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. Proof Points.
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