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Should High School Students Do Academic Research?

ED Surge

Pushing students to get involved in research early can also amplify inequities among those who don’t have access to expensive research programs or opportunities at elite institutions. That’s not to say that teaching research skills in high school is bad, though.

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How One District Takes STEM Learning to the Next Level

ED Surge

Students addressed their own climate anxiety by applying their research skills in designing climate solutions and writing defending arguments to local politicians.

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Behind the Data: Uncovering New Truths in School Librarian Employment

ED Surge

There were specific reading and writing standards related to information-seeking and research skills. In 2014, I was involved in a study in South Carolina, the only state where we could get test score results by individual standards, as opposed to overall scores. What types of things came out of the interview process?

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Can Colleges Reach Beyond Campus to Foster ‘Digital Equity’ in Communities?

ED Surge

That may mean encouraging faculty with the right research skills and interests to evaluate digital outreach and access programs, or working with students to host listening sessions with members of local communities to document their digital needs, Mossberger suggested. Just having access doesn’t matter unless you can afford it.”

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Come for the computers, stay for the books

The Hechinger Report

The stereotypical library can seem like a vestige, making it an easy target when budgets are tight, according to Mark Ray, Vancouver’s director of innovation and library services, “but we want libraries to be the lynchpin of education transformation.” based education advocacy group. “It I go wherever teachers need me.”.

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Three Ways to Help Teachers Use Research

Digital Promise

As we talked with educators at our Research Summit and in our League of Innovative Schools , we heard a recurring theme: teachers (and innovation) thrive in a “culture of data” where research use is encouraged, and staff are given opportunities to build their research skills.

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