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Innovation is More Than an Idea or Tool

A Principal's Reflections

Recently during a coaching visit at Sandshore Elementary School, a part of the Mt. Olive Township School District in NJ, I saw one of the best examples of innovation in practice. Injuries, extended illnesses, immune deficiencies, and other physical challenges prevent a student from physically being able to attend school.

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One state tried algebra for all eighth graders. It hasn’t gone well

The Hechinger Report

Algebra teacher Rick Riccio demonstrates scientific notation during a class at Braham Area High School in Minnesota. What Braham Area Schools in Minnesota needs to address its math gap are more certified math teachers, more math tutors, and smaller class sizes, said district leaders.

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Cheaper human tutors can be highly effective, studies show

The Hechinger Report

Teaching aides are at least as effective in tutoring as licensed teachers, and far more effective than volunteer tutors, research shows Photo: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report. And both sets of paid professionals—aides and teachers—were far more effective than volunteer tutors. But it was based on very few studies.

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PROOF POINTS: How to get teachers to talk less and students more

The Hechinger Report

Example of the talk meter shown to Cuemath tutors at the end of the tutoring session. Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial on a Math Tutoring Platform.” Silence may be golden, but when it comes to learning with a tutor, talking is pure gold. Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial on a Math Tutoring Platform.”

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A New Feature of Teacher Prep Programs? Compensating Future Educators for Their Time

ED Surge

Today, and for the last year or so, aspiring educators at American University are required to spend a minimum of 40 hours tutoring students in Washington, D.C., public schools, in addition to completing the long-standing requirement of student teaching for a semester. “We Later, they may do one-on-one or small group tutoring.

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PROOF POINTS: Many high school math teachers cobble together their own instructional materials from the internet and elsewhere, a survey finds

The Hechinger Report

Ideally, teachers are supposed to base their lessons on the textbooks, worksheets and digital materials that school leaders have spent a lot of time reviewing and selecting. Time spent finding materials is time not spent giving students feedback, tailoring existing lessons for students or giving students one-to-one tutoring help.

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The simple intervention that could lift kids out of ‘Covid slide’

The Hechinger Report

Carr, 21, began tutoring the rising fifth grader in mid-June, shortly after wrapping up his junior year at Middle Tennessee State University. Victor had made lots of progress in math since he began meeting twice a week with Carr at a Nashville-area Boys & Girls Club through an ad hoc, statewide tutoring initiative.

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