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OPINION: It may be time to rethink the emphasis on taking calculus in high school

The Hechinger Report

In 2012, the panel issued a joint statement asserting that calculus should not be the “ultimate goal of the K-12 mathematics curriculum.” High school data science classes, which teach how to use statistical methods and programming to query and analyze real-world data, are a budding development.

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Some colleges start to confront a surprising reason students fail: Too many choices

The Hechinger Report

So college has become more like the K-12 experience, where we are teaching them how to be adults in the world.”. Those are not necessarily skills that they’re learning in K-12 education.”. Those are not necessarily skills that they’re learning in K-12 education.”. That should not shock anyone.

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TEACHER VOICE: When it comes to teacher training, the U.S. could learn a thing or two from Canada

The Hechinger Report

In my own teacher training many years ago, I took various courses in curriculum theory, classroom management, education history and educational psychology along with content-based courses like political science, economics and history. Related: Will high school segregation for refugees lead to better integration?

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Undocumented high schoolers work long hours, putting college further out of reach

The Hechinger Report

Attentive K-12 educators aren’t always enough, however. At the same time, while nonwhite students may regularly experience more stress than their white peers, they are often less likely to seek psychological help. Related: Counting DACA students. I don’t want to just work until I die. I wanted to make sure I left a mark.

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Inside the oil industry’s not-so-subtle push into K-12 education

The Hechinger Report

The board has spent upwards of $40 million over the past two decades on K-12 education with a pro-industry bent, including hundreds of pages of curricula, a speaker series and an afterschool program — all at no cost to educators. million for K-12 efforts in 2016, roughly the same amount went to messaging it calls “public education.”

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