The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

However, researchers at Georgetown University project that by 2031, 72 percent of jobs will require some type of education or training after high school. Traditional higher education has reached an inflection point. trillion — up nearly $750 billion in 12 years. Public trust in higher education has reached a historic low.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 17, 2025

Part of that involved the question of whether schools should ban smartphones one of the biggest policy debates of the year in K-12 education. Is it time to give traditional letter grade systems an F and replace them with alternatives that focus more on getting more students to master material? Thanks for listening!

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

And while many of the studies showed gains for learners in some cases, the researchers concluded that flipped learning isn’t living up to its promise. The researchers do think that flipped learning has merit — if it is done carefully. The hype is convincing — it’s seductive — but the implementation of the hype is not,” he said. “It

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 10, 2025

The presence of these distinct lithic technologies indicates that hunter-gatherers in this region were part of a broader cultural tradition that spanned much of southern Europe in the final millennia of the Ice Age. Related Research Romandini, M., Scientific Reports, 12 (1), 5609. Marciani, G., Benazzi, S., Fornai, C.,

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Bowen, a principal research associate at the Urban Institute, wanted to fill the dearth of accessible teaching resources with sessions on coding, cartography, and—of course—Bowen’s pet-prolific workshop on data collection and visualization. Having role models makes it so much more accessible and easier to believe it’s achievable.”.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 12, 2023

In 2005, Yale researchers released a study that changed perceptions of school discipline in early grades. Not only were preschoolers in public programs being expelled at more than three times the rate of older K-12 students, but discipline was starkly divided by race: Black preschoolers were twice as likely to be kicked out as white children.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 1, 2025

Credit: Patience Zalanga for The Hechinger Report There was a logic behind that: In a traditional course sequence, finishing calculus is easier if students take Algebra I by eighth grade since they can continue on to geometry, Algebra II, precalculus or trigonometry, and then calculus their senior year. Related: Widen your perspective.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 18, 2018

Over the past year, Digital Promise has been conducting research with the League of Innovative Schools to catalog their most significant educational challenges. The result of this work will be published later this year as a Challenge Agenda – a comprehensive catalog of the high-priority challenges that K-12 districts need and want to solve.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Research shows that their expected future earnings and public subsidy savings more than offset the cost of these expensive small high schools. New research suggests that these schools might actually pay for themselves in long-term benefits to both students and the public as a whole. Photo: Kayleigh Skinner. Are they worth it?

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Digital Promise

MAY 4, 2021

As a researcher and innovation leader, I wanted to explore the “why” behind the low proficiency rates. When I began to explore peer-reviewed research and insights from reputable sources, I also began to uncover opportunities to strengthen student mindset and build the foundational skills needed to tackle complex problems in STEM.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Nearly 80 percent of young children who attend the Lourie Center’s therapeutic nursery program will ascend to a traditional kindergarten setting. Consider that the annual cost of K-12 special education is nearly three times that of “general education”: $26,000 vs. $9,000 per student in California, for example.

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TCI

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Active learning strategies have transformed K-12 classroom instruction, shifting away from passive lectures to interactive, student-centered learning experiences. Research shows that active learning increases student performance, reduces failure rates, and fosters deeper critical thinking.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Out-of-school factors weigh heavily on student success, studies show, and research indicates family engagement can lead to higher grades and test scores, improved attendance and better behavior. nitially, Malik relied on traditional meetings to get parent feedback. Photo: Caralee Adams for The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Using skills they’d learned in their computer science lessons, the students designed a traditional button blanket on a laser cutting machine. The program trains educators at K-12 schools whose students include Native children on different ways they can introduce young people to programming, robotics and coding.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 25, 2019

In traditional science classrooms, students are often presented with facts and definitions to memorize, or they are asked to follow a predetermined set of instructions to complete a lab activity. However, this model of instruction does not align with our emerging understanding of how students learn science best. Next steps.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2024

While some students also receive one-on-one remediation, Fisher said that research shows those interventions aren’t enough to close the gap. “We HSHMC’s approach of integrating literacy into content classes is something that researchers are calling for. were out of line with current research , known as “the science of reading.”

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ED Surge

AUGUST 14, 2024

And the growth is steep — up 10 percent compared to last year, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. It’s good for students, Fink says, citing two decades of research that shows it leads to better high school and college completion rates. We are trying to reach every high schooler in some way,” McElroy says.

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ED Surge

MAY 30, 2023

The idea is also based on research about how to turn novices into experts, says Valerie Sakimura, executive director of Deans for Impact, a national nonprofit with a mission of ensuring every child is taught by a well-prepared teacher. It seems to be making a difference for both the tutors and the K-12 students. They’re hooked.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Related: PROOF POINTS: Four lessons from post-pandemic tutoring research One fear we have is that too many education stakeholders have given up on school improvement because they don’t believe it’s possible. No school governance model is predominant. All these findings are consistent with a wide body of literature on what works.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 6, 2019

Other scholars produced research showing that the kind of zero-tolerance discipline then in vogue was hurting students’ long-term academic prospects and feeding the school-to-prison pipeline. Leave this field empty if you're human: Early research seemed promising. percent of the students at traditional discipline schools.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

In addition to traditional professional development activities like courses, workshops and in-service sessions, technology brings boundless new opportunities for continuous learning through classroom-based videos, online courses and educator-driven idea exchanges. under which circumstances would they earn them.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 12, 2019

Over the last 12 years, the school system has undergone major upheavals. To ensure access to high-quality educational experiences at the high school level, students enrolled in Grades 9-12 were provided tuition to attend one of two neighboring high schools. In 2012, students in Grades 7-8 followed suit.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 5, 2022

In 2012, the panel issued a joint statement asserting that calculus should not be the “ultimate goal of the K-12 mathematics curriculum.” Subsequent research and statements from math experts questioned the relevance and efficacy of traditional pathways to calculus for all students. Not a ringing endorsement.

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ED Surge

MARCH 27, 2024

One night per week, I teach preservice elementary school teachers who serve as paraprofessionals at K-12 schools in Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama and California through Reach University. During the day, I teach Algebra I classes to high school freshmen in Springfield, Missouri.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 7, 2024

One cause is the pandemic, and how it disrupted middle and high school for today’s traditional-aged college students. In his classes, Minarik often teaches his students, who are studying to become K-12 educators, to model the purpose of an assignment in class. So being open about ‘this is why I'm asking you to do it.’”

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Digital Promise

APRIL 7, 2017

Mentor Public Schools is a suburban district 20 miles east of Cleveland, Ohio, which serves 7,650 preK-12 students across 42 square miles. Throughout the district, traditional rows of desks have been updated and replaced with flexible learning spaces. Adapting to create innovative environments. As a result of a $13.8

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Rashawn Ray That’s the question a team of researchers at the think tank Brookings Institution are asking, through a new project that will probe the opportunities and barriers virtual reality offers in higher education. The universities that get on board with this quickest are going to have some of the biggest payoffs.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 10, 2020

Since 2017, students in Mineola have been introduced to coding through unplugged classes in pre-K, and by first grade, have been allowed to take the devices home. In a pre-K class at Hampton Street students worked on learning the letter L by cutting it from paper or fashioning it from clay. Otherwise, we’re not doing our job.”.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 17, 2023

But UCLA professors felt that the traditional math curriculum was uninspiring to students and that the classes offered few useful examples from actual biology, according to a presentation prepared by members of the university that EdSurge reviewed. The traditional calculus coursework, to people like Garfinkel, is totally outdated.

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ED Surge

APRIL 12, 2022

The transition to digital has been tough to crack for traditional textbook publishers. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, a Boston-based K-12 education content and technology provider, has finished its sale to Veritas Capital, an investing firm which markets itself as seeking to improve education.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 30, 2023

The new Khan World School pitches itself as a way for self-motivated students to break out of the traditional classroom. During talks with a K-12 public charter school in Phoenix called Arizona State University Preparatory Academy, Khan thought he’d found a way to bring quality education to top students all over the world.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 4, 2024

Last week, there was finally some movement on this front — a group of K-12 educators, students, higher ed officials and industry leaders presented initial findings on what they believe students should know about data by the time they graduate from high school.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

As part of his role at the center, Aguilar conducted research into how teachers think about AI in classrooms. The study , “How Teachers Navigate the Ethical Landscape of AI in Their Classrooms,” interviewed 248 K-12 teachers. Those teachers were largely white and from public schools, introducing limitations. The main findings?

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Andrea estimated she has worked at least 10 to 12 jobs since graduating from college six years ago. More businesses must open their doors to students through internships, summer employment opportunities, research intensives and other experiential learning options. It’s just taking me a little longer than I expected.”.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 5, 2023

More recently, advocates have presented child care as a public good and a right, similar to K-12 education. There remains, still, a Canadian tradition in believing that government is part of the solution.” We expect government to step up,” said Susan Prentice, Duff Roblin Professor of Government at the University of Manitoba.

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ED Surge

JUNE 10, 2024

In the United States, there are over 15,000 esports teams in K-12 schools, and many esports teams and programs emphasize access to students with disabilities. 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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ED Surge

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Or in K-12 settings, where the International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum used by many high schools has an oral component. Compared to a traditional essay assignment, Carlson believes that the approach makes it harder for students to cheat using ChatGPT or other AI tools.

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