The Hechinger Report

MARCH 22, 2021

A new analysis of all the research on digital picture books , published in March 2021, helps to answer this question. Some digital storybooks were better; researchers found that certain types of story-related extras seemed to boost a child’s comprehension but they were rare. Children up to age eight were included in the studies.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 3, 2021

The incubator experience begins in July 2021 and will feature ongoing coaching, regular meetings with experts, community action projects, and access to relevant research from one of the best colleges of education in the world. Leadership for social justice: Class update 1. Leadership for social justice: Class update 2.

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Anthropology News

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

In January of 2021, I was employed as a postdoctoral researcher in a division of public health at a medical school. This sparked my interest as it dovetailed with my ongoing research about factors that influence menstrual cycles, such as energetic stress or immune stress. This provided early access to the COVID-19 vaccine.

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Anthropology News

MARCH 31, 2025

Additionally, non-university affiliated community groups working in immigration and social justice, as well as internal museum stakeholder groups including staff and volunteers, will be invited to prepare toe tags ahead of the installation.

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Society for Classical Studies

JANUARY 17, 2025

In 2025, the ACLS Leading Edge Fellowship Program will offer 16 two-year fellowship opportunities with mission-driven social justice nonprofits for recent humanities and interpretive social sciences PhDs. Fellows will take on roles in advocacy, policy research, communications, public engagement, and more.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2024

Critics say she misrepresents research to make her case and her ideas actually impede students. This is a whole effort to shut me down, my research and my writing,” said Boaler. “I Cognitive science research suggests that students need a lot of practice and memorization to master math. That tells us something.”

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Our research, from early childhood education to developing mathematics and argumentative writing skills to postsecondary online learning, keeps us seeking evidence that informs continuous improvement.

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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. Or it might mean taking research off campus. A Digital Divide — Or Bridge? Community colleges are central to this.”

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 16, 2018

Researcher Gabrielle Rappolt-Schlichtmann describes stereotype threat as “the fear of being judged on the basis of negative stereotypes, and the fear of doing something that would confirm those stereotypes,” which can lead to reduced academic achievement and can affect students’ social-emotional well being.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Instead, suggesting a way forward, a review of 53 reading studies , led by University of Virginia researcher Colby Hall and published online September 2022 in Reading Research Quarterly, found that much cheaper reading interventions for children with a variety of reading difficulties were also quite effective for children with dyslexia.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 12, 2020

How does the company address racial equity and social justice in their mission? Learn more about Digital Promise’s product certifications and sign the Research-Based Product Promise. Are there Black leaders or other people of color on their leadership team?

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Your history course may not specify that you are gaining skills in research, writing and evaluation logic. A partner organization recently told me one of their employers hired someone specifically based on their digital credentials, cutting out two weeks of background research. And the number of credentials is increasing drastically.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

We are here to engage them in the kinds of high-impact discovery learning that public research universities can offer at scale; the kinds of experiences that can change the trajectory of their lives and the lives of their families.

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Teaching Anthropology

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Anna Apostolidou PhD, Assistant Professor of Social Anthropology, Ionian University Given the history of our discipline, it seems rather peculiar that anthropologists are not more “naturally inclined” to employ multimodality in their research and teaching.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

However, psychology research shows that uncertainty itself is often the real driver behind rising anxiety. My own research has shown that when people are afraid of math, neural alarm signals go off in the brain before a math test — not during or after. Our anxiety comes from our worries about what might or could happen.

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Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 1, 2024

” After extensive research, she decided that the path she wanted to pursue for her state was Educators Rising, which gets young people started on a path to teaching as early as middle school. ” Eckert believes this appeal to social change is what makes EdRising different from recruitment programs of the past.

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ED Surge

JULY 19, 2024

So he felt frustrated, isolated: “I am stranded on this desert island because that site doesn't work [with my screen reader],” Jacob later told a researcher , also adding, “You can't just re-change your whole teaching plan, especially when you've distributed it.” But it's pretty amazing what some teachers can get done.”

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Research has documented other ways that a teacher’s race can impact student performance. But, increasingly, schools that serve high populations of minority students, such as PUC Schools, are taking note of the research showing that the race of teachers matters and have begun to prioritize diversity along with that top quality.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

As a lecturer at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, where I teach econometrics and research methods, I spend a lot of time thinking about the intersection between data, education and social justice — and how generative AI will reshape the experience of gathering, analyzing and using data for change.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Keith Curry Lance of RSL Research Group has been studying school librarian employment for a long time, roughly 30 years since his first study came out. EdSurge had the opportunity to discuss the findings with Lance and Kachel as they wrapped up their research. It’s really an equity issue — a social justice issue.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 27, 2020

They believe that kids, no matter what grade they are in, should learn history through an antiracist lens, not only learning about the role of white supremacy and racism in history, but doing so in a way that empowers them to pursue social justice. And they aren’t the only ones advocating the adoption of such curricula.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 3, 2023

Yet, despite the gains I made with my students, despite research that shows the substantial positive impact of teachers of color on all students, despite the fact that having just one Black teacher in elementary school makes a Black child 13 percent more likely to go to college , my career nearly ended shortly after it began.

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Mr and Mrs Social Studies

JANUARY 16, 2023

In this research project, students will create one slide in a Google Slideshow about a job that starts with each letter of the alphabet. Students can spend more time researching and applying these different topics to jobs they are interested in to better understand what might be a good fit for their future.

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Political Science Now

MARCH 14, 2025

I have fond memories of him regularly calling the APSA Office to share his latest research or to inquire about a recent program announcement. From 1969 to 1972, Holden served on the Social Science Research Council board and held a part-time position on the Presidents Air Quality Advisory board in 1972. Christophers.

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Anthropology News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Kimberlé Crenshaw stated that in its original formulation, Intersectionality worked to expose “ how single-axis thinking undermines legal thinking, disciplinary knowledge production, and struggles for social justice.” and, in the context of international research, has United States citizenship.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 12, 2024

Social justice is a core value of Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom High School, and the school also belongs to a special assessment cons ortium , giving it more freedom in what is taught than a typical New York City public high school. Sanes gets a lot of support for this approach from his administration. Make it personal for them.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

Here are some examples of why, after more than a decade of research into their involvement with slavery and the transatlantic slave trade, a handful of universities are beginning to consider reparations: The first slave recorded in Massachusetts was owned by Harvard’s school master. Sign up here for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 6, 2022

What Teachers Pay Teachers Is Learning From Bad Lessons and Upset Teachers by Stephen Noonoo The popular lesson planning site Teachers Pay Teachers has long struggled with allegations of plagiarism, racist lesson plans and poor content quality—drawing the ire of teachers and social media users. But for some, the situation is still fraught.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 16, 2019

Researchers at the Modern Language Association recently found that colleges lost 651 foreign language programs from 2013 to 2016 – dramatically more than the one foreign language programs that higher education lost between 2009 and 2013. Research shows that Americans’ attitudes toward language instruction may be holding them back.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2021

I’m not opposed to civic action, but we can’t let the cart get ahead of the horse,” said David Davenport, a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, a conservative think tank at Stanford University. “In In science, you don’t run around doing a bunch of experiments — you start with knowledge and develop a hypothesis first.”.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2016

It is not logical that students at a social justice-oriented school are learning the complexities of race and socioeconomic status in an environment that is majority white and upper-class.”. In July, Pitzer welcomed Oliver, a scholar known for his research on racial and urban inequality. Next stop, college. “It

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Digital Promise

MARCH 2, 2021

Portland (Oregon) Public Schools has developed a Racial Equity and Social Justice framework and, with support from the Leadership Academy, is training district leaders to identify bias- and deficit-based beliefs. Creating an equitable school district requires new capacities and supports for leaders and educators.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 9, 2022

I spoke with Randall during the American Educational Research Association annual meeting in San Diego, where the National Council on Measurement in Education was also convening in April 2022. How can tests actually promote social justice? I used to teach social studies and every assessment had Thomas Jefferson on it.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 1, 2019

The ASCA School Counselor Professional Standards and Competencies require counselors to “use multicultural and social justice theories to promote equity and access for all students.”. ” Marina Koestler Ruben is a graduate research assistant at American University’s Center for Postsecondary Readiness and Success.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 16, 2021

Legacy admission also appears to be withstanding the resurgence of the racial and social justice movement following the killing of George Floyd. Rachel Fishman, deputy director for research, higher education program, New America. Related: Colleges fight attempts to stop them from withholding transcripts over unpaid bills.

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Edthena

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Research from Brown University’s EdResearch for Recovery offers several remedies. And schools that commit to achieving racial and social justice see less turnover and dissatisfaction from educators of color. So, what can educators do about it? Some remedies are self-evident, if difficult to implement quickly.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Students consider the implications for work, housing, poverty, social justice and more. And they come from across the higher education landscape – community colleges, research universities, private colleges, and publics. And a key lesson learned from all of her research is that innovation can happen anywhere.

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