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JULY 14, 2023

Consider: Charles Darwin: Darwin often relied on the observations of amateur naturalists and enthusiasts during his research Mary Anning: a fossil collector in the early 19th century William Herschel: an astronomer who discovered the planet Uranus E.

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APRIL 8, 2022

Researchers say this is in response to stagnant wages amid ever-steeper workloads and the changes in earning potential that follow the ebbs and flows of the U.S. Research shows that teachers are impacted by a “wage penalty” of about 20 percent —meaning compared to someone with a similar degree, teachers earn only eighty cents on the dollar.

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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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JULY 10, 2023

Research shows some youth are more affected than others. Seventy percent of public schools nationwide reported an increase in students who have sought mental health services since 2020 , yet only 12 percent of educators strongly agreed that their school was able to effectively meet the need. Schools are feeling the strain.

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DECEMBER 14, 2023

Even though federal law requires states to provide public education to homeless students, delivering on this has proven troublesome. Monarch School, a public-private K-12 school, is an arrangement between the San Diego County Office of Education and a local nonprofit. A 2020 report for the U.S. But the objection is more sweeping.

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OCTOBER 14, 2022

But while working with schools and colleges across the globe as we conducted research for our book , we realized that most interventions don’t address systemic issues causing mental health problems in the first place. Indeed, a meta-analysis of research on this issue found a correlation between homework and achievement.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The study — which involved 811 undergraduate students at Florida International University, a large public university in Miami — is perhaps the biggest randomized study of active learning methods in calculus, says Laird Kramer, a physicist at the university and one of the study’s authors.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2023

To achieve a comprehensive understanding, over 50 experts from 20 countries were convened, aiming to provide practical, implementable and secure recommendations for educational institutions. This research was motivated by Goodnotes' position as the AI-powered digital paper preferred by millions of students and teachers worldwide.

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JULY 7, 2023

There are a number of research organizations collecting data about foreign language study and multilingualism in the U.S., however, with insufficient and lagging data from schools, this research has its limitations. Nationwide research is also relatively infrequent — the most recent in-depth study of U.S. The answer? Not enough.

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JANUARY 19, 2022

Ray Salazar has been teaching high school Journalism and English in Chicago Public Schools for over twenty years. They cite homework’s impact on the achievement gap between students of differing socioeconomic backgrounds. Maxey has spent over two decades in public education, both in the classroom and at the administrative level.

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MARCH 17, 2022

As I searched for the “why” behind my contradictions, I thought about research and best practices and found a disconnect between the standards expected of “urban” schools—code for schools that serve predominantly Black and Brown students—and schools that are considered “elite” and exemplar. What Standard?

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JANUARY 24, 2024

There’s slightly more evidence that poor achievement more often fuels math anxiety than the other way around, though there’s evidence going both ways, she adds. In the classroom, researchers don’t know much about what works for anxiety, Ganley says. But Ganley suggests that the research doesn’t support any blanket statements.

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APRIL 10, 2024

A coalition of 14 education organizations, helmed by the nonprofit Michigan Virtual Learning Research Institute, released sample guidelines earlier this month that walk teachers and administrators through potential pitfalls to consider before using an AI tool in the classroom or for other tasks. In Michigan, it was a team effort.

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JANUARY 10, 2024

Research suggests that when exposed to a learning environment that prioritizes the well-being of the whole child, not just their academic performance, students become more confident, optimistic and perceptive. This is a dilemma. We need a national movement, across states, to bring love back into schools.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Differential treatment is an example of how economic theories can shape public policies and individual’s opportunities. Is it fair to judge a student from a low-achieving school against a privately-tutored student? On the other hand, the first candidate did not need a job so could spend time on schoolwork.

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Cool Cat Teacher

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Go to coolcatteacher.com/modern right now to sign up for the Modern Classrooms essential course for free where you will learn about the strategies, research, and resources that can drive student-centered, self-directed learning in your classroom. That is what you get with Modern Classrooms so go to coolcatteacher.com/modern today and sign up.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Thomas Arnett is a senior research fellow for the Clayton Christensen Institute. Thomas began his work in education as a middle school math teacher in Kansas City Public Schools through Teach For America and as an Education Pioneers fellow with the Achievement First Public Charter Schools. Twitter: @ ArnettTom.

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JULY 25, 2023

Learners achieve higher achievement scores in math One 2016 randomized study by Roschelle et al found that students attained higher achievement scores when teachers combined one-on-one attention and web-based homework tools. public schools provide students with computers.

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OCTOBER 20, 2023

I took on a role as a teacher recruiter at Achievement First, where my focus was working with principals to hire teachers. One of them — the principal at Achievement First Brooklyn high school — hired six Black teachers that year, including me. I turned to my network for referrals and it started to work.

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JUNE 14, 2023

In a survey conducted in 2022 by the Institute of Education Sciences, leaders from more than two-thirds of public schools reported an increase in the number of students seeking mental health services since the pandemic, and nearly half of them said they could not effectively provide mental health services to all students in need.

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AUGUST 23, 2023

While SUNY’s and national enrollments appear to be stabilizing as of this past spring, researchers expect this to be a return to the pre-pandemic trend rather than a turnaround. Nationally, the Common Application has piloted direct admission across multiple states.

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JULY 25, 2023

As Latino children make up a growing proportion of public school students in the United States, they’re also facing unique challenges. Education researchers now know that Latino students were dealt an outsized blow to their learning by the coronavirus pandemic. Read the first part here.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Researchers characterized this subset of students as “non-submitters.” “Non-submitters” It’s one relevant to past research about barriers preventing students from enrolling in college, said Taylor Odle, an assistant professor of educational policy studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and co-author of the “non-submitters” study.

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MAY 16, 2022

Last year, the number of ACT test takers declined 22 percent, even as the number of test optional schools grew to include a slew of public state school systems. In March, the largest four-year public college system in the U.S., Sanchez, an ACT researcher who co-authored the report. grade points, from 3.17 in 2010 to 3.36

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DECEMBER 21, 2021

Nearly 20 years ago, Google made an ambitious play to digitize the content of some of the world’s largest research libraries. It seemed like the beginning of a new era, when scholars and the public could make new connections and discoveries in the kind of mass digital library that had previously been the stuff of science fiction.

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AUGUST 15, 2023

When I came to Achievement First Brooklyn High School eight years ago as the ninth grade literature teacher, it was my fourth year of teaching and my first time in a school that was unapologetically rooted in the “no excuses” model , which centers a results-driven culture that prioritizes strict behavioral procedures and academic policies.

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JUNE 26, 2023

Elizabeth White Educational Technology Specialist Fairfax County Public Schools Built upon research completed as part of the Teacher Ready project , this initiative aims to enhance the educational ecosystem through two key approaches. Building a Common Language The Teacher Ready framework has been instrumental in this transformation.

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MAY 26, 2022

The benefits are well-publicized, after all. These rates align pretty closely with what researchers have found. Colleges at the bottom of our analysis report about 1 percent of their transfer students achieving the goal of a bachelor’s degree within four years of moving to a four-year institution.

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MAY 8, 2023

Fractions hadn’t really connected with the students, says John Barclay, a teacher in Richmond Public Schools in Virginia. Although it’s not as obviously contentious as say, social studies, educators and researchers (not to mention students and families) have strong feelings about math instruction (remember New Math ?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The Computer Science department is the largest at this college and provides excellent research and study opportunities. The students are known for applying their knowledge to help the world, for example providing computer resources to power COVID-19 research. It has great research programs and works closely with industry leaders.

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JUNE 14, 2023

A Fractured Landscape About 100,000 undocumented students will graduate from high school every year for the next three years, according to the report, and there are an estimated 600,000 undocumented children in K-12 public schools. Meanwhile, several other states bar undocumented students from enrolling at their public universities.

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JUNE 2, 2023

Both technologies have made their way into classrooms, leaving educational researchers wondering about their differences and implications for learning. That's where we want to be, and that's what we've worked very hard to achieve from a technical standpoint.” How does augmented reality engage all students?

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JULY 28, 2017

Though fairly new, Sway has taken over classroom production of visual presentations because the result is visually appealing while minimizing the amount of time students spend formatting a project, giving them lots more time to research and write. Using the Sway canvas, students select a theme and then add their notes and research.

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OCTOBER 18, 2022

For example, Las Cruces Public Schools in New Mexico faced a significant challenge in its efforts to avoid disruptions to instruction at the beginning of the pandemic. Las Cruces Public Schools is maximizing technology to increase equity and accessibility for all students.

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Cool Cat Teacher

MARCH 7, 2024

Relationships may not be easily measurable but have a significant impact on student achievement. Subscribe to the Show This week's guest Tom Hierck has been an educator since 1983 in a career that has spanned all grade levels and many roles in public education including as a sessional instructor for UBC. Stream by clicking here.

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APRIL 25, 2022

Caldwell County Schools is a mid-sized public school district in northwestern North Carolina. We've got to really pair curriculum and technology together to make sure we're getting the software that works for our district and achieves what we want to achieve. What do you hope to achieve with this support?

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Celina Pierrottet, research and policy associate at NASBE “There’s been a growing call for students to have a more active voice in their learning,” says Celina Pierrottet, a research and policy associate at NASBE. There’s been a growing call for students to have a more active voice in their learning.

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