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If We Listen, Students Will Lead Education Research and Development

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He engaged in the Advancing Secondary Writing initiative led by Digital Promise’s Center for Inclusive Innovation , recognizing the importance of involving students directly in the research and development (R&D) process. Judith emphasizes its purpose of providing solutions that assist those in need and promoting equal opportunities.

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Will Teachers Listen to Feedback From AI? Researchers Are Betting on It

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Students should be equal participants in their learning,” says Phipps. Her application is called TalkMoves, and a version of Jacob’s research is now being used by the tutoring company Saga Education to train first-time tutors. All teachers should have equal access to tools that can improve their teaching.

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COVID-19 Hit Schools Unequally, But Data Shows Learning Recovery Is Equally Slow

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For example, teachers serving schools with high levels of student poverty were far more likely to report that their students lacked appropriate remote-learning workspaces free of distractions during the pandemic, according to research from the U.S. And research from the U.S. Government Accountability Office.

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How Does Acceleration Research Help Schools and Kids Rebound?

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Acceleration research says it is a way to do that. Dr. Nancy Frey has researched Acceleration Research along with Douglas Fisher and shared their results in Rebound: A Playbook for Rebuilding Agency, Accelerating Learning Recovery, and Rethinking Schools. This episode focuses specifically on acceleration research.

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The US Is the Fifth-Largest Spanish-Speaking Country. Where Are Our Bilingual Teachers?

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The dearth of bilingual teachers is especially counterintuitive in Texas, where Gauna is a professor and where she conducted a qualitative research study on what she calls the “The Leaking Spanish Bilingual Education Teacher Pipeline.” Esmeralda told researchers. “I So why is there a shortage of these educators? Say it in English!”

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Why Educators Should Lean in to AI to Better Support Students

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Upon the release of ChatGPT in the fall of 2022, we noticed that some of our students had suddenly become “experts” at synthesizing research and organizing their term papers, often resulting in perfect scores on their written assignments.

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Young Kids in Low-Income Families Get Less Exposure to Math. Can the Right Apps Help?

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That’s why one group of researchers asked what can be done to close the cognitive development distance that opens between children from high- and low-income families, which they argue is a watershed in equality of opportunity. Researchers sent text reminders to some parents to use the materials they received. The result?

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