Has Inclusion Gone Too Far? - Education Next
WEBJul 24, 2018 — Allison F. Gilmour. The model of special education known as inclusion, or mainstreaming, has become more prevalent over the past 10 years, and today, more than 60 percent of all students with disabilities (SWDs) spend 80 percent or more of their school day in regular classrooms, alongside their non-disabled peers (see Figure 1).
The Educational Value of Field Trips - Education Next
WEBSep 16, 2013 — Jay P. Greene joined EdNext Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss the benefits of field trips, including how seeing live theater is a more enriching experience to students, on the EdNext podcast. The school field trip has a long history in American public education. For decades, students have piled into yellow buses to visit a variety of ...
To Fix Students’ Bad Behavior, Stop Punishing Them
WEBAug 29, 2023 — Suggested citation format: D’Orio, W. (2023). To Fix Students’ Bad Behavior, Stop Punishing Them: Collaborative methods for handling misconduct make their way to the classroom. Education Next, 23 (4), 50-55. For more, please see “ The Top 20 Education Next Articles of 2023.”.
How Family Background Influences Student Achievement
WEBFeb 17, 2016 — This article is part of a new Education Next series commemorating the 50th anniversary of James S. Coleman’s groundbreaking report, “Equality of Educational Opportunity.”The full series will appear in the Spring 2016 issue of Education Next.. On the weekend before the Fourth of July 1966, the U.S. Office of Education quietly released a 737-page report that summarized one of the most ...
Busting the Myths About Year-Round School Calendars
WEBOct 25, 2022 — Myth #2: The main goal of year-round calendars is to help students learn. Most public conversation about balanced calendars assumes that they are designed to help students learn. In fact, over the past 50 years, a major reason districts have adopted balanced calendars is to address overcrowding and save money.
In Schools, Teacher Quality Matters Most - Education Next
WEBFeb 3, 2016 — This article is part of a new Education Next series commemorating the 50th anniversary of James S. Coleman’s groundbreaking report, “Equality of Educational Opportunity.”The full series will appear in the Spring 2016 issue of Education Next.. Fifty years after the release of “Equality of Educational Opportunity”—widely known as the Coleman Report—much of what James Coleman and ...
How Schools and Teachers Can Get Better at Cultural Competence
WEBAug 6, 2020 — The opportunity is now for districts to address the reality of bias, stereotypes, and cultural differences for cultural competency. While Covid-19 and preparing for another school closure is necessary, so is the importance of cultural competency. If districts forfeit the opportunity to address injustice, the damage could be catastrophic.
AI in Education - Education Next
WEBAug 8, 2023 — AI in Education. The leap into a new era of machine intelligence carries risks and challenges, but also plenty of promise. In Neal Stephenson’s 1995 science fiction novel, The Diamond Age, readers meet Nell, a young girl who comes into possession of a highly advanced book, The Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer. The book is not the usual ...
Should Community College Be Free? - Education Next
WEBOct 14, 2015 — Sara Goldrick-Rab. President Obama’s proposal for tuition-free community college, issued earlier this year, seems to have laid down a marker for the Democratic Party. Vermont senator Bernie Sanders is touting his plan for free four-year public college on the primary trail; Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren called for “debt-free college ...
The Case for (Quality) Homework - Education Next
WEBOct 10, 2018 — For middle-school students, Cooper and colleagues report that 90 minutes per day of homework is optimal for enhancing academic achievement, and for high schoolers, the ideal range is 90 minutes to two and a half hours per day. Beyond this threshold, more homework does not contribute to learning.