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WEBWhen districts use unanticipated revenue from their states sensibly, it helps student achievement. By Paul E. Peterson. Old School with Rick Hess. It’s a Rick v. Rick debate about whether we’ve entered a new era of schooling. By Frederick Hess. Governance and Leadership. “The landscape is mixed,” says former Obama Administration secretary.
Has Inclusion Gone Too Far? - Education Next
WEBJul 24, 2018 · Has Inclusion Gone Too Far? 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 · The Educational Value of Field Trips. Taking students to an art museum improves critical thinking skills, and more. 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.
To Fix Students’ Bad Behavior, Stop Punishing Them
WEBAug 29, 2023 · To Fix Students’ Bad Behavior, Stop Punishing Them. Collaborative methods for handling misconduct make their way to the classroom. Wayne D’Orio. Ten minutes after class starts, a student flings open the door, struts in, and yells, “What’s up, bitches?”. If this kind of conduct is familiar to you, you don’t need a primer on how ...
How Teachers Unions Became a Political Powerhouse
WEBFeb 15, 2023 · How Teachers Unions Became a Political Powerhouse. University of Chicago Press, 2022, $35; 312 pages. As reviewed by Daniel DiSalvo. During the Covid-19 pandemic, school districts with strong teachers unions were slower to bring students back to the classroom than districts with weaker unions …
How Family Background Influences Student Achievement
WEBFeb 17, 2016 · The Coleman Report’s conclusions concerning the influences of home and family were at odds with the paradigm of the day. The politically inconvenient conclusion that family background explained more about a child’s achievement than did school resources ran contrary to contemporary priorities, which were focused on improving educational inputs such as school expenditure levels, class size ...
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 ...
The Power of Teacher Expectations - Education Next
WEBOct 24, 2017 · Our estimates suggest that an increase of 20 percentage points in the likelihood that a teacher places on a student completing college leads to an increase in the eventual college attainment of about 3 percentage points, increasing the attainment rate to 48 percent from the base rate of 45 percent.
Teach For America’s Fast Path to the Classroom ... - Education Next
WEBFeb 28, 2024 · Since its founding 34 years ago, Teach For America has prepared nearly 70,000 recent college graduates and career-changers to teach in high-poverty schools across the United States. The selective program recruits mission-driven applicants, with annual admissions rates as low as 12 percent. Unlike traditional teacher-preparation programs, it places “corps members” in short-staffed public ...
What We Know About Teacher Race and Student Outcomes
WEBSep 28, 2023 · These generally fall into two categories: (1) potential race-match benefits are due to changes in the student’s disposition, attitude, outlook, and behavior; or (2) potential race-match benefits are due to differences in the teacher and how they interact with and design learning experiences for students.
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