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Seeing the Pandemic as an Opportunity for Change

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In order to address education equity, administrators must first recognize the common barriers. A holistic approach to child development, education, and differentiated support – This is a chance to make classrooms developmentally conducive to learning. without really looking for the root cause of the issues. Noguera, Ph.D.,

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National test scores reveal a decade of educational stagnation

The Hechinger Report

The average performance of the nation’s fourth- and eighth-graders mostly held steady in math and reading from 2015 to 2017, now marking a decade of stalled educational progress, according to the results of a test released Tuesday. Policy changes may play a role too. Others point to demographic shifts in the United States.

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How to Build a High-Functioning Remote Team for Your Edtech Company

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Especially for education companies, it requires careful considerations around factors such as your company culture, infrastructure, processes, hiring procedures and customer interactions. Video worked exceptionally well for us (even dating as far back as 2008) as our employees reported feeling more connected.

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Schools Say Highest Pressure from Students’ Social and Emotional Needs

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Alongside this information is the Learning Counsel’s new research that a whopping 27 percent of students nationally have left traditional public education for alternatives, including private schools, charters, online schools, homeschooling and a mix of these. That’s at the macro level of the economic impact of education as failing node.

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How to help principals do a better job? Train their bosses

The Hechinger Report

But Oakland is one of a growing number of districts trying to reconnect top administrators to the kids they serve as a way to help the critical middleman in education: the school principal. Between 2008 and 2012, the same survey found job satisfaction among principals decreased nine percentage points, from 68 percent to 59 percent.

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Desegregation is unraveling in this Texas town

The Hechinger Report

This story about school segregation was produced by The Texas Tribune , a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that provides free news, data and events on Texas public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Board of Education decision. It was reprinted with permission. Supreme Court’s landmark Brown v.

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What happens when a regular high school decides no student is a lost cause?

The Hechinger Report

And teachers across the country are trying to do just that, using a pedagogical theory known as trauma-informed education, which calls for muted reactions to misbehavior, direct instruction on interpersonal skills, and strong teacher-student relationships. Related: A new movement to treat troubled children as ‘sad, not bad’.

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