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GreatSchools adds more indicators of school quality in new rating system
A new Academic Progress rating will show how much improvement students make during the school year.
By Linda Jacobson • Nov. 1, 2017 -
Tech coordinator suggests ways to sustain progress after grants expire
Before applying for grants, it's important to ask about short-term plans for using the money and long-term plans for meeting the grant's objectives.
By Linda Jacobson • Nov. 1, 2017 -
Trendline
Learning Loss
Our latest K-12 Dive Trendline takes a closer look at how educators are addressing learning loss, as well as achievement trends and developments.
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IBM's Watson is helping educators choose relevant math lessons
The famous artificial intelligence can use its understanding of natural language to provide educators with a variety of curricular concepts to use in lesson planning.
By Roger Riddell • Nov. 1, 2017 -
Nation's Report Card transitions to digital format
Reading and math results in grades 4 and 8 will be released early next year, allowing more time for analysis of student performance on the digital platform.
By Linda Jacobson • Nov. 1, 2017 -
Resources are available to help school leaders to become Future Ready
Are you Future Ready? If not, here’s how.
By Amelia Harper • Nov. 1, 2017 -
Opt-out movement is slowing as states gain more control of testing requirements
So far, the impact is minimal and seems to be losing steam.
By Amelia Harper • Nov. 1, 2017 -
Data is critical in addressing teacher turnover
Identifying the factors most frequently responsible for educators leaving their jobs can help schools and districts retain talent amid ongoing shortages.
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 31, 2017 -
Study finds connection between CTE courses, graduation
Taking career and technical courses in the 11th and 12th grades has more impact on whether students graduate on time or stay in school than taking them in earlier grades.
By Linda Jacobson • Oct. 31, 2017 -
School administrators reflect on leadership styles
Our recent quiz found most leaders say they are "orderly and efficient," but a good number rate themselves as "hands-off and thoughtful."
By Autumn A. Arnett • Oct. 31, 2017 -
RAND issues reports on quality, sustainability of out-of-school time programs
One of the reports focuses on efforts in Dallas, Pittsburgh and Rochester, NY to connect summer learning programs to broader district priorities.
By Linda Jacobson • Oct. 31, 2017 -
Deep Dive
School-university partnership helps Staten Island students develop 'college self-esteem'
The project expands into feeder middle and elementary schools.
By Linda Jacobson • Oct. 31, 2017 -
California colleges address math teacher shortage by accelerating pathway to credentials
The plan should help to meet the need for 33,000 math and science teachers over the next decade in California.
By Amelia Harper • Oct. 31, 2017 -
Effectiveness of student incentive programs depends on design
Can paying students to learn improve academic performance?
By Amelia Harper • Oct. 31, 2017 -
Ensuring students are known by more than just names can boost achievement
Feeling as if they are seen can have a significant impact on a student's morale, especially in rural or low-income schools or districts where it can be easier for students to fall through the cracks.
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 30, 2017 -
Study: Teacher leadership can help raise student achievement
A new report uses data from the NTC’s Teaching, Empowering, Leading and Learning (TELL) Survey, which asks teachers about issues such as use of time, professional development and school leadership
By Linda Jacobson • Oct. 30, 2017 -
More research needed on efforts to build SEL skills in older students
Researchers suggest that social-emotional learning programs for older students should consider the unique needs of adolescents.
By Linda Jacobson • Oct. 30, 2017 -
Deep Dive
Union-teacher coalition hopes to 'interrupt' dialogue about school improvement
The now-20-year-old Teacher Union Reform Network is issuing a document in advance of the Supreme Court's Janus decision.
By Linda Jacobson • Oct. 30, 2017 -
Group circles build sense of community, restorative justice
The more students talk to one another, the more they find commonalities and the more they see one another as people, rather than objects or victims.
By Amelia Harper • Oct. 30, 2017 -
Washington State Supreme Court considers question of how much school funding is enough
The state is currently being fined $100,000 a day for the state legislature’s perceived lack of progress in addressing unmet conditions of a 2012 school funding case.
By Amelia Harper • Oct. 30, 2017 -
Gates, credentials and partnerships: The week's most-read education news
Stay ahead of the class with the latest on the benefits of university-industry partnerships and more here!
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 27, 2017 -
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Bipartisan Policy Center issues early-childhood agenda
The report also calls for increased attention to the impact of parents' substance use on young children.
By Linda Jacobson • Oct. 27, 2017 -
Can sending students' brainwaves straight to a teacher dashboard improve education?
BrainCo plans to do just that, aiming to also create "the world's largest brainwave database" using the data collected, and creating a tool that can translate thoughts to text.
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 27, 2017 -
How can curriculum be adjusted to embrace competency-based learning?
The model has seen its star rise in K-12 as educators look to redefine learning metrics beyond things like traditional credit hours tied to seat time.
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 27, 2017 -
Deep Dive
Title IX is often framed as a student issue. But female administrators face discrimination, too.
Some women in leadership say they have been catcalled by men on campus, and others say harassment by male colleagues has stunted their desire to ascend to higher levels in their fields.
By Autumn A. Arnett • Oct. 27, 2017 -
Students with interrupted ed pathways require additional supports
Strategies to help students with limited or interrupted formal education include creating a buddy system for students who have recently arrived in the U.S.
By Amelia Harper • Oct. 27, 2017
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