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Deep Dive
Schools increasingly fighting summer slide with learning opportunities
More schools, recognizing the cumulative effects of summer learning loss, have launched fun and engaging programs to keep students reading and doing math during the break.
By Tara García Mathewson • July 22, 2016 -
OCR probes Tennessee's Shelby County over immigrant ed
The Office of Civil Rights has confirmed it is investigating the school district over potential violations of Title VI, which protects against discrimination based on race or national origin.
By Tara García Mathewson • July 22, 2016 -
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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Rigorous high school courses may be less helpful for college success
A blog post for the Brookings Institution explores data showing high schools may be focusing on the wrong metrics when it comes to preparing students for college.
By Tara García Mathewson • July 22, 2016 -
Harvard physics prof creates social platform for flipped learning
Perusall is a social learning platform giving students a way to interact with each other outside of class as they do prep work for lessons, and it helps teachers figure out where to focus.
By Tara García Mathewson • July 22, 2016 -
More than 6M students labeled chronically absent
According to the US Department of Education, millions of students missed at least 15 days of school during the 2013-14 academic year, a predictor of low academic outcomes.
By Tara García Mathewson • July 22, 2016 -
True engagement not dependent upon tech
Truly engaged students are motivated by an intrinsic desire to learn, not simply because they want a certain grade — and achieving that doesn’t necessarily require tech.
By Tara García Mathewson • July 22, 2016 -
Blended model helps Pennsylvania district's students catch up in reading
The Neshaminy School District targets struggling students in kindergarten, first and second grade for a 30-minute-per-day reading intervention that embraces blended learning.
By Tara García Mathewson • July 21, 2016 -
Vouchers force special ed students to give up civil rights
When students use state vouchers to pay a portion of their private school tuition with public dollars, they are forced to waive their rights to services under federal special education law.
By Tara García Mathewson • July 21, 2016 -
In contrast to Ohio, New Hampshire virtual school is paid for results
The state only pays its nonprofit virtual school operator for students who pass, and most only attend part-time, while Ohio’s for-profit virtual school gets paid by enrollment.
By Tara García Mathewson • July 21, 2016 -
How to make after-school programs work for schools and kids
After-school programs can be expensive and run the risk of being unsustainable, but districts can find ways to close opportunity gaps with such programming.
By Tara García Mathewson • July 21, 2016 -
Two Latina superintendents discuss navigating challenges
From dealing with biased board members to having to be twice as good to be taken seriously, the two have advice for colleagues on finding success in the role.
By Tara García Mathewson • July 21, 2016 -
Deep Dive
Dr. John Hattie: Assessment should measure teachers' impact
The educational statistician says current approaches to personalization and assessment miss the point.
By Roger Riddell • July 21, 2016 -
Pennsylvania district accused of denying immigrant students access
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against the Lancaster School District, arguing it steered at least 30 students into an alternative high school over a three-year period.
By Tara García Mathewson • July 20, 2016 -
New Orleans reunification plan expected to cost $28M
New Orleans public schools were split up in 2005, when 80% of the city’s schools were identified as consistent low-performers, moved into a Recovery School District and turned into charters.
By Tara García Mathewson • July 20, 2016 -
Illinois juvenile justice center, community college partner for summer courses
Elgin Community College is helping a juvenile justice center offer dual credit courses called 'College 101' and 'General Student Development.'
By Tara García Mathewson • July 20, 2016 -
GOP ed platform embraces social conservative goals
The 2016 platform condemns the Obama administration’s interpretation of Title IX for transgender student rights and the Common Core, advocates school choice and more.
By Tara García Mathewson • July 20, 2016 -
3 things to consider in designing teacher evaluation systems
One important consideration is that incorporating student growth must be tempered by the acknowledgement of what, outside of teachers, impacts progress.
By Tara García Mathewson • July 20, 2016 -
Energy efficiency top-of-mind in district building efforts
K-12 districts nationwide poured $99 billion into construction and maintenance costs from 2011 to 2013, but a recent report says the country fell $46 billion short of what was needed.
By Tara García Mathewson • July 19, 2016 -
Montana considering own next generation of science standards
The state was among those leading development of the Next Generation Science Standards and pulls from them in its revision, but avoided adopting them entirely.
By Tara García Mathewson • July 19, 2016 -
Does the maker movement come at the expense of librarians?
Librarians have fallen on the opposing side of some maker efforts as administrators look to replace certified librarians with people who have the tech skills to help students be creators.
By Tara García Mathewson • July 19, 2016 -
USC professor urges new definition of student achievement
The University of Southern California Rossier School of Education's Morgan Polikoff is calling on the federal government to abandon a reliance on proficiency rates.
By Tara García Mathewson • July 19, 2016 -
DC public schools pitch summer learning to combat slide
The district has joined others nationwide in trying to entice families to choose enrichment opportunities over the summer and combat standard learning loss.
By Tara García Mathewson • July 19, 2016 -
Does the personal narrative still have a place under new standards?
The Common Core State Standards demanded more informative and argumentative writing opportunities, ostensibly relegating the personal narrative to a corner.
By Tara García Mathewson • July 18, 2016 -
Retirement battle puts Los Angeles teacher union on same side as charters
Unionized charter schools in Los Angeles have been sending teachers back to the district to file for retirement and pass off benefit costs.
By Tara García Mathewson • July 18, 2016 -
Tennessee students will spend less time testing next year
The state’s new contract with testing vendor Questar Assessment outlines testing windows that reduce time spent by 30%, or more than three hours per year.
By Tara García Mathewson • July 18, 2016
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