Category: Educational Forms

June 13, 2024

Prior to the seismic shifts of 2020, online learning was steadily gaining acceptance and effectiveness. Single course providers were growing, and even Ivy League schools were experimenting with massive open online courses. But when the pandemic arrived, it brought forth […]

June 12, 2024

English learners’ average scores are up 16 points, from 174 in 1998 — the first year for which data is available — to 190 in 2022. By comparison, scores for students identified as “Not English learners” averaged 222 in 2022 […]

June 10, 2024

The report from the Casey Foundation highlights recent data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, particularly noting how chronic absenteeism can impact students’ reading proficiency. The Baltimore-based private philanthropy focuses on improving outcomes for children and young people. When […]

June 7, 2024

An overwhelming majority (82.58 percent) of faculty, staff, and administrators working with online students have seen an increase in demand for mental health support over the past academic year, according to a global survey of higher education professionals released by […]

June 6, 2024

One surefire way to support student success? Consistent, positive family communication. In elementary school, there’s frequent outreach. A recent report found that this wanes somewhat throughout middle school, and, by the time students reach high school, many schools subscribe to […]

June 3, 2024

Despite district and school leaders’ significant efforts to address accumulated learning loss from the pandemic, student achievement has yet to recover. In a report from January, researchers from The Education Recovery Scorecard Project found that nationally, by June 2023, only […]

May 31, 2024

It’s been one year since U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona called on colleges to tap into Federal Work-Study funds to place more of their students in support roles — particularly tutoring services — in K-12 schools. Signs of success are […]

April 8, 2024

As the job market evolves and becomes increasingly challenging to navigate, higher education faces a critical dilemma. The World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report 2023 highlights the urgent need for key skills including adaptability, versatility, technological fluency and multifaceted […]

April 2, 2024

In the aftermath of the pandemic, schools across the country face an urgent crisis of student achievement. Most students will require a minimum of three school years to recover the academic learning that was lost. The deleterious effects of the […]

March 19, 2024

I recently had a conversation about absenteeism that I found exasperating. So did the superintendent I spoke with, I’m sure. You can judge who had more cause. The quotes here aren’t verbatim, as I jotted them down afterwards, but the […]

March 12, 2024

When I began teaching English as a second language (ESL), I had anywhere from seven to 13 different languages in my classroom because our district was in an area with a lot of recent immigration. It was an entry point […]

March 11, 2024

Reasonable people can come to different conclusions about the proper role of standardized testing, what qualities should be measured and how to measure them. Those debates are healthy and productive. It’s less productive when we stake out our positions without […]

March 7, 2024

The University of Iowa’s Board of Regents recently recommended closing three off-campus learning centers and moving the graduate programs they hosted online. “We would offer classes and end up having to close or not offer 50 to 80 percent of […]

March 4, 2024

The casual observer might be surprised that there’s much controversy about homework. A common sense, man-on-the-street view would be straightforward: Teachers should assign homework, and students should do it. After all, practice makes perfect, and kids can’t learn without exerting […]

February 22, 2024

Since the earliest days of colleges experimenting with teaching over the internet, the goal has been to replicate as closely as possible the physical classroom experience. After all, in-person was seen as the gold standard, and the question was whether […]

February 5, 2024

Women pursuing careers in the technical fields can benefit from taking advantage of the services provided by their campus career center, according to a joint study conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) and Break Through Tech, […]

January 29, 2024

Tennessee’s education system must do more to help minority and economically disadvantaged students earn postsecondary degrees in order to meet the state’s workforce needs, a report by an education policy and advocacy organization warned. The State Collaborative on Reforming Education’s […]

January 10, 2024

Some students—like those studying in the University of South Florida’s Muma College of Business Center for Marketing and Sales Innovation Customer Experience and Behavioral AI Lab—are already being exposed to how artificial intelligence can help them in the workforce. The […]

January 5, 2024

There are more than 140,000 special education (SPED) students in the state of Washington. Often, these students don’t have access to the same level of resources that are available to general education students. While we have made great strides in […]

December 20, 2023

Hyslop says any student can benefit from CTE options, regardless of whether they’re choosing to extend their education after high school graduation. Classes that provide some exposure to potential fields — and the details learners may encounter — before they […]