Category: Economics&Strategies

July 25, 2024

A state audit of New College of Florida found that officials overpaid employees and vendors and failed to collect more than $160,000 in outstanding student balances, The Tampa Bay Times reported. The audit is largely focused on financial missteps between […]

July 19, 2024

Ensuring student achievement is on track is critical, particularly as post-pandemic academic progress still remains slower for some student groups. When districts have the right assessments in place, educators are better able to help measure student progress. This is why […]

July 16, 2024

It’s no secret that high school students are looking at the prospect of college more skeptically, and a large part of their hesitation comes from worry about taking on thousands of dollars in student loans. It’s only natural that they would experience sticker […]

July 9, 2024

espite doom-and-gloom news about lean state budgets and dwindling federal pandemic-relief funds, some community colleges have successfully staved off cuts this budget cycle, to the great relief of campus leaders and advocates. They say these spells of good fortune show growing […]

July 5, 2024

Summer learning programs aren’t new, but in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and continued learning loss and student achievement gaps, these programs are on the rise. NWEA, a K-12 assessment and research organization, announced today a new report on the effectiveness […]

June 25, 2024

S&P analysts view the covenant breaches as a symptom of pressure on colleges, many of them smaller and private. In their report, they point to the impact of several tough years on the higher education sector. “At the start of […]

June 24, 2024

True to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s promise, the 2024-25 budget compromise that the Legislature announced Saturday and will pass this week will spare TK-12 and community colleges from cuts that other state operations will bear. TK-12 funding will be flat and […]

June 21, 2024

As classrooms close until next fall, talk of the dreaded summer slide increases, particularly as students are still struggling to gain ground lost during the pandemic. Students’ academic achievement and test scores remain flat or tend to drop during summer […]

June 20, 2024

On October 1st, the announcement rings out: “It’s time to master those multiplication facts, everyone!” The goal? Memorize them all by Thanksgiving and never forget. But reality teaches us otherwise. Just as we don’t become fluent in art, language, or […]

June 5, 2024

As a mathematics education researcher, I study how math instruction impacts students’ learning, from following standard math procedures to understanding mathematical concepts. Focusing on the latter, conceptual understanding often involves understanding the “why” of a mathematical concept; it’s the reasoning […]

June 3, 2024

This is a tough summer of budget cuts, forcing many districts to reduce staff and cut back on purchases. For school and district technology leaders, the end of the school year also means the end of billions of dollars of […]

May 28, 2024

One California family had a tough choice to make. Julie Lynem’s son had taken algebra in eighth grade, but hadn’t comprehended some of the core concepts. That left the family to decide whether to make him repeat the class in […]

May 24, 2024

In the realm of education, balancing instructional strategies like small-group instruction and student-tracking presents both challenges and opportunities for fostering equitable learning environments. While small-group instruction offers personalized learning experiences, student-tracking aims to tailor instruction based on abilities. However, both […]

May 21, 2024

I became a reading specialist in 2015, at which point our school’s previous reading specialist was already using an online literacy platform. This was right about the time a leading literacy vendor was rolling out its new literacy program for […]

May 20, 2024

Democrats are calling on Senate appropriators to boost funding for the Pell Grant program for fiscal year 2025. In a letter sent Monday, provided first to Inside Higher Ed, a group of senators urged the Labor, Health and Human Services […]

May 14, 2024

Americans with more education vote at higher rates. In the 2020 presidential election, 77 percent of eligible voters who had attended or graduated from college and 90 percent with post-graduate studies cast a ballot compared to 54 percent of voters […]

May 13, 2024

With interest in the teaching profession waning and enrollment in teacher preparation programs reaching historic lows, all eyes are on the next crop of students — tomorrow’s prospective educators — to make up the deficit. Today’s high school and college […]

May 13, 2024

The average main instructional school building in the U.S. is about 49 years old, with 38% built prior to 1970, according to a survey by the National Center for Education Statistics. While the White House Summit primarily focused on energy […]

May 8, 2024

State higher ed funding rose by 3.7 percent beyond inflation in fiscal year 2023, according to the latest State Higher Education Finance (SHEF) report. It’s the second time since 2008 that state higher ed funding surpassed pre-recession levels; the first […]

May 7, 2024

Spending time outdoors and engaging in active play has all kinds of benefits for young children. It encourages gross motor skill development, helps improve coordination and balance, and can contribute to reducing childhood obesity. Time outside provides an opportunity to […]