Educational Forms, Formal Education
June 2, 2023
Via: eSchool NewsThe National Council on Measurement in Education’s (NCME) annual meeting has always offered an opportunity to learn about innovative research and new trends in student assessment. It is a chance to get hints of where the field is moving and […]
Educational Forms, Formal Education
April 17, 2023
Via: eSchool NewsCritical thinking is plainly in decline. Everywhere we look, people are uncritically consuming and spreading information that is distorted, misleading, and sometimes intentionally deceptive. Conspiracy thinking is rampant–QAnon, Alex Jones and the Sandy Hook shooting, Pizzagate, and unfounded claims of […]
Educational Forms, Formal Education
April 13, 2023
Via: Inside Higher EdTwo in three students say their professors grade fairly over all, according to the recent Student Voice survey of 3,004 two- and four-year students by Inside Higher Ed and College Pulse. About one in 10 of students says their professors […]
Educational Forms, Formal Education
April 3, 2023
Via: eSchool NewsStandardized tests can be hard on students. Many of us still remember the frustration and anxiety we experienced when we were younger and sat down for our first round of testing. To make matters worse, it’s fairly common for students […]
Educational Forms, Formal Education
March 31, 2023
Via: Ed SurgeArts education belongs in every student’s curriculum — and not just because the arts can improve skills in other content areas. As an instrumental music teacher, I am used to advocating that the arts are essential to all students even […]
Educational Forms, Formal Education
March 22, 2023
Via: eSchool NewsThe NAEP results in late 2022 revealed that reading scores fell for both fourth and eighth grade readers as a result of the pandemic. Only 33 percent of fourth graders are reading proficiently, which means that two-thirds read below grade […]
Educational Forms, Formal Education
March 17, 2023
Via: eSchool NewsWhat do you do when you don’t know what to do? Think about it for a minute. You are facing a new challenge – whether it be learning to fix a burst pipe, tackling a new hobby, or just struggling […]
Educational Forms, Formal Education
February 23, 2023
Via: eSchool NewsThe evolving needs of the IT workforce are constantly discussed–even people who are far from it understand the constantly growing needs for computer science. And yet, U.S. high schools don’t consistently offer computer science education and IT classes. Current situation […]
Educational Forms, Formal Education
February 16, 2023
Via: eSchool NewsThe National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) Report Card on learning loss was a sobering but not unexpected reckoning for how deeply and broadly the pandemic impacted student learning and achievement. NAEP state-level findings of drops in math and reading […]
Educational Forms, Formal Education
February 8, 2023
Via: eSchool NewsWith all the surprises sprung on the world over the last few years, it can be both exciting and frightening to imagine what 2023 might hold. Will this be a year defined by amazing breakthroughs for humanity—like cracking the formula […]
Educational Forms, Formal Education
January 11, 2023
Via: Inside Higher EdA recent study found that community college students earn degrees quicker and increase their earnings if they get extra help in credit-bearing courses rather than taking remedial courses. The seven-year study, conducted by scholars at Trinity College in Connecticut and […]
Educational Forms, Formal Education
December 16, 2022
Via: EdSourceMerging high schools and community college classes in areas with a high number of Latino, Black and low-income students is emerging as a way to overcome disparities in who gets to take dual enrollment courses. The schools, known as “early […]
Educational Forms, Formal Education
October 26, 2022
Via: eSchool NewsWhen 17-year-old Jerry Marnell thought about heading off to college, economics seemed like an enticing major to study. Between self-starting his own production company and serving as president of a local club, he knew basic business tenets were vital to […]
Educational Forms, Formal Education
August 30, 2022
Via: Ed SurgeReturning to college after years away from formal education can feel like a new beginning, as well as a daunting challenge. What sparks students to return? Once they’re back, how can colleges help them stay on track? And what informal […]
Educational Forms, Formal Education
March 28, 2022
Via: Ed SurgeRegularly I run into our students making Tik Tok videos in school stairwells. I often jump in, but that’s a different article for another day. I’ve come to learn that these videos are complicated, skillful endeavors that require multiple takes, […]
Educational Forms, Formal Education
September 28, 2021
Via: eSchool NewsProviding an engaging and equitable STEM education is an important step in helping to develop more scientists and engineers while increasing race and gender diversity in the field–both of which are much needed in today’s world. Education in STEM can […]
Educational Forms, Formal Education
September 22, 2021
Via: eCampus NewsThe education establishment seems to think that time is a tangible asset. State legislatures mete out requirements based on minutes of classroom time as a measure of accountability. In higher education, we have the holy contact hour. Amazingly, those dictating […]
Educational Forms, Formal Education
September 16, 2021
Via: eSchool NewsThis back-to-school season is unlike any before it. Not only are many students heading back to full in-person learning after more than a year of virtual or hybrid learning, they’re doing it in the middle of COVID-19 surges nationwide. The […]
Educational Forms, Formal Education
September 7, 2021
Via: AFT NewsIn New Jersey, promoting vaccines, literacy and a safe welcome-back to school For AFT-New Jersey President Donna M. Chiera, her union’s back-to-school vaccination and literacy campaign (funded by a Return, Recover and Reimagine grant from the national AFT) is especially […]
Educational Forms, Formal Education
September 3, 2021
Via: K-12 DiveAs President Joe Biden announced the end of the longest war in U.S. history, schools across the nation prepared for an influx of refugees, who were among the more than 120,000 people that were evacuated from Afghanistan. “So many of […]