Economics&Strategies, Education Strategies
November 20, 2018
Via: The Chronicle of Higher EducationJust before the fall semester began, an essay in The Chronicle, “Why I’m Easy: On Giving Lots of As,” stirred up faculty ire. I’m going to offer a different perspective: Rigorous, differential grading is still relevant. The phenomenon of “easy […]
Continuous Development, Educational Forms
November 29, 2016
Via: eSchool NewsCodeCombat, which offers a platform to help kids learn computer science, announced that it has closed a $2 million seed round of funding from Third Kind Venture Capital, Andreessen Horowitz and Allen & Company. The funding was primarily to help […]
Educational Stages, Secondary Education
November 18, 2016
Via: Education DiveWhen considering changes to grading policies, administrators must consider their goals for grading systems. Should grades be an assessment of academic progress, exclusively, or tie things like behavior, attendance, and effort in, too? Many people argue the job of schools […]
Continuous Development, Educational Forms
June 8, 2016
Via: eSchool NewsA research study from the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University demonstrates a link between an adaptive learning program and improvement in mathematics achievement for students in grades 3-5. The study examined Dreambox Learning and the individual […]
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