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Study examines role of working memory, cognitive functions in English learners learning to write

October 17, 2023

Via: ScienceDaily

The study performed a battery of bilingual cognitive tests with nearly 500 elementary-age English learners and found the relationships between English writing performance and cognitive skills became stronger as grades increased. However, the relationships between English writing and Spanish cognitive […]


Editorial

How Neuroeducation will Impact Learning and Teaching in the 21st Century Classroom

October 16, 2023

Via: Camila Mendes

“Education then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men, the balance-wheel of the social machinery.” Horace Mann eloquently sums up the opportunity education offers to society; inclusivity, equality, and a level-playing […]


Editorial

Navigating the Learning Journey: An Overview of Interim Assessments

August 29, 2023

Via: Isaac Carew

Education organizations, teachers, and policymakers continuously explore new approaches to enhance learning outcomes. One such method gaining popularity this year is the implementation of interim assessments. These periodic evaluations aim to determine student progress, identify learning gaps and needs, and […]


Educational Stages, Secondary Education

Millions of kids are missing weeks of school as attendance tanks across the US

August 10, 2023

Via: EdSource

When in-person school resumed after pandemic closures, Rousmery Negrón and her 11-year-old son both noticed a change: School seemed less welcoming. Parents were no longer allowed in the building without appointments, she said, and punishments were more severe. Everyone seemed […]


Education Tech

10 things schools need to do to build students’ networks

August 3, 2023

Via: eSchool News

While durable skills and career-connected learning are important in setting students up for success as they enter college or the workforce, focusing on these skills alone won’t help students reach their goals, particularly in light of growing opportunity gaps. If […]


Economics&Strategies, Education Strategies

Building the New Model for Teaching and Learning

June 21, 2023

Via: Inside Higher Ed

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he is committed to leveraging generative AI to support education. He often speaks about his concern for higher education and student debt. On March 20, 2022, sama tweeted, “I think US college education is nearer […]


Economics&Strategies, Education Strategies

Remote access to education democratizes learning

May 9, 2023

Via: eCampus News

Education is, undeniably, in the middle of transformative shifts, with pandemic-era challenges catapulting progress and the digital transformation bringing more opportunities. In higher education particularly, a hybrid approach to teaching and learning has become a non-negotiable asset for both students, […]


Educational Stages, Secondary Education

COVID-19 Hit Schools Unequally, But Data Shows Learning Recovery Is Equally Slow

April 20, 2023

Via: Ed Surge

When schools were forced to go remote during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, it shone a spotlight on inequities that had long plagued education. For example, teachers serving schools with high levels of student poverty were far more […]


Educational Forms, Formal Education

How to evaluate literacy programs that pledge to accelerate learning

March 22, 2023

Via: eSchool News

The 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

3 ways to engage students in productive struggle

March 17, 2023

Via: eSchool News

What 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, Informal learning

How edtech helps us create inclusive learning experiences

September 7, 2022

Via: eCampus News

July 26th, 2022 marked the 32nd anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act, landmark legislation that offers equal opportunity for people with disabilities. Full participation in all aspects of life is incomplete without access to educational opportunities that promote independent […]


Education Tech

Virtual exchanges enhance access in global learning

August 31, 2022

Via: Inside Higher Ed

Students in a business class at Porterville College in California recently joined a video call with students from Iraq for an instructor-facilitated discussion on the United Nations’ sustainability goals. Afterward, the groups dispersed to seek input about the nature of […]


Editorial

Learning Recovery Strategies with High Chances of Success

August 31, 2022

Via: Natalie Dunn

There is no question that the COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically disrupted the way students in the US and abroad learn and socialize. During this healthcare crisis, children, teenagers, and young adults were forced to switch their learning habits from traditional […]


Educational Stages, Higher Education

Students desperately need to see relevance in their learning

August 29, 2022

Via: eSchool News

Many students see no relevance between their education and the real world, and say they are struggling to find meaning in their education or find a career direction, according to a new survey from YouScience, a student engagement platform. The […]


Educational Stages, Higher Education

Teaching Lower-Division Undergraduates to Think Like Anthropologists, Economists, Geographers, Political Scientists, Psychologists and Sociologists

August 23, 2022

Via: Inside Higher Ed

What a great tag line for a book: “the definitive Freakonomics for sports.” Paul Oyer, an economics professor at Stanford, a research associate with the National Bureau of Economic Research and editor in chief of the Journal of Labor Economics, […]


Educational Stages, Secondary Education

Education union activity ramps up ahead of new school year

August 23, 2022

Via: K-12 Dive

Through strikes and lawsuits, several education unions are starting to take action against their districts ahead of the new school year. On Sunday night, 94% of Columbus Education Association members in Ohio voted to go on strike effective Monday for […]


Educational Stages, Secondary Education

State Gag Order Bills Increase for Higher Ed

August 17, 2022

Via: Inside Higher Ed

State legislative proposals to restrict the freedom to teach and learn have increased by 250 percent in 2022 compared to last year, according to a report released today by PEN America, the free expression and literary organization. Most of the […]


Economics&Strategies, Education Strategies

To Rethink Math Education, Focus on Common Ground

August 11, 2022

Via: Education Next

Recently, I turned 60 years old (also expressed as 720 months, or 21,915 days, or 525,960 hours, or 31,557,600 minutes), and over that time I’ve seen many great debates in the education policy arena. Often those debates reach equilibrium with […]


Education Tech

How to protect your institution’s student data

August 10, 2022

Via: eCampus News

Recent increases in data privacy awareness have come not a minute too soon, as the higher education ecosystem finds itself in critical discussions about data security as the number of compromising attacks continues to rise. Two years ago, it would […]


Continuous Development, Educational Forms

College degrees don’t equate to career readiness

August 8, 2022

Via: eCampus News

While U.S. employers say they’re facing a talent crisis that’s threating their business sustainability and growth, the reality is that employers are contributing to the talent crisis with the majority (62 percent) requiring degrees for entry level jobs, and more […]