April 13, 2016
By: Monica Disare
Source: ny.chalkboard.com New York City teachers who boosted their students’ Regents exam scores by a few points during the Bloomberg era didn’t benefit — but their students did, according to a new study. The study, published by the nonprofit National Bureau of Economic Research, found no evidence that teachers who manipulated scores did […]
April 13, 2016
By: Shaun Heasley
Source: disabilityscoop.com Google is doling out millions of dollars all with an eye toward using technology to increase independence for the world’s billion people with disabilities. The company’s charitable arm, Google.org, said this week that it has selected 30 organizations to receive grants through its “Google Impact Challenge: Disabilities” initiative. All told, […]
April 13, 2016
By: Nichole Dobo
Source: hechingerreport.org Simply sitting a teenager down in front of a computer to click through online lessons – in a class he or she has already failed – doesn’t seem to work, according to new research. The study sought to determine if online courses are successful for catching up ninth graders who […]
April 13, 2016
By: Claudio Sanchez
Source: npr.org Imagine you’re back in school, bored to death, with limited academic options. Because you’re learning English, everybody assumes you’re not ready for more challenging work. What they don’t realize is that you’re gifted. Researchers say this happens to lots of gifted children who arrive at school speaking little or no […]
April 12, 2016
By: Tim Stelloh
Source: nbcnews.com The Texas school cop who body-slammed a 12-year-old girl last month was fired Monday, San Antonio school officials said. In a statement, the San Antonio Independent School District said that while the investigation into the March 29 altercation was continuing, school officials “made the decision to terminate the employment of […]
April 12, 2016
By: Danielle Braff
Source: disabilityscoop.com When new children are about to start the year at Willard Elementary School in River Forest, Ill., they receive welcome letters, introductions from their teachers … and an email from a mother at the school explaining why her son looks different from other children his age. “I explain that Conrad […]
April 12, 2016
By: Anya Kamenetz
Source: npr.org Merriam-Webster defines jargon as “the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity, group, profession, or field of study.” For journalists, covering education means fending off lots of jargon. Going to a conference, like the American Educational Research Association annual meeting this week, or reading a research or policy […]
April 12, 2016
By: Denisa R. Superville
Source: edweek.org When Vincent Mays arrived as the new principal of Serra High School in San Diego in 2014, he was struck by the low number of students of color in Advanced Placement classes. “It seemed odd, because the majority of my population is Hispanic,” said Mays. When he asked Hispanic and […]
April 11, 2016
By: Claudio Sanchez
Source: npr.org Of the 3 million students identified as gifted in the U.S., English Language Learners are by far the most underrepresented. And nobody knows that better than 17-year-old Alejandra Galindo. “It’s just kind of hard to not see people who look like me in my classes,” she says. “I’m a minority […]
April 11, 2016
By: Blake Montgomery
Source: edsurge.com As a reporter, I’m always looking for feedback on my writing. Sometimes I need it fast. But editors aren’t machines; they can do only a few things at a time. Maybe a machine would be the best proofreader? To be fair, I’m also a little scared technology replacing me. They […]