- March 18, 2024
EDUCATION
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Only a quarter of federally funded education innovations benefited students, report says
- By West virginia digital
- . March 18, 2024
Some innovations did work well. Building Assets, Reducing Risks (BARR) is the poster child for what this grant program had hoped to produce. The idea
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Should schools teach climate activism?
- By West virginia digital
- . March 13, 2024
For Sanes, who grew up in the neighborhood and graduated from Fannie Lou Hamer himself, getting his students involved in activism is a key way
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PragerU is a conservative video giant. Here’s why it’s trying to get into schools
- By West virginia digital
- . March 12, 2024
Educators have voiced alarms about the tone and accuracy of some of PragerU’s videos, such as one that features an animated Christopher Columbus saying: “Being
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How thoughtful post-secondary planning can raise expectations for students in special education
- By West virginia digital
- . March 12, 2024
High school exit exams can be another barrier to students with disabilities obtaining a general education diploma. Nine states require a passing score on the
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Learning science might help kids read better
- By West virginia digital
- . March 11, 2024
In 2019, a group of researchers, led by James Kim, a professor at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education, randomly selected 15 of the district’s
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Free child care exists in America — if you cross paths with the right philanthropist
- By West virginia digital
- . March 7, 2024
The early learning center, located in a town that engenders Willy Wonka vibes with street names like “Chocolate Avenue,” street lights shaped like Hershey’s Kisses
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Creating a welcoming environment for linguistically diverse families of students in special education
- By West virginia digital
- . March 6, 2024
While Vogel-Campbell’s school district obtains Spanish interpreter services relatively quickly, and is required to offer no-cost interpretation for all non-English speaking parents, she said that
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When parents know these 4 phases of friendship, they can help their child make friends more easily
- By West virginia digital
- . March 5, 2024
Ideally, when parents of very young children make these choices for them, they will share the reasons for their choices with their children. For example,
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The surprising effectiveness of having kids study why they failed
- By West virginia digital
- . March 4, 2024
On the surface, it was a tie. Students improved by about the same amount – 12% – whether they learned through explicit instruction or error
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Politicians love to talk about race and LGBTQ issues in school. Teachers and teens, not so much.
- By West virginia digital
- . March 1, 2024
Adults and teens felt more comfortable with teachers teaching about racism than LGBTQ issues. They were also more comfortable with teachers talking about past injustices