Evidence about a product’s effectiveness can help district leaders decide which educational technologies or instructional resources to purchase and use. Mathematica Policy Research created a guide to help educators determine which claims can be trusted and which are less reliable. The following is a summary of evidence that educators are most likely to encounter, from […]
Since Chicago Public Schools implemented the University of Chicago’s Freshman OnTrack indicator, the percentage of ninth-graders who’ve stayed on track, or earned the appropriate number of credits to graduate, has increased from 57 to 82 percent. Among the other data points: On-track rates improved for all students, but especially for African-American males whose on-track rate […]
How does a dog help students score higher on tests? No, the dogs are not carrying the answers in a little barrel around their necks, Saint Bernard style. All it takes is simply having a dog—in this case, a goldendoodle named Bentley—in the room while the exam is underway, says Paul Woodin, a librarian at […]
Last week, on the wall of a middle school cafeteria, administrators projected a large yellow slide on a screen, titled “Detention Today.” Displayed below, were the names of the seven middle-schoolers on the docket to be punished.
In Tempe, Arizona, the phone number for a suicide hotline is printed on every student's ID badge, teachers are trained to spot and respond to warning signs in students, and administrators don't use euphemisms when discussing the topic.
On their blogs and Twitter feeds, K-12 thought leaders provide an anytime, anywhere personal learning network that covers everything from #leadership to #diversity to #lessonplanning to #edtech. Here's a sampling.
