A decade of research on education inequality in America
WEBJun 29, 2020 · An analysis of achievement gaps in every school in America shows that poverty is the biggest hurdle. Rich schools get richer: School spending analysis finds widening gap between top 1% and the rest of us. This story about education inequality in America written by Jill Barshay and produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news ...
Teaching children to read isn’t easy. How do kids actually learn to …
WEBMar 30, 2020 · Research shows young children need explicit, systematic phonics instruction to learn how to read fluently. Credit: Terrell Clark for The Hechinger Report. Teaching kids to read isn’t easy; educators often feel strongly about what they think is the “right” way to teach this essential skill. Though teachers’ approaches may differ, the ...
Inside one of the thousands of schools that still paddles student
WEBJun 6, 2022 · During the 2019-20 school year, the first year the ban was in effect, corporal punishment rates plummeted statewide. Immediately before the ban, state totals indicate 12,607 students were paddled 21,476 times. The following year, state totals indicated 3,669 students were paddled 5,316 times — a drop of 70 percent.
America's reading proficiency scores were dropping before the …
WEBNov 10, 2021 · The Wenatchee School District in Washington state switched all students to phonics-based reading instruction a few months before the pandemic. The district has long struggled with low reading scores, especially among its English learners, who make up nearly a quarter of the enrollment.
PROOF POINTS: What research tells us about gifted education
WEBOct 18, 2021 · Gifted and talented programs are especially popular in the South. Maryland has the highest percentage of gifted students at 16 percent. By contrast, in Massachusetts, where students consistently post the highest test scores in the nation, only one half of one percent of students — 0.5 percent — are labeled “gifted” and given extra services.
Online testing and education led to a rise in cheating, data shows
WEBAug 7, 2020 · Data show the rate of cheating on tests is on the upswing. A student takes an online exam for a business course. One online proctoring company has provided figures showing a dramatic increase in cheating since education went online because of the coronavirus. Credit: Katie Falkenberg/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images.
How social studies can help young kids make sense of the world
WEBJul 12, 2018 · BROOKLYN, N.Y. — One of the longtime goals of public education is to produce young people capable of participating in the democratic process. Experts say that requires regular and high-quality social studies lessons, starting in kindergarten, to teach kids to be critical thinkers and communicators who know how to take meaningful action.
Analysis finds hundreds of colleges show serious financial warning …
WEBAug 4, 2020 · Combined, Ohio and Illinois have more than 10 percent of all the institutions potentially facing trouble. Ohio has 36 institutions with two or more warning signs. Illinois has 26. Roughly 1,360 colleges and universities have seen declines in first-year fall enrollment since 2009, including about 800 four-year institutions.
Evidence increases for reading on paper instead of screens
WEBAug 12, 2019 · This reading research also runs counter to well-intended advice for students to save money. A July 2019 report from the National Association of College Stores shows a record high 22 percent of college students are using free online course materials, up from 3 percent in 2015. Thanks to free online texts, overall spending on materials has decreased.
Despite debt, young adults still believe in the value of higher …
WEBMar 11, 2019 · Among 18- to 34-year-olds, 59 percent believe four-year schools are worth the cost, according to a new survey from American Public Media’s APM Research Lab and The Hechinger Report. While that’s about the same percentage for those of middle age who answered the same question (60 percent of adults ranging from ages 35 to 54), it’s ...