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School & District Management An Unconventional Way One District Is Adding Teacher Planning Time
District leaders had to respond to increased training demands and the reality that elementary teachers generally have little planning time.
Caitlynn Peetz, August 28, 2024
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5 min read
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College & Workforce Readiness Opinion Can Mastery-Based Learning Replace Seat Time?
Developing better assessments and getting buy-in from practitioners will be key to replacing seat time as a proxy for mastery.
Rick Hess, May 30, 2024
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6 min read
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College & Workforce Readiness Opinion It May Be Time to Retire the Carnegie Unit. Are There Better Measures of Learning?
The Carnegie Foundation popularized seat time as a measure of learning. Now, the organization鈥檚 president lays out a new vision.
Rick Hess, May 28, 2024
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7 min read
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Curriculum Explainer Social Studies and Science Get Short Shrift in Elementary Schools. Why That Matters
Learn why the subjects play a key role in elementary classrooms鈥攁nd how new policy debates may shift the status quo.
Sarah Schwartz, February 27, 2024
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10 min read
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School & District Management What the Research Says 10 Education Studies You Should Know From 2023
These studies yielded new insights on social media, ChatGPT, and math, among other topics.
Sarah D. Sparks, December 21, 2023
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7 min read
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School & District Management What the Research Says What a Difference a Day Makes: How Schools Can Harness More Learning Time
Schools that are in session the longest provide five more weeks a year of learning time than those at the bottom of the scale.
Sarah D. Sparks, December 12, 2023
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2 min read
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College & Workforce Readiness Opinion Is It Time to Ditch the Carnegie Unit?
The measure's fixation on seat time may have stifled K鈥�12 innovation. Will abandoning it lead to improved learning or lower standards?
Rick Hess, September 25, 2023
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9 min read
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Student Achievement Academic Recovery: Terms to Know
A primer on what educators should know about the most common interventions for academic recovery.
Sarah D. Sparks, September 25, 2023
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6 min read
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School & District Management Opinion Time Is a School鈥檚 Most Precious Resource. Where Does It Go?
The truth is, an hour of schooling can yield a lot of learning鈥攐r none at all.
Rick Hess, September 11, 2023
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3 min read
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Student Well-Being How After-School Programs Can Support Students' Academic and Social-Emotional Needs
Two experts discuss the role of after-school programming in developing students' academic and social skills.
Lauraine Langreo, June 8, 2023
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3 min read
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Teaching Opinion The Big Questions Teachers Are Asking Themselves Right Now
Teachers have lots of questions, chief among them why there's such a mismatch between teacher-prep and school district needs.
Larry Ferlazzo, June 7, 2023
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12 min read
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Student Achievement What the Research Says The State of School Tutoring, in Charts
Only 1 in 10 students is receiving intensive tutoring supports.
Sarah D. Sparks, February 9, 2023
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2 min read
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Shadows of Walla Walla (Wash.) High School seniors waiting to enter graduation are cast on a school wall.
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College & Workforce Readiness What the Research Says The High School Credit-Hour: A Timeline of the Carnegie Unit
The credit-hour, often known as the Carnegie unit, has been the essential measure of American secondary and higher education for more than a century. Here's how it started.
Sarah D. Sparks, December 15, 2022
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4 min read
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College & Workforce Readiness The Head of the Carnegie Foundation Wants to Ditch the Carnegie Unit. Here's Why
The group that made credit-hours the high school standard for more than 100 years says it's time for a new metric of student success.
Sarah D. Sparks, December 8, 2022
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5 min read
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