In Schools, Teacher Quality Matters Most - Education Next
Feb 3, 2016 · This article is part of a new Education Next series commemorating the 50th anniversary of James S. Coleman’s groundbreaking report, “Equality of Educational Opportunity.”The full series will appear in the Spring 2016 issue of Education Next.. Fifty years after the release of “Equality of Educational Opportunity”—widely known as the Coleman Report—much of what James Coleman and ...
Breaking Down School Budgets - Education Next
Aug 16, 2009 · The following sections provide examples of spending-on-service findings from the three districts studied. Results. Figure 1 shows the range of per-pupil costs in District 1: electives came at a cost of $512 per pupil versus $328 per math class, $434 per English class, and $564 per class in a foreign language.
Education Gap Grows for Adolescents from Single-Parent Families
Feb 19, 2015 · Contact: Kathleen M. Ziol-Guest: [email protected], (212) 998-5478, New York University Ashley Inman: [email protected], (707) 332-1184, Education Next Communications Office Education Gap Grows for Adolescents from Single-Parent Families. Young people raised in one-parent homes complete fewer years of schooling and are less likely to receive a B. A. degree
The Flipped Classroom - Education Next
Oct 4, 2011 · The Flipped Classroom. Four years ago, in the shadow of Colorado’s Pike’s Peak, veteran Woodland Park High School chemistry teachers Jonathan Bergmann and Aaron Sams stumbled onto an idea. Struggling to find the time to reteach lessons for absent students, they plunked down $50, bought software that allowed them to record and annotate ...
Do Schools Begin Too Early? - Education Next
Apr 24, 2012 · A number of school districts have responded by delaying the start of their school day, and a 2005 congressional resolution introduced by Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) recommended that secondary schools nationwide start at 9:00 or later. Despite this attention, there is little rigorous evidence directly linking school start times and academic performance.
Depth Over Breadth - Education Next
Jul 30, 2019 · Depth Over Breadth. The value of vocational education in U.S. high schools. Daniel Kreisman. Kevin Stange. Since the publication of A Nation at Risk in 1983, policymakers and politicians have worked to stave off a perceived decline in the academic preparation of American students. Stubbornly low scores on international exams and signs that many ...
Time to Pull the Plug on Traditional Grading? - Education Next
Jul 5, 2022 · Generally, grading attempts to distill students’ performance on what education researcher Thomas R. Guskey calls a “hodgepodge” of measures—quizzes, tests, homework, conduct, participation, extra credit, and more—rather than gauging actual student learning. The process is inconsistent at best, inequitable at worst, critics argue.
Don’t Ruin College by Making It Free - Education Next
Mar 9, 2020 · The 2020 Democratic primary has changed the debate on higher education in the United States. When Senator Bernie Sanders first proposed making public college free during his 2016 campaign, most commentators, myself included, dismissed the idea as radical and unrealistic, along with his candidacy. Just four years later, Sanders is a serious ...
Doing Educational Equity Right: Grading - Education Next
Mar 14, 2024 · This is the seventh in a series on doing educational equity right. See the introductory post, as well as ones on school finance, student discipline, advanced education, school closures and homework. Student grading is one of those issues that has an enormous impact on kids and schools, yet for years it remained almost completely under the radar.
New Blueprints for K–12 Schools - Education Next
Mar 21, 2017 · New Blueprints for K–12 Schools. Wheeler Kearns Architects recently designed, from scratch, new facilities for two charter schools, each of which uses a distinct blended-learning model; the new facility designed for Intrinsic Schools is pictured above. Blended Learning uses school time in a unique way, combining online instruction with ...