How to Empower Every Student to Talk in Class—and Why It Matters
WEBDec 21, 2021 · Plan 2-3 “discourse moves” to engage all students in the discourse; encourage students to talk to each other rather than the teacher. These moves might include things like wait time, a quiet pause while students synthesize their thoughts and prepare to speak; batch call, where a teacher calls …
The Educational Value of Field Trips - Education Next
WEBSep 16, 2013 · Jay P. Greene joined EdNext Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss the benefits of field trips, including how seeing live theater is a more enriching experience to students, on the EdNext podcast. The school field trip has a long history in American public education. For decades, students have piled into yellow buses to visit a variety of ...
Busting the Myths About Year-Round School Calendars
WEBOct 25, 2022 · Myth #2: The main goal of year-round calendars is to help students learn. Most public conversation about balanced calendars assumes that they are designed to help students learn. In fact, over the past 50 years, a major reason districts have adopted balanced calendars is to address overcrowding and save money.
How Family Background Influences Student Achievement
WEBFeb 17, 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.. On the weekend before the Fourth of July 1966, the U.S. Office of Education quietly released a 737-page report that summarized one of the most ...
How Teachers Unions Became a Political Powerhouse
WEBFeb 15, 2023 · How Teachers Unions Became a Political Powerhouse. University of Chicago Press, 2022, $35; 312 pages. As reviewed by Daniel DiSalvo. During the Covid-19 pandemic, school districts with strong teachers unions were slower to bring students back to the classroom than districts with weaker unions …
Career and Technical Education Clears New Pathways to Opportunity
WEBJun 20, 2024 · CTE rejects this biased presorting. It combines academic coursework with technical and career skills for middle and high school students that offer pathways to jobs and further post-secondary education, training, and credentials. The coursework of CTE programs is a structured progression that builds knowledge and skills for good jobs.
Has Inclusion Gone Too Far? - Education Next
WEBJul 24, 2018 · Allison F. Gilmour. The model of special education known as inclusion, or mainstreaming, has become more prevalent over the past 10 years, and today, more than 60 percent of all students with disabilities (SWDs) spend 80 percent or more of their school day in regular classrooms, alongside their non-disabled peers (see Figure 1).
AI in Education - Education Next
WEBAug 8, 2023 · AI in Education. The leap into a new era of machine intelligence carries risks and challenges, but also plenty of promise. In Neal Stephenson’s 1995 science fiction novel, The Diamond Age, readers meet Nell, a young girl who comes into possession of a highly advanced book, The Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer. The book is not the usual ...
In Schools, Teacher Quality Matters Most - Education Next
WEBFeb 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 ...
How Schools and Teachers Can Get Better at Cultural Competence
WEBAug 6, 2020 · The opportunity is now for districts to address the reality of bias, stereotypes, and cultural differences for cultural competency. While Covid-19 and preparing for another school closure is necessary, so is the importance of cultural competency. If districts forfeit the opportunity to address injustice, the damage could be catastrophic.