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  • Catholic schools turn to blended learning as a way to address students' individual needs

    April 10, 2017 |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    In response to dropping enrollments and low test scores, Catholic schools nationwide have started taking a new approach to instruction, one called "blended learning." Students alternate small group learning with digital assignments, a combination that individualizes learning while keeping all students in the same classroom. “Nothing replaces quality teaching,” one Seattle Catholic school principal noted. “But if you can take quality teaching and add these digital tools to it, you can create something that’s truly amazing.” The proportion of students performing at grade level has steadily increased.

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  • Is universal preschool the answer? Britain says ‘yes'

    August 23, 2016 |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, Bristol

    Since 2004, the national government in England has paid for all three-year-olds to receive 15 free hours of child-care per week. Since the program was implemented, the academic achievement gap between high-income and low-income children has been shrinking and more children are performing well upon entering primary school on both academic and non-academic measures. Can the United States, where the average family with children under 5 spends 9% of its annual income on child care, translate any parts of the UK's model to its own early education policies?

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  • A solution as obvious as it is rare: Making high school graduates ready for college

    August 18, 2016 |

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    Response Location: United States, Tennessee

    Because high schools are assessed on graduation rates in lieu of college-readiness and public universities are funded based on the number of students who enroll instead of those that graduate, there is often a miscommunication about what students need to know to take college courses. Without proper preparation, students are funneled into remedial classes, an expensive and time consuming path. Several states are working to close this gap, shifting the incentive structure towards graduation rates-based funding for colleges and identifying slipping high school juniors to "bring them up to speed" before college.

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  • Is Estonia the new Finland?

    June 23, 2016 |

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    Response Location: Estonia, Tartu

    Most educators and policymakers can rattle off a list of international educational powerhouses: Korea. Singapore. Japan. Finland. But there’s an overlooked member of the list: Estonia. With a focus on equity, Estonia has quietly joined ranks of the global education elite.

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  • Students on the autism spectrum are often as smart as their peers — so why do so few go to college?

    April 28, 2016 |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A pilot program on the City University of New York's five campuses provides rare support, through group sessions and workshops, to students who are both on the autism spectrum and low-income.

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  • When students lead parent-teacher conferences

    April 06, 2016 |

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    Response Location: United States, Pittsfield, New Hampshire

    'Student-centered learning' has taken on new life at one of the nation's lowest-performing high schools in the form of student-led parent-teacher conferences.

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  • Why Oklahoma's public preschools are some of the best in the country

    February 02, 2016 |

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    Response Location: United States, Clinton, Oklahoma

    Free, universal preschool education has been a priority - one that transcends politics - for leaders in the small town of Clinton, Oklahoma.

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  • What happens when instead of suspensions, kids talk out their mistakes?

    December 29, 2015 |

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    Response Location: United States, Pittsfield, New Hampshire

    Instead of suspending them, a New Hampshire high school asks students to talk, listen, and make amends. The idea—termed "restorative justice"—aims to be more productive than traditional punishments.

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  • How an unconventional principal used blended learning to help turn around a struggling urban school

    September 08, 2015 |

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    Response Location: United States, Providence, Rhode Island

    Through effective leadership and blended traditional and online learning, a struggling school in Rhode Island improved student achievement, teacher satisfaction, technology upgrades, and parent involvement.

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  • Why are low income students not showing up to college, even though they have been accepted?

    August 14, 2015 |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Forty percent of low-income students accepted to college never start school because of a fear of debt and feelings they don't belong. A New York college access organization is using peer-mentoring to help perspective students jump over the hurtles.

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