Where Teacher Evaluation Movements Went Wrong
Will A.I. Help Motivated Students More Than Other Students?
“Will AI replace human tutors and teachers? Yes, AI will. This school headmaster; this survey; DuoLingo guy here. No, AI won’t. Nathaniel Grossman in Fordham; Freddie DeBoer; Dan Meyer. Our question: What if AI has profoundly different effects on motivated and unmotivated learners?”
Good High Schools “Have Substantial Positive Impacts” on Economically Disadvantaged Students
What Is The Classic Learning Test? How Is It Different From The ACT and SAT?
Handwriting Or Computers: Which Is Better For Learning To Write?
“All in all, the researchers suggest that the data represent an even outcome, with both learning modalities proving successful at increasing student growth and achievement in writing.”
“For The Love Of Memorization”
Against No-Zero Grading Policies, And For Some Alternatives
Simple Values-Based Intervention That Reduces Learning Gaps And Discipline
“The findings are striking for such a simple intervention. How simple? The writing exercises were given just three times in each school year. Pencils, paper, and one hour of time spread out over seven or eight months—even doable virtually. It’s hard to get much simpler than that. Why wouldn’t schools want to jump on this even while the mechanisms […]
How To Promote SEL To Parents
“There is broad support among parents for teaching SEL-related skills in schools, although the term “social and emotional learning” is relatively unpopular… Based on those results, Tyner distills four policy implications, including recommending that SEL proponents focus on specifics rather than nebulous concepts. Faced with specifics such as schools teaching sensitivity to different cultures, parents […]