Remainders: Having a home computer hurts student learning | GothamSchools
Remainders: Having a home computer hurts student learning | GothamSchools
- A home computer causes slightly lower reading and math scores. (Freakonomics)
- Meanwhile, a city teacher uses video technology to teach writing. (Innovative Educator)
- One city school didn’t have calculators for Regents-taking students. (Pissed Off Teacher)
- Three ways for schools to get better and cut their budgets at the same time. (Learning Matters)
- The Times picks up the school safety budget increases we reported on first. (CityRoom)
- Three funders will gather here next week to talk about educating ELL’s. (EdWeek)
- Grading each other, Chicago teachers gave more “unsatisfactories” than principals. (Catalyst)
- Pittsburgh has a new teachers contract, negotiated partly by the Gates Foundation. (AP)
- The contract includes voluntary individual merit pay and a school-based program. (EdWeek)
- A study of a more learning time program finds disappointing results. (Quick and the Ed)
- A write-up of the study showing Harlem Success lottery winners outperform losers. (EdWeek)
