CURMUDGUCATION: A Good Teacher Is Not Like A Candle

CURMUDGUCATION: A Good Teacher Is Not Like A Candle

A Good Teacher Is Not Like A Candle

I just hate this kind of thing.

First of all, is there any other profession that has to put up with this. Substitute "lawyer" or "plumber" or even "doctor" for "teacher" in this meme, and it just sounds dumb. "Nurse," maybe. (Hmm. What do nursing and teaching have in common as professions. Could it be that they're not commonly associated with testosterone?) We don't expect any professionals to consume themselves in order to do their jobs.

Second of all, notice the use of "it." For the simile to really tracks, "it" should be "she," but as soon as we put it that way, the ickiness of the analogy becomes more obvious. Really? Do parents say, "I expect my child's teacher to consume herself in order to educate my child?"

If we walk into our child's classroom in March and find a teacher who is exhausted, worn down, barely functioning, do we think, "Excellent. This is going just as it should." Do we expect a teacher to somehow become a new, fresh candle every fall and be a burned-out stub every May, or do we CONTINUE READING: CURMUDGUCATION: A Good Teacher Is Not Like A Candle

UTLA Endorses LAUSD School Board Candidates | UTLA

UTLA Endorses LAUSD School Board Candidates | UTLA

UTLA Endorses LAUSD School Board Candidates

LOS ANGELES — With four LAUSD School Board seats up for election in 2020, UTLA has endorsed a powerful team to take back the board majority from the pro-privatization forces. As overwhelmingly approved by the UTLA House of Representatives last night, the UTLA slate includes incumbents George McKenna, Scott Schmerelson, and Jackie Goldberg — fresh off her landslide win in the special election last spring. 
 
For the seat being vacated by Richard Vladovic, UTLA is endorsing an LAUSD parent who is committed to the fight against privatization and for fully funded schools. Patricia Castellanos is a founding member of Reclaim Our Schools LA, the parent-community coalition that was with us during our strike, walking the picket lines and protesting outside privatizers' homes. She is a former deputy director for L.A. Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE) and led campaigns with unions and the community for better working conditions for employees and stronger neighborhoods for families. 

UTLA also endorsed an experienced, pro-public education candidate in LA City Council President Herb Wesson, running for LA County Board of Supervisors, District 2. Wesson walked the picket line with UTLA members in January, helped resolve the successful Accelerated Charter strike (the second charter school strike in the country). He is supported by unions across the labor movement, and he campaigned vigorously for more school funding in the Measure EE campaign.

Herb Wesson

UTLA Endorses LAUSD School Board Candidates | UTLA

Peter Greene: School Vouchers And Federal Support For Discrimination

School Vouchers And Federal Support For Discrimination

School Vouchers And Federal Support For Discrimination

School voucher programs are becoming one of the major fronts in a federal battle to safeguard discrimination by religious organizations.

Some flaps created by private religious schools seem minor, like the pastor at a Catholic school who banned Harry Potter books because he believes the books contain “actual curses and spells.” But earlier this year, the Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis touched off a flurry of excitement by requiring Catholics schools in the archdiocese to fire all gay teachers. Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School refused, and was stripped of its Catholic identity. To avoid a similar fate, Cathedral High School terminated a teacher in a decision it called “agonizing.” The teacher settled with the school, but has since sued the archdiocese.

This might be a matter of Catholic internal business, except that in Indianapolis, as in many areas around the country, the Catholic school system is now funded in part by school vouchers, a system of using public tax dollars for tuition t0 private schools. Indiana has CONTINUE READING: School Vouchers And Federal Support For Discrimination

Little Rock: Activists Demand a Meeting with Governor Hutchinson | Diane Ravitch's blog

Little Rock: Activists Demand a Meeting with Governor Hutchinson | Diane Ravitch's blog

Little Rock: Activists Demand a Meeting with Governor Hutchinson

Parents and supporters of public schools in Little Rock are outraged that Governor Asa Hutchinson refuses to meet with them. The state took control of the Little Rock district, and parents want democratic decision making restored. Remember when Republicans used to support local control? Not anymore.

Rev/Dr. Anika Whitfield write to the Governor on behalf of a large coalition of parents.

Gov. Hutchinson, 

As you may have heard at our rally on September 25, 2019, to fulfill the legacy of the Little Rock Nine to obtain a world class equitable education for students currently being denied by discrimination and state laws, and to #ReclaimLRSD in total with a locally elected school board, we demanded a meeting with you.

The organizers of the Support OUR LRSD coalition, a coalition of parents/guardians, students, alumni, community activists and supporters, faith leaders, volunteers in the LRSD, teachers, educators, retired teachers, and LRSD business leaders and faith leaders and communities need to speak with you about the fate of our beloved LRSD. 

You have been talking at us, and not with us. You and your appointed board and CONTINUE READING: Little Rock: Activists Demand a Meeting with Governor Hutchinson | Diane Ravitch's blog

Weingarten and conservative Dems want a two-tier health insurance system. – Fred Klonsky

Weingarten and conservative Dems want a two-tier health insurance system. – Fred Klonsky

WEINGARTEN AND CONSERVATIVE DEMS WANT A TWO-TIER HEALTH INSURANCE SYSTEM

In a previous post I wrote how American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten has broken with the position of her own union in advocating for work-based health insurance in opposition to those running for president like Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.

Sanders and Warren advocate for universal healthcare in the form of Medicare for All (MFA)

Here is the position of the AFT:

RESOLVED, that the AFT reaffirms that the most sensible and cost-effective solution for health coverage is a single-payer system modeled after the federal Medicare system, such as that proposed by S.B. 1804 and H.R. 676; and

RESOLVED, that the AFT will educate and mobilize its members and our broader community to support universal healthcare coverage.

Two systems of coverage – one public and one privately run by insurance companies and paid for by part of the employee’s compensation package.

I argue that the existence of a multi-billion dollar insurance system will always operate CONTINUE READING: Weingarten and conservative Dems want a two-tier health insurance system. – Fred Klonsky

Big Education Ape: AFT and Medicare for All - Randi Weingarten - Medium - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2019/09/aft-and-medicare-for-all-randi.html

Do Schools and Districts Actually Want Black Male Teachers? It Sure Doesn't Seem Like It. - Philly's 7th Ward

Do Schools and Districts Actually Want Black Male Teachers? It Sure Doesn't Seem Like It. - Philly's 7th Ward

DO SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS ACTUALLY WANT BLACK MALE TEACHERS? IT SURE DOESN’T SEEM LIKE IT.

When it comes to Black male teachers, the question shouldn’t be, “Do we need to hire more?” We know Black teachers, both men and women, are vital; they are particularly critical to the education of Black and Brown children. They also enhance the education experiences of White children. The question shouldn’t be, “Are there any Black male teachers out there to hire?”

It is true that Black male teachers only make up 2 percent of the teaching population. According to an analysis by Howard University’s Ivory A. Toldson, however, the job of primary school teacher is actually the first choice of profession among college-educated Black men.

The question that we need to ask is this: “Are Black male teachers actually wanted?” And if not: “Why don’t more districts want Black male teachers?” The answer to those questions will help those serious about increasing the number of Black male teachers.

A few years ago, University of Pennsylvania professor Marybeth Gasman argued that universities fail to hire Black professors because they simply didn’t want them. She said:

I have learned that faculty will bend rules, knock down walls, and build bridges to hire those they really want (often white colleagues), but when it CONTINUE READING: 

Do Schools and Districts Actually Want Black Male Teachers? It Sure Doesn't Seem Like It. - Philly's 7th Ward

Carol Burris: Federal Analysis Finds No Difference in Performance Between Charter Schools and Public Schools | Diane Ravitch's blog

Carol Burris: Federal Analysis Finds No Difference in Performance Between Charter Schools and Public Schools | Diane Ravitch's blog

Carol Burris: Federal Analysis Finds No Difference in Performance Between Charter Schools and Public Schools

Carol Burris, executive director of the Network for Public Education, reports on a new federal analysis comparing charter schools and public schools.

She writes:

A recent report on school choice commissioned by the US Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) documented what we already know–the performance of students who attend charter schools is no better than the academic performance of those who attend true public schools.

The report based its findings on 4th and 8th grade NAEP scores. No school, public or charter, can test prep students for success on the NAEP, thus it is considered by many to be the most reliable measure of student achievement.

In addition to a simple comparison of results, the researchers who prepared the report used regression analysis to control for the influence of parental education level on student achievement on the NAEP. This is important because it contradicts those who claim that charters do a better job at educating disadvantaged students, and that the equal academic performance between the two sectors is because public schools educate a more privileged population.  Parental education level has been shown repeatedly to have a significant effect on student achievement, even when controlling for SES. 

The report also told us that the percentage of students in private schools has dropped to 9% and homeschool enrollment has risen to 3%. Of the remaining 88%, 94% of all students are enrolled in true public schools, while 6% are enrolled in charter schools. 

The charter school sector can produce as many biased studies not subject to peer review as they like, but studies from objective sources consistently produce the same results–charters, despite their creaming of students and “freedom” do no better than true public schools. Ironically, this one was commissioned by the US Department of Education led by Betsy DeVos. 

—

Carol Burris

Executive Director

Network for Public Education

Carol Burris: Federal Analysis Finds No Difference in Performance Between Charter Schools and Public Schools | Diane Ravitch's blog

More Cartoons on Teachers and Students | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

More Cartoons on Teachers and Students | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

More Cartoons on Teachers and Students

As the school year begins–yes, more and more schools open in August but many of the 13,000 districts in the U.S. still open after Labor Day–I cannot resist picking cartoons about the on-going relationship between teachers and students (and their parents) in the ever-present age-graded school. Here are some more. Enjoy!

CLICK HERE FOR More Cartoons on Teachers and Students

Now In the Minority, A School Board Member Changes His Tune

Now In the Minority, A School Board Member Changes His Tune

Now In the Minority, A School Board Member Changes His Tune

The means of one’s success can become the means of one’s downfall.”

As the Vice-President of the LAUSD School Board, Nick Melvoin constantly reminded the minority members of their status and how if they wanted a say they would need to win elections. This majority pushed through the hiring of Superintendent Austin Beutner without bothering to build consensus and asked the district attorney to investigate Scott Schmerelson when in an act that promoted transparency he dared to tell the public about what went on behind the scenes during the hiring process.

With the conviction of Ref Rodriguez and the election of Jackie Goldberg to replace him, Melvoin’s block has lost its majority status. Now, the lawyer from the West Side is singing a different tune. Apparently, policies should no longer be dictated by the majority. Instead, we should have “collaboration.”

Melvoin sits on the LAUSD Board because supporters of the California Charter School Association (CCSA) spent millions on a dirty campaign against former Board President Steve Zimmer. This race wasn’t based on CONTINUE READING: Now In the Minority, A School Board Member Changes His Tune

antiracismdsa: Close the Camps Campaign #CloseTheCamps

antiracismdsa: Close the Camps Campaign

Close the Camps Campaign

Here is the campaign.

#CloseTheCamps

http://closethecampsoct.org

Stop the War on Immigrants --

A Call to Action on October 12

From the day he took office, Donald Trump escalated a failed and cruel immigration policy into an all-out war against immigrants, banning Muslims, slamming the door on refugees, tearingchildren from their parents' arms.

Each new affront has been met with outrage and protest, but even when he has retreated, Trumphas sought new lines of attack: concentration camps, workplace raids, new bars to green cards and citizenship.

Meanwhile many immigrants are being terrorized in their own communities, afraid to answer the door, take children to school, or go to work. These communities need to see and feel the

solidarity of the majority that stands with them.

We call on all those who oppose the raids, family separation, deportations and incarceration tounite against this reign of racist persecution.

It is time to say, "¡Basta Ya!" Enough is enough!

This indigenous people's day weekend let us act together --whether with a march, vigil, rally ordirect action-- against those who would give us a future of division and white supremacist hate.

Let us unite in broad regional coalitions drawing together people of faith, unions, anti-nativist

fighters and other progressives to target camps, jails, shelters or other parts of Trump's

anti-immigrant, deportation machinery.

Let us act in the knowledge that no human being is illegal anywhere, not least in a country

formed through violent colonialism.

Most of all let us open our arms to immigrants in our country or at our borders with a greeting of friendship: Mi casa es tu casa.

Our home is also your home.

antiracismdsa: Close the Camps Campaign

Yelp! … But For Schools?! – redqueeninla

Yelp! … But For Schools?! – redqueeninla

Yelp! … But For Schools?!

Is it a good idea to label schools with a really simple star-rating? 

Can we do for Education and schools what Yelp has done for eating and restaurants?

No!  Of course not.

And we all know it.  It’s not just that summarizing a complex ecosystem like a school via one, single number is simplistic. It’s not just that your child’s needs are different from my child’s even while both may be served perfectly well (even mutually beneficially) in adjacent seats. It’s not just that your opinion being different from mine might not reflect our legitimate, genuine differences.

It’s that an opinion aggregator like Yelp is fundamentally, technically different from the “School Performance Framework (SPF)” LAUSD resolved to develop for stakeholders in spring of 2018. On further reflection the school board will be reconsidering the summative framework (the wording of this resolution is here, at “tab 26”) at its BOE meetings next month.

Yelp works by taking a hard number, your assessment, and “averaging” that opinion with everyone else’s. Statistical theory shows that with enough of these assessments, they will fall out in a bell curve shape with the peak being the “best guess” of “most” folks’ opinion.

The School Performance Framework would cough up a single number just like Yelp does, but it’s derived completely differently. The SPF depends on a guess, an estimate, instead of simply characterizing hard data. (The leap of faith in Yelp CONTINUE READING: Yelp! … But For Schools?! – redqueeninla

THIS WEEK Education Research Report

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THIS WEEK 

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Do Kids Fall Behind in Math Because There Isn’t Enough Grade-Level Material, or Because There’s Too Much? It’s Both

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 22h

Complete report New Classrooms Innovation Partners W alk into almost any classroom in America, and you’ll find at least some students who’ve fallen behind the academic standards for their grade — meaning they’re at risk of not learning everything they’ll need to be ready for college and the lives they want to lead. Helping these students get back on the path to grade-level proficiency is one of t

Automatic Enrollment Increases Contributions to Supplement Retirement Programs by K-12 and University Employees

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 22h

This study examines the impact of the adoption of automatic enrollment provisions by schools and universities in the state of South Dakota for its supplemental retirement saving plan (SRP). In South Dakota, educational personnel are also covered by a defined benefit pension plan and by Social Security. Thus, career public employees in South Dakota can expect a life time annuity from these two pro

The School to Prison Pipeline: Long-Run Impacts of School Suspensions on Adult Crime

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 22h

. Schools face important policy tradeoffs in monitoring and managing student behavior. Strict discipline policies may stigmatize suspended students and expose them to the criminal justice system at a young age. On the other hand, strict discipline acts as a deterrent and limits harmful spillovers of misbehavior onto other students. This paper estimates the net impact of school discipline on stude

Breaking Down Barriers: Understanding Hispanic High School Students’ Perceptions on the Transition to College

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 23h

. Hispanic students make up roughly 18 percent of all college students and are one of the largest minority groups on U.S. campuses. However, Hispanic students tend to meet ACT College Readiness Benchmarks at lower rates, on average, than their non-Hispanic White counterparts. In addition, Hispanic students may face added barriers in navigating the landscape of the college application process, le

SEPTEMBER 2019 Using Chronic Absence Data to Improve Conditions for Learning

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 23h

Reducing chronic absence goes hand in hand with cultivating positive conditions for learning. When schools provide engaging, supportive, welcoming and culturally responsive environments, families are inclined to help their children get to school, and students are motivated to attend, even when there are hurdles to getting there. Likewise, when students attend class consistently, positive conditio

Mathematics Anxiety in the Transition From Elementary School to Junior High

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 1d

Mathematics anxiety negatively impacts cognitive processing, performance, expectations, motivation, and future choices. However, research has not examined patterns in students’ mathematics anxiety levels over time. The current study addresses this gap by exploring group-based trajectories in mathematics anxiety during the transition to junior high school. Five trajectories are described: consiste

SEP 26

Kids in poor, urban schools learn just as much as others

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 1d

Schools serving disadvantaged and minority children teach as much to their students as those serving more advantaged kids, according to a new nationwide study. The results may seem surprising, given that student test scores are normally higher in suburban and wealthier school districts than they are in urban districts serving mostly disadvantaged and minority children. But those test scores speak

SEP 25

Great Recession -School Spending Cuts = Sizable Learning Losses for Students in Hardest Hit Areas

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 2d

Substantial school spending cuts triggered by the Great Recession were associated with sizable losses in academic achievement for students living in counties most affected by the economic downturn, according to a new study published today in AERA Open , a peer-reviewed journal of the American Educational Research Association. The estimated declines in student math and English language arts achiev

The Value-Added Estimates and Evaluation Ratings of Teachers with a Graduate Degree

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 2d

This study uses teacher value added and evaluation rating data from North Carolina public schools to estimate the signaling and human capital effects of graduate degrees. These analyses consider the effects of graduate degrees, overall, and the effects of graduate degrees inside and outside teachers’ area(s) of teaching. Analysis shows that those with a graduate degree in their area of teaching h

The more time spent watching television and playing video games was associated with poorer academic performance

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 2d

Screen time overall wasn't associated with the academic performance of children and adolescents in this observational study. Called a systematic review and meta-analysis, this research consisted of a review of 58 studies from 23 countries (involving 480,000 participants ages 4 to 18) and a meta-analysis that combined the results of 30 of those studies involving 106,000 participants. The studies e

Over 2.2 Million Students in Class of 2019 Took SAT, Largest Group Ever

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 2d

Over 2.2 million students in the class of 2019 took the SAT, an increase of 4% over the class of 2018, according to the 2019 [Opens in New Window] SAT Suite of Assessments Program Results . The class of 2019 was the first to take the full SAT Suite of Assessments: SAT, PSAT/NMSQT, PSAT 10, and PSAT 8/9. State Results The Growing, Changing SAT Population Almost a million students in the class of 2

What Adults Without Degrees Say About Pursuing Additional Education and Training

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 2d

Çomplete report Roughly half of American adults without a college degree (46 percent) said they need additional education to advance in their careers, according to new survey data from the Strada Education Network and Gallup. Employers were the first-choice providers for this group, with 33 percent saying they are most likely to participate in additional education and training from employers. Com

New Report Looks at School Choice in the United States

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 2d

Over time, enrollment in traditional public schools and public charter schools increased, as did the number of homeschooled students, while enrollment in private schools decreased. School Choice in the United States: 2019 uses recent data from multiple National Center for Education Statistics surveys to describe the landscape of school choice in the United States. The report discusses the changes

Helping smooth the transition to kindergarten

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 3d

The schools and districts profiled in the four communities in this report have taken different steps to help smooth the transition to kindergarten for children and families, with a particular emphasis on promoting equity by focusing on better serving children from low-income families. Because of the historic divide between early learning and the formal K–12 school system, it will require years of

Using Local, State, and Federal Dollars to Improve Pre-K to K Transitions

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 3d

When early learning experiences are connected from birth through third grade (B–3rd), children and their families can more seamlessly transition between ECE programs and grade levels. Smoothing transitions requires careful planning, effective policies and practices, and funding. The transition between pre-K and kindergarten is a particularly important one. There are a number of federal and state

Community Colleges Apprenticeship Programs

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 3d

Apprenticeship is a proven education and employment model that combines structured on-the-job learning with related technical or classroom instruction to prepare individuals for specific occupations. Apprentices are paid, have access to work-site mentors, and earn progressively higher wages as they advance in their programs. The rising cost of higher education, combined with the increasing skill

SEP 24

Effect of Simplifying Financial Aid Offers on College Enrollment and Borrowing

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 3d

. Recent policy and research efforts have focused on simplifying the college-going process, improving transparency around college costs, and helping students make informed decisions. In 2012, the Obama administration released the “shopping sheet,” a standardized financial aid offer that is intended to provide students with simplified information about costs, loan options, and college outcomes. Th

Investigating the Impact of the Pittsburgh Promise

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 3d

Place-based promise scholarships are a relatively recent innovation in the space of college access and success. Although evidence on the impact of some of the earliest place-based scholarships has begun to emerge, the rapid proliferation of promise programs largely has preceded empirical evidence of their impact. This paper analyses the causal effect of the Pittsburgh Promise on students’ immedia

Parental Credit Constraints and Child College Attendance

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 3d

Parents in the United States frequently supplement the student loans available to their children by cosigning on a loan, borrowing against their home equity, or with unsecured debt in their own names. This paper investigates whether some students are constrained from attending and completing college by their parents’ lack of access to credit markets by linking individual parental credit scores to

The Returns to Education at Community Colleges: New Evidence

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 3d

This study uses nationally representative data from the Education Longitudinal Survey (ELS) to update the literature on returns to community college education, comparing the experiences of the ELS cohort that graduated high school in 2004 with those of the National Education Longitudinal Survey (NELS) cohort that graduated high school more than a decade earlier, in 1992. The author estimates that

The Wisconsin Scholars Grant (WSG)

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 3d

The WSG is a privately funded program designed to help low-income Wisconsin families pay for college and increase college completion. Student access to the WSG is based on Pell Grant eligibility, Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) information, and college admissions records. The grant provided students with $1,800 per year for each year in which they were enrolled in a Wisconsin two

The Multiple Measures Placement System

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 3d

Research shows that using only test scores to place students in remediation—the typical method—is correlated with over-placement, which can lead to unnecessary time and expense spent on the pursuit of a degree. To combat this, researchers from the Center for the Analysis of Postsecondary Readiness (CAPR) and staff from seven State University of New York (SUNY) community colleges collaborated to d

SEP 23

Overall screen time isn't associated with academic performance in kids, teens?

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 4d

Screen time overall wasn't associated with the academic performance of children and adolescents in this observational study. Called a systematic review and meta-analysis, this research consisted of a review of 58 studies from 23 countries (involving 480,000 participants ages 4 to 18) and a meta-analysis that combined the results of 30 of those studies involving 106,000 participants. The studies e

Relative youth status in the school year is associated with an increased risk of diagnosis of ADHD, intellectual disability, and depression in childhood.

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 4d

Complete report Key Points Question What is the association between relative age in the school year and incidence of intellectual disability, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and depression? Findings In this cohort study of 1 042 106 children in the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink, relatively young children were 1.3 times more likely than the oldest quarter of children in the scho

New Evidence on School Segregation and Racial Academic Achievement Gaps

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 4d

U.S. public schools are highly segregated by both race and class. Prior research shows that the desegregation of Southern schools in the 1960s and 1970s led to significant benefits for black students, including increased educational attainment and higher earnings. We do not know, however, whether segregation today has the same harmful effects as it did 50 years ago, nor do we have clear evidence

Existing state policies to support the costs of apprentices’ classroom training at colleges are a patchwork. Some state...

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 4d

Existing state policies to support the costs of apprentices’ classroom training at colleges are a patchwork. Some states have implemented effective subsidies to support credit-bearing apprenticeship offerings without any cost to the apprentice; other policies are well-intentioned but counterproductive. Across the country, though, many states already have the policy groundwork to support college c

Helping English language learners in mathematics

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 4d

National and state assessments show that English language learners (ELs) in elementary and secondary grades score lower in mathematics compared with their matched English proficient peers (EPs). To provide information on strategies for enhancing learning opportunities for ELs in language inclusive classrooms, this study analyzes the efficacy of Learning Mathematics Through Representati ons (LMR),

The Effects of Full-Day Prekindergarten

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 4d

This study is a randomized control trial of full- versus half-day prekindergarten (pre-K) in a school district near Denver, Colorado. Four-year-old children were randomly assigned an offer of half-day (4 days/week) or full-day (5 days/week) pre-K that increased class time by 600 hours. The full-day pre-K offer produced substantial, positive effects on children’s receptive vocabulary skills (0.275

SEP 21

Nationwide Survey of Teachers Reveals Digital Divide Far from Closed

by Jonathan Kantrowitz / 6d

As students all over the country are settling back into school, Common Sense is releasing The Homework Gap: Teacher Perspectives on Closing the Digital Divide , a nationwide survey of teachers revealing troubling evidence of the continuing "homework gap," a divide between students who have home 

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