Study suggests struggling students who repeat third grade see improved achievement
Third-grade retention can increase the reading and math scores of struggling students, with positive effects lasting into middle school, according to new research.
Third-grade retention can increase the reading and math scores of struggling students, with positive effects lasting into middle school, according to new research.
Education
Oct 12, 2023
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A new school year is here; are you ready? With the beginning of the academic year, many educators are preparing for the inevitable shift in their students' needs from the more relaxed summer months. Parents of transgender, ...
Social Sciences
Sep 25, 2023
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The beginning of each school year brings an opportunity to reflect, for children, families and also for policymakers. Some important lessons pertain to effective ways provinces and territories can expand children's and families' ...
Education
Aug 29, 2023
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Cellphone bans in middle and high schools across the U.S. are raising questions about how effective locking away students' devices on the heels of a pandemic—when classroom instruction was all but virtual—will be.
Social Sciences
Aug 24, 2023
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Public schools routinely have a police officer in the building to deescalate and prevent violence. A new study led by faculty from the University at Albany's Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy examined how these ...
Social Sciences
Jul 26, 2023
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When national student test scores revealed recently that knowledge of U.S. history and civics had reached an all-time low, one Republican lawmaker described the drop as an "outright failure that should concern every parent ...
Education
May 12, 2023
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Recent results from an assessment known as the Nation's Report Card found scores in U.S. history and civics among eighth graders across the country declined compared to previous assessments. Among students who took part in ...
Education
May 12, 2023
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Faced with a growing number of options for where to enroll their children in school, parents quickly narrow their choices based on their own educational experience as students.
Social Sciences
Apr 14, 2023
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Jouncing along to school in a fume-spewing, rattletrap yellow bus is practically a rite of passage for most American students.
Economics & Business
Apr 11, 2023
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Your child could go to gym class on Monday morning and play soccer on a field that was sprayed over the weekend with 2,4D, a toxic weedkiller that has been investigated as possibly causing cancer. Alternatively, the school ...
Environment
Mar 1, 2023
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