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What It Takes to Recruit Future Teachers During the Pandemic
Although the majority of educator-preparation programs saw no or relatively small enrollment changes in fall of 2020 and fall of 2021, 20 percent of institutions saw a decline in new undergrad enrollment that exceeded 10 percent, according to survey data from the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. And in fall 2021, 13 percent of responding institutions reported significant declines in new graduate student enrollment.
Secretary of Education Envisions Solutions that are Low-Tech, High-Touch
Cardona made several detailed recommendations for how schools might put federal pandemic-relief dollars to use to ensure that more students can thrive—especially as many children struggle to adjust to the social-emotional and academic challenges the pandemic either created or worsened.
To Help Fight a Mental Health Crisis in Schools, Community Groups Step In
With an influx of federal pandemic relief funding and potential money from the state budget surplus, many districts in California find themselves flush with more resources for mental health services than they’ve had in years. But that funding is running up against a familiar problem: staffing shortages. To fill the gap, some districts are partnering with community organizations to bring essential services to struggling students using human infrastructure that already exists.
Math Anxiety Hurts Too Many Kids. Here’s How We Can Curb It.
Math anxiety is a drain on our collective enthusiasm for learning and growth. This New Year, let’s resolve to take this educational inflection point as an opportunity to rebrand mathematical reasoning as an incredible tool with which every single human brain is born, writes Susanna Brock.
Are Post-Pandemic Campuses Finally Ready for Competency-Based Education?
In this week’s EdSurge podcast hear from longtime proponent of competency based education: Paul LeBlanc, the president of Southern New Hampshire University.
Can Data Literacy Be Fun? The Census Bureau Is Building An App For That
A group of graduate students is creating a free app to help teachers build data literacy skills in the classroom. They’re working hand-in-hand with the Opportunity Project, a program led by the federal Census Open Innovation Labs that brings technologists and community advocates together to solve problems.
Who Wants a Bell Curve? The Strong Case for Mastery Learning in Math
Creating a system that allows all students the opportunity for mastery of fundamental mathematical concepts and confidence in their own mathematical reasoning is not easy, but we must try, writes COGx's Susanna Brock.
New Data Science Standards Are Needed for a Data-Filled World. Here’s What We Propose.
A different approach to teaching mathematics is needed—one that develops data literacy for all students. Not only would such an approach be more relevant and increase student engagement, it has the potential to reduce the widespread vulnerability to misleading information shared via social media, writes two mathematics professors.
Students Learned So Much More During the Pandemic Than We Realize. Just Ask Them.
What we've learned is that two things can be true at the same time. The shift to online school led to struggle for many, and it led young people to act creatively and with ingenuity, writes University of Colorado professors.