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Students Say Supportive College and Career Pathways Kept Them Engaged Through COVID Shutdowns. How Schools Can Use Federal Funds to Help
As states and districts contemplate how to best use their COVID-19 relief funding, they should think differently about addressing lost learning and building better systems for the future. College and career pathways fit the bill on all counts, writes Linked Learning Alliance president Anne Stanton and Alliance for Excellent Education president and CEO Deborah S. Delisle.
Survey: Quarter of Last Year’s High Schoolers Decided to Delay College Plans Due to Pandemic
A survey has found that a quarter of last year’s high school students decided to delay college plans due to the COVID-19 pandemic, WBMA reported.
The power of unfair standardized tests is finally, thankfully diminishing
Colleges do not need test scores to make good admissions decisions, argues Andrew Palumbo.
Don’t ‘Make the Math Classroom a Project-Based-Learning-Free Zone’
Students deserve to experience mathematics as a way to engage with their world. They need opportunities to apply their understanding of math concepts to problems that matter to them and to their communities.
Creating Opportunities for Project-Based Learning in Math
Rigorous PBL units in middle and high school math answer the age-old student question: “When am I ever going to need this?”
After a Year of Turmoil, Elite Universities Welcome More Diverse Freshman Classes
The aftermath of the George Floyd protests and a decreased reliance on standardized tests have led to more diverse admissions at elite universities.
Labor Department approves apprenticeship guidelines for most in-demand tech roles
National guideline standards have been established as foundational for a new national infrastructure to scale apprenticeships in tech occupations. This is a result of the partnership between the human resource consulting and organizational development company Maher & Maher and the nonprofit Computing Technology Industry Association, a trade association that issues professional certifications for the information technology industry.
Too Much Focus on ‘Learning Loss’ Will Be a Historic Mistake
Learning loss is real and needs to be addressed, but how we go about it should be commensurate with the size of the moment.
Data: 9th-grade on-track rates trend higher in 4x4 scheduling models
According to an analysis of 9th-grade performance data from the Center for High School Success, freshmen attending high schools with 4x4 scheduling models are more likely to be on-track to graduate than peers on traditional 8-class schedules, regardless of English learner, special education or socioeconomic status.