News From the Field
Catch top headlines sharing relevant news and stories about Linked Learning practices, schools, and students.
Geometry before algebra? Schools will try more new angles in 2022.
Algebra and geometry, two high school courses most of us have taken, have been taught in that order since they were installed by U.S. colleges two centuries ago and by U.S. high schools one century ago. But now, some schools have boldly reversed the sequence: geometry first, then algebra.
Long disparaged, education for the skilled trades is slowly coming into fashion
One trend reviving interest in education in the trades appears to be growing doubt among high school students and career switchers about the value of a four-year college; the proportion of high schoolers who are considering a four-year education has plummeted from 71% to 48% since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a survey by the ECMC Group, a nonprofit student loan guaranty agency that also operates three career schools.
We face another lost generation if we don’t do something about college enrollment
With free community college out, let’s make sure early college is still in Build Back Better, writes Deborah Delisle and Chris Gabrieli.
AP Computer Science Principles is Diversifying Computer Science
When The College Board, the company who administers Advanced Placement (AP) courses and the SAT test to thousands of future college applicants each year, began developing the AP Computer Science Principles (AP CSP) course, they hoped to not only meet the growing need for computer scientists in the workforce but also address the systemic inequities in the field of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
More students question college, putting counselors in a fresh quandary
The pandemic has made counselors reflect on how to help students evaluate many different paths and opportunities, then figure out what interests them.
Teachers thought 2021 would be better. Instead, some say it's their toughest year yet
Between COVID cases climbing because of the omicron variant and behavioral issues in the classroom, some teachers are ready to quit while others are breaking down in school bathrooms amid overwhelming pressure.
Boosting economic mobility of low-income Americans through social capital investments
In this episode of Work in Progress: Aaron Seybert, Managing Director, Social Investment Practice, Kresge Foundation. Kresge’s overall mission is to boost the economic mobility of low-income Americans and has seven program teams dedicated to improving “the quality of life in America’s cities by addressing barriers to capital.”
Extra learning time is helping these students catch up from COVID interruptions
Districts all over the country are playing catchup to keep students supported after COVID-19 interruptions.
Thurmond plan would add 10,000 mental health clinicians to California schools
Prospective mental health clinicians could get up to $25,000 in scholarship money under legislation proposed Tuesday by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond intended to bolster mental health services for California students.