Breaking Down School Budgets - Education Next
Aug 16, 2009 · The following sections provide examples of spending-on-service findings from the three districts studied. Results. Figure 1 shows the range of per-pupil costs in District 1: electives came at a cost of $512 per pupil versus $328 per math class, $434 per English class, and $564 per class in a foreign language.
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Don’t Ruin College by Making It Free - Education Next
Mar 9, 2020 · The 2020 Democratic primary has changed the debate on higher education in the United States. When Senator Bernie Sanders first proposed making public college free during his 2016 campaign, most commentators, myself included, dismissed the idea as radical and unrealistic, along with his candidacy. Just four years later, Sanders is a serious ...
Has Inclusion Gone Too Far? - Education Next
Jul 24, 2018 · Allison F. Gilmour. The model of special education known as inclusion, or mainstreaming, has become more prevalent over the past 10 years, and today, more than 60 percent of all students with disabilities (SWDs) spend 80 percent or more of their school day in regular classrooms, alongside their non-disabled peers (see Figure 1).
To Fix Students’ Bad Behavior, Stop Punishing Them
Aug 29, 2023 · Suggested citation format: D’Orio, W. (2023). To Fix Students’ Bad Behavior, Stop Punishing Them: Collaborative methods for handling misconduct make their way to the classroom. Education Next, 23 (4), 50-55. For more, please see “ The Top 20 Education Next Articles of 2023.”.
SAT Scores, 1985-2016 - Education Next
Mar 23, 2020 · Median SAT Scores, 1985-2016 (“Twin” results) Note: Liberal Arts Colleges listed in red. Scroll for full results. Median SAT Score of Incoming Freshmen. Then (Fall of 1985) Now (Fall of 2016) 1520. University of Chicago.
AI in Education - Education Next
Aug 8, 2023 · Policy Challenges with AI. Policymakers are grappling with several questions related to AI as they seek to strike a balance between supporting innovation and protecting the public interest (see sidebar).The speed of innovation in AI is outpacing many policymakers’ understanding, let alone their ability to develop a consensus on the best ways to minimize the potential harms from AI while ...
Time to Pull the Plug on Traditional Grading? - Education Next
Jul 5, 2022 · Generally, grading attempts to distill students’ performance on what education researcher Thomas R. Guskey calls a “hodgepodge” of measures—quizzes, tests, homework, conduct, participation, extra credit, and more—rather than gauging actual student learning. The process is inconsistent at best, inequitable at worst, critics argue.
Ability Grouping, Tracking, and How Schools Work
Apr 8, 2013 · Ability grouping is the practice of dividing classes into small instructional groups, especially for teaching reading. According to data collected by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), the frequency of ability grouping’s use in fourth grade reading instruction rose about two and a half times, from 28 percent in 1998 to 71 ...
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