The Educational Value of Field Trips - Education Next
WEBSep 16, 2013 · Jay P. Greene joined EdNext Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss the benefits of field trips, including how seeing live theater is a more enriching experience to students, on the EdNext podcast. The school field trip has a long history in American public education. For decades, students have piled into yellow buses to visit a variety of ...
Has Inclusion Gone Too Far? - Education Next
WEBJul 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).
Busting the Myths About Year-Round School Calendars
WEBOct 25, 2022 · Myth #2: The main goal of year-round calendars is to help students learn. Most public conversation about balanced calendars assumes that they are designed to help students learn. In fact, over the past 50 years, a major reason districts have adopted balanced calendars is to address overcrowding and save money.
Time to Pull the Plug on Traditional Grading? - Education Next
WEBJul 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.
Teachers Should Replace “the Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations” …
WEBDec 1, 2022 · The “soft bigotry of low expectations” is back in the news, due to the recent passing of the great Mike Gerson, the speechwriter who is credited with crafting that phrase for then-presidential candidate George W. Bush.Here’s the heart of the address where those words made their debut, from September 1999:
How Family Background Influences Student Achievement
WEBFeb 17, 2016 · This article is part of a new Education Next series commemorating the 50th anniversary of James S. Coleman’s groundbreaking report, “Equality of Educational Opportunity.”The full series will appear in the Spring 2016 issue of Education Next.. On the weekend before the Fourth of July 1966, the U.S. Office of Education quietly released a 737-page report that summarized one of the most ...
How to Empower Every Student to Talk in Class—and Why It Matters
WEBDec 21, 2021 · Plan 2-3 “discourse moves” to engage all students in the discourse; encourage students to talk to each other rather than the teacher. These moves might include things like wait time, a quiet pause while students synthesize their thoughts and prepare to speak; batch call, where a teacher calls …
Education Gap Grows for Adolescents from Single-Parent Families
WEBFeb 19, 2015 · Contact: Kathleen M. Ziol-Guest: [email protected], (212) 998-5478, New York University Ashley Inman: [email protected], (707) 332-1184, Education Next Communications Office Education Gap Grows for Adolescents from Single-Parent Families. Young people raised in one-parent homes complete fewer years of schooling and are less likely to receive a B. A. degree
Graduations on the Rise - Education Next
WEBAug 28, 2013 · Between 2000 and 2010, the overall trend changed. The U.S. high school graduation rate increased by 6 percentage points, a substantial shift in a relatively short period of time. The rate of growth over the decade was quite steady. Not all racial and ethnic groups saw an equal rise in educational attainment, however.
To Fix Students’ Bad Behavior, Stop Punishing Them
WEBAug 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.”.