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Kenneth C. Griffin Donates $2 Million to Nonprofit Achieve Miami’s Teacher Accelerator Program to Strengthen South Florida’s Teacher Pipeline

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Miami Achieve Miami , a nonprofit dedicated to equalizing educational opportunities for students throughout Miami-Dade County, has received $2.4 50,000 from City National Bank of Florida , as part of its long-term partnership with Achieve Miami in support of the Achieve Scholars program. . This gift builds on Griffins $3.5

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Only 1 in 8 elementary teacher prep programs adequately teach math

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Better math teacher prep will strengthen aspiring teachers and lead to greater math achievement for students. 10 course credits) to elementary mathematics: 105 hours on mathematics content and 45 hours on how to teach math (i.e., Math experts recommend programs devote a minimum of 150 instructional hours (i.e., pedagogy).

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Birmingham City Schools Leads Groundbreaking Research on Student Motivation and Math Achievement

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A Research-Forward Approach to Student Success BCS has long been committed to evidence-based strategies, a core pillar of its strategic plan, and to fostering academic achievement through innovative approaches. And, what we learn from throughout the three-year project will be disseminated to educators outside of BCS as well.”

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The key to boosting math achievement? Neuroscience

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How can we teach better? Once you flip that paradigm and stop thinking so much about what youre doing and how you can teach better–all of which is good to think about–you start asking what learning actually looks like and what mechanisms are there for us to learn.

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Understanding and mitigating academic regression from summer learning loss

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This phenomenon has garnered increasing attention from educators, researchers, and policymakers due to its substantial impact on student achievement and educational equity. Establishing structured reading routines is paramount, with research showing that reading just six books during summer can prevent a decline in reading achievement.

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AI can personalize learning–it can’t make students care

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What if the missing ingredient in student achievement isn’t better curriculum, tech, or teachers, but better motivation? Kids teach themselves astonishingly complex things through trial, error, iteration, and YouTube. Billions of dollars and countless reforms have gone toward efforts to raise test scores and close achievement gaps.

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AI in education needs more than innovation–it needs intention

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These platforms offer unprecedented opportunities to personalize learning, refine curriculum development, and support teaching. To benefit K-12 teaching and learning, it is essential that we find ways to propel innovation while minimizing risk.

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