eSchool News

APRIL 15, 2024

This methodologically sophisticated research builds on the fact that Denver and New York City both assign students to schools in ways that allow the researchers to mimic the conditions of a randomized trial. This leads to a research design that can isolate cause and effect.”

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Random assignment is intended to ensure the treatment and comparison groups are the same along both measurable characteristics such as test scores as well as unmeasured characteristics such as motivation to learn. students gained 3 months’ equivalent of targeted math skills) or how much they have grown from similar kinds of interventions.

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Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2018

For Hillbrook, the “Big Why”—the phrase Hare and Selak assign to an overarching vision—has become, by turns, about student autonomy, making and creation, as well as a seamless fusion of technology and environment in an era where ubiquitous WiFi and mobile devices have untethered kids from the traditional concept of a classroom.

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Teach Hub

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

As students move into middle and high school , it becomes increasingly challenging for them to maintain excitement and enthusiasm for subjects like math and science. Assigning career-themed projects is another way to make a real-world connection to science.

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EAB

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The National Assessment of Educational Progress scores for both math and reading fell sharply in 2022 and 2023, erasing 40% of the test score gains made since the 1990s. As these students now arrive on campus, academic challenges like poor grades or overwhelming assignments lead to feelings of stress and inadequacy.

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