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Many students decide they’re not a ‘math person’ by the end of elementary school, new study shows

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Roughly half of middle and high schoolers report losing interest in math class at least half the time, and 1 in 10 lack interest nearly all the time during class, a new study shows. Nearly all the students who said they identified as a “math person” came to that conclusion before they reached high school, the RAND survey results show.

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Why the Trump administration grounded these middle schoolers’ drones–and other STEM research

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They often attend under-funded schools and have less access to high-tech industries than their peers in urban schools. But now researchers won’t be able to follow up with kids to see if Take Flight altered their trajectory in high school. And Panchanathan resigned a few days later.

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Re-Visiting Ivan Illich: Deschooling Society

Teacher Toms Blog

When Illich was writing, our kindergartens and preschools, and even, for the most part, our elementary schools, were far less school-ish than they are today. Art, music, and stories stood at the center of the school day. His mother told me that in high school he was feeling pressure and said, "'What's the point?

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For Better and Worse

Teacher Toms Blog

Too much screen time in elementary school is delaying reading and writing skills, weakening focus, and hurting social development." Right now, many teachers are seeing a sharp drop in focus during reading and writing (thanks to cell phones) and a growing dependence on AI to think and write. We're not heading for a learning crisis.

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We are All Self-Educated

Teacher Toms Blog

When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school It's a wonder I can think at all. Several of the guys swore by it as a late night or early morning study aid, so I went to the supermarket, purchased a jar of Folger's instant, then followed the instructions on the side of the jar. This too is an ongoing process.

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Head Start’s Future Is Uncertain. Rural Americans Aren’t Ready for What Happens Next.

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But in Okanogan County, where 28 percent of children are living at or below the federal poverty level and 11 percent of elementary school children are unhoused, the need for affordable child care is dire. This is as true in Okanogan County, Washington, as it is anywhere nationwide. Its also proven to be cost-effective.

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3 tips to combat chronic absenteeism in high schools

eSchool News

In elementary school, there’s frequent outreach. A recent report found that this wanes somewhat throughout middle school, and, by the time students reach high school, many schools subscribe to the belief that the need for school-to-home communication diminishes.