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Opportunities in failing: Why K-12 education needs more productive struggle

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Unfortunately, this kind of productive struggle is largely absent from K-12 education, leaving students ill-prepared with the mental resilience required to learn and adapt in college and beyond. The issue is not just that K-12 education lacks challenging work; its that the system actively discourages failure.

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AI is the solution to costly and ineffective dyslexia programs

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Department of Education’s What Works Clearinghouse for literacy does not contain any study that has a significant positive effect on broad reading achievement for this group. 13 Positive effects only show in narrow areas such as alphabetic knowledge in younger students. link] National Center for Education Statistics.

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Her Journey to the Classroom Had Some Detours, But Now, This Future Teacher Knows Where She Belongs

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Name : Sarah Cardoza Age: 29 Location : Eagle River, Alaska College : University of Alaska Fairbanks Area of study : History and secondary education Hometown : Homer, Alaska EdSurge: What is your earliest memory of a teacher? She was so knowledgeable. I felt kind of like a failure. My teacher was amazing.

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AI is the solution to costly and ineffective dyslexia programs

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Department of Education’s What Works Clearinghouse for literacy does not contain any study that has a significant positive effect on broad reading achievement for this group. 13 Positive effects only show in narrow areas such as alphabetic knowledge in younger students. link] National Center for Education Statistics.

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Trump’s Legacy For Students and Workers: Shifting Focus From ‘Degrees’ to ‘Skills’

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There is a difference in terms of how you are raised to view post-secondary education,” says Marie Cini, chief strategy officer for ED2WORK, a strategy and research services firm. They were using the degree as a proxy for some set of skills and knowledge, but the degree as a proxy for skills and knowledge isn’t holding up any more.”

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