The math achievement of American high school students in 2015 fell for the second time in a row on a major international benchmark, pushing the United States down to the bottom half of 72 nations...
https://hechingerreport.org/u-s-now-ranks-near-bottom-among-35-industrialized-nations-math/
Abstract, pure math — solving disembodied equations filled with x’s and y’s — can often seem boring. Creative math teachers commonly try to come up with concrete, real-world examples ...
Even proponents of educational technology admit that a lot of software sold to schools isn’t very good. But they often highlight the promise of so-called “adaptive learning” software, in w...
https://hechingerreport.org/even-high-end-education-software-gets-mixed-results-improved-learning/
Are rigorous, college-level classes the way to raise achievement for low-income high school students? The evidence is mixed. Recently, the International Baccalaureate foundation sent out an ...
College administrators typically rely on standardized tests to decide which students should proceed directly to college-level classes and which students should start in remedial courses. But a ...
https://hechingerreport.org/colleges-sending-wrong-students-remediation/
It was 62 years ago this month that the United States Supreme Court issued its landmark decision that separate schools for whites and blacks were “inherently unequal,” thus setting in motion ...
No doubt, it’s hard for students to learn in a school where classmates are constantly getting into fights and where bullying or disruptive, threatening behavior is common. Teachers who have to ...
There’s a new narrative that U.S. schools are “resegregating” along racial lines. The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights used the word “resegregation” in the headline of a recent press re...
https://hechingerreport.org/segregation-by-income-not-race-worsening/
Both men and women complain that it’s harder to get A’s in college science and math classes than in, say, sociology and history. And they’re right. But it turns out that women are suffering...
https://hechingerreport.org/women-suffer-larger-grade-penalties-science-lecture-classes/
Alarm bells are sounding about teacher shortages across the country. I’ve been reading a steady drumbeat of articles on the topic for at least a year. Randi Weingarten, president of the Am...
https://hechingerreport.org/national_teacher_shortages_overblown/