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1 month ago | 
edweek.org | Lauraine Langreo |Gina Tomko
Most math teachers have not received any professional development on using artificial intelligence to teach math, according to an EdWeek Research Center survey. That’s a problem, because two of every three math teachers say they want to receive this kind of professional development, the nationally representative survey of 411 teachers found.
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1 month ago | 
edweek.org | Ileana Najarro |Alex Harwin |Gina Tomko
Partisan split among educators on federal language policiesEnglish learners account for about 10 percent of U.S. public school students and represent one of the fastest-growing groups driving public school enrollment. Most are born in the United States, though some are immigrants of varying legal status. A 1974 U.S. Supreme Court decision in, Lau v. Nichols requires schools to provide English instruction to students who cannot access learning due to language barriers.
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1 month ago | 
edweek.org | Ileana Najarro |Gina Tomko
Close to half the country offers some kind of financial assistance or access to in-state tuition for undocumented students, a database shows. But at least one state has rescinded that access amid federal changes to immigration policies and President Donald Trump’s priority of mass deportations.
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2 months ago | 
edweek.org | Evie Blad |Gina Tomko
Teaching Profession Webinar Key Insights to Elevate and Inspire Today’s Teachers Join this free half day virtual event to energize your teaching and cultivate a positive learning experience for students. Teacher Jobs Search over ten thousand teaching jobs nationwide — elementary, middle, high school and more. Principal Jobs Find hundreds of jobs for principals, assistant principals, and other school leadership roles.
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2 months ago | 
edweek.org | Elizabeth Heubeck |Laura Baker |Gina Tomko |Vanessa Solis
Girls, on average, find more success at school than boys. The data are clear; the reasons behind it, less so. Are boys today simply less likely than girls to see the value of succeeding academically? Or do boys find school and the way educators deliver learning to be uninspiring? There’s no simple answer to these questions. The good news is that the problems that plague boys at school are beginning to get attention—from child advocates, mental health professionals, educators, and even policymakers.
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
edweek.org | Ileana Najarro |Gina Tomko
For years, researchers have found inequities in students’ access to and participation in advanced coursework, including Advanced Placement courses that can offer students cost-saving college credit in high school. To assist educators seeking to close access gaps, the College Board, which runs the AP program, offers detailed data broken down by race and ethnicity, nationally and by state, over time.
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
edweek.org | Ileana Najarro |Gina Tomko
Researchers say granular data are needed to assess whether inequities exist in students’ access to advanced coursework, including the College Board’s Advanced Placement courses. The College Board published data from the 2022-23 school year earlier this year tracking students’ access to AP courses in their schools, participation in these advanced courses, and their performance on AP exams across all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
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Jun 24, 2024 | 
edweek.org | Brooke Schultz |Gina Tomko
What are every day school events that may unintentionally isolate students and their families who are experiencing poverty? That’s the question researcher Paul Gorksi asked students and their families in focus groups as he was conducting research for his book on erasing the opportunity gap. For many families—particularly of elementary-aged children—the answer was book fairs.
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Jun 14, 2024 | 
edweek.org | Olina Banerji |Gina Tomko
The “science of reading” is a complex body of knowledge, and as more school districts train their educators in evidence-based literacy practices, they need an instructional leader at the heart of the operation—the principal. Principals need to know the reading curriculum used in their schools and understand why it is structured in a particular way so they can direct its implementation in the classroom.
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May 24, 2024 | 
edweek.org | Ileana Najarro |Gina Tomko
The WIDA ACCESS language proficiency test is used across close to 40 states as part of the federal requirement to determine whether English learners continue to need language-development services. The summative test covers four English-language domains: reading, writing, speaking, and listening. It is built off of the language-assessment group WIDA’s language development standards, and test questions align with content students see in regular classrooms, WIDA experts said.
