Source: Journal of Literacy
Month: September 2019
“Put the Jesuit Out Front”: How a Catholic, Jesuit University Addresses LGBQ Issues
American Educational Research Journal, Ahead of Print. The campus climate for LGBQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer) communities in higher education has improved, but not necessarily at religiously affiliated institutions. This case study explores how faculty, staff, and students at a…
The Best Way to Help Children Remember Things? Not “Memorable Experiences” – by Clare Sealy
Students are highly unlikely to gain understanding of scientific concepts unless the experiments are conducted after these concepts have already been taught.
When we look back on our own school days, our strongest memories are probably a mix of big occasions—field trips, plays, and sports days alongside more personal events tinged with strong emotion. Things that happened that ...
Intratextual Persuasive Messages as Catalysts for HigherOrder Thinking: An Exploratory Investigation
Facilitating students’ acquisition of higherorder thinking skills is imperative in the 21st century. Although some types of text have been shown to enhance higherorder thinking, the effects of many novel forms of text have yet to be investigated. As such,…
Ban Public Schools – by Ira Stoll
In this Feb. 5, 2016 photo, students attend an English class at the Cuban School of Foreign Languages, in Havana, Cuba.
The British Labour Party’s vote to ban private schools — by taking away tax exemptions and charitable status and redistributing the assets of schools — is prompting a round of commentary in America.
The director of national research at EdChoice, Mike McShane, ...
The EdNext Podcast: The Effect of Vocational Education on Adult Success – by Education Next
Kevin Stange, associate professor of public policy at the University of Michigan, joins Marty West to discuss his article, “Depth Over Breadth: The value of vocational education in U.S. high schools,” and how vocational education impacts students and their college and career aspirations.
Read the full article, co-written with Daniel Kreisman, here.
The EdNext Podcas...
Differences at the Extremes? Gender, National Contexts, and Math Performance in Latin America
American Educational Research Journal, Ahead of Print. Studies of gender disparities in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) performance have generally focused on average differences. However, the extremes could also be important because disparities at the top may shape stratification…
Reading and Math Scores: ‘Handle with Care’ – by Frederick Hess
Just how much do gains on reading and math gains on state tests tell us about school quality?
This week, Stanford University’s CREDO released its authoritative new study of charter school management organizations. Using its highly regarded “matching” technique in which each charter student is paired with a district-based “virtual twin,” CREDO consi...
An Interview with Caprice Young, Charter School Hall of Fame Inductee – by Jamie Davies O'Leary
On Tuesday, Caprice Young was inducted into the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools’ Charter School Hall of Fame, which recognizes the movement’s pioneers and leaders whose contributions have made a sizeable, lasting, or innovative impact. Caprice Young has been a charter innovator for over two decades. The former founder and CEO of the California Charter School Associ...
A Digital Path to a Diploma – by David Loewenberg
In 2018, the high-school graduation rate in Newburgh, New York, climbed to 78 percent, up from 66 percent just five years earlier. It was happy news for the tough-minded city about an hour’s drive north of Manhattan, known more in recent decades for its high rates of violent crime than the stately homes that line its parks and thoroughfares. About two thirds of the scho...