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Students in a music class use iPads to play a code-based scavenger hunt meant to teach them about the history of jazz at Clark Creek Elementary School STEM Academy in the Cherokee County, Ga., school system. District leaders there see benefits in the research larger companies can provide about their educational products.
—David Walter Banks for Education Week

Schools Vet Ed. Companies' Research With a Critical Eye

Educators are trying to make smart decisions about what learning products they use based on limited, and sometimes questionable, research about those products. (April 22, 2013)

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07/28 09:50 pm | The Nature of the Future in Education | A review of Marina Gorbis's The Nature of the Future.

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Quality Counts 2012
The 16th edition of Education Week's annual report looks at America's international standing in education, and lessons to be drawn from high-performing countries.

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Educators are trying to make smart decisions about what learning products they use based on limited, and sometimes questionable, research about those products.
April 22, 2013 - Education Week
While socializing virtually can make it harder for students to make deep connections with one another, new studies suggest that situations like video-chats or avatar environments can lead to more natural engagement.
April 18, 2013 - Education Week
In many U.S. schools, students struggling the most in mathematics at the start of high school have the worst odds of getting a qualified teacher in the subject, new research finds.
April 2, 2013 - Education Week
After being condemned as discriminatory in the 1990s, grouping students by academic ability seems to be back in vogue with a new generation of teachers, according to an analysis of federal teacher data.
March 26, 2013 - Education Week
New studies highlight the complex roles that neighborhoods, schools, interests, and academic expectations can play in school-selection processes.
March 26, 2013 - Education Week
March 25, 2013 - Education Week
Many teachers say they do not feel well-equipped to plan lessons that meet the needs of students at varying levels of understanding.
March 12, 2013 - Education Week
Fewer than one in five students who took an Algebra 1 "honors" class were actually exposed to rigorous mathematics, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress's latest high school transcript study.
March 12, 2013 - Education Week
The nation must find a way to support overstressed principals and teacher-leaders, Elizabeth Neale and Jonas S. Chartock write.
March 12, 2013 - Education Week
A blue-ribbon panel offers a 10-year plan for assessment systems that go beyond accountability.
March 11, 2013 - Education Week

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