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COVID-19 Hit Schools Unequally, But Data Shows Learning Recovery Is Equally Slow

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Government Accountability Office. Lack of Progress What that data doesn’t show is much success getting students, at the very least, back to pre-pandemic rates of grade-appropriate academic achievement. There were far too many students who were not getting what they needed to achieve dreams that they have,” Socol says.

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Breaking Barriers to a Foundational Early Childhood Education

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Every child deserves equal opportunities regardless of where they come from.” Due to the way current education systems are structured and how governments, philanthropy and others choose to invest their resources, these children will not get access to the quality early learning they deserve. Programmatically, we reach about 1.5

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How Do You Grade a Creative Assignment?

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I want the students to do something historical, obviously—depict an event or person, perhaps—but I understand that not everyone is equally creative in the arts. Others in the class applied for and received funding from their university’s student government association and held a campus-wide night of remembrance.

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Does the way we fund scientific research benefit everyone equally?

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Does the way we fund scientific research benefit everyone equally? PUBLIC POLICY – an approach, including rules, principles and plans, formally adopted by a government or another institution to tackle a certain issue (such as healthcare). Published: July 7, 2022. Dr Thomas S. TALK LIKE A SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY RESEARCHER.

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Is the Post-Pandemic Era Ripe for Rethinking High School?

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For months, they’d been crafting plans to reframe their school’s curriculum around the United Nations sustainable development goals , 17 lofty targets that world leaders named as priorities in 2015 that include zero hunger, gender equality, and clean water and sanitation for everyone on Earth. Gender equality — SDG 5,” she said. “I

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What Is the True Cost of a 1:1 Device Program? One State’s Careful Rollout Offers a Look

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A pre-pandemic meta-analysis found that 1:1 laptop programs positively impacted student performance in English, writing, mathematics and science, with some mixed results about whether these findings were equally true for students of lower socioeconomic backgrounds and whether 1:1 initiatives could help bridge the achievement gap.

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Should universities use differential treatment to admit students?

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The idea that exam results should be assessed differently based on a student’s socio-economic background is known as differential treatment, and Emil is investigating whether such policies can improve equality and efficiency in education and labour markets.

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