Just out! – SEL & academics, racial inequality by LEA, good jobs by ed level, ACT hits 20 yr low, student debt in your town, education leads to peace?: Ed News for K12 Researchers: http://bit.ly/2gMnR5j
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Just out! – SEL & academics, racial inequality by LEA, good jobs by ed level, ACT hits 20 yr low, student debt in your town, education leads to peace?: Ed News for K12 Researchers: http://bit.ly/2gMnR5j
There are starred items (*) below could not be picked up in the news blast but are of interest.
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The Directors of Research & Evaluation is the national group representing K12 education researchers. We help researchers to connect, communicate and collaborate. This news blast is one way we do that.
Is there racial inequality in your school district? You can look it up
https://projects.propublica.org/miseducation
Charter schools and segregation https://www.future-ed.org/work/school-choice-social-justice-what-the-research-shows/
*Does more education lead to peace?
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.3102/0034654318800236?journalCode=rera
6 districts where teacher eval is making a difference https://www.nctq.org/publications/Making-a-Difference
Lessons from Gates' effective teaching strategy initiative https://www.educationnext.org/develop-validate-scale-lessons-gates-foundation-effective-teaching-strategy/
Will personalized learning increase the achievement gap? https://www.crpe.org/publications/mind-gap-will-all-students-benefit-21st-century-learning?platform=hootsuite
Pathways to good jobs for students not bound for university https://cew.georgetown.edu/cew-reports/3pathways/
IES asks ED groups what are your research needs? http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/inside-school-research/2018/10/teachers_guiding_federal_education_research_priorities.html
ACT math scores fall to 20 year low (could it be population/statewide testing?) http://www.act.org/content/act/en/research/condition-of-college-and-career-readiness-2018.html https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2018/10/17/math-scores-slide-to-a-20-year-low.html?cmp=eml-enl-eu-news2&M=58642884&U=2632250&UUID=cf5138be73da36a9a05fe319c314aa40
Access Evaluation 2018 online https://aea.digitellinc.com/aea/live/15/page/51
Learning adjusted years of schooling - a new measure from World bank researchers
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3256550#.W8fuDr34d0k.twitter
The supplemental poverty measure https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2018/10/16/657879485/a-snapshot-of-poverty-in-america
How are schools doing? https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2018/10/15/how-are-americas-public-schools-really-doing/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.176c889d4b8e
SEL & academic development https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/supporting-social-emotional-academic-development-research-implications-educators
*Student debt and loan delinquency https://mappingstudentdebt.org/#/map-1-an-introduction
Senator Warren made me wonder, how accurate is 23&me and other DNA tests?
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-accurate-are-online-dna-tests/
Why people fall for fake images online http://www.niemanlab.org/2018/10/a-new-study-provides-some-dispiriting-evidence-for-why-people-fall-for-stupid-fake-images-online/
Interesting Factoid: Sears Roebuck gave us the blues https://reason.com/archives/2012/04/19/delta-dawn
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