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Shanker Blog
September Sep18, 2024
The Threat of Technology to Students' Reading Brains
The authors look at how technology may not be delivering on its promises when it comes to creating thriving readers and thinkers.
September Sep17, 2024
Our guest author is Danielle Allen, the James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University, Director of the Democratic Knowledge Project at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and of the Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation at the Harvard Kennedy School, and a Board Member of the Shanker Institute.
September Sep12, 2024
Help Students Start the School Year with Confidence in Reading
A few weeks at a summer reading program can significantly improve a student's progress, helping them start the school year with greater confidence and enthusiasm.
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@vkoganpolisci @matt_barnum @mpolikoff @ConversationUS P.S. Here's a nice little 2018 review of NYC-specific studies post-Hoxby: https://t.co/VnBzmrjL4O
1 year 5 months ago
@vkoganpolisci @matt_barnum @mpolikoff @ConversationUS Scarsdale aside, NYC very interesting back then (Boston too). Small sectors, slow growth, large/positive effects. I’ve been meaning to look at more recent papers (can’t believe that Hoxby report is almost 15 years ago, feeling old). Thanks again.
1 year 5 months ago
@vkoganpolisci @matt_barnum @mpolikoff @ConversationUS Thanks for the comment. Critique is not of the models/results but rather that illustration of effect size (as presented in “glossy” report’s summary). Seems I might have explained that better, but my description not much different from paper’s. https://t.co/LBCavcGsMJ
1 year 5 months ago
RT @edtransformGU: Check out the latest blog by our Advocacy and Policy student, @RachelWessler, on early care provider compensation that s…
1 year 5 months ago
RT @NEPCtweet: A proposal to make school finance more equitable with a strategic use of federal funding @shankerinst @SchlFinance101 @dicar…
1 year 5 months ago
New post: The Shanker Institute turns 25 years old this month!
We'll be celebrating during the coming year. https://t.co/qnkLMW4esr
1 year 6 months ago
RT @Stephen_Sawchuk: Still looking for a few good #mathteachers . Help me share your success! https://t.co/MppkThQm0D
1 year 6 months ago
Our recent report laying out and simulating a federal foundation aid formula for K-12 education is excerpted in the newest issue of American Educator.
Co-authored by @SchlFinance101
and @jerseyjazzman
1 year 6 months ago
RT @DrMikeHansen: I’m proud to announce a new brief on gender pay differences among teachers with coauthors @Quintero05Diana & @NicolasZerb…
1 year 6 months ago
Check out @kayreist on what it takes for instructional coaches to be effective. https://t.co/RZ0n2k8LRG
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