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Teens can’t get off their phones. Here’s what some schools are doing about it

Some states are trying to legislate against pervasive phone use in schools. Florida, South Carolina and Louisiana have statewide restrictions — and states like California, Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio and Virginia have policies requiring districts or schools to create policies banning phones, according to findings from EducationWeek. “As an adolescent, you are super primed to social belonging, […]

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To Fully Realize Horizon Three, We Need New Accountability Systems

Articles, News / Getting Smart

Current accountability models, focused on compliance and standardized testing, must be replaced with systems that encourage innovation and local community participation, aligning with learners’ needs and strengths. Reciprocal accountability ensures all stakeholders, including students, educators, and governments, share responsibility for educational outcomes, promoting continuous improvement and equitable resource distribution.

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AI Demands Human Creativity in Our Education System

Articles, News / Forbes

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, test scores and student GPA across the globe have fallen due to a rocky restart to in-classroom learning, but it wasn’t just closed school policies that brought about this decline. Our current educational system is outdated, rooted in centuries-old methodologies. We still prioritize efficient knowledge delivery, a method of learning in

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More schools than ever are serving vegan meals in California. Here’s how they did it

Articles, News / The Hechinger Report

Credit environmentally conscious students — and a handful of state funding programs The curriculum, focused on bringing the farm into the school, had an effect beyond the classroom: Primer found that, after learning about and planting ingredients that they then used to make simple meals like veggie burgers, students were excited to try new foods

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How to ensure Native Americans are accurately represented in curriculum

Articles, News / Lauren Barack

With Thanksgiving and National Native American Heritage Month celebrations on the horizon in November, there are ways that schools can look to local organizations representing Indigenous people to ensure lessons and curricula involving Native Americans are accurate. One good place to start is by taking stock of what curricula may already be available before asking a local

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Norway law decrees: Let childhood be childhood

Articles, News, Resources, Resources for Parents / The Hechinger Report

Ullmann’s conclusion embodies one of Norway’s goals for its citizens: to build a nation of thriving adults by providing childhoods that are joyful, secure and inclusive. Perhaps nowhere is this belief manifested more clearly than in the nation’s approach to early child care. (In Norway, all education for children 5 and under is referred to

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The U.S. Early Years Climate Action Plan

Articles, News, Opening a Micro School, Resources, Resources for Parents / The Aspen Institute

Caring for our children and caring for our planet are inextricably linked. Climate change does not merely color the future today’s children will inherit. Ensuring child-centered action on climate change will create cleaner air and water, more green space and shade, healthier buildings, communities better prepared for extreme weather events, and more. All the benefits

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Malabar Group Launches 247 Micro Learning Centres to Bring Street Children to School

Articles, News / Education Matters

As part of the Malabar Group’s ongoing Hunger Free World initiative, 247 micro learning centers have been established across the country to provide basic education to street children and facilitate their transition into formal schooling. So far, 11,700 children have been enrolled in these centres, where they receive one year of foundational education to help them return

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What can we learn from Arizona’s universal school vouchers? (Podcast & transcript)

Articles, News, Opening a Micro School, Resources, Resources for Parents, Tuition & Scholarships / Katelyn Harrop

Arizona was the first state in the country to adopt universal school vouchers. But who is benefiting from this program, and who gets left behind? With school voucher questions on several state ballots right now, we look at lessons from Arizona. Today, On Point: Our latest collaboration with ProPublica.

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Best Practices for Using Social Media to Promote Your Micro School

Articles, Budgets, Grants & Funding, Opening a Micro School, Resources / Micro Schools Network

Using social media is a great way to tell people about your micro school. Micro schools are special because they offer a unique way of learning, but not everyone knows about them. Social media lets you show off what makes your school special, connect with your community, and get more students interested. Here are some

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Study reveals impact of homework on student achievement in math and science

Articles, News, Resources / Maynooth University

Frequency over duration The study highlights that the frequency of homework is more important than its duration. Daily homework assignments were found to be most effective for improving mathematics achievement, while science performance benefited most from homework assigned three to four times a week. Effectiveness of shorter assignments Short-duration homework tasks, lasting up to 15 minutes, were

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In Most Microschools, Accountability Is to Parents – Not the Public

Articles, News, Resources, Resources for Parents / Linda Jacobson

Most leaders of unconventional schools use methods like observation, student presentations and projects to track progress, but more than half also use standardized tests or assessments built into online curriculum — like DreamBox and Zearn. Leaders of such programs say parents are their number one audience for the data. But with more states allowing families

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