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A woman who sexually abused a minor. Boxer Mike Tyson, who served time for rape. Both of these people successfully launched private schools that collected public money.
As the voucher system grows more popular, few states have guardrails in place.
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#News #Education #School #Parenting #Teaching #Children #Florida #Arizona
Thousands of Private Schools Take Public Money, Operate With Little Scrutiny — ProPublica
As private schools proliferate, states are choosing a hands-off approach to regulating them. The backgrounds of school founders — sometimes with criminal histories — often don’t matterJennifer Berry Hawes (ProPublica)
More info at: bettercollegeteaching.org/
#EdDev #Equity #Teaching #HigherEd
Empowering Students for Success in Higher Education
ABCT envisions a system where every student thrives. Discover how we address disparities to improve degree completion rates for all students.NathanArnold (Alliance for Better College Teaching | ABCT)
Key findings from adopting #OER: lower course withdrawal rates, improved time-to-completion, improved student success among populations historically underserved by higher education, with benefits extending beyond affordability to student engagement, persistence, and success.
#OpenEducation #HIP #EdDev #Teaching #HigherEducation
Open Educational Resources: A New High-Impact Practice
Based on a two-year study of nearly 700,000 student records, this report makes the case that OER implementation merits recognition as a high-impact practice.American Association of Colleges & Universities
but probably cheaper. So less teachers are needed for more pupils.
"active learning’s impact on low-income and underrepresented minority students showed that achievement gaps in both exam scores and failure rates only closed in course designs where more than 66% of class time was spent in active learning"
#ActiveLearning #Teaching #STEMeducation #EdDev
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Two-Stage Final Exams: An Assessment Strategy for Enhanced Collaborative Learning and Reduced Student Stress tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
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Active Learning Through Flexible Collaborative Exams: Improving STEM Assessments
Two-stage exams, which pair a traditional individual exam with a subsequent collaborative exam, are widely popular with both students and faculty for fostering deep engagement, collaboration, and immediate feedback.arXiv.org
