New York 4th-grade math scores drop, result of pandemic learning loss

Kenneth Palmer

Examination scores in math and reading for New York’s fourth-graders declined by considerably additional than countrywide averages all through the pandemic, said a report launched Monday by New York Condition Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. DiNapoli’s report stressed that for university districts to tackle pandemic-induced “learning decline,” they need to properly allocate […]

Professors Have Been Urged to Adopt More-Effective Teaching Practices. Why Are Their Results So Mixed?

Kenneth Palmer

Education reformers hoping to improve college student outcomes have prolonged urged professors to abandon the “transmission” model of educating — in which an pro imparts expertise and college students take in it — and embrace evidence-based mostly instructing methods that make learners lively contributors in their learning. Nonetheless several haven’t. […]