Misused IQ tests, colleges closing and a Native American charter network
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Almost everywhere right now, it's hot. I am opening up the Hechinger vault in the hopes of feeling a blast of cold air — one that also carries some of our recent work that you might have missed.
We wrote this chilling piece ([link removed]) in March about how, despite decades of research showing their potential for racial and class bias, among other issues, and that IQ scores can change significantly over time, they are still regularly misused to gauge young children’s potential and assess whether they are “worthy” of extra help or investment.
How's this for a cold, hard reality: Colleges in America are closing ([link removed]) at a rate of one per week. What does that mean? Some students who moved from one to another have now found that their new school will also close, often with little or no warning. And most students at colleges that close give up on their education altogether.
You might find this piece more uplifting ([link removed]) . The Native American Community Academy, now part of a network of charter schools in five states, offers a public education designed to affirm each student’s traditional culture and language. The academy works with tribal communities that have found little support in traditional K-12 systems and want academic alternatives that reflect their hopes and expectations for the next generation.
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When confronted with math that requires reading to solve, students perform significantly worse overall compared with questions more narrowly focused on computation or shapes (for example: “Solve 7 + _ = 22” or “What is 64 x 3?”). Some teachers are trying new strategies that move away from focusing on “key words” to solve math word problems.
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** PROOF POINTS: Asian American students lose more points in an AI essay grading study — but researchers don’t know why ([link removed])
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The testing organization that administers the SAT analyzed more than 13,000 essays
** TEACHER VOICE: Everything I learned about how to teach reading turned out to be wrong ([link removed])
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My students benefited more from shared readings of classic novels, academic essays, memorized poetry and explicit grammar instruction than from the ‘workshop model’
** Do we need a ‘Common Core’ for data science education? ([link removed])
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A national framework for teaching data skills gains momentum
** OPINION: School counselors are scarce, but AI could play an important role in helping them reach more students ([link removed])
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We know that AI should not replace human counselors, but it could help reduce their workloads
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