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Study: Third-Grade Retention Has Positive Effects for Student Outcomes

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Holding students back a year may have its benefits, according to a recent study published by the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Opponents of the practice have argued that grade retention is punitive and can harm students socially and emotionally, Hwang said. As of 2019, 18 U.S.

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Anti-Racist Teachers: Disrupting Resegregation [Overrepresentation] in Special Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We use the term and notion of resegregation in special education to describe the overrepresentation of Students of Color in special education, an issue that continues to persist today. After all, special education was created, in part, for this intended purpose. Thus, our use of the term resegregation is intentional.

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Lifting As They Climb

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The American Educational Research Association (AERA) was no exception. Dr. Linda Darling- Hammond The leadership of the national research society that strives to advance knowledge about education and currently boasts a membership of about 25,000 scholars — remained exclusively white until the 1990s. Ball, the Charles E.

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"We Know More Than What Those Damn Tests Claim to Measure”: How Tests are Inequitable for Black and Other Minoritized Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In October 2022, the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) released a new report where, again, Black students lagged behind white students on the National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP) also known as the Nation’s Report Card. Black students know more than what those damn tests claim to measure.

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Small course modifications that can help all students succeed

The LTC Blog

With the start of the new academic year nearly upon us, here are some relatively low stakes ways to help all students succeed in your courses. Acknowledge the full range of backgrounds that your students bring to class. Let students know that these resources are not just for students who are struggling. 28-29, 82-83).

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A Race Scholar

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Forty-one years had passed since Howard graduated from the school, but his formative years as a student there radically transformed his life and set him on the path to becoming the world class scholar that he is today. Those shifting demographics are broadly reflected in today’s student population.

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Bullying

SRI Education

Our research: Which children typically experience bullying? As researchers, we were curious about which students were most likely to be bullied and/or to become bullies. Bounce Back helps K–5 students who are experiencing traumatic stress symptoms. 2013; Ttofi & Farrington 2011). 2022 ; 2023 ). Geoffroy, M.