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Study: Outcomes of Students in Policy Debate Programs Linked to ELA Improvements and Postsecondary Enrollment

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Beth Schueler University of Virginia Policy debate is a competitive activity in which students engage in structured argumentation about public policy issues, often requiring in-depth learning about policy areas. The impact was almost entirely concentrated among reading subskills that involve more analysis and argumentation.”

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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). Literacy is really important. Opponents of the practice have argued that grade retention is punitive and can harm students socially and emotionally, Hwang said.

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Former K-12 Teacher Voted AERA President-Elect

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Winn has been elected to a leadership post at the American Educational Research Association (AERA). She has served on the Social Justice Action, Review of Research Award, and Minority Fellowship Selection Committees, and is a member of AERA Divisions K and G.

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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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OER23 part one: Higher Education for Good

Catherine Cronin

Higher Education for Good: Criticality, resistance and hope What a joy and a privilege to travel to Inverness, Scotland to participate in the Open Education Conference #OER23 last week. In my #OER23 presentation ( slides here ) about the book, I described its genesis in pandemic times.

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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. Do Black students misbehave more? 2022 ; 2023 ). Child Trends.