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Why Millions of Teens Can't Finish Their Homework

Why Millions of Teens Can't Finish Their Homework | ED 262 KCKCC Sp '24 | Scoop.it

"The push toward technology-focused education overlooks the students who lack the resources needed to complete their assignments."


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Steven Engravalle's curator insight, November 1, 2018 10:08 AM

Despite the seemingly ever-growing embrace of digital learning in schools, access to the necessary devices remains unequal, with a new report from the Pew Research Center finding that 15 percent of U.S. households with school-age children lack high-speed internet at home.

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Teacher quits over emphasis on standardized tests: 'It takes the joy out of learning' - TODAY.com

Teacher quits over emphasis on standardized tests: 'It takes the joy out of learning' - TODAY.com | ED 262 KCKCC Sp '24 | Scoop.it

A teacher in Massachusetts who has spent more than a quarter century in the classroom is drawing attention after she quit her job over her growing frustration with the school system’s emphasis on standardized testing.

 

Because of “so many things that pulled me away from the classroom and fractured my time with the children,” kindergarten teacher Susan Sluyter quit last month. 

“It takes the joy out of learning for the children," she told TODAY. "It takes the joy out of teaching.”

Lon Woodbury's curator insight, March 27, 2014 6:36 PM

Her concern is right in line with those who fear we are taking their childhood by eliminating play time. -Lon

Sushma Sharma's curator insight, March 30, 2014 12:32 AM

The way to go .... Totally in agreement .. The joy of learning creates wisdom 

Aunty Alice's curator insight, April 6, 2014 3:25 PM

Have a very similar mindset but short of opening one's own school we are stuck with it. I have just published a book leading teachers to the more fertile ground for real progress, in literacy acquisition,  of analysing student work, giving them an authentic voice, and goal setting.  It puts listening and speaking at the centre.