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Released: 14-Dec-2020 8:30 AM EST
FAU Offers K-12 Teachers Free Course on Tips to Teach Online
Florida Atlantic University

To address the many challenges of teaching online, FAU’s College of Education is offering a free eight-hour online certificate course for K-12 teachers to assist them with teaching online. This continuing education certificate course provides school districts timely assistance to enhance teachers’ e-learning skills and provides time-saving tips in lesson planning and effective student assessments for online teaching.

9-Dec-2020 10:30 AM EST
Study: Teacher Performance Measures May Penalize Black Educators
American Educational Research Association (AERA)

By not adjusting for school and classroom factors outside the control of educators, classroom observation scores for Black teachers in Chicago Public Schools unfairly penalize them for being more likely to teach in schools in low-income neighborhoods with students who are academically disadvantaged, according to a study published today in Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Educational Research Association.

2-Dec-2020 9:40 AM EST
Masked Education: Which Face Coverings are Best for Student Comprehension?
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)

With the ubiquity of masks due to the coronavirus pandemic, understanding speech has become difficult. This especially applies in classroom settings, where the presence of a mask and the acoustics of the room have an impact on students’ comprehension. Pasquale Bottalico has been studying the effects of masks on communication. He will discuss his findings on the best way to overcome hurdles in classroom auditory perception caused by facial coverings at the 179th ASA Meeting.

Released: 8-Dec-2020 12:00 PM EST
Cultivating Campus Community
California State University (CSU) Chancellor's Office

For college students everywhere, building a new community of friends and colleagues is every bit as valuable as the learning and career opportunities college provides. But doing so during COVID-19 comes with its own set of unique challenges. How do you create the campus experience when social distancing is the new norm? To combat that loss, staff and student leaders across all CSU campuses have been working to create spaces, largely online, where students can effectively and safely connect and regain that sense of campus life.

Released: 7-Dec-2020 5:55 PM EST
UA Little Rock ranked top university for social mobility in Arkansas
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

U.S. News and World Report ranked the University of Arkansas at Little Rock as the No. 1 university in Arkansas for social mobility. The ranking measures a university’s success in graduating economically disadvantaged students who are less likely to finish college.

Released: 4-Dec-2020 1:50 PM EST
COVID-19 in Victorian schools and childcare mainly driven by community transmission
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute

Analysis of Victorian data by the Murdoch Children's Research Institute suggests that COVID-19 cases in schools and childcare were mainly driven by community transmission

Released: 3-Dec-2020 2:25 PM EST
Impactful science teaching requires minimum five hours instruction weekly
University of Vermont

Teachers with at least five hours allotted for weekly science instruction are more likely to implement hands-on, inquiry-oriented teaching -- a 21st century approach to science teaching lauded by science and education experts -- in their classrooms.

Released: 3-Dec-2020 12:20 PM EST
Cal State Apply Deadline Extended to December 15
California State University (CSU) Chancellor's Office

​​​​To better serve high school and community college students facing university admissions challenges caused by COVID-19, the California State University (CSU) will extend its fall 2021 priority application deadline to December 15, 2020. Students interested in attending any CSU campus can apply at the university's application portal, Cal State Apply.

Released: 30-Nov-2020 1:20 PM EST
Rethink COVID-19 infection control to keep primary schools open this winter, governments urged
BMJ

An urgent rethink of infection control policies to keep COVID-19 infection at bay in schools is needed if primary schools are to be kept open this winter, and the knock-on effects on their families avoided, argue children's infectious disease specialists in a viewpoint, published online in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.

   
Released: 24-Nov-2020 3:10 PM EST
Schooling Disrupted by the Pandemic in the United States Likely to Have Life-Long Impact, Study Says
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health

A team that includes UCLA Fielding School of Public Health researchers has found American children whose educations have been disrupted by the pandemic, even as little as 2-4 months, may face shortened life spans.

   
Released: 20-Nov-2020 11:50 AM EST
SARS-CoV-2 Transmission Model Offers Decision-Making Pathways for Safe School Opening
University of Vermont

Can schools safely remain open or reopen during periods of significant community spread of COVID-19? According to predictions from a model of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in the school setting, yes – if appropriate precautions are followed both in school and in the community.

13-Nov-2020 12:10 PM EST
Study: Jumps in Elementary School Violence Linked to Increased Student Transfers, Especially Among More Advantaged Students
American Educational Research Association (AERA)

New research finds that student exposure to violent crime in urban elementary schools is linked to higher transfer rates, with students ineligible for free- or reduced-price meals and students from safer neighborhoods more likely to leave than their less advantaged peers. The study was published today in the American Educational Research Journal, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Educational Research Association.

Released: 13-Nov-2020 12:40 PM EST
The COVID-19 pandemic: How US universities responded
George Mason University

As the COVID-19 pandemic began in the United States, universities were forced to make difficult operational decisions to help slow the spread of the disease and protect their students, faculty, staff, and community members.

Released: 12-Nov-2020 11:55 AM EST
App Developed at Rensselaer Can Help Guide COVID-19 Management on Any Campus
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

Leaders at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute relied on a powerful algorithm, COVID Back-to-School - now freely available to the public - to determine that twice-weekly testing of all students would be the optimal regimen for keeping the infection rate on campus safely below 1% for any two-week period.

Released: 10-Nov-2020 8:30 AM EST
Schools unfairly targeting vulnerable children with exclusion policies
University of South Australia

Australian schools are unfairly suspending and excluding students – particularly boys, Indigenous students, and students with a disability – according to new research from the University of South Australia.

Released: 9-Nov-2020 11:20 AM EST
New tool tracks COVID-19 cases within NY school district boundaries
Cornell University

Cornell University has launched the NYS School District COVID-19 Tracker, an interactive, web-based mapping application that combines multiple sources of data on COVID-19, demographics and related topics by new York school district.

Released: 29-Oct-2020 9:55 AM EDT
Research Video News Brief:Projecting the Potential Impact of COVID-19 School Closures on Academic Achievement
American Educational Research Association (AERA)

A study published today in Educational Researcher, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Educational Research Association, provides preliminary projections of the impact of COVID-19-related school closures in spring 2020 on student learning. The study authors found that compared to a typical year, students likely did not gain as much academically during the truncated 2019–20 school year and likely lost more of those gains due to extended time out of school.

Released: 28-Oct-2020 3:40 PM EDT
ABC News Anchor Kicks Off CFES Brilliant Pathways Conference by Challenging Students Not to Let COVID-19 Derail Their Dreams
CFES Brilliant Pathways

Legendary ABC News Anchor John Quiñones kicked off the 2020 CFES Brilliant Pathways Conference by challenging the thousands of students watching virtually not to let obstacles caused by the COVID-19 pandemic prevent them from realizing their college and career dreams.

Released: 28-Oct-2020 2:45 PM EDT
One University for All
California State University (CSU) Chancellor's Office

In the midst of a tumultuous year, the CSU reaffirms its commitment to diversity and inclusion.



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