Goggles let students visit college campuses without having to travel.
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Touring a college in person may be out of the question for a while due to COVID-19. Can virtual reality tours fill the void?
Uganda’s English language policy isn’t applicable to schools in the the country’s rural areas.
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Uganda's English language policy is at odds with the situation on the ground in the country's rural schools.
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A new study suggests LGB teachers in rural schools far likelier to have depression or anxiety than those in towns or cities.
NAPLAN is a “dumb” test administered to all students, regardless of contextual factors such as location and culture.
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There is no need for all students to sit the same test, that asks the same questions, on the same day. We are smarter than that.
Most science teachers spend $450 on lab materials their students wouldn’t otherwise have.
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Urban and rural science teachers often lack funding for science lab materials and pay out of pocket to provide those materials for their students, new research detailed in this Speed Read shows.
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If we fail to recognise that standardised tests are metro-centric, we will continue to produce disadvantage for rural students.
Rural schools are an often overlooked part of the public education system.
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Nationwide, 16 percent of charter schools are rural. Yet, somehow these key players are often overlooked.
Remote schools often struggle to recruit and retain great teachers.
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Redesigning staffing policies will attract and retain high-quality teachers in the schools that need them most.