Six ways to meaningfully and effectively integrate financial literacy into high school learning without high-stakes testing.
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Let’s not burden 15-year-old students with a low-value test that does a poor job of evaluating learning.
Grade 4 student Charlene seemed chronically off-task – until an educator noticed she was, in fact, the sole student pursuing the question, ‘Was the oil boom bad for our wildlife?’
What kind of students are we raising when music is seen as a “frill?” The decision to drastically cut music education is a misguided policy.
Moving away from direct instruction and teaching to the test and towards making sure boys enjoy reading will improve outcomes.
If there is one iron law of economics it is this: people respond to incentives. Offer an “all you can eat” buffet and people eat a lot. Double the demerit points for speeding on a holiday weekend and fewer…
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