#Attendance, grades, advanced courses best predict if HISD students will go to college

“#Attendance, grades, advanced courses best predict if HISD students will go to college” Credit: HERC/Rice Kinder Institute The best way to predict whether Houston ISD students will go to college is to examine a combination of attendance rates, grades, and credits in advanced courses, according to a study by Rice University’s Houston Education Research Consortium…

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#Foreign students fear deportation over Trump visa threat

“#Foreign students fear deportation over Trump visa threat” Credit: CC0 Public Domain Pakistani student Taimoor Ahmed is one of hundreds of thousands of foreigners enrolled in American universities now fearing for their future after Donald Trump’s administration threatened to revoke their visas. The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced this week that foreign students…

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#Colleges that emphasize activism have more civically engaged students

“#Colleges that emphasize activism have more civically engaged students” Credit: CC0 Public Domain Students tend to be more engaged in activism if the school that they attend emphasizes social and political issues, according to new research featuring faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York. A research team including Binghamton University Assistant Professor of…

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#Remote learning tough for teachers working from home with many clocking extra hours, survey finds

“#Remote learning tough for teachers working from home with many clocking extra hours, survey finds” Survey revealed teachers under pressure and some students refusing to turn on their camera. Credit: Raw Pixel Nearly half of the teachers in a nationwide survey conducted during the height of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic reported working almost an entire…

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#Researchers examine refugee children’s academic, social, and emotional learning outcomes

“#Researchers examine refugee children’s academic, social, and emotional learning outcomes” Senior Research Scientist at Global TIES for Children Ha Yeon Kim Credit: Global TIES for Children Researchers at Global TIES for Children, an international research center based at NYU Abu Dhabi and NYU New York, examined a variety of post-migration risks faced by Syrian refugee…

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