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SmartEdu News 2023-08-31

🇺🇸 U.S. EDUCATION

2023-2024 Best U.S. High Schools

The U.S. News Best High Schools rankings include data on nearly 25,000 public high schools in 50 states and the District of Columbia. Nearly 18,000 schools were ranked on six factors based on their performance on state assessments and how well they prepare students for college.

Despite Cheating Fears, Schools Repeal ChatGPT Bans

As schools reopen for fall, educators and district leaders are wrestling with complex questions posed by the A.I. tools: What should writing assignments look like in an era when students can simply employ chatbots to generate prose for them? How can schools, teachers, and students use the bots effectively and creatively? Does it still count as cheating if a student asks a bot to fabricate a rough draft that they then rewrite themselves?

ADHD Across America: A Deep Dive into Diagnosis and Treatment Trends

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) remains a prevalent neurodevelopmental disorder among children in the United States, often extending into adulthood. Drawing on data from the CDC – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, this article delves into the evolution of ADHD diagnosis rates and treatment modalities, revealing the nuanced understanding and approach towards this disorder across different American states.

Teacher Shortages Have Gotten Worse. Here’s How Schools Are Coping

Research published Wednesday shows that teacher shortages are worsening in several states, and it was not a pandemic aberration. Instead, it seems to be part of a worrisome trend: Teachers are leaving the classroom at higher rates, and the pool of candidates is not big enough to replace them.

Summer Programs Boost Math Gains, Show Little Reading Progress

Though promising, the current scale of summer school is not enough to fully recover from learning loss, the Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research found.

A Fundamental Miscalculation

The California State Board of Education’s new math framework, adopted last month, has drawn intense public criticism. Most critics have focused on the framework’s overt political content or its aims to achieve “equity” by holding back advanced students, but there is an arguably even more fundamental problem: an approach to education called inquiry learning, which has virtually zero grounding in research. There is little in the framework that resembles real mathematical learning.

🌎 INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION

Teachers’ Sexual Harassment of Students Is Widespread in the UK and Ireland – Here’s How to Stop It

From commenting on a student’s appearance to asking them out, teachers are either oblivious or know they can get away with it.

QS World University Rankings 2024

Discover the top universities in the world with the QS World University Rankings 2024.

France's Education Minister Bans Long Robes in Classrooms. They're Worn Mainly by Muslims

France's education minister has announced a ban on long robes in classrooms, citing that they are testing secularism in schools. The ban mainly affects abayas and khamis worn by Muslims. Critics argue that these garments are merely a fashion statement and not an ostentatious sign of religion. However, the minister believes that they infringe on secularism and can destabilize schools.

Ukraine's Students Face 4th Year of Educational Disruption, UNICEF Reports

Children across Ukraine are showing signs of widespread learning loss, including a deterioration in learning outcomes of the Ukrainian language, reading and mathematics, as the war preceded by the COVID-19 pandemic have left students facing a fourth year of disruption to education.

Rights Groups Condemn Taliban’s New Curbs on Women’s Education, Movement

Watchdogs slam Taliban’s ‘flagrant violation of the right to education and freedom of movement’ after Afghan women stopped from boarding a flight to Dubai to study on a scholarship.

East Africa Needs to Unlock Its Higher Education Data

In today’s rapidly evolving landscape, data has emerged as a cornerstone of effective decision-making, competitive advantage, and progress. Nowhere is this truer than in higher education, where the availability of comprehensive and reliable data is pivotal in shaping the experiences of students, faculty, and researchers. In the East African Community (EAC), the data deficit in higher education stands as a barrier to progress, hindering the realization of its full potential.