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12 hours ago

The Erosion of Context in Admissions (opinion)

Indeed, the announcement by the College Board last month that it was discontinuing Landscape, a tool that provided admissions officers with data about a student's high school and neighborhood- including median family income, local college-going rates and school resources-was so alarming because it marks a pivot in selective college admissions away from understanding students' achievements in the context of their backgrounds and toward judging everyone by standardized metrics like GPA and test scores.
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Education
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Year 8 state school pupils in England could face mandatory reading tests

England plans a compulsory year 8 national reading test from 2028–29 to improve secondary reading instruction and address white working-class underachievement.
Education
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

It changed my view': the letter campaign urging pupils in deprived areas to try university

A government-funded peer letter campaign encourages high-achieving GCSE students from deprived areas to consider university, offering personal stories and information about financial support.
Education
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

I've seen how big tech has transformed the classroom and parents are right to be worried | Velislava Hillman

Commercial education technology personalises learning while harvesting student data, commodifying schooling, entrenching surveillance, and creating an unequal, corporatized two-tier education system.
US politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month ago

Disadvantaged white pupils have particularly poor' education outcomes, review says

Disadvantaged white pupils in England face significant educational inequalities, particularly in areas with higher poverty rates.
UK politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month ago

Why where you live can affect school grades - and the gap is only widening

Educational inequalities in England have widened since the Covid pandemic, with no clear governmental plan addressing the issue.
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