McHenry students accompany vets on honor flight
It was an honor for McHenry Comm HS students from IL to join vets from the area on an honor flight to Washington.
Teaching & Learning
Long-term trend scores drop on Nation’s Report Card
Reading and math scores dropped on a national assessment's long-term trend assessment, showing some decline under remote learning.
Scientists gain insight into how we learn to learn
If we could know more about the process of memory: training our neurons to make recall easier, maybe we could fix learning defects.
Now US News ranks elementary, middle schools
A magazine has launched national and state rankings for elementary and middle schools based on tests. Good idea or irrelevant?
Can high-dosage tutoring close the pandemic gap?
The pandemic saw students fall behind; missed learning is worse for students of color & those from high-poverty schools. Can tutoring help?
Projects reflect real problem solving better than tests
Students using project-based learning in the curriculum retain more compared to students un non-project-based programs.
Md. to administer tests in math, English
Students in Md. will still have to take standardized tests this spring in math and English language arts, following action of the state board.
Summer vacation, summer job, or summer school?
One plan for Covid relief is to send kids to summer school to "catch up" on any ground they lost academically during the pandemic.
About those important lessons in kindergarten
What could the long-term effects be for toddlers who are growing up in a world without playdates and other social interactions?
Heartbreak as remote learning drags us down
Math scores drop this year as students use more remote learning. Mental health issues increase. Also, eat healthy at home.