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New Texas Social Studies Standards Are Content-Specific but Divisive

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By Natalie Wexler
| Minding the Gap
Just in time for the nation’s 250th birthday, the Texas State Board of Education has approved new social studies standards that are designed to foster patriotism—and are already exacerbating partisan division.
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More Test-Based Accountability? It's Complicated

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By Natalie Wexler
| Minding the Gap
One popular explanation for declining test scores has been, basically, “because Covid.” But that analysis has been undercut by recent data underlining the fact that the decline has been going on since at least 2015, well before the pandemic hit.
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A New Way To Bring Teaching in Line With Cognitive Science

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By Natalie Wexler
| Minding the Gap
There are days when I feel we’re making real progress in aligning teaching with cognitive science—particularly, moving away from ineffective skills-focused reading comprehension instruction and towards an approach that centers knowledge-building. One day earlier this week, for example, I did two remote presentations on literacy instruction and cognitive science that reached hundreds of teachers.
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