The Weekly Digest

“Passion, like discriminating taste, grows on its use. You're more likely act yourself into feeling than feel yourself into action.”
― Jerome Bruner

Oregon State University shares a podcast with Dr. Gale Sinatra discussing conceptual change learning. (OSU.edu)

Chalkbeat shares data indicating that being held back a grade correlates to significantly higher dropout rates. (Chalkbeat)

The Hechinger Report outlines arguments from those calling for an end to online preschool. (The Hechinger Report)

The Atlantic discusses declines in U.S. civics education and voter turnout.
(The Atlantic)

U.S. News reports that today's teachers fundraise nearly as much via online crowdsourcing platforms for classroom needs as they're provided by the federal government via tax deductions. (U.S. News)

From the Ed Psych Job Board

Assistant/Associate Professor – University of Illinois at Chicago (Link)
Assistant/Associate – University of Maryland, College Park (Link)
Assistant or Associate Professor – University of Pittsburgh (Link)

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