{"id":2529,"date":"2015-04-24t17:40:48","date_gmt":"2015-04-24t17:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/?p=2291"},"modified":"2015-04-24t17:40:48","modified_gmt":"2015-04-24t17:40:48","slug":"this-week-in-education-back-to-school-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/blog\/this-week-in-education-back-to-school-day\/","title":{"rendered":"this week in education: back-to-school day in sierra leone"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>highlighting some of our favorite education stories from the week.<\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-2292 aligncenter\" src=\"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/second_grade_class_in_koidu_sierra_leone-300x167.jpg\" alt=\"second_grade_class_in_koidu_sierra_leone\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">sierra leone students go back to school after long ebola closure<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2015\/apr\/14\/sierra-leone-back-to-school-after-ebola-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the guardian<\/a><\/p>\n<p>now, technically this news didn\u2019t happen within the past week <em>per se<\/em>, but it\u2019s important so it&#8217;s included in the roundup.<\/p>\n<p>during the recent ebola outbreak in west africa, sierra leone was one of the most <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/vhf\/ebola\/outbreaks\/2014-west-africa\/case-counts.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">highly-affected areas<\/a>, with nearly 12,300 suspected infections and about 3,800 deaths. schools were shut down across the country last year in july to prevent further spread of the disease. now, almost a year later, ebola infection numbers are dwindling and it\u2019s back to school for sierra leonean children.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>however, many students remain hesitant to go back to school and a few parents are wary of sending them, so as of right now only a few are trickling into the classrooms each day. but teachers say they\u2019re happy to be working again and believe more students will start coming once they see it\u2019s safe.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2293\" src=\"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/9330408018_9cb18627a4_o-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"9330408018_9cb18627a4_o\" width=\"400\" height=\"299\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">thousands of kids opt out of common core<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">time magazine<\/p>\n<p>in this week\u2019s common core drama, thousands of students across the u.s. opted out of taking the the test. that\u2019s right, <em>thousands<\/em>. as in, at some schools almost 70% of kids didn&#8217;t come in to take it.<\/p>\n<p>and behind most opt-out students was a parent who decided that their kids would not sit in for the exam. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lohud.com\/story\/news\/local\/2015\/03\/24\/parents-commoncore-optout-tests-standardized\/70396068\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one mother in new york<\/a> says she won\u2019t be sending her children in on test day because she and other parents are sending lawmakers a message. that message? <em>\u201cgive back local control to our communities and allow our children to have an education that also values social studies, science, art and music.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>many education experts, like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lohud.com\/story\/opinion\/editorials\/2015\/03\/24\/educators-frustrated-new-york-standardized-tests\/70393712\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">these ones<\/a>, hear the message loud and clear. their response? <em>\u201chey, we also think the common core\u2019s got issues, but we don\u2019t think opting out is necessarily the answer.\u201d<\/em> stay tuned for more drama next week because apparently the movement is growing.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2294\" src=\"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/math_lecture_at_tkk-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"math_lecture_at_tkk\" width=\"400\" height=\"325\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">new study shows college\u2019s high ranking often means less time with professors<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">the chronicle of higher education<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201csay what? then what am i paying all this money for?\u201d<\/em> said many a student (or student\u2019s parents) when this report came out.<\/p>\n<p>what does the report say? exactly what it sounds like: that a college\u2019s high rank does not necessarily mean more attention from professors. in fact, it means less time with them. the researchers who published the report even took it one step further and said they found that colleges with <em>low<\/em> rankings were associated with <em>higher<\/em> student-faculty interaction. huh.<\/p>\n<p>and the bottom line according to them? <em>\u201cwidely read rankings of the nation\u2019s colleges are poor measures of student engagement and may create the wrong impression when it comes to the quality of faculty-student interactions at ranked institutions.\u201d<\/em> yikes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>did i miss any big education news from the week? let me know! drop me a message at maizie [at] magoosh [dot] com!<\/strong> \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><em>image 1: photo courtesy of wikimedia user kaly99. licensed under <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/education_in_sierra_leone#\/media\/file:second_grade_class_in_koidu_sierra_leone.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wikimedia commons<\/a>. image 2: photo courtesy of flickr user steve rhodes. licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/2.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">creative commons 2.0<\/a>. image 3: photo courtesy of wikimedia user tungsten. licensed under <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/lecture#\/media\/file:math_lecture_at_tkk.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wikimedia commons<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>in this post, we highlight some of our favorite education stories from the past week, including students in sierra leone, common core updates, and findings on high ranking colleges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":2292,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[129,55,130,33,101,131,132,133,134,135],"ppma_author":[495],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- this site is optimized with the yoast seo premium plugin v21.7 (yoast seo v21.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>this week in education: back to school day in sierra leone<\/title>\n<meta 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