{"id":4081,"date":"2010-10-07T11:10:08","date_gmt":"2010-10-07T15:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=4081"},"modified":"2012-02-16T13:45:21","modified_gmt":"2012-02-16T17:45:21","slug":"report-schools-teacher-ed-programs-ignore-how-kids-really-learn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/report-schools-teacher-ed-programs-ignore-how-kids-really-learn\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Schools, Teacher Ed Programs Ignore How Kids Really Learn"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/gallery\/share-button-gray.png\" style=\"border:0px\" alt=\"Share\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_border=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"wrightslaw\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"Report%3A%20Schools%2C%20Teacher%20Ed%20Programs%20Ignore%20How%20Kids%20Really%20Learn\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 4px; float: left;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/nltr\/img\/students.class.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"107\" \/>&#8220;If we do not integrate what we know about how children grow and learn, we run the risk of losing another generation of learners.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;a growing amount of developmental research confirms that as many of half of all students become chronically disengaged, contributing to the high dropout rates and achievement gaps that have plagued our schools for a generation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Research shows that learning improves when teachers address students&#8217; emotional, social, and cognitive needs. Unfortunately, this research is not widely used.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What can educators and schools do to help students from challenging family backgrounds, or those who simply lack the motivation to learn?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>James Comer and Robert Pianta found discouraging answers to that question in a new report commissioned by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncate.org\/\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education<\/span><\/a> released this week.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the understanding of how children and adolescents grow and learn, schools are not applying this knowledge. Neither are teacher preparation programs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If teachers don\u2019t know how to address their students\u2019 emotional, cognitive, and social needs, they face an uphill battle in improving student achievement, especially among <em>at-risk<\/em> populations facing persistent achievement gaps.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/voices.washingtonpost.com\/answer-sheet\/research\/report-schools-teacher-ed-prog.html\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Report: Schools, Teacher Ed Programs Ignore How Kids Really Learn<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/voices.washingtonpost.com\/answer-sheet\/research\/report-schools-teacher-ed-prog.html\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">http:\/\/voices.washingtonpost.com\/answer-sheet\/research\/report-schools-teacher-ed-prog.html<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read the complete article by James P. Comer, associate dean of medicine at Yale University and co-founder of the Yale Child Study Center School Development Program, and Robert Pianta, dean of the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia. They co-chaired a panel on developmental science issues for NCATE,\u00a0 responsible for assuring the quality of programs that educate the nation\u2019s teachers and school leaders.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncate.org\/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=OGdzx714RiQ%3d&amp;tabid=706\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"margin: 3px 5px; border: 1px solid black;float:right\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/images\/ncate.tchtng.report.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"180\" \/><span style=\"color: #000080;\">NCATE Initiative on Increasing the Application of Developmental Sciences Knowledge in Educator Preparation.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncate.org\/Public\/ResearchReports\/NCATEInitiatives\/IncreasingtheApplicationofDevelopmentalScienc\/tabid\/706\/Default.aspx\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">NCATE Initiative.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncate.org\/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=OGdzx714RiQ%3d&amp;tabid=706\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Full Report (PDF)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;If we do not integrate what we know about how children grow and learn, we run the risk of losing another generation of learners. &#8230;a growing amount of developmental research <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/report-schools-teacher-ed-programs-ignore-how-kids-really-learn\/\">Continue Reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1364,161],"tags":[675,674,672,673,671],"class_list":["post-4081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-school-administration-school-culture","category-teachers","tag-achievement-gap","tag-dropouts","tag-how-students-learn","tag-national-council-for-the-accreditation-of-teacher-education","tag-teacher-education"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4081"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6621,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4081\/revisions\/6621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}