Edsurge

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Yet she never would have incorporated them into her classroom if she hadn’t experienced the power of these exercises herself. She spent many of her weekends this past fall at an elementary school in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district, alongside 83 other peers, including fellow classroom teachers and other educators.

Exercises 167

Exercises Education Learning Advocacy 167

Edsurge

APRIL 14, 2020

In 2014, as funding and enthusiasm for education technology was booming, I had been trying to string together a few “yeses” from foundations for the nonprofit venture fund I was launching, Camelback Ventures. But here’s what I do know: We must look beyond classroom education to create the conditions for children to thrive.

Advocacy 174

Advocacy Company Policies System 174

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Kindergartners in an Ohio classroom learning letters. The flurry of new state laws over the past five years is in large part the result of pressure from Decoding Dyslexia, a parent advocacy group with chapters in all 50 states. For example a 2014 Iowa law called for more teacher training but the bill came with no state funding.

Advocacy 99

Advocacy Training Report Analysis 99

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2024

A 2014 paper reviewing the impact of recovery programs, mostly at four-year colleges, found lower incidences of relapse for involved students and slightly higher GPAs and graduation rates compared to their peers overall. That’s what I see the most, and what I feel the most,” she said.

Report 102

Report Groups Meeting Advocacy 102

Iterating Toward Openness

AUGUST 31, 2022

Leveraging the “No Significant Difference” Effect for OER Advocacy. They had an important role to play in OER advocacy. 2014 ), the standardized beta weight for OER effect was 0.03, while the beta for teacher effect was 0.21 – the effect of the teacher was seven times larger! For example, in Robinson et al.

OER 152

OER Outcomes Comparison Study 152

Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2017

The magazine’s “30 Under 30” list, which highlights young leaders in fields such as technology, music and healthcare, added education to the list in 2013 and since then has grown from nearly 90 nominations in 2014 to more than 450 last year.

Education 128

Education Learning Advocacy Blended Learning 128

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 23, 2019

Michael is a senior at Vertus High School , an all-boys charter school in the Rochester City School District whose hallmark is a program that blends online classes with more traditional classroom teaching. For his part, though, Michael appreciates the opportunity to work faster than traditional classrooms allow.

Personalized Learning 110

Personalized Learning Advocacy Study Report 110

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 29, 2014

Updates Partner Spotlight Partner Announcements Calendar of Events Deadlines Highlighted Recordings Conversations Updates "Reinventing the Classroom" Starts Wednesday Evening! Reinventing the Classroom" Call for Volunteers. Come join our free online conference this Wednesday evening and all day Thursday. No problem!

Conference 44

Conference Classroom Libraries Common Core 44

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 29, 2018

Students can co-create curriculum and their classrooms with teachers for powerful learning experiences. Drones in the Classroom. In 2014, Albemarle County students had the second highest SAT scores among 133 school divisions in Virginia in critical reading and the third highest SAT scores for writing and math.

Elementary 188

Elementary Assessment Company Maker Movement 188

The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

You can change one simple thing to help transform your classroom. In 2014, Albemarle County students had the second highest SAT scores among 133 school divisions in Virginia in critical reading and the third highest SAT scores for writing and math. Change is a decision, not to leap forward but to take one small step and then another.

Dropout 266

Dropout Company Twitter Maker Movement 266

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 22, 2018

Secondly, four examples of virtual reality programming in the classroom. Third, why creativity is important and a little bit of an upsetting story from one of her middle school teachers about what testing was actually doing to harm students in his classroom. Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality in the Classroom ”.

Education 247

Education Examples Maker Movement Company 247

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

I want to share a number of databases of incredible resources for any digital classroom. You also might know that Thinkfinity changed its format in the summer of 2014. You will find hundreds of free, innovative online resources for bringing American History into your K12 classroom.

Resources 125

Resources STEM Learning Conference 125

eSchool News

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Common Sense Kids Action, the advocacy arm of Common Sense Media, and SETDA will work together this year and in 2016 and 2017 to encourage digital leaders to file applications for E-rate program funding. Common Sense Kids Action and SETDA will collaborate to help connect every U.S.

E-rate 40

E-rate Broadband Libraries Advocacy 40

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

A critical topic for schools, communities, and most importantly, our students, is what teachers do in the classroom to nurture ALL students, create a sense of belonging, and keep educational standards high. Monica is the 2014 Texas Teacher of the Year. ” You Can’t Look Away. ” A Lens.

Strategy 40

Strategy Policies Advocacy Secondary 40

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2017

Overall, the number of students who were held back in third grade dropped from 3,064 at the end of the 2014-15 school year to 2,307 at the end of 2015-16. In this 2014 photo, literacy coach Kristen Wells works with students at Emmalee Isable Elementary in West Jackson. That’s what the state has put in place.

Elementary 78

Elementary Training Advocacy Strategy 78

edWeb.net

JANUARY 12, 2021

Disconnection between teaching and learning: Teachers often confuse covering the material with teaching to the kids—if they teach to understanding, then the classroom becomes a different environment. Does everyone feel valued? To pursue equity, schools must understand three key principles. About the Hosts. Dr. Daniel A. Dr. Daniel A.

Secondary 59

Secondary Policies Professional Learning Outcomes 59

The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2023

Without tribal status and consequent financial aid, Perrantes owed $27,000 in student loans after finishing her associate degree in clean energy technologies at Washington’s Shoreline Community College in 2014. That way, she said, they can be the ones making laws and the ones teaching their history in the classroom.

Groups 88

Groups Accessibility Policies Advocacy 88

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

It’s just been exacerbated by the pandemic,” said Rebeca Shackleford, the director of federal government relations at All4Ed, an education advocacy nonprofit. When he taught at Castlemont in 2014, the school had only one Chromebook cart. “To The homework gap isn’t new. People have to remember “the pandemic isn’t over,” she said.

Digital Divide 110

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 110

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 25, 2019

In 2014, Carly Robinson, a Ph.D. The advocacy organization Attendance Works encourages schools to reward good attendance. Even Robinson admitted that when she was a classroom teacher in Harlem, she used to reward her students with lunchtime dance parties when the entire class marked a full week of perfect attendance.

Study 84

Study Groups Advocacy Conference 84

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 31, 2018

Paid registration is required [link] About the Summit In a time of increased cultural diversity, global connectivity, and polarization of perspectives, how can leaders in classrooms, schools, districts, and education policy arenas support students with the competencies to thrive in college, careers, and as citizens in diverse communities?

Advocacy 49

Advocacy Competency Based Learning Study Policies 49

Reading By Example

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

But if a teacher does not believe that every student in their classroom can be successful readers, writers, and thinkers, then no amount of qualification or ability will have the necessary impact on our students. If I didn’t have the current resources in my classroom, what would I use for literacy instruction?

Examples 70

Examples Assessment Strategy Resources 70

Edsurge

MAY 23, 2017

Smith is not one for silence ( he delivered a TED talk about the “danger of silence” in 2014 , in fact) and has used digital venues including Twitter to encourage others to speak up and recognize how history shapes the present. There are so many different teachers who have found good effective ways to use Twitter in their classroom.

Twitter 98

Twitter Technology Learning Advocacy 98

Educator Innovator

JUNE 29, 2017

Many outstanding teachers guide student civic action in their classrooms, and some have been at it for a long time. After a quick-write and some sharing of responses, invite students to discuss how they can promote democracy in their own classroom, not just by voting on matters but by become active citizens themselves.

Advocacy 69

Advocacy Examples Survey Groups 69

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2016

Its 2014-15 arrest rate of 1.5 By 2014, 30 percent of public schools had school resource officers, or SROs, the most common type of law enforcement on campuses. In the 2014-15 school year, the number of student arrests at Terry High School was more than triple that of the year before, increasing from 6 to 20. 06 percent.

Report 40

Report Training Handbook Study 40

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

All students with disabilities need to develop strong self-advocacy and communication skills to make sure they’re getting the supports they’re due, especially in the sink-or-swim real world. When he got to Purdue University in 2014, he didn’t have a system for organizing his deadlines.

Study 87

Study Advocacy Report Outcomes 87

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

By 2014, for lower-income students (those eligible for a federal Pell grant), it reached 51 percent — nearly the same as for non-Pell students. Its graduation rate for first-generation students went up 32 percent between 2010 and 2014. When you sit down in the classroom, it’s more people like you than anything else.

Advocacy 40

Advocacy System Meeting Report 40

Educator Innovator

JULY 14, 2014

At the end of the 2014 school year, Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) honored 24 graduating seniors from 12 different high schools. In each of the above examples, students’ passions led them to express themselves in some powerful way, whether that was video, blog, advocacy, or research.

Dropout 42

Dropout Advocacy Groups Strategy 42

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 7, 2019

The Global Leadership Summit will provide participants with the unique opportunity to: Develop the capacity to lead classrooms and educational systems that foster in students the will and the skill to tackle problems of real-world significance locally and globally. Lunch is included. More information on our featured speakers is below.

Conference 31

Conference Secondary Study Digital Badges 31

eSchool News

DECEMBER 1, 2015

In a typical Georgia school, kids like Sean Prisk would have to abide by a kind of classroom speed limit, forced to learn at the same pace as others his age. In 2014, students who participated in the computerized component of the program had 2 percentage point higher pass rates in math, English and reading than students who did not.

Competency Based Learning 40

Competency Based Learning Learning Advocacy Training 40

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

In Ivonne Kendrick’s classroom at Houston Elementary School, 3-year-olds sit cross-legged in a circle, listening to their teacher sing about the fall season. Sanders, who is African-American, first presented the idea for a dual-language program at Houston to the District of Columbia Public Schools in 2014. Photo: Natalie Gross.

Elementary 40

Elementary Advocacy Study Analysis 40

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2017

Placing children with and without disabilities in the same classroom, instead of segregating them, was a growing national trend, spurred on by lawsuits by special education advocates. Related : What should new teachers know before they set foot in a classroom? “You’re going to have those students.”.

Training 40

Training Elementary Report Course 40

MindShift

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

“In the mornings when students came into the classroom, they would write that they’d brought their lunch or that they were going to purchase lunch in the cafeteria,” she said. And that was a big improvement from 2014 when NCTQ found just 17 percent of teacher preparation programs taught all five components.

Training 78

Training Report Groups System 78

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 21, 2019

Under a set of new standards adopted by the Vermont State Board of Education in 2014 , the class of 2020 will be eligible for graduation when they’ve demonstrated “evidence of proficiency” in the curriculum. The rubrics and learning targets are now fixtures in each Montpelier classroom. Michael Dougherty for The Hechinger Report.

Learning 85

Learning System Report Outcomes 85

Reading By Example

AUGUST 19, 2015

He has been the voice of reason for years, combating the negative influences of standardized tests, grades used as carrots and sticks, and classroom motivation tactics. In outstanding classrooms, teachers do more listening than talking, and students do more talking than listening.

Guidelines 28

Guidelines Outcomes Elementary System 28

Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2023

Code Next was launched by Google in 2016 in response to the stubbornly low numbers of people of color working in tech — only 3 percent of Google’s tech employees were Black or Latino back in 2014. It's like kids are already getting knocked out for the count in elementary school.”

Industry 144

Industry STEM Education Survey 144

Reading By Example

MAY 3, 2016

The headings I use to organize my thinking come from Appendix A of Regie Routman’s excellent resource Read, Write, Lead: Breakthrough Strategies for Schoolwide Literacy Success (ASCD, 2014). Instead of scheduling a 1/3 of my staff for announced supervision times, I now pop into any classroom unannounced on a daily basis.

Student Engagement 28

Student Engagement Assessment Survey STEM 28

Reading By Example

MAY 3, 2016

The headings I use to organize my thinking come from Appendix A of Regie Routman’s excellent resource Read, Write, Lead: Breakthrough Strategies for Schoolwide Literacy Success (ASCD, 2014). Instead of scheduling a 1/3 of my staff for announced supervision times, I now pop into any classroom unannounced on a daily basis.

Student Engagement 28

Student Engagement Assessment Survey STEM 28