The Hechinger Report

JULY 20, 2023

What schools need to do, he said, is provide teachers with a better understanding of what AI is and share examples of how to use it. Instead, he’s encouraging teachers to use the summer to explore AI, in part by selecting an AI tool of their choice and thinking about how it could be incorporated into the classroom this fall.

Policies 84

Policies Elementary Analysis Report 84

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

because teaching is no longer an isolated profession; it’s a dynamic and interconnected field requiring teachers to work collaboratively and build expansive professional and personal learning networks. Adaptive teaching: Reflective practice of two elementary teachers’ visions and adaptations during literacy instruction.

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Study Outcomes Elementary Data 121

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

In fact, it seems as if all eyes are on Higuera and his classmates as they pioneer what the superintendent of Dysart, Gail Pletnick, calls “the future of education” — a personalized learning environment that puts students in control of what, when and how they learn, with teachers as their guides. Right now, most do not.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Classroom Data Learning 40

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Through our direct interactions with educators and school leaders around the country working to implement effective personalized learning models in their schools and districts, we find that technology’s role in this arena is yet to be clearly defined on a broad scale. How is current research-based evidence validating tech integration?

Technology 85

Technology Personalized Learning EdTech Robotics 85

User Generated Education

OCTOBER 7, 2017

However, research has noted that many professional development initiatives appear ineffective in supporting changes in teachers’ practices and student learning.( Recently, I facilitated two weekends of math instruction for elementary teachers. We learn best when we think, feel and do. Models Best Classroom Practices.

Education 178

Education Elementary Professional Learning Guidelines 178

Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2020

How schools reorganize now, in response to the pandemic, may only be a dry run for what will be increasingly needed in the future.” Saveri’s analysis places emotional, interpersonal and cultural competencies at the center of adapting to a rapidly-changing post-industrial world. Uncertain conditions demand creativity and innovation.

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Guidelines Industry Training Analysis 176

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

26, parents from Brooklyn Arts & Science Elementary School (or P.S. 705) flocked to the school for an open house ahead of the fall 2021 semester. SERIES: How to reopen schools safely. Here’s how they did it. At P.S. 705, more students returned to in-person learning (55 percent) than the city average (40 percent).

Data 77

Data Elementary Meeting Report 77

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

School leaders trying to make decisions about whether and how to reopen physical classrooms this fall are feeling the absence of useful statistics acutely. So too are parents wondering whether to send their kids to school in person, if and when they have that option. News reports—and rumors—about the pandemic are inescapable.

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Data Education Guidelines Secondary 154

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2021

Related: ‘Backpacks full of boulders’: How one district is addressing the trauma undocumented children bring to school. Until in-person learning can fully resume, family members are the only adults who regularly work with students on distance learning assignments.

Education 133

Education Digital Divide Advocacy Report 133

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 3, 2023

Research has shown that facial analysis algorithms and datasets perform poorly when examining the faces of women, Black and Brown people, the elderly and children. Hebbar said she’s seen racial biases in some of the personalized learning software available for schools. Take facial recognition technology.

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EdTech Company Data Software 116

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

The school district and public health department took advantage of their existing relationship and community trust to plan for a safe school reopening that stands out as one of the most successful in the state, according to a COVID-19 Data Dispatch analysis. SERIES: How to reopen schools safely. 1 Source: County-level statistic.

Elementary 75

Elementary Report Data Policies 75

Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2017

Analysis : Examining the data mined in order to find trends that might illuminate the roots of the problem. Imma just go.and then we’ll figure it out from there It all begins with function, which marries the empathy and analysis components of design thinking. Ideation : Brainstorming solutions to the problem.

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Survey Analysis Google Video 145

The Hechinger Report

JULY 5, 2021

The student-to-teacher ratio at her twins’ East Austin elementary school was higher than what state law mandated, she said. Meanwhile, Asian families in New York City opted for in-person learning this spring at the lowest rate of any demographic , a pattern that holds true elsewhere in the country.

Report 132

Report Personalized Learning Survey Training 132

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

As districts across the United States consider how to get student learning back on track and fortify parent interest in public schools, they’re asking the same question as Steve Joel: What should we keep after the pandemic? times the rate of white students, according to an analysis of federal data by the New York Civil Liberties Union.

Learning 141

Learning Accessibility Personalized Learning Digital Divide 141

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 16, 2021

As students return to school for the 2021-22 year, educators are thinking about how to teach children who have missed months of instruction because of the pandemic. Or should they start fourth graders off at the usual beginning, learning place values through millions and billions, as if third grade hadn’t been disrupted?

Education 121

Education Software Data Company 121

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2017

For example, imagine that you are an elementary school principal who is looking for opportunities to strengthen specific third grade math skills in the new school year. This very same approach can help you implement more personalized PD. Let technology inform your approach to professional development.

Data 88

Data Blended Learning LMS Knowledge Base 88

The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

And Shayla Savage, a middle school principal, said that when her students returned to in-person learning this spring, she noticed differences beyond just their math and reading progress compared to previous years. “We Even with the physical aspect of school, the learning loss is real all across the board.”. I love math.

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Study Data Report Elementary 135

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 15, 2014

South Park Elementary, Pennsylvania. Dr. Robert Furman, Principal of South Park Elementary, was interviewed by edWeb to gain an administrator’s perspective on providing quality professional development for teachers and the social aspect of learning. is the principal at South Park Elementary Center in South Park, Pennsylvania.

Elementary 65

Elementary Conference Social Media Professional Learning 65

EdTechTeam

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

As a coach assisting teachers with technology integration and personalized learning, I notice patterns arising from teacher to teacher. One pattern that I have noticed is that a teacher, no matter how strong they are, hits a wall when it comes to progressing to the next level. How a person feels is paramount to achievement.

Training 75

Training Digital Badges Personalized Learning STEM 75

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2016

Many public school districts don’t have the resources to partner with an education technology company to develop customized digital learning tools for their classrooms. Related: Despite its high-tech profile, Summit charter network makes teachers, not computers, the heart of personalized learning.

Technology 40

Technology Blended Learning iPad Advocacy 40

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

Leaders will be looking for new ways to streamline observation to ensure teachers feel supported, connected with colleagues, and aligned on how to have the most impact with students. Regardless of whether students are learning in the classroom, at home, or a combination of the two, students are in need of greater support during this time.

EdTech 139

EdTech Digital Divide Broadband PresenceLearning 139

Digital Promise

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Boston: Eileen Rudden of LearnLaunch announced a new multi-sector partnership to scale personalized learning throughout Massachusetts, and discussed the funding approaches they have leveraged to support the expansion of the ed tech network in Boston. How EdClusters Work and What They Do.

Assessment 120

Assessment Tools Blended Learning Exercises 120

Tech Helpful

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Several of the elementary teachers at our school attended and many plan on attending again. As the technology coordinator, I used it as a time to introduce new tools and practical ways to use them that would be beneficial for all grade levels in an elementary setting.

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Edcamps Learning Groups Assessment 40

Edsurge

APRIL 17, 2017

Say you want to be an elementary school teacher, for example, but are worried about math. Is it great news to learn that you only have to take one college math methods course to follow your dream? These realities are not something teachers want or cause; rather they are realities our system allows, enables—and even encourages.

Professional Learning 86

Professional Learning Data Outcomes Accessibility 86

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

She taught eighth grade language arts and reading to military-connected children at Faith Middle School in Fort Benning, Georgia, has been an elementary school assistant principal, and is now a professional development specialist. She has 20 years’ experience in strategic communications, writing, and policy analysis, primarily in education.

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Strategy Policies Advocacy Secondary 40

User Generated Education

DECEMBER 1, 2014

These experiences come from a wide variety of interests including school education, higher education, workplace learning, consulting, lifelong learning, training, and community education. An Introduction to Self-determined Learning (Heutagogy): Stewart Hase. Learning Environment. Table of Contents. The Basics.

Education 268

Education Learning Resources Tools 268

MindShift

JULY 15, 2021

And Shayla Savage, a middle school principal, said that when her students returned to in-person learning this spring, she noticed differences beyond just their math and reading progress compared to previous years. “We Even with the physical aspect of school, the learning loss is real all across the board.”. I love math.

Study 42

Study Advocacy Training Groups 42

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 30, 2024

Those, the analysis found, were much less common. Learn more about the data and how we did our analysis.) In fewer than 15 percent of cases, students got in trouble for using profanity, according to a Hechinger analysis of the records. million instances. Fordham Institute. But they’re not his only consideration.

Policies 126

Policies Analysis Report Data 126

The Hechinger Report

MAY 5, 2021

One K-8th grade science teacher I spoke with explained that she has chosen to zero in on the importance of learning how to learn, rather than emphasizing the same amount of content she would in a typical year. Related: The pandemic’s remote learning legacy: A lot worth keeping.

Learning 119

Learning Elementary Analysis iPad 119

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

Summit Learning’s personalized learning program is a key part of the school’s improvement efforts. Personalized learning is one of the most popular goals in schools today. The computers themselves bring concerns about the negative effects of screens on children’s learning and brain development. MESA, Ariz.

Learning 120

Learning Laptops Personalized Learning Data 120

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 30, 2023

In April 2020, as the death toll from COVID mounted across New York City, an elementary school teacher at P.S. 343, the Children’s Lab School, in Sunnyside, Queens, organized a virtual dance party to give her second-grade class some levity. She searched online, using phrases like “how to help grieving students” and cobbled together handouts.

Training 92

Training Report Analysis Elementary 92

eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2022

With HMH’s blended curriculum and data tools, teachers in Jones County were able to streamline instruction and personalize learning for each student, without having to purchase extra materials or sign in on multiple platforms. Nominee: Mark Hess , Mary Helen Guest Elementary School Nominated by: Epson.

Education 105

Education Edmentum Epson Elementary 105

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

On a crisp day in early March, two elementary school gifted and talented classes worked on activities in two schools, three miles and a world apart. In airy PS 64 Frederick Law Olmsted, in affluent, white north Buffalo, 22 would-be Arctic explorers wrestled with how to build a shelter if their team leader had frostbite and snow blindness.

Education 145

Education Elementary Report Data 145

eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

When the pandemic started, Upchurch knew this would permanently change how students learn. The challenge was how to quickly adapt to the circumstances and make sure all students in the district had easy, affordable, and quick access to the technologies needed to succeed throughout the school year and in years to come.

Education 114

Education Learning EdTech Data 114

techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

CURRICULUM ASSOCIATES AQUIRES MOTION MATH ( www.curriculumassociates.com ) & ( motionmathgames.com ) Curriculum Associates has acquired Motion Math to further help elementary students improve their math fluency and number sense in key conceptual areas. These solutions will be offered to school librarians in the U.S.

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Tools PresenceLearning Edmodo Blackboard 66

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

In each one, the majority of the district’s or school’s students returned to in-person learning by the end of the spring semester — and officials identified Covid-19 cases in under 5 percent of the student population. SERIES: How to reopen schools safely. Here’s how they did it.

Data 126

Data Examples Strategy Policies 126

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

We’re supposed to be one of the most powerful and greatest countries in the world, and we can’t even figure out how to make child care affordable or available in a pandemic … It’s been embarrassing as a U.S. In some cases, that included public school, which in Portland has been closed to in-person learning since March.).

Industry 145

Industry Policies Guidelines Survey 145