The Hechinger Report

MARCH 16, 2021

That is the consensus emerging from education leaders across the country as the nation enters a second year of schooling in a pandemic. In Oklahoma, students are having a say in where and when they learn. And educators everywhere are paying closer attention to students’ mental well-being. Learning from Lockdown.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Miller asked as she stood in front of her class at Doss Elementary. In classrooms across the country, the first months of school this fall have laid bare what many in education feared: Students are way behind in skills they should have mastered already. One report by Amplify Education Inc., chorused a few voices.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 30, 2017

As more schools across the country experiment with d personalized learning approaches to better meet the needs, goals and interests of individual learners, many are overlooking an important piece: arts integration. The Academy is a magnet elementary school is located in a U.S. Related: Can testing save arts education?

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Personalized Learning Common Core Elementary Exercises 83

The Hechinger Report

MAY 10, 2020

For almost a decade, even young kids here have spent hours a day on screens as Mineola’s educators sought to transform schooling here. Children and teachers were familiar with a variety of learning apps and other educational software. Educators had years of experience integrating technology into their teaching.

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iPad Tablets Report iPhone 141

Edsurge

JULY 31, 2018

People love to try guess what Apple is up to—that’s true for the company’s education strategy as well. So when Apple’s longtime vice-president of education, John Couch, published a book this year with his thoughts on the future of education and accounts of his work at Apple, it opened a rare window into the company’s views on education.

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Education iPad Strategy Technology 81

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2019

In Boston, an all-day training in a high school gym attracted about 100 educators for instruction in yoga, meditation and mindfulness, part of a 200-hour training offered on weekends by a company called Breathe For Change. Teacher stress is growing, experts say, pushing educators out of classrooms and hurting learning.

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Training Elementary Report Exercises 111

Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

This blog post is part of a series that highlight different stakeholders' perspectives on purchasing practices for K-12 personalized learning tools. Earlier this year, the board of education approved a $205 million contract for 150,000 devices for students, teachers, and other staff, in support of our 1:1 technology initiative.

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Technology Tablets Differentiated Instruction Blended Learning 220

Neo LMS

DECEMBER 7, 2016

One of the key benefits of adaptive learning is its ability to personalize learning with the help of technology. So if you were to start the 5th grade with an adaptive learning program, each student would receive a different task based on what they already master at this time. What does this whole process mean?

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Adaptive Learning Learning LMS Exercises 150

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

As we wave farewell to 2023 , we’re looking ahead to edtech trends in 2024 with optimism for education as a whole. Moving away from the pandemic, educators still grapple with learning loss and academic disparities and inequities. This begs the question: What’s next for education? What are the projections for edtech?

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Trends EdTech Industry Data 143

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

Sifting out solutions from the struggle may help solve chronic problems of quality and equity, say education experts. After a moment of disruption – of major disruption – the conditions are ripe for accelerating innovation,” says Richard Culatta, CEO of the International Society for Technology in Education. “We Learning from Lockdown.

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Learning Accessibility Personalized Learning Digital Divide 144

Edsurge

MARCH 24, 2021

In February, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its operational strategy guide for K-12 schools, a collection of prevention strategies and implementation tips for safe in-person learning. That same month, the U.S. What follows is a sampling of their remarks. It’s great to see the numbers go up every day.

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Handbook Strategy Broadband Policies 96

Hack Education

JULY 29, 2020

"Once we have arranged the particular type of consequence called a reinforcement," Skinner wrote in 1954 in "The Science of Learning and the Art of Teaching," "our techniques permit us to shape the behavior of an organism almost at will. " We call it "personalized learning today."

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Training Gamification Exercises Technology 106

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

NEW ORLEANS — A few years ago, with little fanfare or announcement, the New Orleans education system began a massive experiment that’s reshaping how kids learn across the city. The goal of this movement is to give students more control over their education and customize lessons based on their needs.

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Personalized Learning Software Data Report 101

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2017

As someone who now leads professional development for educators, I know that teachers rarely get to see each other teach. 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.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

The New York State Education Department does not collect data on suspension lengths, but public records requests to 17 of the state’s largest school districts uncovered more than 6,200 suspensions of more than 20 days from 2017-18 to 2021-22. You could have learned your lesson.” At least 15 states already have similar laws in place.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Most elementary school-age students don’t remember life without computers, tablets and mobile devices. How can educators use the best of what we know about technology to engage young learners? In addition, the new generation of successful EdTech apps are designed to aid and support the many tasks performed by educators.

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Khan Academy Exercises Edmodo Gamification 47

The Cornerstone for Teachers

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Most elementary school-age students don’t remember life without computers, tablets and mobile devices. How can educators use the best of what we know about technology to engage young learners? In addition, the new generation of successful EdTech apps are designed to aid and support the many tasks performed by educators.

Khan Academy 40

Khan Academy Exercises Edmodo Gamification 40

The Cornerstone for Teachers

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Most elementary school-age students don’t remember life without computers, tablets and mobile devices. How can educators use the best of what we know about technology to engage young learners? In addition, the new generation of successful EdTech apps are designed to aid and support the many tasks performed by educators.

Khan Academy 40

Khan Academy Exercises Edmodo Gamification 40

The Cornerstone for Teachers

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Most elementary school-age students don’t remember life without computers, tablets and mobile devices. How can educators use the best of what we know about technology to engage young learners? In addition, the new generation of successful EdTech apps are designed to aid and support the many tasks performed by educators.

Khan Academy 40

Khan Academy Exercises Edmodo Gamification 40

eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

As we wave farewell to 2023 , we’re looking ahead to edtech trends in 2024 with optimism for education as a whole. Moving away from the pandemic, educators still grapple with learning loss and academic disparities and inequities. This begs the question: What’s next for education? What are the projections for edtech?

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Trends EdTech Industry Data 52

Digital Promise

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Department of Education hosted the 2016 Education Innovation Clusters Convening (#EdClusters16) in Providence, R.I., EdClusters16 brought more than 140 leading educators, ed-tech entrepreneurs, funders, researchers, and thought leaders to collaborate, work, and learn together. Support Research for Education Innovation.

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Assessment Tools Blended Learning Exercises 120

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Beginning that very first year in my Algebra classroom, I've strived to make it easier for educators to design their own curriculum. standards-based) school for at-risk youth, pre-packaged curriculum and assessments offered very little flexibility for personalization or modification. Because I taught at a. competency-based (a.k.a.

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Khan Academy Assessment Differentiated Instruction EdTech 60

Catlin Tucker

JULY 30, 2023

Blended learning seamlessly weaves together online and in-person learning experiences to boost student engagement and meet the unique needs of a diverse class by providing flexible pathways through learning experiences. When students have a voice in their education, they become more engaged and invested in the process.

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Blended Learning Learning Secondary Differentiated Instruction 220

The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Lucy Gray and Steve Hargadon, Global Education Conference co-chairs, talk about the Global Education Conference 2017 that runs from November 13-16. Lucy Gray and Steve Hargadon for Global Education Conference. Vicki: The Global Education Conference is here, November 13-16! What is the Global Education Conference ?

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 17, 2020

“Those losses are tending to be more pronounced for children of color, or children living in poverty, than for white children or children living in greater privilege,” said Katherine Prince, vice president of strategic foresight at KnowledgeWorks , a national education policy organization. In the U.S.,

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Online Learning System Exercises Data 136

MindShift

AUGUST 23, 2021

Its findings were drawn from interviews with teachers and students across elementary, middle and high schools about their pandemic learning experience. In lieu of top-down centralized policy, such as one-size-fits-all learning loss remediation programs, the authors recommend leveraging their user-centred design charrettes.

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Policies Report Groups Guidelines 68

Hack Education

JUNE 15, 2018

I don’t know how familiar this group is with Skinner – he’s certainly a name that those working in educational psychology have heard of. But I’m writing a book on the history of education technology, and B. It’s called “personalized learning.”

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Khan Academy Training Course Gamification 71

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Amanda Amtmanis, an elementary physical education instructor in Middletown, Connecticut, handed out cards with QR codes to a class of third graders, and told them to start running. Amanda Amtmanis, the PE instructor at Macdonough Elementary, hands a fifth grader a card with a QR code for tracking her mileage.

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Elementary Learning Report Exercises 143

TeachThought - Learn better.

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Especially as much of a child’s developing personality and morals can easily be influenced by those around them. During the early years of my own children’s education, I worried about the role models they would encounter at school. “ Barbara Gruener , Counsellor, Westwood-Bales Elementary, Friendswood, Texas, USA.

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Classroom Elementary Exercises Personalized Learning 40

MindShift

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

. “We couldn’t afford to have an individual teacher for every student, so we developed a way of teaching large groups,” as John Pane, an education researcher at the RAND Corporation, puts it. “In a personalized system,” he says, “students are receiving instruction exactly at the point where they need it.”

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Personalized Learning Khan Academy Learning Software 34

Educator Innovator

OCTOBER 30, 2013

I found Woodard when I noticed that she had retweeted me and was following me on Twitter (personal learning networks are about who pays attention to you as well as who you pay attention to). Woodard’s project is to create a DVD for educators, parents, and students about how and why to use social media in schools.

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Social Media Personal Learning Network Wiki Common Core 28

MindShift

DECEMBER 10, 2020

High school students face many of the same friendship dynamics as elementary and middle school students, yet friendship operates in distinct ways in these later adolescence years. Bradford Brown, an educational psychology professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison: “In high school, that is no longer the case.” .

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Study Groups Examples Social Media 47

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 20, 2023

In this post, we delve into some of the best math apps available for iPads, exploring how they can transform the learning experience for students, parents, and educators alike. Moose Math Moose Math is a delightful educational app that brings an exciting blend of fun and learning to young mathematicians.

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iPad Khan Academy Exercises Elementary 62

techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

ADVANCED & MEASURED PROGRESS ( www.advanc-ed.org ) & ( www.measuredprogress.org ) Measured Progress and AdvancED will join forces to form a unique and far-reaching nonprofit educational company focused on data-driven tools for school improvement. The merger will create a $120-million nonprofit organization with 500 employees.

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Tools Robotics Software Microsoft 50

The Hechinger Report

JULY 19, 2020

Montana Department of Revenue overturned a Montana Supreme Court ruling that prohibited using funds from an education tax credit program to attend a religious school. Nearly 300,000 largely poor and minority students in 18 states currently benefit from education tax credits.

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Exercises Education Report System 91

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 16, 2021

For many early adolescents — and not a few of their teachers — middle school isn’t about choice and agency, “it’s about surviving,” said Melissa Wantz, a former educator from California, with more than 20 years’ experience. For many students, the transition from elementary to middle school is a jarring one, Fagell said.

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Elementary Report Study Groups 141

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 16, 2021

Wells went on to college, became a teacher specializing in gifted education and eventually took on the gifted coordinator role for her hometown school district, aiming to give more students the opportunities she almost missed. “It Defined that way, “education malpractice” describes almost every gifted classroom across the United States.

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Elementary Policies Data Report 121