Edsurge

AUGUST 8, 2023

Her takeaway: Fights over control of school leadership, including a takeover of Philadelphia schools by the state legislature in 2001, are more about politics than about improving education. And the people who need schooling the most to make social mobility possible still get shafted, essentially.” Royal welcomes the comparisons. “We

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Megan Sweet is the senior director of program and impact at Mindful Schools, a nonprofit organization that trains educators to teach mindfulness in the classroom. Coleman Elementary, hasn’t had a suspension in six years, according to the principal. Credit: Sarah Garland / The Hechinger Report. This stuff actually really does work.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Notably, classroom teachers were found to be quite effective in delivering this instruction. I’ve been on both sides of the educational landscape—as a classroom teacher for over 15 years and now as an educational researcher—and the power of phonemic awareness has been an enduring theme in my own experience. Schuster, B.

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Waterford

MAY 11, 2020

A student’s exposure to educational activities isn’t usually as rigorous during the summer as it is in the classroom, and some students may need a refresher at the beginning of the new year. Using strategies that promote an inclusive classroom during the school year can be a great way to prevent the achievement gap. Green, A.M.,

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Waterford

AUGUST 9, 2022

Creating a positive classroom experience for your students can shape the rest of their academic year. Try to organize your classroom —and your lesson plans— in advance. How to sign up for classroom or field trip volunteering opportunities. The first day of school is right around the corner!

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EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 11, 2016

After completing undergraduate school in 2001, I began my teaching career as a substitute teacher at various Oregon districts. Being raised in a bilingual Finnish/English home and having attended elementary school in Finland for several months at a time, I chose to apply to teaching positions in my mother’s native country of Finland.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 15, 2021

Tutoring programs for elementary school children rise to the top within this body of research, which was conducted well before the pandemic and targeted to students who were considerably behind grade level. About 10 tutors typically sat at separate tables in an ordinary classroom, each working with two students.

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Shake Up Learning

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

When I taught fifth grade, a new Shapegram greeted students in our Google Classroom for their morning message every Wednesday. Learning in Hand started in 2002 as part of my classroom website. I live in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and after 12 years of self-employment, I returned to classroom teaching for the 2018-2019 school year.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 22, 2020

That can reduce teacher turnover at schools in Black communities, where many classrooms are staffed by young, inexperienced teachers who are constantly coming and going, which leads to low student achievement. Related: Bright black students taught by black teachers are more likely to get into gifted-and-talented classrooms.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 7, 2022

For example, student achievement in their classrooms might increase by the same 50 points every year. Papay cited his own 2015 study with Matt Kraft , along with a 2017 study of middle school teachers in North Carolina and a 2011 study of elementary and middle school teacher s. The science has evolved.”.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

A 2020 review of 100 tutoring programs found that intensive tutoring is particularly helpful at improving students’ reading skills during the early elementary years, and most effective in math for slightly older children. When the No Child Left Behind law was first passed in 2001, schools got extra money to tutor students who were behind.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

talks with his elementary school students about the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, he tells them where he was that day — in Washington, D.C., Emily Gardner, an elementary school librarian in Texas, says it’s important to be clear and specific when talking about the group of 19 men behind the attacks.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) expanded the federal role in school oversight, calling for testing nearly all children in grades 3 through 8 annually in English Language Arts and mathematics to assess their proficiency. For the past two decades, the tests mandated by NCLB and ESSA have driven classroom instruction.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 4, 2019

A Smile is the Teacher’s Game Face This summer, I met Rob Brown , elementary school principal at Southside Christian School in South Carolina. Rob Brown, Elementary School Principal Southside Christian School, South Carolina In brief, I realized this important fact: A teacher’s smile is a teacher’s game face. 32) Ingersoll, R.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2018

Students at Barnard Elementary School in Washington, D.C., Nearly 68 years ago as a third-grader, Linda Brown was denied access to an all-white elementary school in Topeka, Kansas. Nearly 68 years ago as a third-grader, Linda Brown was denied access to an all-white elementary school in Topeka, Kansas.

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edWeb.net

MAY 17, 2021

Key components of the strategic planning process include listening to the students, staff, and community members, and then making time to reflect on what has been heard, as well as what has been observed during classroom visits. Cathi has served as an elementary principal for nine years. Cathi Davis.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

For each of the three primary (equity-focused) federal educational technology programs authorized by Congress since the passage of the 1994 revision to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), below I provide details on the programs’: legislative authorization (i.e., FY 2001: $450,000,000. FY 1998: $425,000,000.

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MIND Research Institute

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

Kalim Rayburn, Principal, Rea Elementary, Calif. According to Principal Lisa Molinaro at Woodbrook Elementary, a Title I school in ACPS with a high ELL population, ST Math is the reason she has seen an increase in her students’ probability, statistics and geometry skills. Madison Elementary, Calif. Pinellas County Schools, Fla.

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Educator Innovator

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

NCLB, enacted in 2001, was built upon deficit beliefs about culturally and linguistically diverse students. Provide evidence that all students deserve and can thrive in classrooms that give students agency. Our educational context today is drastically different than it was at the turn of the century.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

In terms of student proficiency, today's classrooms are more diverse than ever. In these classrooms, teachers face a seemingly impossible task -- providing effective instruction to all the unique students under their care. We're "detracking" students previously sorted by ability.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

As the district prepares to reopen for full in-person learning on August 30, teachers are attending training sessions and figuring out just what role technology will play in their classrooms. My goal for this year is to see how I’ll make [digital tools] effective in the classroom.”. Ashley LaCroix, a school technology integrator.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Steadman, who teaches at Mendell Elementary School in this highly-diverse Boston neighborhood, passed along her concerns to a colleague, Madeline Gillespie, a family support coordinator. ROXBURY, Mass. Last year, a student in Yvonne Steadman’s Kindergarten class began missing a lot of days.

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MindShift

DECEMBER 12, 2017

In 2001, not long after Oklahoma had adopted one of the nation’s first universal pre-K programs, researchers from Georgetown University began tracking kids who came out of the program in Tulsa, documenting their academic progress over time. Classroom instruction then becomes more stimulating and beneficial to students.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 11, 2018

Karen Bosch explains why Merge Cubes are so hot, how they are being used in classrooms, and how she’s using them to build critical thinking and creativity in her school. Other Resources: Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality in the Classroom. Aurasma and Augmented Reality in the Classroom. Join Merge Cube Mania!

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Linways Technologies

JANUARY 10, 2019

The more traditional forms of education like what we see in classrooms focuses on the cognitive skills. Here, students should be able to break down knowledge into it’s elementary modules to draw connections between ideas and utilize critical thinking. Projects, practical lab sessions, classroom activities etc.

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Linways Technologies

MARCH 13, 2020

education like what we see in classrooms focuses on the cognitive. In 2001 the Bloom’s taxonomy was revised by putting together a series of more dynamic concepts for the classification system by a team of. elementary modules to draw connections between ideas and utilize. Projects, practical lab sessions, classroom activities.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

In the run-up to a new school year, I was proud to contribute $100 to the parent teacher association at my son’s school for classroom supplies. AP Photo/Ted S. It seemed an uncontroversial ask — of course I wanted his class to have the supplies they needed for the year. And there would likely be far fewer PTA fundraisers.

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

This story about mindfulness in the classroom was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Megan Sweet is the senior director of program and impact at Mindful Schools, a nonprofit organization that trains educators to teach mindfulness in the classroom.

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edWeb.net

MAY 11, 2020

The presenters also provided recommendations for other educators who are now making the shift from being in a classroom to working remotely with students. Olivia Miller is a 2nd grade teacher at South Ripley Elementary School in Versailles, IN.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Philadelphia: The Philadelphia School District in Pennsylvania was turned over to a five-member panel known as the School Reform Commission , which took control in 2001. It was funded by federal money. Currently, the panel includes the President and CEO of a local education nonprofit as well as a former local superintendent.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 30, 2021

Conner also identified three levels of innovation that need to occur, starting with the application of efficiency logic to smaller systems like classroom design. From 2001-2003, he served as Vermont’s Education Commissioner. Dr. Conner obtained his Bachelor of Arts in elementary education/humanities from Lasell University.

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Philly Teacher

AUGUST 15, 2013

Here is a run-down: 2001. I am called in November and am placed at an elementary school in Southwest Philadelphia. My role is to support classroom teachers whose classrooms have gone over the legal limit. We survive a poor school climate with fights breaking out regularly and many unruly classrooms. February 2009.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

A 2020 review of nearly 100 tutoring programs found that intensive tutoring was particularly helpful in reading during the early elementary years, and most effective in math for slightly older children. Both Obimma and VonSeggen tutored remotely, but some tutors have come back into the classroom along with the students.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 26, 2019

A recent edWebinar led by Bobbi Bear, Director of Customer Advocacy for Achieve3000, identified effective ways to integrate SEL with reading instruction, through classroom conversations about nonfiction and fiction texts. And, the goals for students engaged in this type of learning include self-esteem, empathy, motivation, and commitment.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 26, 2016

On a recent Tuesday, she stood at the back of her cluttered third-grade math classroom, presiding over a set of scales weighed down on one side with two textbooks — 1 kilogram total. New Frontiers Charter School elementary principal Ruben Pesina tries his luck at balancing the scales in Karen Demore’s third grade math class.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 16, 2017

Rhonda Schroeder, EdD, Principal, Arthur Elementary School, Oklahoma City, OK, shared the story of how Arthur Elementary School transitioned from having one computer per classroom to having a 1:1 iPad program. Arthur Elementary has also established goals for out-of-school access. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 12, 2017

A student offers Principal Macquline King-Morris a hug on his way to the gym with his class at Courtenay Elementary Language Arts Center in Chicago. CHICAGO — Principal Macquline King-Morris stepped out of the way of two lines of students heading to the Courtenay Elementary Language Arts Center gym. Photo: Lillian Mongeau.

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