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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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

In one study in Chicago of almost 200 elementary public school students, listening to 10 minutes of audio-recorded mindfulness daily for eight weeks improved students’ grades in reading and science. Coleman Elementary, hasn’t had a suspension in six years, according to the principal. Credit: Sarah Garland / The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Perhaps the most notable examples of this model are found in New Orleans and in the Achievement School District in Memphis. 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.

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edWeb.net

MAY 17, 2021

Examples include the addition of a new Chinese language program, the opening of a new International Baccalaureate school, and the creation of an Innovation Lab high school. Cathi Davis is the principal of Ruby Bridges Elementary located in Woodinville, WA in the Northshore School District. Cathi Davis.

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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. 33) Bartell, C.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 28, 2021

Princeton, New Jersey, is a good example of a school district where students test well and show above average academic growth each year. The 2001 No Child Left Behind Act that required annual testing was intended to help spotlight and improve schools where student performance lagged.

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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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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 11, 2018

So what’s an example of something it might look like? They had to give some examples. Karen Bosch Is the PreK – 8 Technology Instructor at Southfield Christian School in the Metro Detroit area, a position she has held since 2001. Engaging Kindergarteners with Technology: Augmented Reality, iPads, QR Codes and More.

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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. For example, the principal beneficiaries of pre-K were English language learners.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

For example, she had trouble finding the area of a triangle and other math involving shapes. 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.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 26, 2016

But this year, New Frontiers Charter School in San Antonio needed its best teachers to help younger students get ready for a new set of math standards Texas adopted in 2012, so Demore switched to elementary school. It’s the second year the standards are being tested , but the first the scores will count for schools. Photo: Sarah Garland.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

A perfect example of the device-before-pedagogy practice is the now-infamous 2011 Los Angeles Unified School District edtech initiative, which involved the purchase of more than 100,000 iPads for its classrooms to the tune of $500 million without any return on investment in terms of student outcomes. So, what can be done?

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

There’s a role, he says, for a hot spot for a student who becomes homeless, for example. “I was taken aback by how few of our hot spots are actually used, sometimes at all, but especially on a regular basis,” says Racine.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Elementary students can participate with activities that track and map noise levels across schools, or predict and study migration patterns of animals. Math teachers can find real world examples about challenging math concepts for their students, or perform analysis with data.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 26, 2019

SEL also decreases behavioral issues, dropout rates, drug use, and teen pregnancy, so the advantages of including it in elementary and secondary classes are clear. Since 2001, we have partnered with schools and districts to accelerate literacy growth for all students with our flagship PRO platform for differentiated literacy instruction.

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Reading By Example

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

In a 2001 article titled “ Can We Reclaim Time to Think? Our elementary school librarian reading aloud George’s Marvelous Medicine by Roald Dahl, and the anticipation that built as George dumped one toxic ingredient after another into a mixture that would eventually be administered to his abusive grandmother. Not for me.

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

In one study in Chicago of almost 200 elementary public school students, listening to 10 minutes of audio-recorded mindfulness daily for eight weeks improved students’ grades in reading and science. Coleman Elementary, hasn’t had a suspension in six years, according to the principal. One of the schools they work with, Robert W.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2017

The previous federal law, the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act, required states to develop and give standardized tests in third to eighth grade. Each year, districts and schools were rated based on whether their elementary school kids performed better than the prior year’s students in math and English.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2017

In 2008, a few years after Hurricane Katrina, school officials in Louisiana asked aspiring charter-school leader Andrew Shahan to consider taking over the failing Dr. Charles Drew Elementary School in New Orleans’ Upper 9th Ward. The No Child Left Behind targets, set in 2001, became more flexible in 2011, after U.S.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 26, 2019

For example, when teachers say they want to keep a current approach because they think it works, they need to provide data to show why they know it works or develop a plan to prove the program’s value. Finally, the department had to work with teachers to challenge their assumptions.

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edWeb.net

JULY 15, 2018

Previously, Elizabeth worked as an elementary teacher in Nevada and a residential counselor in Montana. Districts are also rising to the challenge of digital material implementation. About the Presenters. Elizabeth James is currently serving as the curricular materials coordinator at the Idaho State Department of Education.

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MindShift

JULY 15, 2021

In 2014, 61 million kids who should have been in elementary school were not in school. If you look at Africa, for example, people were pretty much as poor [in terms of their daily income] as they were in the 1960s, when the countries became independent from colonial rule from the U.K. More kids are going to school. ” The 2.72

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MindShift

JULY 15, 2021

For example, she had trouble finding the area of a triangle and other math involving shapes. 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.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 24, 2023

In this post, I’ve synthesized the wisdom from these papers into actionable insights and examples for educators looking to hone their classroom management skills. Example: During a lesson, a teacher may ask open-ended questions, encouraging multiple students to respond. Your patience and clear explanations show great teamwork.”

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Waterford

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Over four million elementary school children receive no visual arts lessons in the classroom.[6] Over four million elementary school children receive no visual arts lessons in the classroom.[6] We understand, for example, that literacy is a skill that will help a student learn and communicate for the rest of their life.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 30, 2022

At the start of each school year, for example, the class devotes a few days to trust-building exercises, not math. Some examples. And it’s possible because teachers dedicate significant time to fostering relationships with students and helping them get to know one another. I need a textbook, I need some notes, right?

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2016

President Bush promotes his “No Child Left Behind” education agenda during a visit to Kirkpatrick Elementary School in Nashville, Tenn., Passed in 2001, the No Child Left Behind Act was the centerpiece of President George W. Schools can also be evaluated by softer qualitative measures, such as campus climate, for example.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 25, 2023

Paul, Minnesota, for example, there are four “program coordinators,” all teachers who still have classroom responsibilities, who take on additional administrative tasks. At Avalon Charter School, in St. Credit: Caroline Preston/The Hechinger Report Jerry Pisani said he likes the flexibility that the teacher-powered model provides teachers.

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Educational Technology Guy

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

On September 11, 2001, and in the days that followed, our nation came together in a spirit of unity and resolve as we struggled, with profound shock and overwhelming grief, to comprehend the single largest loss of life from a foreign attack on American soil.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

Kindergarteners now are expected to count to 100 by ones and tens, for example. Pathfinder teacher Stevens, who started teaching elementary school in Washington in 2001, also remembers a more academic kindergarten, devoid of the toys and play areas you see in her classroom today.

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Fractus Learning

APRIL 15, 2022

Phonological awareness is essential for reading and spelling skills because spoken words correspond to written words (Ehri, 2004; Rath, 2001; Troia, 2004). Most parents, kindergarten teachers, and elementary school teachers are already doing rhyming activities with the kids. For example, replacing r in rat for c creates the word cat.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2022

In Tennessee, 50,000 or roughly 5 percent of the state’s elementary and middle school students were assigned high-dosage tutoring during the 2021-22 school year. Last year, for example, Tennessee revamped the way it teaches reading to all students. More than 80 percent received less, often far less.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2016

Steve Collins, Jackson Public Schools Parent of the Year for 2016, helps McLeod Elementary School students in the carpool line. 1st Class Steve Collins opens every third set of doors in the carpool line at McLeod Elementary School; the two other volunteers to his right get the first and second cars. 11, 2001, attacks.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, first enacted in 1987 and expanded in 2001, requires that districts take specific actions to help unstably housed students complete school. Advocacy groups and researchers , too, have surfaced examples. They navigated college admissions alone. Department of Education defines as “doubled up.”.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2017

At least since 2001, when No Child Left Behind set strict student achievement benchmarks based on standardized tests, teachers have had reason to fear data. In past years, teachers could find data about one student at a time, or just one year’s worth of test data, for example. Also, there’s a psychological factor.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

and are an excellent example of teachers continuing to learn from one another how to experience connectivist ways of sharing expertise in distributed knowledge spaces. For example, students may present case studies on education systems around the world. International Moot Courts- Cases from Canada, Australia, South Africa, and India.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Her professional blog, Always Learning, is an invaluable resource for teachers seeking examples of authentic student engagement. Making a difference with education and technology—this is a great example of how we can all work together to make change happen. BIO : Julene Reed is an educator with twenty–three years of experience.

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