The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

When I graduated with a bachelor’s degree from William & Mary in 2003, I desperately needed a job. As the country undergoes a period of historic racial reckoning, with nearly every sector of society examining its role in racial injustice, higher education needs to do the same. In addition, I had $30,000 in student debt.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2018

education levels by the second generation — the first generation of children to be born in this country. The key appears to be education because higher educational attainment is associated with economic success, social status, better health, family stability, and life opportunities. Photo: Meredith Kolodner.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Many working on an elementary education degree are given free rein to take whatever general education course interests them, and one called The Sexual Revolution of the 1960sno doubt proves more compelling to the average college student than a course entitled From the American Revolution to the Civil War.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2022

Educators and others are experimenting with new ways to address students’ mental health needs — or reinvent old strategies. Read the series. READ MORE. “We We see colleges and universities as being a critical leverage point for facilitating access to mental health care,” Hansch said.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 5, 2021

The family switched schools, and at their new school, she felt the educators pushed children, particularly those who are Black, into sports, when she would have liked to see them encouraged in math and science. When Covid hit, schooling went remote. It was a rough transition. Sinsabaugh is not alone.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

A February 2018 report found that, nationwide, those who earn a bachelor’s degree are likely to earn the same paychecks as their peers who had more educated parents. Department of Education earlier this month points out that a college education can still be a lever of social mobility. Photo: Meredith Kolodner.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2018

As educational opportunities, science fairs let students tackle the scientific method hands on. For starters, there’s a growing sense among some scientists and educators that many science fairs aren’t actually very good at teaching kids about, well, science. But the fairs also have problems.

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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., But hindsight is a very different vantage point for Cassellius, who is now Minnesota’s commissioner of education. “It Monday, Sept. Photo: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

University of Michigan researchers surveyed how families spent their time in 1981 and again in 1997. By 2003, that amount of time dropped by another 4 percent. You’ll also hear from educators like Eric Saibel and Nathan Beach as they host Global School Play Day at Hall Middle School.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

In 2003, a team of Harvard University researchers concluded a survey and mapped out the idiosyncrasies in the pronunciation of common English words across the globe. They include the MIT Media Lab, which is using the system for an educational robotics project, and Lingumi, a developer of an English learning app for young children.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 8, 2018

Since developing this system, named “ GradeCraft ,” five years ago with two colleagues, education professor Barry Fishman gleefully admits he’s awarding many more A’s. Related: Fitbit for education: Turning school into a data-tracking game. Higher grades and more motivated students sound good.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 23, 2019

In addition to the academic demands, she and her friends acknowledged, they’re concerned about the cost of their graduate educations, the debt they may accumulate to pay for it and whether jobs will be available at the other end. Department of Education. Graduate education is being used to subsidize undergraduate education.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 2, 2018

Both Malin and Bronk are developing new survey tools for measuring purpose – tools that are needed for bigger, more rigorous studies. Higher Education. This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Sign up for our newsletter.

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eSchool News

MARCH 21, 2016

It’s a conversation a decade ago that was so widely circulated and discussed that even dedicated education stakeholders grew weary of it: U.S. adults when compared with results from previous adult surveys.”. But what are the hard numbers to support these claims; and is it just a matter of more education?

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MindShift

JANUARY 3, 2018

Both Malin and Bronk are developing new survey tools for measuring purpose – tools that are needed for bigger, more rigorous studies. This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Sign up for our newsletter.

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Connecting 2 the World

SEPTEMBER 18, 2011

It also becomes a tangible representation of tacit knowledge for both group members and those outside of the group (Conceicao, Heitor, & Veloso, 2003; Yaklief, 2002). Educational Researcher, 81(1), 32-42. 2000; Moreland & Levine, 2001). References Akgun, A., Lynn, G., & Byrne, J. Organizational learning: A socio-cognitive framework.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 9, 2018

This mantra in education particularly in adopting emerging technology is incredibly important. I regularly encourage anyone in education to think about this as a reminder of who they are and how that informs the expectations they hold on themselves to prepare students for a different future. How do rubrics change satisfaction?

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MindShift

MARCH 28, 2018

As educational opportunities, science fairs let students tackle the scientific method hands on. For starters, there’s a growing sense among some scientists and educators that many science fairs aren’t actually very good at teaching kids about, well, science. But the fairs also have problems.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2019

While rising education costs and more amenities and luxury housing have played a role in pressing up the cost of college attendance, a great deal of college tuition inflation has been driven by an enrollment strategy that relies heavily on tuition discounting. Ann Gansemer-Topf, associate professor of education at Iowa State University.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2019

In a recent survey of the state’s superintendents conducted by the University of Southern Maine, roughly a quarter of respondents said they planned to stick with a proficiency-based diploma, even though the law no longer requires it. Related: Documenting Maine’s failure to implement proficiency-based education. Imported from Alaska.

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Learning Report System Case Study 111

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Students already pay too much,” said Pinedo, who was wearing a black “Fund the UC” T-shirt, promoting a campaign to get the state to spend more on public higher education, with a design mimicking the logo of the hip-hop group Run-DMC. “I Related: States have cut money for higher education 17 percent since the recession.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

The best answer comes from something called the National Assessment of Educational Progress or NAEP. Source: Met Life Survey of the American Teacher, The Homework Experience, 2007. (LA In that 2012 NAEP survey, 13 percent of 17-year-olds reported doing more than two hours of homework the previous night. How much homework do U.S.

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Comparison Survey Report Study 28

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Media Literacy Week is November 5 - 9 , spearheaded by the National Association of Media Literacy Education (NAMLE). Now you know why I have such a passion for global education.) See [link] How many have died just in Iraq since the 2003 invasion (see [link] )? Education is the key. More information at [link].

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MindShift

JULY 27, 2015

Even the best-laid plans will likely remain plans without effective communication and professional development for school faculty and staff, a mechanism for soliciting and truly hearing student voices, and extensive parent education on the goals you are trying to accomplish with your new policies and programs. How much is too much?

Social Media 28

Social Media Outcomes Report Study 28

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

In 2003, Project Tomorrow, a national nonprofit dedicated to helping K-12 education leaders identify and implement best practices, launched the Speak Up Research Project, which gives K-12 leaders insights into current and emerging dynamics in the education ecosystem—and what those dynamics mean for all the stakeholders within a school district.

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Survey Blackboard Learning Data 71

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

In theory, education technology could redesign school from a factory-like assembly line to an individualized experience. After Neil built the platform in 2003, several early studies showed promising results , and then a large randomized control trial (RCT) in Maine, published in 2016, confirmed them. Not every teacher does that.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

The Census Bureau’s 2005 American Community Survey counted 2.4 In order to serve this hidden population, the Senior Services Department in Clayton County, Georgia — where Eschman has raised her grandchildren — started the Kinship Care Program in 2003. Read more about early education.

Policies 69

Policies System Groups Advocacy 69

Edsurge

JULY 18, 2023

For the last decade, Wise says she has met regularly with other early care and education providers. Since early 2021, RAPID, a project based out of Stanford University that gathers information about young children and their caregivers, has been asking early care and education providers about their experiences with housing.

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EdNews Daily

JUNE 29, 2017

Between 2014-2016 the University of South Australia has been using the pedagogy associated with both playing and designing LBMLGs to blaze a trail that is informing the development of a contextually-based mobile learning framework for higher education. Background. The games developed have been played over 1,700 times.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 23, 2018

Department of Education demographic study of principals found that the vast majority of the people doing the hiring are white. Related: A conservative Supreme Court could threaten the education of immigrant students. Higher Education. Teachers of color comprised about 20 percent of the public schools in the U.S. A 2016 U.S.

Education 59

Education Data Study Report 59

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 24, 2019

Alessandra, a student at Pioneer Elementary School in rural Quincy, Washington, spent part of the fall term in an enrichment class focused on teaching elementary-age students the principles of engineering design through a curriculum designed by educators and scientists at Boston’s Museum of Science. “I Lillian Mongeau/The Hechinger Report.

How To 112

How To Elementary STEM Report 112

The Innovative Educator

MAY 3, 2015

Over the last few years of the Speak Up survey, more students and administrators have signaled the importance of being able to access mobile devices in the classroom, whether through Bring Your Own Device policy consideration and implementation or through school-provided technology.

Mobility 40

Mobility Blended Learning STEM Survey 40

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

More than 60 percent of American fourth-graders are not proficient readers, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, and it’s been that way since testing began in the 1990s. One of the excuses educators have long offered to explain America’s poor reading performance is poverty. The problem in Bethlehem.

Training 112

Training Elementary Report Study 112

MindShift

JANUARY 24, 2019

This story about STEM education was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Since 2003, more than 15 million 6- to 11- year-olds at thousands of schools across the country have been taught how to think like engineers using the curriculum.

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STEM How To Elementary Report 44

Fractus Learning

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

In evaluating the quiz I receive feedback through multiple perspectives both during the semester and at the end of the semester after the final results are released; I survey students, tutors and lecturers in the first year accounting course. Also, accountants are increasingly being required to prepare ‘what-if’ analysis for managers.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

I was sitting in a circle with other LGBTQIA+ educators when our managers told us we were not allowed to be open about our identity at the school. My time as an educator in Texas is no exception. The provision was part of a national wave of curriculum laws regarding HIV/AIDS education. In 2003, Section 21.06

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Classroom Policies Instructional Materials Survey 33

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 15, 2016

“We believe that preschool is an integral part of the public school system and public school should be universally available because every child can benefit from it,” said Josh Wallack, Deputy Chancellor of New York City’s Department of Education. Therefore, preschool should be universal.”. Photo: Jamie Martines. But now, there’s no excuse.”.

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