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PBS to Present “Spotlight Education,” A Special Week of Programming Featuring Reports About America’s Students and New Models of Learning, September 12-17

EdNews Daily

Please share this information. In a new age of information, rapid innovation and globalization, how can we prepare our children to compete? This is an important documentary series for everyone. Week Will Kick Off “Teach Boldly” Year-long Teacher Support Program. Wednesday, September 14: 9:00 p.m. ET – NOVA “School of the Future”.

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NCLB’s legacy: As the ESSA era begins, have policymakers, educators learned from the past?

The Hechinger Report

To be sure, ongoing ill will over NCLB influenced the bitter, drawn-out negotiations over the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which became ESSA (NCLB was also a reauthorization of the 1965 act). Monday, Sept. Photo: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite. The low participation rates were not a source of mystery.

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Something NEW is coming to Truth for Teachers…

The Cornerstone for Teachers

Secondary teachers, you are going to especially love this, as I’ve got a bunch of high school teachers sharing ideas. While I don’t think folks who teach younger students will feel in any way left out this season, I do think secondary teachers are going to be especially seen and heard. Teaching is very different.

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Kids struggle to read when schools leave phonics out

The Hechinger Report

“I wouldn’t have been able to use that strategy at the secondary level,” she said. You can find schools and school districts across the United States that are trying to change reading instruction the way Bethlehem has, but according to Moats, ill-informed, ineffective reading instruction is the norm.

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3 Key Actions for 2021-22 You Can Take Now

edWeb.net

COVID’s impact on schools was so substantial that Congress established the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER). Systems like Alma helped as communication tools and as a retainer of critical student information that educators shared with parents once they could be reached.

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The History of the Future of E-rate

Hack Education

According its January 2017 report, the FCC’s modernization push enabled some 77% of school districts to meet the minimum federal connectivity targets by the end of 2016; just 30% had met those requirements in 2013. The Supreme Court ruled in 2003 that CIPA does not violate the Constitution. What might this look like?

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