eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2015

The perception that good teachers reject textbooks and design their own curriculum has been a persistent belief of educators over the years. Under the current era of the Common Core State Standards, this myth is playing out in some districts and schools in a different way. Review of Educational Research, 75 (2), 211-246. [i]

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Jeff Meyer, Director of Education at Learning.com, during a recent edWebinar , underscored that while this generation of students is growing up using technology, they generally lack the digital literacy skills they need for success by the time they enter high school. About the Presenter. After receiving an M.Ed After receiving an M.Ed

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2018

Through their efforts, along with those of other outside arts organizations, they are introducing theater to more and younger participants, at an age when education experts say children are especially poised to benefit from it. Related: Can testing save arts education? Higher Education. But to the parents, it’s worth it.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2016

Kansas’ governor and Legislature are also making national headlines for not equalizing education funding between low-income and wealthier districts. But class sizes have begun to increase, and many of the supports that educators here say helped spark improvements over the last 15 years have been removed. million in 2001.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2017

We said let’s take the best early childhood principles, and push those up,” said Macdonald, who began her education career as a preschool and kindergarten teacher. The adoption of the Common Core standards led many other schools to try the model , too. Preschools and elementary schools across the U.S

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MindShift

MAY 25, 2015

This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Read more about Common Core. But as states have begun rolling out the Common Core standards, integrating the arts has become more challenging — even for schools like Soulsville.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

Five years ago, the Napa County Office of Education piloted the use of Footsteps2Brilliance , a digital platform for building early literacy skills, with a small group of preschool students. Education doesn’t start on the first day of school. This gap is even wider when students grow up in non-English speaking households.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Purpose: Improving our chance for a common language in discussing existing and emerging learning trends, model, and technology in hopes of innovation in classrooms, and collectively, education at large. Audience: K-12 & higher ed educators, researchers, institutions, and organizations globally. Google Apps for Education.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Turning around struggling high schools is the toughest work in education reform. Yet, inside the building, a new vision for the education of low-income students of color has taken root. Advocates of this approach say it has the potential to redefine what education means. “Do Photo: Amadou Diallo/The Hechinger Report.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 8, 2016

For this reason, many educational standards, including the Common Core, emphasize the importance of being able to read, write, and interact across a range of media, platforms, and tools. In the digital age, inquiry and problem-solving can span across a range of media and tools. This skill is often referred to as "transliteracy."

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Trump’s education platform promises to “make post-secondary options more affordable and accessible through technology enriched delivery models.” ” Trump has threatened to close the Department of Education. More on the future of Common Core from NPR. Education Politics. Is that possible?

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Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

Education Politics. The Education and Justice Departments have notified every public school district in the country with a “Dear Colleague” letter that discrimination against transgender students , particularly over which bathroom they can use, violates federal civil rights law. Will the legislation do more harm than good?”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. Oh yes, I’m sure you can come up with some rousing successes and some triumphant moments that made you thrilled about the 2010s and that give you hope for “the future of education.”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

There was some talk that, despite being vociferously anti-union , Michelle Rhee’s support for the Common Core was allegedly a deal-breaker. Of course, DeVos has supported groups that back the Common Core in the past, including Jeb Bush ’s Foundation for Excellence in Education. She serves on its board.)

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

The business of education technology overlaps with the politics of ed-tech. One of the flaws, I think, of much of the reporting on education technology is that it treats “ed-tech” as a product without a politics and without a practice. The politics overlap with privacy. The US Presidential Campaign.

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