The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2016

A 2005 research study by the MDRC, a New York- and Oakland, California-based research group, found that Kansas City high schools produced and sustained a “double digit” improvement in the percentage of 11th-graders reading proficiently and a dramatic decline in the percentage of students scoring “unsatisfactory” on the state test.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

There is some thought that a certain percentage of instruction must be digital to qualify as “blended learning,” but there is no clear industry standard. Common Core) for individual students. ” (3). Challenge-Based Learning. Differentiation. Individualized Learning. The customizing of universal content (e.g.,

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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

“ ESSA Would Handcuff a Trump Education Secretary on Common Core And More,” says Education Week , even though ditching Common Core was one of Trump’s campaign promises. More on the future of Common Core from NPR. Inside Higher Ed has more on the latter. ” Emphasis on “pays.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Again and again, the media told stories — wildly popular stories , apparently — about how technology industry executives refuse to allow their own children to use the very products they were selling to the rest of us. 3D printing, The Economist pronounced in 2012 , was poised to bring about the third industrial revolution. (I

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Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

” Via Chalkbeat : “They rejected multi-state Common Core exams. Lots of goings-on this week in the loan industry. The map draws on only 100,000 articles from 180 journals and only dates back to 2005 because that is the grand sum of education technology research. – this time in science. ” ( PDF ).

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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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