Waterford

MAY 11, 2020

A student’s exposure to educational activities isn’t usually as rigorous during the summer as it is in the classroom, and some students may need a refresher at the beginning of the new year. Using strategies that promote an inclusive classroom during the school year can be a great way to prevent the achievement gap. Borman, G.D.,

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How To Education E-rate Analysis 294

Shake Up Learning

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

A Shapegrams membership gets you access to all Shapegrams and gives you a license to distribute them to your students. When I taught fifth grade, a new Shapegram greeted students in our Google Classroom for their morning message every Wednesday. Learning in Hand started in 2002 as part of my classroom website.

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Google Elementary Video iPad 99

NeverEndingSearch

JANUARY 13, 2021

We’re exited to launch SchoolLibraryNJ , a evolving project designed to address inequitable access to resources for K12 schools and libraries and to present the value of librarians in digitally curating resources for teaching and learning. Tabor Elementary School bmraff33@gmail.com Steve Tetreault, KnowledgeQuest blogger, William R.

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Libraries Elementary Accessibility Resources 138

edWeb.net

APRIL 22, 2019

While the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) was last reauthorized in 2004, with amendments in 2015, and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) were updated back in 2008, the demand for accessibility and equality in education continues to grow. Step 4: Conduct regular accessibility audits.

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Accessibility PowerMyLearning Guidelines Policies 40

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

Collaboration transcends classroom boundaries, involving a myriad of stakeholders – colleagues, students, parents, and the broader educational community. In my experience, these connections don’t just bring new ideas and perspectives to the classroom; they also offer support and inspiration from a global teaching community.

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Study Outcomes Elementary Data 121

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2023

Since at least 2006 , technology leaders and mathematicians have argued that data is the new oil. This isn’t the fault of teachers, but rather of the system and the systemic choices we have made to date that heavily constrain classroom time. The coursework should be challenging but accessible — “low floor, high ceiling.”

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Data Analysis Report Course 126

eSchool News

DECEMBER 26, 2016

Popular mobile devices may come and go, but the iPad has remained a hit in the K-12 classroom. But even though they’re in schools, our work with teachers has led us to understand that while many of them would like to use iPads meaningfully in their classrooms, they can’t because of time, access, and training. Prensky, 2006).

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Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

” This letter marked the launch of the implementation of the first federal program dedicated to ensuring universal access to information and communications technology for improved teaching and learning in the nation’s schools. FY 2006 $272,300,000 (President Bush’s request: $0).

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Policies Technology Program Evaluation Education 150

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Many people might think the main benefit of a high-quality preschool program is the academic boost it gives young children when they enter elementary school. Kelly Kane, director of elementary and early childhood education, Tulsa public schools. Test scores aren’t the thing they’re thinking about.

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Study Outcomes Elementary Data 103

Edsurge

JULY 7, 2016

Over one-half of participating school districts allowed students to take home their laptops by 2004; a second RFP was issued in 2006; and the MLTI program expanded into high schools in 2009. Accessibility: The iPad includes built-in features like text-to speech, dictation, and word prediction.

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iPad Laptops Classroom Report 90

eSpark

JULY 1, 2021

1: Differentiation Keeps Learning Accessible. By verbally responding to a prompt, students are able to become the teachers and are much more likely to be able to transfer what they have learned (Rittle-Johnson, 2006). Mathematics Growth in Early Elementary School: The Roles of Beginning Knowledge, Student Engagement, and Instruction.

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Learning E-rate Elementary Outcomes 52

edWeb.net

MAY 19, 2020

The current crisis has highlighted the disparity between students with and without equitable access to technology, especially in rural schools. One of the first challenges rural districts face is broadband access. Already, many teachers don’t have the skills to integrate tech into the classroom—even the young ones.

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BYOD Broadband EdTech Elementary 54

The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2018

Doug, as we finish up, could you give us a 30-second pep talk about personalizing learning for the students in our classroom today? You want to make sure that your formative assessments are based on where the student is at, not some kind of standard that every student in your classroom has to jump through.

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Khan Academy Elementary Company Personalized Learning 165

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Cepeda et al (2006) reviewed 254 studies, and found that students across studies recalled 10 percent more information after spaced study than after massed (all at one time) study. It has been used with elementary, middle, high school, and college students, but results were mixed for all groups. In one study by Pressley et al.

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Strategy E-rate Learning Study 120

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Beyond just the ability to pivot and be prepared for any type of learning, the pandemic has brought new concerns with “Zoom bombing” and increased outside access to school networks. Ann served as co-chair of Texas Education Technology Advisory Committee which developed the Texas Long Range Plan for Technology, 2006-2020.

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BYOD System Data Advocacy 95

edWeb.net

MAY 17, 2021

Key components of the strategic planning process include listening to the students, staff, and community members, and then making time to reflect on what has been heard, as well as what has been observed during classroom visits. Cathi has served as an elementary principal for nine years. Ayva Thomas. Cathi Davis.

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System Strategy Education Elementary 58

edWeb.net

JULY 22, 2019

All students need to have the same access to WiFi, and thus the ability to use the device, whether they are at school or not. Kelley, Superintendent of Oak Park Elementary School District 97, IL, explained, this isn’t about deciding what technology a district uses. For instance, one barrier to access was library cards.

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Libraries Elementary Accessibility BYOD 41

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2019

The atrium of Whitmore Lake High School, part of a nearly $48 million capital campaign approved by voters in 2006. The district relied on seven portable classrooms, and some teachers were assigned to teach in modified storage closets. In the elementary school, art classes were cut. Ben Smith for The Hechinger Report.

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Report Elementary System Data 86

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2019

Since 2006, the share of California Hispanic 19-year-olds with a high school diploma has increased from 74 percent to 86 percent, according to the Campaign for College Opportunity, a California advocacy group. The share of California Hispanic 19-year-olds with a high school diploma has increased from 74 percent to 86 percent since 2006.

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Groups Advocacy Report Study 98

edWeb.net

JUNE 17, 2020

Some are also becoming de facto internet service providers as they try to provide WiFi accessibility. Enhanced teacher training: Professional development has always been a part of edtech initiatives, but there’s a difference between leading small group projects within the same classroom and coordinating them between students at home.

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EdTech Outcomes BYOD Advocacy 53

MindShift

APRIL 25, 2019

Lab activities can be one of the most effective ways to show children how global warming works on an accessible scale. The 2006 film An Inconvenient Truth and its 2017 sequel, An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth To Power have curricular materials created in partnership with the National Wildlife Federation.

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Classroom Resources Common Core Study 50

Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2017

Over the last few years my classroom has gotten a lot of attention. I came to the Cobb County School District in 2006. Our classrooms were chaotic—everyone sitting in disarray. Defeat was built into the expectations of the special education classroom, and it was hard for me to see any viable escape.

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iPad Assessment Personalized Learning Libraries 123

eSchool News

MAY 11, 2016

million commitment to the organization, bringing Lowe’s and the Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation’s total contributions to SkillsUSA to nearly $14 million since 2006. Norwalk High School, Norwalk, Calif. — $24,600: Students will upgrade their culinary classroom with more equipment and food prep space.

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Education Elementary Training Meeting 40

The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2016

. — This fall, students at Enterprise Attendance Center in the small city of Brookhaven may get to draw, paint and make crafts in an elementary art class — the first the school has had in 12 years. billion on elementary and secondary education. Access to technology is another funding-related struggle. “If

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Elementary Advocacy E-rate Accessibility 53

MindShift

MARCH 16, 2021

Defined that way, “education malpractice” describes almost every gifted classroom across the United States. In the 2006-07 school year, only five of the 231 students who entered the program were Hispanic, and only two were Black. Diversity “really is a great advantage” in gifted classrooms, Chau said. Data source: U.S.

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Elementary Data Policies Report 48

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 18, 2011

Since 1988, iEARN (International Education and Resource Network) has pioneered the educational use of innovative communications technology and teacher professional development to facilitate on-line collaborative project-based learning in elementary and secondary schools in 130 other countries worldwide.

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Secondary Classroom Training Study 74

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Of course, part of the reason most schools switch to 1:1 is because they want the classroom to reflect the real world—and anticipate what jobs could be when the kindergartners graduate. Make equitable access a priority. Typically, one goal of a 1:1 environment is 24/7 access to learning for both students and teachers.

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PowerMyLearning Mobile Learning BYOD iPad 40

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

And, administrators shouldn’t neglect privacy training for non-classroom staff. In 2017 the district opened MOSAIC, a personalized learning elementary school, and created the MyPath program, which allows high school students to create their own class. Next, schools need to develop that same training for parents.

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Student Data Privacy Data Policies BYOD 40

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 17, 2018

A child in a classroom for the youngest students at Hill Country Montessori sets up his workspace. Two students work together in the primary classroom at Hill Country Montessori. Rachel Rodriguez teaches a small-group lesson in her classroom at Hill Country Montessori. Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report.

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Training Groups Report Study 110

Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 2, 2020

Since it’s now 2020, I thought it would be fun to revisit Karl Fisch’s video from 2006, titled 2020 Vision. The GCars also are WiFi access points, creating massive nationwide mesh networks. It was fascinating to see some of Karl’s projections from 2006. ‘Google Panels’ replace 2/3 of worldwide energy production.

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Laptops Secondary Google Company 214

Hack Education

MARCH 8, 2017

The act called for “universal service” so that all Americans could have access to affordable telecommunications services, regardless of their geographical location. A $21 million settlement paid by NEC in 2006 for price-fixing. As part of these modernization efforts , in 2015 the funding cap for E-rate was increased to $3.9

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E-rate Digital Divide Broadband Libraries 49

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 16, 2021

Defined that way, “education malpractice” describes almost every gifted classroom across the United States. In the 2006-07 school year, only five of the 231 students who entered the program were Hispanic, and only two were Black. Including, until recently, those in U-46. April Wells, U-46 gifted coordinator.

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Elementary Policies Data Report 118

MindShift

MAY 23, 2016

A group of young women who had graduated from high school between 1997 and 2006 sat at the front of the room crying and laughing about their experiences learning math at Railside High (a research pseudonym for the school). Collaboration and Equity in the Elementary Math Classroom. Designing Groupwork. Smarter Together!

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Groups Training Common Core Classroom 52

Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2022

Nineteen children and two teachers were killed in Uvalde, Texas, and 17 more wounded, in the sanctuary of an elementary school. Others go as far as suggesting weaponizing children based on their GPAs, leveraging militia-based volunteers to guard schools or supplying classrooms with bulletproof whiteboards and kids with bulletproof backpacks.

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Study Analysis Data Report 155

Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2022

While there’s ample research showing the personal and cognitive benefits of bilingual education in elementary and secondary schools, less so exists evaluating the effectiveness of similar postsecondary programs in boosting student performance, second-language proficiency and employment opportunities after graduation in the U.S.

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Industry Course Training System 152

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2016

The district says it has tried to prevent the cuts from reaching the classroom by spending its limited funding more efficiently. He wants to keep schools open and ensure our students continue to have access to a quality education. Insulating the classroom. We knew we still had a long ways to go.”. The money runs out.

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Common Core Report Groups Meeting 40

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 8, 2016

Lady Bird Johnson, a great champion of “Project Head Start” during her time as first lady, visits a classroom at the Kemper School in Washington, D.C., The building is clean and bright, student art covers the walls, teachers with a solid background in early education lead small classrooms of 3- and 4-year-olds in daily half-day programs.

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Study Comparison Classroom Meeting 40