The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 2, 2023

The arts have been part of public education almost from the beginning. Nineteenth century education reformer Horace Mann, the father of American public schools, believed that the arts enhanced learning. Arts education steadily increased throughout most of the 20th century. Why learn art in school? Large trial.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

Secretary of Education Richard W. Yet, understanding this history is crucial to understanding the meandering path we are on with respect to determining the best and appropriate future role for the federal government with respect to educational technology – a task I have set out for myself in a series of posts on this very topic.

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edWeb.net

MAY 17, 2021

Dr. Reid emphasized the importance of listening and grounding equity work in the voices of the students and other community members, and also making sure achieving educational and racial justice is a process of removing barriers for all students, rather than taking something from one group and giving it to another.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Mackenzie Woll, a second-grade teacher at Abby Kelley Foster Charter Public Elementary School in Worcester, Massachusetts, said diagnostic tests at the start of the year revealed that most of her students were reading at a kindergarten or a first grade level. “But READ THE SERIES. Even before the pandemic, reading achievement was in a slump.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 5, 2017

Today Jarrod Robinson @mrrobbo gives us the apps, tools, and mindset to rock physical education class. In today’s show, Jarod Robinson geeks out Physical Education Class: Replay apps to help kids see what to improve. Founder of www.connectedpe.com & over 100 educational software products & services. Listen Now.

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edWeb.net

MAY 11, 2020

To help teachers with the transition to online instruction, an edWebinar hosted by SETDA featured educators sharing what is working for them as they teach students online during the COVID-19 crisis. Candice Dodson is the Executive Director of the State Education Technology Directors Association (SETDA). About the Presenters.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

The education research and cognitive science fields are no different. ” In other words, this is meant as a learning technique, not for assessment. recommend educators provide ways for students to re-test frequently on their own and in class. The key is to make sure that tests are “low” or “no-stakes.”

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Education Elements provides support for schools and districts as they transform their school models to personalize learning. The company got its start in late 2010, spurred by founder Anthony Kim’s work with KIPP Empower , an elementary charter school in Los Angeles. He founded Education Elements to meet that need. Stay tuned!

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 18, 2020

The three high schools in the district were reorganized to provide a focus either on STEAM, the arts, or career and technical education. This edWeb broadcast was hosted by AASA, The School Superintendents Association and AASA’s Leadership Network, providing premier professional learning for educational leaders.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 4, 2019

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 36(4), 476–500. A Smile is the Teacher’s Game Face This summer, I met Rob Brown , elementary school principal at Southside Christian School in South Carolina. Review of Educational Research, 81(2), 201–233; Headden, S. Postsecondary education descriptive analysis report.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 29, 2022

Although the switch was initially seen as a cost-saving measure, educators have quickly learned that longer weekends are immensely popular with families, especially in rural communities where the truncated school week is most common. “We Many policymakers lament the downsizing of education, worried that students may learn less.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 6, 2017

Listen to Jennifer Gonzalez talk about 5 tech tools every educator should try in 2017. Jon was the co-designer of Minarets High School , which originated as a GAFE, 1:1 Macbook and PBL based high school in 2008 and has been named an Apple Distinguished School three times. Unleashing students to help with this tool. Quizlet Live.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 18, 2021

And the nonprofit would help with other quality improvement efforts, like providing funds to enable Araujo to buy a curriculum and supplies, expand her classroom and even further her education. And they have access to frequent coaching, wraparound services for children and families and opportunities for teacher education and training.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 1, 2015

“Wiggins’ argues that educators can improve reading comprehension by understanding the strategies that unsuccessful readers employ and by generating personalized strategies based on that information. Younger students also have limited metacognition and often incorrectly assess their understanding. 2008): 407-23.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Meghan Groves, a teacher at Washington-Lee Elementary School, in Bristol, Virginia, leads her first graders in “closing circle,” where they talk about how their day went. Higher Education. Education officials also cite the counseling and mental-health services the school receives from a handful of local organizations. “It

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2017

In 2008, a few years after Hurricane Katrina, school officials in Louisiana asked aspiring charter-school leader Andrew Shahan to consider taking over the failing Dr. Charles Drew Elementary School in New Orleans’ Upper 9th Ward. Second grade teacher Lynnon Carney helps a student with math at Arise Academy.

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Saving Socrates

MARCH 19, 2014

There has been an ongoing debate among educators as to how students best acquire literacy. And, of course, the educational technology community has now begun to focus on this. I hope to rectify this in the near future, but since 2008, reading acquisition has become something on the forefront of my mind. (As I began reading Ed.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 6, 2020

I've researched, written, designed, produced, and pitched data stories in higher education, at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture , and at a financial technology company called Earnest. Tasha Ring is a licensed early childhood and elementary educator specializing in multisensory-based methodologies.

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Turning Learning On Its Head

MARCH 13, 2016

During the 2007-2008 school year, Aaron Sams and I pioneered the flipped class model of education. In 2011, a group of educators met at the Competency Based Learning Summit. Assessment is meaningful and a positive learning experience for students. Not harnessing the power of technology to help with assessments.

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MIND Research Institute

APRIL 5, 2022

As MIND Research Institute looks to grow, learn, iterate, and improve in service of our students and educators, we continue to engage in conversations between colleagues and partners. Kayla Mack (KM) is an education program specialist at the Ohio Department of Education. Kayla has been in education for a little over eight years.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 23, 2016

Fifth-graders at Konguta Kool – an elementary school in a small Estonian village – prepare for a math lesson in the computer lab. TARTU, Estonia—Most educators and policymakers can rattle off a list of international educational powerhouses: Korea. Photo: Sarah Butrymowicz. But there’s an overlooked member of the list: Estonia.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 22, 2017

Liz is a clinical assistant professor in education technologies at The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI. Office of Education Technology on sustainable professional development in teacher education. She is passionate about engaging students in education and leveraging learning opportunity through digital technologies.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 17, 2017

Their positions were created by and are funded through Say Yes to Education Buffalo, a local chapter of a New York City-based nonprofit. In Buffalo, a Rust Belt city still grappling with high poverty and an under-educated population , the results of the Say Yes program have exceeded expectations. Because people just didn’t get along.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 30, 2011

Join me Tuesday, May 31st, for a live and interactive Future of Education webinar with James Bosco, Principle Investigator at the Consortium for School Networking ( CoSN ). James Bosco is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Educational Studies at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan. and Catherine T.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 9, 2011

Below are this week''s public, free, and interactive Webinars through LearnCentral.org , the social learning network for education that I work on for Elluminate. Join Keith Devlin in a question and answer session about his mathematics game development, and the new book, Mathematics Education in a New Era. link] ASSISTMENTS ( Math 2.0

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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. Graduation rates rose from 52.5

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2020

O’Neal Elementary School, in Elgin, Illinois, none of the third graders could read and write at grade level according to state tests in 2019. Just nine miles away sits Centennial Elementary School, where 73 percent of third graders met grade-level standards on that same test. At Ronald D. This story also appeared in Daily Herald.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2022

One survey of educators found a jump from about two-thirds of middle and high school students having access to a school-issued device prior to the pandemic, to 90 percent a year later. The pandemic-era jump for elementary school students was even larger: from under half to 84 percent.

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Waterford

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

The purpose of this study was to determine how educators can best improve educational opportunity for all children, particularly low socioeconomic status (SES) and marginalized students. Other studies have already proposed that the achievement gap is actually an educational opportunity gap.[4]

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 7, 2019

“Data shows if it’s not going to be a quality program, then it’s not going to impact children and families,” said Nancy Hanna, an associate superintendent of Greenbrier County Schools who oversees early childhood education. Related: Sending your boy to preschool is great for your grandson, new research shows.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2016

Educators prefer to call the new exams assessments, because they’re so different in form and format from traditional standardized tests. The push to find the best way to test the arts is coming from arts educators themselves in many instances. Yet access to arts education remains unequal. It’s a parity thing.”.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2022

At midday, he eats alone in his office inside the Washington Irving Educational Center, trying to stay mindful. If you follow me,” the coach said to him, “if you do what I tell you to do in regard to school — education — here, I can help you make a better life for yourself.” He works prayer and meditation in with the weights.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Please mark your calendars for November 18 - 22 for the fourth annual Global Education Conference ( [link] ). 3, and Connected Educator Month in October--how are we still standing?!) , but we''re raring to go now, and we hope you are, too! She is a powerful voice for ecumenical understanding. The Charter was launched in November 2009.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 3, 2023

The latter program was developed about two decades ago in Australia, and has been taught in the United States since 2008. The course is designed to help them act as first responders — to assess a situation, do what they can in the moment, and inform a trusted adult. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 15, 2018

Crisp Elementary School in Nashua, New Hampshire. Crisp Elementary School in the small city of Nashua, New Hampshire, nodded. It’s also a fact — true, true, true, and we can prove it — that full-day kindergarten classes like Lemoine’s help kids do better in early elementary school, researchers say.

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Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2017

This talk was presented at The University of Edinburgh's Moray House School of Education. The event was organized by Sebastian Thrun, who at the beginning of the year had announced that he was resigning his full time professor position at Stanford in order to launch Udacity, his online education startup. Let me begin with a story.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 14, 2021

The room is on the south wing of the sprawling K-12 education complex in Shoshoni, a town of 649 people. In 1995, the court found that legislators were indeed responsible for budgeting enough money to fund a “quality” education for all Wyoming children. SHOSHONI, Wyo. This story also appeared in Wyoming Tribune Eagle.

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