The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 4, 2019

A Smile is the Teacher’s Game Face This summer, I met Rob Brown , elementary school principal at Southside Christian School in South Carolina. Rob Brown, Elementary School Principal Southside Christian School, South Carolina In brief, I realized this important fact: A teacher’s smile is a teacher’s game face. So, what is it?

Policies 236

Policies Groups Elementary Study 236

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

” In other words, this is meant as a learning technique, not for assessment. Further, Karpicke and Roediger (2008) found that undergraduate students’ performance on a language translation test was much better a week after testing (80 percent vs. 36 percent) than after solely studying the material. Dunlosky et al.

Strategy 120

Strategy E-rate Learning Study 120

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 18, 2020

He also believes the arts are especially important in a district like Mount Vernon because many of the students turned out to be “twice gifted,” despite having received standardized assessment scores that did not reflect their proficiencies. Jay McTighe brings a wealth of experience developed during a rich and varied career in education.

Outcomes 65

Outcomes Differentiated Instruction Assessment Professional Learning 65

User Generated Education

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Lisa Marie Blaschke, Mr. Chris Kenyon, and Dr. Stewart Hase contacted a group of us due to our interest in heutagogy for the purpose of writing a chapter in an edited book. Assessment as an Ongoing Act of Learning: A Heutagogical Approach: Melanie Booth. It is titled Experiences in Self-Determined Learning and can be found at [link].

Education 268

Education Learning Resources Tools 268

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 18, 2021

Donna Araujo reads a story to a small group of children under her care. Children who attend Head Start programs are more likely to receive dental checkups, have fewer child welfare encounters during elementary school and are less likely to end up in foster care. Credit: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report.

How To 145

How To Report Accessibility Policies 145

The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 5, 2017

link] So there’s a big group of these. They create groups, they create teams, and Team Shake lets you do that by simply putting in the list of students, shake the device and you get your randomly-generated teams. link] So I think this is an app that has been so widely received in all contexts of teachers that I work with.

EdTech 261

EdTech Education Tools Video 261

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 29, 2022

We know that kids love it and so do parents and teachers,” said Emily Morton, a researcher at NWEA, a nonprofit assessment company, who has studied four-day school weeks around the country. Statistically, both groups’ test scores rose by about the same amount every year. There are crazy high approval ratings for this policy.”

Study 114

Study Analysis Policies Report 114

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. Known as the birthplace of country music, Bristol has seen rates of poverty and drug use rise significantly since the 2008 recession. BRISTOL, Va. — Proof Points.

Strategy 78

Strategy Training Report Company 78

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 6, 2020

This week, REINVENTING SCHOOL focuses on the spectacular rise in interest in pod schools--small groups of students studying with one or more teachers in an environment that is both similar to, and different from, traditional school. Mara is the international two-time best selling author of HELP! Ring completed her Master?

Trends 36

Trends Handbook Kaplan Company 36

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

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. Prior to that, he founded Provost Systems an online learning platform acquired by Edison Learning in 2008. Plan and Align The work began in May 2015 with a diagnostic readiness assessment.

Education Elements 60

Education Elements Personalized Learning Education Learning 60

Saving Socrates

MARCH 19, 2014

I did not take into account my future role as a parent nor did I take into account the possibility of ever being on the board for an elementary school or becoming so fully enamored with elementary education. She scores much lower on online exams than in person assessments.

Technology 51

Technology Blended Learning Elementary Assessment 51

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.

Competency Based Learning 40

Competency Based Learning Flipped Classroom Learning Assessment 40

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. Estonian students are among the highest performers in Europe on international math, reading and science assessments. But by 2008, they abandoned the practice. “It Photo: Sarah Butrymowicz.

Secondary 0

Secondary System Survey Study 0

MIND Research Institute

APRIL 5, 2022

Before working with the state, she was an assessment coordinator and teacher for a school where she supported students with cognitive and behavioral exceptionalities. Twana was an elementary teacher, middle school math teacher, and school improvement coordinator. You probably made them in elementary school, right?

Video 101

Video Elementary Conference Strategy 101

The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 22, 2017

She authored Toys to Tools: Connecting Student Cell Phones to Education (published by ISTE in 2008), Cell Phones in the Classroom: A Practical Guide for the K-12 Educator (published by ISTE in 2011), Help Your Child Learn With Their Cell Phone and Web 2.0 There’s always a group of people working together to make that happen.

Technology 109

Technology Learning Software Google 109

The Hechinger Report

JULY 17, 2017

But, with an eye toward local accountability and sustainability, the program demanded that the bulk of the heavy lifting, both financial and strategic, be done through a collaboration among city and education officials, community organizations, civic groups and local philanthropy. The real Say Yes story will be told in 20 years.

Data 96

Data Secondary System Accessibility 96

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2016

In Rachael McIlvaine’s eighth-grade science class at West Middle School here, a chatty but focused group of three takes turns closing their eyes, dipping a plastic spoon into a foil roasting pan and fishing for M&M’s, trying to capture as much candy as they can. In the 2008-09 school year, Cynthia Lane was chief financial officer. “We

Common Core 40

Common Core Report Groups Meeting 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 9, 2011

If you are looking for an easy calendar import / RSS feed for these events, you''ll now find a link on your calendar page or the calendar page of specific groups! link] MELBOURNE MOODLE USER GROUP ( Australia Series ) Tue 12 Apr 06:00AM New York / Tue 12 Apr 10:00AM GMT / Tue 12 Apr 10:00PM Sydney Coach Carole.

Moodle 40

Moodle iPad Elementary Guidelines 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 30, 2011

He obtained a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1961. He held this position from March, 2006 until June, 2008. Congressional Office of Technology Assessment called Future Visions. The LearnCentral event page is [link]. He was a member of U.S.

Learning 73

Learning Policies Secondary Handbook 73

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.

Data 145

Data Elementary Trends Analysis 145

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2022

Diversion social worker Nathaniel Wylie prepares for the arrival of his first therapy group of the day. He and the Schenectady City School District’s only other diversion social worker hold eight group sessions weekly over the course of four days. Soft ambient music filled the space that also serves as his group therapy room.

Groups 138

Groups Report Meeting Elementary 138

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 3, 2023

This story also appeared in The Washington Post The then-high school sophomore was with a group of friends at Garden State Plaza in Paramus, New Jersey, when she began to feel overwhelmed. The latter program was developed about two decades ago in Australia, and has been taught in the United States since 2008. RAMSEY, N.J.

Training 125

Training Report Course Groups 125

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. It’s very important for arts to be seen as a subject that can be and should be tested,” said Frank Philip, an arts education assessment consultant. It’s a parity thing.”.

Education 40

Education Assessment Guidelines Elementary 40

Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2017

I think many of us quickly recognized back in 2012 that, despite the AI expertise in the executive offices of these MOOC companies, there wasn’t much “artificial intelligence” beyond a few of their course offerings; there wasn’t much “intelligence” in their assessments or in their course recommendation engines.

Education 40

Education Robotics MOOC Company 40

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 31, 2019

Wilda Rosario’s support groups for immigrant students at Patchogue-Medford High School usually start out with lots of laughter. But it doesn’t take too long for conversations to turn serious with this group of kids, most of them children seeking asylum from violence in El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala. “I PATCHOGUE, N.Y.

Groups 109

Groups Report Meeting Resources 109

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 15, 2017

Jennifer Merritt’s first-graders at Jefferson Elementary School in Pryor, Oklahoma, were in for a treat. Abandoned by the school bus, Pete walks to Petroville Elementary in his pajamas. “It It was reprinted with permission. It sounds like you are missing all of your petroleum by-products today!”

Industry 53

Industry Education Company Groups 53

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

One of the Texas social studies books we examined said that “scientists do not agree on what is causing” climate change and ran side-by-side passages from a United Nations group and the Heartland Institute, a think tank that promotes climate change denialism. Credit: Courtesy of Beatriz López.

Pearson 129

Pearson Guidelines Company Study 129

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Now 31 states , including Mississippi and Nevada, have loosened some assessment requirements for incoming teachers, in some cases permanently, to make it easier for teachers to get certified and to ease the hiring crunch to come. Related: How deep coronavirus school budget cuts are expected to harm student achievement.

Training 145

Training Report Course Classroom 145