The CoolCatTeacher
JUNE 6, 2017
Jon’s core PL skills are focused on 1:1 deployment, Common Core, Project Based Learning, social media skills and Lesson Design. 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.
The Hechinger Report
MARCH 11, 2018
Each year since, they have won numerous awards, including the trophy for Outstanding Production for the best overall elementary school performance three years in a row, from 2013 to 2015, and again in 2017. Related: Theater helps English language learners master Common Core: But can it close the achievement gap?
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The Hechinger Report
JUNE 6, 2016
A study by Brett Lane, president and founder of the Institute for Strategic Leadership and Learning, an education research and policy consulting firm, reported that the percentage of students in the district proficient in math increased by over 50 points and in reading by over 40 points between 1996 and 2008. Graduation rates rose from 52.5
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. But by 2008, they abandoned the practice. “It Photo: Sarah Butrymowicz. TARTU, Estonia—Most educators and policymakers can rattle off a list of international educational powerhouses: Korea.
The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 8, 2020
At last count, 14 states and the District of Columbia required districts to offer full-day kindergarten, up from 10 states in 2008. Kindergarteners must be able to write several sentences about a specific topic and draw a related picture, while pre-Common Core, they were only expected to draw a picture and write a single sentence.
The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
He brought in more than $15 million in federal and state funding for Race to the Top projects, magnet elementary themes and preschool. After TFA, she joined the KIPP charter network at KIPP Delta in Helena, Arkansas; when the network opened an elementary school, she became its leader. She thinks it is no longer relevant.
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 10, 2016
NAEP gave arts tests again in 2008 and 2016, but some experts expressed concern that they standardized the tests too much by, for example, over relying on the multiple-choice questions and requiring students to respond to music rather than perform it. Related: Do the arts go hand in hand with Common Core?
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