The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 2, 2023

Then the 2008 recession slashed school art budgets even more. Researchers randomly assigned 21 elementary and middle schools to receive arts education first and watched what happened to 8,000 of their students in grades three through eight. Schools with low test scores felt pressure to devote more time to reading and math.

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Survey Study Elementary Analysis 144

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 28, 2020

This year, I put a special focus on pandemic relevant topics, from the effectiveness of tutoring to helping struggling learners catch up to lessons learned from the 2008 recession. Study: Boosting soft skills is better than raising test scores. A study on teaching critical thinking in science. Will history repeat?

Education 109

Education Study Analysis Training 109

Digital Promise

APRIL 16, 2019

For the purpose of the Modern Language Association study, programs are course offerings during a given semester, not entire departments. Part of the problem I see is that so few students in the United States – just 20 percent – study a foreign language at the K-12 level. begin language study in middle or high school.

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Study STEM Meeting Report 193

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 20, 2023

Public school choice appeared to increase overall arrests and days incarcerated for young men in Charlotte, North Carolina, according to a study by three economists, “ Does School Ch o ice Increase Crime? Three university economists studied the criminal justice records of 10,000 boys who were in fifth grade between 2005 and 2008.

Policies 89

Policies Study Elementary Report 89

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

In Fairfax County, Virginia, thousands of middle school students experience what most of their peers leave behind in elementary school — recess. Related: Study: Boosting soft skills is better than raising test scores. District policy for elementary students requires at least 30 minutes of recess a day over two segments.

Elementary 137

Elementary Policies STEM Exercises 137

Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2016

2004; Vescio, Ross, and Adams, 2008 ; The Wallace Foundation, 2012): A vision of academic success for all students based on high expectations. 2008; Webster-Wright, 2009 ; Accomplished California Teachers, 2012 ). 2008): Successful Collaboration. Lesson study. 2004; The Wallace Foundation, 2012 ). Mentoring programs.

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Education Professional Learning Study Case Study 120

User Generated Education

JANUARY 5, 2018

I have since become a teacher educator (with some teaching of elementary gifted students at a few Title 1 schools thrown in). 1991) and beginning college students (Gallagher & Lopez, 2008; Snyder et al., Gallagher & Lopez, 2008; Snyder et al., Gallagher & Lopez, 2008; Snyder et al., 1991; Snyder et al.,

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Education Guidelines Strategy Elementary 222

User Generated Education

JANUARY 22, 2023

As I always do, I am exploring its use in my classes (elementary-level gifted education). Now, similar work is often seen as innovative by colleagues. Boy, have times thankfully changed, but I have not. I still am an early adopter of technologies in that I believe many can benefit students in their learning.

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Training Examples Technology Wiki 421

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

More than a dozen studies have documented that students, on average, made sluggish progress in reading during the pandemic. Her Dallas elementary school extended its school year in an effort to help students make up for lost time. The pandemic made a bad situation worse. What’s causing these trends is no mystery.” In 2016, U.S.

Elementary 145

Elementary Analysis Libraries Report 145

Digital Promise

OCTOBER 10, 2019

The time crunch is nothing out of the ordinary for teachers, but an in-depth new study shows how much an enterprising and responsive school leader can help — creating an environment where teachers use their time well, succeed with their students, and stay in the profession.

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Meeting System Study Elementary 120

The Hechinger Report

JULY 5, 2021

This call pictured above was one of more than three million umpire calls analyzed by researchers in a 2021 study finding that short breaks refresh an umpire’s attention span. In a new study, a team of economists scrutinized all the “strikes” and “balls” shouted and signaled by Major League Baseball (MLB) umpires from 2008 to 2018.

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Study Report Analysis Course 104

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Whereas a Google search for “learning techniques” returns over 400 million results, researchers Dunlosky, Rawson, Marsh, Mitchell, and Willingham (2013) culled through hundreds of studies to provide a “curated” analysis of the 10 most effective learning techniques commonly used by students. Dunlosky et al.

Strategy 120

Strategy E-rate Learning Study 120

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2023

According to a national study of the Black Rural South , nearly three-quarters, or 72.6 billion surplus of state revenue in 2023 , legislators finally have the means to fully fund the Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP) for the first time since 2008. But it’s not just a Mississippi trend.

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Broadband Digital Divide Report Guidelines 115

edWeb.net

MAY 17, 2021

Through her work, Ayva grounds her praxis at the intersections of Black feminist thought, cultural studies, critical pedagogy, and educational leadership and policy. Ayva holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in community psychology and Master of Arts degree in cultural studies from the University of Washington Bothell. Dr. Srinivas Khedam.

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System Strategy Education Elementary 58

Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

For each of the three primary (equity-focused) federal educational technology programs authorized by Congress since the passage of the 1994 revision to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), below I provide details on the programs’: legislative authorization (i.e., 2012 and 2012 (ARRA case studies).

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Policies Technology Program Evaluation Education 150

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 6, 2022

A report in March from the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education showed that the number of people completing a teacher-education program declined by almost a third between the 2008-09 and 2018-19 academic years. Teacher Fatima Nunez Ardon, pictured here, is studying at Highline College, a community college, for her degree.

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Training Education Elementary Report 100

N2Y

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Since 2008, Unique Learning System ® has been changing the lives of millions of students nationwide. aloud, guided reading, shared reading, independent reading, and word study, also contributes to ensuring students learn the fundamentals of the reading process. With standards?aligned All Components of a Reading Program.

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Education System Libraries Strategy 98

Edsurge

MAY 13, 2020

This week’s podcast sponsor is Emporia State University’s online Elementary Education program: designed for career changers interested in becoming elementary teachers. I reached out to a professor at the University of Pennsylvania who studies higher education, Jonathan Zimmerman. Know anyone who might be a good fit?

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Study Elementary Course Online Learning 157

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 23, 2023

Classroom Conversations in the Study of Race and the Disruption of Social and Educational Inequalities: A Review of Research. We Make It Controversial”: Elementary Preservice Teachers’ Beliefs about Race. More Than Rosa Parks: Critical Multicultural Social Studies in a Fourth-Grade Class. Power-Carter, S., & Willis, A.

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Strategy Examples Elementary Classroom 98

edWeb.net

JUNE 3, 2020

In the International Center for Leadership in Education’s edWebinar edWebinar , Jones, Director of the Ecological Approaches to Social-Emotional Learning (EASEL) Lab, explained that there are six SEL domains studied and documented by researchers. Why at All?

Strategy 54

Strategy Outcomes Study Elementary 54

The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 4, 2019

In their July 14, 2019 article “ Why Teachers Quit ,” We Are Teachers summarizes, “A recent study by the Learning Policy Institute shows that if a teacher receives mentoring, collaboration, and extra resources, and is part of a strong teacher network, first-year turnover is cut by more than half. 25) Learning Policy Institute. (24)

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Policies Groups Elementary Study 236

The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

A 2002 study found that telephones, desks, water fountain handles, microwave door handles, and computer keyboards are the most bacteria-laden culprits in our workplaces today. As I researched my suspicions, I found that an outbreak of the flu at an elementary school in 2008 was blamed on “infected computer equipment.”.

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Classroom Company Industry Elementary 150

Edsurge

MAY 26, 2021

Some experts estimate that 85 percent of children became less creative between 1990 and 2008. While there is no data yet on the pandemic’s impact on children’s creativity, studies have shown that play has declined during COVID-19, from reduced physical activity (including less time outdoors and fewer sports), and less unstructured play.

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Education Trends Policies Report 184

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.

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Strategy Training Report Company 79

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 22, 2018

Two out of every three high school seniors graduate with an Advanced Studies Diploma, 30 percent higher than the state average for all school divisions. M-Cubed is a program that supports black middle school males in year-round advanced math studies to improve their high school academic performance.

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Education Examples Maker Movement Company 247

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2023

After a few hours, the elementary school called: Come pick up your son, they told her. She studies how burdensome paperwork and processes often prevent poor people from accessing health benefits. She had yet to register the youngest girl, who was entering kindergarten. He was no longer enrolled, they said.

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Policies Online Learning Dropout Elementary 79

User Generated Education

DECEMBER 1, 2014

is a type of essentialist, behaviorist education based on the three Rs – receiving by listening to the teacher; responding by taking notes, studying text, and doing worksheets; and regurgitating by taking the same assessments as all other students in the cohort. Journal of Technology Studies, 2 6(2). 2008, March 8). Siemens, G.

Education 268

Education Learning Resources Tools 268

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2017

In my visits to elementary, middle, and high schools around the country this past academic year, here are five tips I took away for how educators can get beyond the buzz to implementation. My visit to Maple Hill Elementary School in the Enlarged City School District of Middletown, NY blew that notion to shreds.

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Blended Learning Competency Based Learning Elementary Course 102

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2018

An annual study of Broadway and the 16 top nonprofit theaters in New York City, put out by the Asian American Performers Action Coalition, shows that from 2006 to 2016, Asian actors were hired for 3.7 Elementary schools like P.S. 124 are the “new frontier, because upper elementary is a great time to introduce kids to theater.”

Dropout 76

Dropout Elementary Report Common Core 76

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Their first 2012 report tracked changes from 1987 through 2008. Separate from this numerical analysis of the teaching force, Ingersoll has studied why non-white teachers quit. He and his colleagues have since updated these findings twice, in 2014 and now in 2018 , with data through the 2015-2016 , which recently became available.

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Analysis Survey Comparison Report 92

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. She has tutored and taught students of all ages with varied gifts and abilities. Ring completed her Master?

Trends 36

Trends Handbook Kaplan Company 36

TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 1, 2015

While Wiggins’ suggestions on reading comprehension improvements are tenuous and unlikely to result in much progress, researchers Verhoeven and Leeuwe (2008) have generated more concrete techniques that can be employed in the classroom. “Prediction of the Development of Reading Comprehension: A Longitudinal Study.”

Assessment 40

Assessment Strategy Industry Study 40

eSchool News

OCTOBER 15, 2015

The resource is designed to meet the needs of elementary, middle and high school classrooms, as well as college students and lifelong learners. Both “Making a Change” and “Women, Their Rights and Nothing Less” are endorsed by the National Council for the Social Studies. Since the Newseum opened in 2008, more than 1.5

Resources 40

Resources Elementary Accessibility Meeting 40

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 18, 2021

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. Related: Preschool for children with disabilities works, but federal funding for it is plummeting.

How To 145

How To Report Accessibility Policies 145

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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Elementary Report Meeting Advocacy 66

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Preschool students at Kruse Elementary School in the Poudre School District in Colorado play at the water table during choice time. Since 2008, Utah has given its families an alternative to preschool called Upstart. Photo: Lillian Mongeau. In education, there are always a host of programs and policies clamoring for funding.

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Software Guidelines Training Report 66

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Jay received his undergraduate degree from the College of William and Mary, earned his master’s degree from the University of Maryland, and completed post-graduate studies at The Johns Hopkins University. He studied advanced level courses in fulfillment of his Master of Arts degree at Seton Hall University and Jersey City State University.

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Outcomes Differentiated Instruction Assessment Professional Learning 63