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., FY 2009 $269,900,000 (President Bush’s request: $0).

Policies 150

Policies Technology Program Evaluation Education 150

MindShift

JULY 10, 2018

Science could be considered the perfect elementary school subject. Most elementary school teachers have little scientific background and many say they feel unprepared to teach the subject well, according to a national survey of science and mathematics education conducted by a North Carolina research firm in 2012.

Elementary 39

Elementary Education Survey Report 39

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 31, 2022

Back in 2016, Ben Herold of Education Week reported that grade-school students who took the computerized version of a different test, the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC), in 2014-15 scored lower than students taking the paper-and-pencil version. Research has shown mixed results.

Study 96

Study Analysis Report Assessment 96

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 27, 2020

Some of the recent hiring merely recouped all the school counselors laid off between 2009 and 2014 in the aftermath of the great recession. Some schools, especially many elementary and middle schools, have no counselors at all. Graphic by Peter D’Amato/The Hechinger Report.

Data 145

Data Report Trends Outcomes 145

esri

MAY 23, 2016

Dateline Washington DC, The White House, May 27, 2014: President Obama welcomes Esri to the ConnectED Initiative , a partnership with private industry to help all US K12 students engage in digital learning. At the 2014 launch, focus was on the potential “ billion dollar commitment.”

Industry 74

Industry Data Elementary Technology Support 74

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 24, 2022

Children who attended Tennessee’s state-funded voluntary pre-K program during the 2009-10 and 2010-11 school years were doing worse than their peers by the end of sixth grade in academic achievement, discipline issues and special education referrals. The trend emerged by the end of third grade and was even more pronounced three years later.

Outcomes 130

Outcomes Study Report Guidelines 130

Tom Murray

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

In 2014, I was asked to testify before Congress, in front of the U.S. House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education and the U.S. However, the misuse and breach of digital student information has brought data privacy to the forefront.

Student Data Privacy 100

Student Data Privacy Data Policies Secondary 100

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 20, 2021

While the percentage of white students has steadily decreased nationwide in recent decades — from 54 percent in 2009 to 47 percent in 2018 — nearly 80 percent of public school teachers are white, according to the most recent federal survey. In 2018-19, 45 percent of new teacher hires in Highline were people of color. This work is possible.

Report 145

Report Data Course Groups 145

Learning with 'e's

JULY 26, 2019

Kress argues that new media will continue to change the way we communicate and that this will have enormous economic, social, cultural and political implications (Kress, 2009). Presently, there is still an emphasis on the teaching of cursive writing (longhand) in primary (elementary) education, and rightly so. DOI: [link] Kress, G.

Laptops 28

Laptops Smartphone Trends Elementary 28

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. 24) Jackson, C.

Policies 236

Policies Groups Elementary Study 236

Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2018

An Expanding Educational Hub This announcement marks the latest educational outreach from GitHub, which in 2014 unveiled a “Student Developer Pack” that gives credits or free access to third-party developer tools. The following year, it created GitHub Classroom, which allows teachers to distribute and review assignments.

Industry 86

Industry Tools Microsoft Software 86

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 19, 2016

A student-centered personalized-learning model known as competency education has gained traction over the past five years as states have developed policies to promote its adoption in both elementary and secondary schools. Meanwhile, SNHU’s enrollment increased from 2,000 students in 2009 to 34,000 by 2014 and continues to climb.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Learning Policies Assessment 40

The Hechinger Report

JULY 4, 2016

When students are punished for more objective, violent offenses, schools suspend black students 88 percent of the time compared to 72 percent of white students, according to a 2009 study conducted in Missouri. Even black toddlers aren’t safe. According to U.S.

Comparison 66

Comparison Policies Report System 66

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2017

The school, where more than 90 percent of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and 14 percent are counted as homeless, was founded in 2009 to teach skills valued by the booming technology sector. From 2014 to 2016, the percentage of ChiTech freshmen on track to graduate in four years rose from 63 to 78 percent.

Report 70

Report Study Software Meeting 70

The Hechinger Report

JULY 2, 2016

— When Dadhi Dahal first came to the United States in early 2009, the Bhutanese population in Syracuse, New York was quite small — the first refugees from Bhutan, fleeing ethnic cleansing policies in their home country, arrived in 2008, after they had spent years in refugee camps in Nepal. Photo: Tara García Mathewson. SYRACUSE, N.Y.

Meeting 80

Meeting Accessibility Elementary Policies 80

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2016

Statistics from the Department of Public Safety in North Carolina, where Scott lives, show that the number of school resource officers carrying Tasers in the state grew to 392 in 2009 from 184 in 2007. The department stopped conducting regular surveys after 2009.). It’s a natural instinct to want to protect children.

Report 40

Report Resources Analysis Trends 40

MIND Research Institute

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

I wanted to think more about this, so I called him up to talk about adapting his research findings in a usable way for elementary and middle school educators. Though Ramirez’s published research involved high school and college students, it has implications for younger students as well. Gunderson, E. Ramirez, G., & & Levine, S.

Exercises 40

Exercises Study Training Report 40

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2016

Its 2014-15 arrest rate of 1.5 Four states — Mississippi, Indiana, Florida and Pennsylvania — passed such legislation in 2013, in the months after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut. . percent compares unfavorably to the national referral rate of.06 06 percent. Photo: Jacob Carroll. Department of Education.

Report 40

Report Training Handbook Study 40

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Even before starting high school in 2009, Nelson knew he wanted to go to college. Poor education for special education students typically starts in elementary school, most often with a student not being given the services to which they are entitled or not being properly diagnosed. He’s thinking about getting his bachelor’s next.

Education 92

Education Elementary Meeting Study 92

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2018

Related: How one Mississippi elementary school improved to an A rating. She taught English for 33 years — 14 of them in Jackson Public Schools — before retiring in 2014 to take care of her disabled son. He taught Language Arts in Jackson for 29 years before retiring in 2009. She was widowed in 2013, and lost her son in 2015.

Education 74

Education Report Groups Classroom 74

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 25, 2023

Today, Junge’s group, which coined the term “teacher-powered” in 2014, identifies roughly 300 schools nationwide that follow the model. The Boston Teachers Union Pilot School was founded in 2009. Jerry Pisani, who teaches kindergarten at Boston Teachers Union Pilot School, has been with the school since its 2009 founding.

Report 130

Report Elementary Meeting Classroom 130

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2017

Although she earned a bachelor’s degree and teaching certificate in math instruction for both elementary and middle school, she never had to take a class about students with disabilities. A 2009 study concluded that no one explicitly shows teachers how to teach to “different needs.” No one taught her these strategies.

Training 40

Training Elementary Report Course 40

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2016

In that respect, Kansas City, where in 2014 nearly 90 percent of the students were poor enough to qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, is not unusual. The district has] eaten that 3 percent cut since 2009. She said that the Kansas City district received nearly $30 million more in state funding in 2016 than it did in 2009.

Common Core 40

Common Core Report Groups Meeting 40

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 9, 2016

Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction Denise Juneau, who is native herself, launched the state’s Schools of Promise grant program in 2009. Hays-Lodge Pole High School “was in total disarray,” when Margarett Campbell, who has served as her region’s state representative in the Montana legislature, took over as superintendent in 2014. “It

Resources 40

Resources Report System Training 40

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2016

Hurley has been teaching nursery classes for 20 years at this state-funded school that we would call a public elementary school. Remember, the age of children attending their first year of primary school in England is younger than that of children attending their first year of elementary school in the U.S., percent of women working.

Policies 40

Policies Study System Groups 40

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Over this same 2010 to 2014 period, education spending, on average, rose 5 percent per student across the 35 countries in the OECD. For example, between 2008 and 2014, education spending rose 76 percent in Turkey, 36 percent in Israel, 32 percent in the United Kingdom and 27 percent in Portugal. Bucking that trend is the United States.

Education 104

Education Elementary Data Report 104

Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2023

Code Next was launched by Google in 2016 in response to the stubbornly low numbers of people of color working in tech — only 3 percent of Google’s tech employees were Black or Latino back in 2014. It's like kids are already getting knocked out for the count in elementary school.”

Industry 126

Industry STEM Education Survey 126

MindShift

JULY 27, 2015

Research shows that including a variety of stakeholders—from parents to students to school teachers and staff—in the design and implementation of a school change is critical to its success (Mitra&Gross, 2009; Osberg, Pope, &Galloway, 2006; Rice, 2011).Will 2014; Hofferth & Sandberg, 2001). Courtesy of Denise Pope.

Social Media 28

Social Media Outcomes Report Study 28

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 4, 2018

percent in 2009 to 87.9 Only 50 percent of its black students and 63 percent of its Hispanic students had achieved proficient or advanced scores on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System statewide English test in 2009. percent in 2009 to 87.9 Revere High School’s adjusted four-year graduation rate rose from 71.5

E-rate 111

E-rate Report Assessment Study 111

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2023

But the latest national study from a Stanford University research group calculates that students, on average, learned more at charter schools between the years of 2014 and 2019 than similar students did at their traditional local public schools. million students across 40 states.

Study 95

Study Comparison Outcomes Report 95

The Daring Librarian

NOVEMBER 23, 2014

Here''s my first in 2009. 20 off $50 on Omaha Steaks [link] — The Daring Librarian (@GwynethJones) November 23, 2014 Need $$ to Fund these Finds? Sure, it''s a little elementary-ish but I LOVE Owls! GREAT customer service! Follow on Twitter Follow on Twitter 11. LOVE my Keurig! I''ve gifted this SO many times! New this Season!

iPad 66

iPad Twitter iPhone Libraries 66

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2018

They are roughly half of the students enrolled at Longview’s specialized elementary school, which has higher academic standards. In 2014, the courts released the district from some of the restrictions of the original 1970 court order. And they are more likely to take classes and tests meant to prepare them for college.

Policies 57

Policies Data Elementary Academic Standards 57

The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

I’m also limited by my experience as a secondary teacher; these conversations have less controversy in lower elementary, though discussions about appropriateness do surface more commonly in the upper elementary/middle school transition. By the end of one lower elementary year, I had fallen behind in reading speed and stamina.

Libraries 93

Libraries Handbook Policies Study 93

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Learning2gether is a participant-driven professional development series that has produced over 420 podcasts since its inception in 2009. Stevens (2014, p.162) 162) characterizes L2g as 'an ongoing project where presentations are organized weekly by volunteers collaborating on a wiki. In Son, J.-B. APACALL Book Series Volume 3.

Secondary 73

Secondary Conference Survey STEM 73

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2018

National Center for Education Statistics, National Spending for Public Schools Increases for Second Consecutive Year in School Year 2014-15. The 2008 recession may seem like a long time ago, hitting before Barack Obama began his presidency, but public elementary, middle and high schools around the country are still feeling the pinch from it.

Elementary 106

Elementary Report Policies Secondary 106

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

In tiny Foster, Rhode Island, teachers at Captain Isaac Paine Elementary School use high-tech methods to teach a largely rural, off-the-grid population. Down Route 6, not far from the Shady Acres Restaurant and Dairy, is Captain Isaac Paine Elementary School. Tammy Kim, for The Hechinger Report. PROVIDENCE, R.I. The George W.

Personalized Learning 102

Personalized Learning Learning Chromebook Elementary 102

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 17, 2024

In perhaps the only attempt to summarize the detracking literature, a 2009 summary of 15 studies from 1972 to 2006 concluded that detracking improved academic outcomes for lower-ability students, but had no effect on average and high-ability students. And all three did well in the district’s detracked courses.

Trends 127

Trends Outcomes Report Study 127