Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Getting to the classroom has been a struggle for students like Laura, 15, who just finished her freshman year at East Palo Alto Academy (EPAA). Unreliable transportation can also be an obstacle for getting to the classroom. MENLO PARK, Calif. Forty minutes. Source: California Department of Education. percent) in 2021-22.

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Waterford

MAY 11, 2020

A student’s exposure to educational activities isn’t usually as rigorous during the summer as it is in the classroom, and some students may need a refresher at the beginning of the new year. Using strategies that promote an inclusive classroom during the school year can be a great way to prevent the achievement gap. Green, A.M.,

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2023

The second grader attends SpaRRk Academy, a virtual learning program for elementary students created in 2021 by the Rio Rancho School District in New Mexico. On days when SpaRRk Academy students are learning virtually, the classrooms are empty except for teachers and administrators, who come into the office just about every day.

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Elementary Online Learning Report Personalized Learning 89

Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

” This letter marked the launch of the implementation of the first federal program dedicated to ensuring universal access to information and communications technology for improved teaching and learning in the nation’s schools. FY 2009 $269,900,000 (President Bush’s request: $0). FY 2010 $100,000,000.

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Edsurge

JULY 7, 2016

Over one-half of participating school districts allowed students to take home their laptops by 2004; a second RFP was issued in 2006; and the MLTI program expanded into high schools in 2009. Accessibility: The iPad includes built-in features like text-to speech, dictation, and word prediction.

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iPad Laptops Classroom Report 91

eSpark

JULY 1, 2021

1: Differentiation Keeps Learning Accessible. Mathematics Growth in Early Elementary School: The Roles of Beginning Knowledge, Student Engagement, and Instruction. The Elementary School Journal, 108(2), 115–130. Implementing a Schoolwide Literacy Framework: Improving Achievement in Urban Elementary Schools. Luyten, H., &

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Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2018

That’s the pitch behind GitHub ’s announcement that, starting today, educational institutions will now be able to access—for free—its enterprise and business-level offerings as part of a new GitHub Education package. The following year, it created GitHub Classroom, which allows teachers to distribute and review assignments.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 20, 2021

That translates into a broad suite of schools and services, starting with Guidepost Montessori , a network of early-childhood centers and elementary schools. He climbed up the ladder and became its CEO in 2009. It also provides teacher training and the physical materials used in classrooms. That experience would come in handy.

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Education Company Training Industry 158

The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2018

Doug, as we finish up, could you give us a 30-second pep talk about personalizing learning for the students in our classroom today? You want to make sure that your formative assessments are based on where the student is at, not some kind of standard that every student in your classroom has to jump through.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 10, 2020

Cuomo, who appeared to question this week whether students have to be in classrooms at all , drew immediate fire from many educators and parents, and his secretary later wrote on Twitter that “nothing could ever replace in-person learning.” Not every classroom or lesson is dominated by tech.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

DALLAS — In Levar Dobbins’ eighth grade classroom, a dozen students were learning about workforce trends. And Virginia has kids begin work on an “academic and career plan portfolio,” which includes information about their interests, values and skills, as early as elementary school. This story also appeared in Mind/Shift.

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STEM Course Robotics Social Media 138

EdNews Daily

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Whether that means adding classrooms in a new campus addition, strengthening relationships with area employers and universities, or introducing technology to streamline student communication with professors, we’re committed to continually improving what we do. In 2009, we honored 22 graduates. This year, we recognized 56.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

In terms of student proficiency, today's classrooms are more diverse than ever. In these classrooms, teachers face a seemingly impossible task -- providing effective instruction to all the unique students under their care. We're "detracking" students previously sorted by ability.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Teacher Travis Olsen has an exercise bike in the back of his seventh-grade science classroom that kids are welcome to use whenever they feel the need. During a group science lab in Giebel and Jolma’s class, Anna Wang, 13, sat on one of the wobbly chairs the school purchased for classrooms this year. “It Some even took action.

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Exercises Elementary Report Study 105

User Generated Education

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Essentialists argue that classrooms should be teacher-oriented. This theory requires the student to passively accept information and knowledge as presented by the instructor (Pogue, 2009, para. The teachers or administrators decide what is most important for the students to learn with little regard to the student interests. like Web 2.0,

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Reading By Example

JANUARY 23, 2016

For many reasons, technology is very tempting to embed into classrooms without a lot of thought behind our intentions. Beyond these situations, I also suggest that teachers make the purpose for implementing new technology into classrooms to revolve around some type of real world project or to address a community problem.

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Technology Chromebook Elementary Training 28

Hack Education

MAY 6, 2020

Although we have made incredible strides in expanding access to education over the course of the past century, that access has always been unevenly distributed as are the conflicts and crises that undermine education systems and educational justice everywhere. Disease, war, natural disaster — there are many reasons why.

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Education Report Khan Academy Examples 140

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 7, 2018

Liam Frometa, 5, left, and Christopher Ramos, 5, right, play with their classroom’s smart board at Fun Time Early Learning Academy in Naples, Fla. The study revealed children under 5 years old lacked access to affordable, high-quality education and care, a trend that continues over a decade later.

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Elementary Report Accessibility Assessment 54

edWeb.net

MARCH 20, 2019

The question is, are the teachers within a school, grade, or subject area accessing the same toolbox? Finally, both talked about how, through the vetting process, they’ve been able to better educate their teachers about bringing edtech into the classroom. “We Teachers have many edtech resources in their toolbox now.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2019

The hope is that these experts will help teachers remain calm and focused in the classroom so they can be patient with their most challenging students. For example, a consultant’s assistance helped a pair of teachers who were at a loss on how to deal with a boy who arrived each day to his preschool classroom crying.

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Training Report Survey Strategy 111

MindShift

OCTOBER 14, 2019

When I visited Maya Lin, an elementary school in Alameda, California where art is at the center of learning, third graders were in the middle of a multi-week project on climate change. Art is such a great way to do that for kids because it makes it accessible to them.”. Maya Lin’s Journey to Arts Integration Was About Equity.

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Learning Elementary Study Mobility 53

EdTechTeam

MARCH 29, 2017

What Does Creativity Look Like in the Classroom? One of the biggest changes to education in the past fifteen years is the access to information. Students have more computing power in their cars and even their phones than the Apollo 11 systems (Computer Weekly, 2009). Cultivating Creativity in the Classroom." Larson, Tony.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

AUGUST 10, 2015

From the official page : “ International Dot Day , a global celebration of creativity, courage and collaboration, began when teacher Terry Shay introduced his classroom to Peter H. Reynolds ’ book The Dot on September 15, 2009. Skype in the Classroom is also a great place to make connections. How to get started.

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Google Elementary Twitter Examples 28

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2019

The only way I know that this can be changed is when there’s access to higher education.”. The only way I know that this can be changed is when there’s access to higher education.”. It impedes access to institutions they might be qualified for, because it’s not being accepted.”. How is it going to be accessible?

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Dropout Report Accessibility Study 111

EdTechSandyK

DECEMBER 2, 2009

December 1, 2009 During the second week of the Teaching With Technology course, I learned the most from the research studies we read such as Michael S. I was particularly intrigued by the West Virginia Basic Skills/Computer Education study by Dale Mann (1999) which Schacter referred to.

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Technology Strategy Learning Training 40

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2016

Students at Lovett Elementary, the Clinton, Miss. When Zach Osborn was growing up in this central Mississippi town, he had no idea that the diverse classrooms he sat in each day were an anomaly. More learning goes on when there’s a richer variety of perspectives in classroom discussions,” Kahlenberg said. Photo: Jackie Mader.

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Elementary Laptops Policies iPad 40

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2017

Placing children with and without disabilities in the same classroom, instead of segregating them, was a growing national trend, spurred on by lawsuits by special education advocates. A 2009 study concluded that no one explicitly shows teachers how to teach to “different needs.” No one taught her these strategies.

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Training Elementary Report Course 40

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2017

With this “Real-World Learning” program, ChiTech joins a growing number of schools devoting big chunks of the year to internships, despite the perennial classroom time crunch. Related: In one state, students are ditching classrooms for jobs. It’s an access issue that creates this belief issue,” she said. A staff shake-up ensued.

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Report Study Software Meeting 62

MindShift

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

We grew up having our questions instantly answered as long as we had access to the Internet. Some argue that with easy access to information, we have more space in our brain to engage in creative activities, as humans have in the past. Of the studies available, the answers are sometimes unclear. seems to share Carr’s concerns.

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Google Learning Study Company 28

Learning with 'e's

JANUARY 3, 2012

Connected Classroom blog. Steven was voted the Most Influential Tweeter in the Edublog Awards 2009 for his part in helping to create #Edchat which now has over 500 weekly participants. I took a very traditional road to the classroom. It was then I realized that I wanted to be in the classroom.

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Social Media Twitter Tablets Conference 53

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 16, 2021

Defined that way, “education malpractice” describes almost every gifted classroom across the United States. What happened between 2009 and 2018? However, U-46 created a separate, 100 percent Hispanic, elementary program that allowed those students to study the gifted curriculum. Including, until recently, those in U-46.

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Elementary Policies Data Report 119

Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2023

Code Next is a free after-school program designed to make tech more accessible to students of color, many of whom lack opportunities to explore STEM fields in middle and high school. It's like kids are already getting knocked out for the count in elementary school.” It’s a cultural hub and one of the city’s most diverse neighborhoods.

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Industry STEM Education Survey 129

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2016

But since 2009, according to David Smith, the district’s chief of communications and government relations, the district has had to cut more than $50 million from its already tight budget because of state cutbacks, threatening progress in a district that had seen some significant and surprising gains for its students. Insulating the classroom.

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Common Core Report Groups Meeting 40

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2022

When Ann Civitareale’s father passed away in 2009, she little fathomed that she would spend thousands of her inheritance on medical and educational testing for her two sons. In some school districts, a specific diagnosis — and even the first-hand testimony of a neuropsychologist — can be crucial for accessing the best services.

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Report Advocacy Policies Accessibility 23

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2016

Artwork decorates the nursery classroom at Badock’s Wood Primary School in Bristol, England. On Wednesday, in a mostly working class neighborhood, way on the east end of town, a Polish boy selected a book from the kid-sized bookshelf in his classroom and brought it over to his teacher at Badock’s Wood Community Primary School.

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Policies Study System Groups 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

The Classroom 2.0 The recordings of recent FutureofEducation.com shows are posted: David Loertscher on Library 2.0 , Gina Bianchini on Mightybell , Tim Wilson on Redirect , Peter Cookson on a Children''s Education Bill of Rights , and an iPads in the Classroom report. Details and log-in links here.

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Knewton Pearson E-rate Education 43

MindShift

MARCH 16, 2021

Defined that way, “education malpractice” describes almost every gifted classroom across the United States. What happened between 2009 and 2018? However, U-46 created a separate, 100 percent Hispanic, elementary program that allowed those students to study the gifted curriculum. Including, until recently, those in U-46.

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Elementary Data Policies Report 48