The Hechinger Report

APRIL 27, 2020

The gap in college counseling is yet another example of how students who need more tend to get less in the United States. Some of the recent hiring merely recouped all the school counselors laid off between 2009 and 2014 in the aftermath of the great recession. Graphic by Peter D’Amato/The Hechinger Report.

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eSpark

JULY 1, 2021

1: Differentiation Keeps Learning Accessible. Each eSpark Quest includes at least two engaging instructional videos which provide direct instruction through songs, cartoons, worked examples, and more. Mathematics Growth in Early Elementary School: The Roles of Beginning Knowledge, Student Engagement, and Instruction. Gersten, R.,

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Learning E-rate Elementary Outcomes 52

The Hechinger Report

MAY 16, 2022

These recent A students, for example, posted lower ACT scores than A students from a decade ago. points from a 3.0 – a B – in 2009 to 3.11 For example, a student who scored a 25, which is among the top 25 percent of test takers, had an average GPA of 3.5 As grades rose, achievement fell. In a study of actual U.S.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2018

Vicki: Give us some examples. After teaching chemistry, physics, and computer science, I became an administrator for the next 30 years with experience at the secondary, central office, and elementary levels. In 2006 I gave up my job as an elementary principal to care for my wife who had Lou Gehrig’s disease. Vicki: (agrees).

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 10, 2020

Students have been able to access a much wider range of texts, materials and tools than the schools could physically stock in classrooms. The book also includes QR codes that parents can scan for access to pointers on helping their child, educational songs and other materials. He’s like “every kid in Mineola,” Nagler said.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

By catching students before they foreclose, schools may be able to convince more female students to consider computer science, for example. 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.

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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. " It happens here in California, for example.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

A student leaps during a game at Horizons Elementary School. Florida and Rhode Island now mandate 20 minutes of recess time a day for elementary school students. A slow walk for example, does little to make anyone smarter. Related: The Science of Learning Column — When body beats mind in learning. Some even took action.

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Exercises Elementary Report Study 103

Reading By Example

JANUARY 23, 2016

In my recently published book , I highlighted the conditions John Hattie found in his research about effective use of technology in schools, from his seminal resource Visible Learning: Maximizing Impact on Learning (Routledge, 2009, p. For example, one of our teachers wants to replace her desktop computers with Chromebooks. .

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Technology Chromebook Elementary Training 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.”. It’s essentially a vestige of colonialism,” said Roberto Jiménez Rivera, a rare example of a native Puerto Rican from modest means who went to college on the mainland, where he now is an assistant director of admissions at Tufts University.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

A recent study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development found that access to computers and other digital devices had no impact on students' proficiency in reading, math, and science. Venture funding in the edtech sector has increased from $385 million in 2009 to an expected $2 billion this year.

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Fractus Learning

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Girls have easier access to same-gender reading role models (moms, pre-school and elementary teachers, school librarians and children’s librarians are typically female), and now they also have access to role models in male-dominated fields and professions. Unfortunately, this lack of access usually leads to a lack of reading.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

AUGUST 10, 2015

Reynolds ’ book The Dot on September 15, 2009. For example, last year students in Barrow Elementary made collaborative digital dots with connecting schools via Google Drawing. You’ll be added to the global map as well as gain access to the educator guide which is packed with information. How to get started.

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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.”. For example, Moore helped plan the climate change project.

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Learning Elementary Study Mobility 53

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2017

Most students at his school, Chicago Technology Academy (ChiTech for short), don’t come from places with a lot of college graduates and corporate connections, the sort of folks who can show young people, by example, that they can prosper in the professional world. It’s an access issue that creates this belief issue,” she said.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2016

Students at Lovett Elementary, the Clinton, Miss. A 2011 study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research found that school desegregation increased education attainment and adult earnings, and decreased the likelihood of incarceration for black students, mainly because of access to more resources. Photo: Jackie Mader.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2019

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. Ideally, if funding wasn’t an issue, I would say that every early care and education setting would have access, on a weekly basis, to a mental health consultant,” Horen said.

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Training Report Survey Strategy 111

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.

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Learning with 'e's

JANUARY 3, 2012

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. Take social media for example. I would like to see a point at which access for all isn't an issue. Access to information is power, and all kids deserve to be powerful.

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The Daring Librarian

MARCH 21, 2010

Work Experience: I was an elementary library media specialist for 15 years before moving into a district level position of instructional specialist for the School Library Media programs unit in Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland. In addition, I take a lead role in working on the district''s elementary integrated curriculum team.

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Libraries Wiki Elementary Social Media 28

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 16, 2021

In 2009, Hispanic students made up 46 percent of the student body but just 26 percent of gifted students, according to federal data , whereas white students were about 20 points in the opposite direction, comprising 38 percent of the district but 57 percent of gifted students. What happened between 2009 and 2018?

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Elementary Policies Data Report 116

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 140

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. have reached the same conclusion: Universal access is the only way to ensure quality. Right now, whether a parent has access to a high-quality preschool program in the U.S. think tank.

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MindShift

MARCH 16, 2021

In 2009, Hispanic students made up 46 percent of the student body but just 26 percent of gifted students, according to federal data , whereas white students were about 20 points in the opposite direction, comprising 38 percent of the district but 57 percent of gifted students. What happened between 2009 and 2018? Data source: U.S.

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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. May you take what you need and may it be useful to you. Maybe you’re angry about book bans.

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Libraries Handbook Policies Study 93

ViewSonic Education

JUNE 20, 2019

For example, most interactive projectors include networking capabilities and are available in short- or ultra-short throw models. Educators can send content to one or more projectors from any location with network access. Interactive projectors were introduced in 2009. Network projectors deliver time-saving centralized control.

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Education Video Laptops Classroom 150

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. and are an excellent example of teachers continuing to learn from one another how to experience connectivist ways of sharing expertise in distributed knowledge spaces. Who are we?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

It is designed to significantly increase opportunities for connecting classrooms while supporting cultural awareness and recognition of diversity and educational access for all. The Charter was launched in November 2009. In late fall 2008, the first draft of the document was written by the world, via a sharing website.

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Conference Education Pearson Technology 59

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

If a student from SUNY Buffalo, for example, which is 300 miles from Albany, doesn’t show up, a judge will rule in the state’s favor and declare the student in default. The university said she owed $7,000 from a semester she spent at the college in the spring of 2009, when she was 19. million; only $11.8 She never made enough money.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Low tests scores on state tests are endemic: In Holmes, for example, just 17 percent of students are considered proficient in English and fewer than 20 percent of students are proficient in math. y the time Samara Rand started high school in 2009, the Mississippi Department of Education had labeled Holmes County Schools “at risk of failing.”

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Outcomes Elementary Report Resources 138

Hack Education

MARCH 8, 2017

The act called for “universal service” so that all Americans could have access to affordable telecommunications services, regardless of their geographical location. million settlement paid by AT&T in 2009 over accusations of non-competitive bidding practices and overcharging. ” Among them: an $8.71

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E-rate Digital Divide Broadband Libraries 49

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

Tulsa Public Schools Superintendent Deborah Gist visits a first-grade class at Penn Elementary School. From 2009 to 2015, Gist embarked on an ambitious mission to reform education in a state tiny enough to make it a perfect petri dish for quick and dramatic change. Amadou Diallo for The Hechinger Report.

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Common Core Data Report Blended Learning 98

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

Education Secretary Arne Duncan, briefs President Barack Obama for an interview in the Oval Office July 22, 2009. She could start by honoring the federal government’s historic role in promoting educational equity and access. Department of Education (2009-2012). Peter Cunningham, former press secretary to U.S.

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Personalized Learning Advocacy Academic Standards Secondary 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2017

.” The photographic evidence clearly showed otherwise – the crowds on the mall were visibly smaller than those gathered for the inauguration of President Barack Obama in January 2009. So what happens when, for example, we share the research that demonstrates that vouchers do not improve student achievement ?

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Technology Education Facebook Social Media 71