The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Black elementary students in North Carolina tended to score higher on annual math tests when they were taught by an HBCU-trained teacher, but not necessarily a Black teacher, according to an unpublished study from a Stanford University graduate student. Credit: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 23, 2017

As such, Barrett and Zang (2009) identify three key design principles: Naturalness : Hardwired into our brains, humans have the basic need for light, air, and safety. Today’s educational paradigm is no longer one of knowledge transfer but one of knowledge creation and curation. Design can empower learning in amazing ways. Barrett, P.,

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 1, 2014

My Own Chapter: M oving From Education 1.0 Through Education 2.0 Towards Education 3.0. Self-determined learning or heutagogy is fast gaining interest from educators around the world interested in an evidence-based approach to learning. Moving From Education 1.0 Through Education 2.0 Towards Education 3.0:

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Source: California Department of Education. The Ravenswood City School District, which has about 1,600 students in its elementary and middle schools (excluding charters) in East Palo Alto and Menlo Park, saw chronic absenteeism spike from just 471 out of 2,549 (18.5 Department of Education data. percent) in 2021-22.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 16, 2022

The latest is an analysis of more than 4 million high school seniors who took the ACT from 2010 to 2021. Another bad sign is that the grade inflation detected by ACT closely mirrors Department of Education research. points from a 3.0 – a B – in 2009 to 3.11 Something interesting is happening in 2016. In a study of actual U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 7, 2022

Philanthropist and former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates popularized the notion in a 2009 TED Talk when he said “ once somebody has taught for three years, their teaching quality does not change thereafter.” That is, the cohort of rookie teachers in 2001 were just as effective as the cohort of rookie teachers in 2009.

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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.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

School Psychologist Dani Roquett greets Anne and James Hutt with their daughters, Ellison, 5, and Quinn, 10 months, at the “Zone Check-In” at the GET Together family educational event in January. Soft instrumental music played in the background as families walked into the gym at Laurene Edmondson Elementary School around 5:30 in the evening.

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eSpark

JULY 1, 2021

International Education Studies, 4(4). Effects of a Measurement and Planning System on Kindergartners’ Cognitive Development and Educational Programming. American Educational Research Journal, 28(3), 683–714. Mathematics Growth in Early Elementary School: The Roles of Beginning Knowledge, Student Engagement, and Instruction.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Student achievement at 80 schools in low-income areas that provided parents with information on how to support their children’s education was no better than at schools that didn’t run a parent-engagement program, according to a November 2020 analysis by four U.S. based economists.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 23, 2023

In today’s increasingly diverse and interconnected world, conversations about race, diversity, and inclusion have become essential components of education. As teachers and educators, we bear the responsibility of facilitating these critical discussions with our students. Be ready to explain these concepts in age-appropriate ways.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 15, 2022

But the shortage of qualified science educators may be hurting efforts to help more Americans learn how science works. Department of Education. Department of Education nationwide report on teacher shortages, 20 states reported a shortage of middle-school science teachers during the 2017-18 school year. Kentucky isn’t alone.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 4, 2019

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 36(4), 476–500. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 36(4), 476–500. A Smile is the Teacher’s Game Face This summer, I met Rob Brown , elementary school principal at Southside Christian School in South Carolina. K., & Bruegmann, E. 25) Kraft, M.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2017

In Massachusetts, an emerging partnership between private funders and the state department of education aims to help teachers across the Commonwealth learn, share and spread best practices when it comes to leveraging new instructional models and technologies. Last week, MAPLE released its first report: a.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 25, 2023

The pandemic and travails of remote learning walloped the education profession, worsening teacher morale and contributing to more people exiting the field. Today, Education Evolving identifies roughly 300 schools that follow the teacher-powered model. “In The Boston Teachers Union Pilot School was founded in 2009.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2016

According to a Huffington Post analysis of Department of Education statistics, 17 percent of public schools equipped their security personnel with Tasers or stun guns in 2010, up from 13 percent in 2006. The department stopped conducting regular surveys after 2009.). The federal government cut funding to this survey after 2010.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 4, 2023

Homework is a controversial topic and the object of differing opinions among teachers, parents, and educators. One of the most comprehensive research studies on homework is a meta-analysis done by professor Harris Cooper and his colleagues (2006) and published in the journal Review of Educational Research. Robinson, J.

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MindShift

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

.” Daphne Bavelier , a professor at the University of Geneva, wrote in 2011 that we may have lost the ability for oral memorization valued by the Greeks when writing was invented, but we gained additional skills of reading and text analysis. seems to share Carr’s concerns. ” Nelson says she struggles with the same problem.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2018

The district is at a pivotal moment now that a federal court has released it from decades-long supervision of its policies for educating students of color. Board of Education decision. They are roughly half of the students enrolled at Longview’s specialized elementary school, which has higher academic standards.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2018

His administration plans to do this in part by providing funding for educators to receive firearms training and allowing them to bring weapons into the classroom for protection. 5, the philanthropic groupommunities for Just Schools Fund (CJSF) is set to release a new report that will show educators how to foster connectedness in schools.

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Hack Education

MAY 18, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. National) Education Politics. Mick Zais has been confirmed as the Deputy Secretary of Education.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

But a troubled school system is nothing new in a state that has long failed to provide all of its children with an equal, integrated education. Holmes decision, black students in the Mississippi Delta remain shut out from an equal education. The effects of these inequalities in public education ripple throughout children’s lives.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 22, 2016

In at least 20 states, lawmakers have stripped locally elected school board members of their power in impoverished, mostly minority communities, leaving parents without a voice – or a vote – in their children’s education, according to a News21 state-by-state analysis of school takeovers. More than 5.6 Because we’ve done that.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

According to the most recent available Department of Education figures, Oklahoma spends less money per pupil than all but three states. After years of budget cuts and low teacher pay, Oklahoma has become the latest flashpoint in a roiling national debate over education spending.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

This story about climate change and education was produced as part of the This story was produced as part of the nine-part series “Are We Ready? When the Texas State Board of Education last approved a list of science textbooks in 2013, López and some of her colleagues in the district reviewed the selected books.

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