The Hechinger Report

APRIL 24, 2023

The first was that elementary school students who attended “Core Knowledge” schools – which teach young children a broad core curriculum in many subjects – were better readers. In early April 2023, I started getting emails and messages urging me to take a look at a fresh reading study in Colorado.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2018

We need to teach students WHEN to divide, not how to divide. 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. Well, who in a career, when they don’t know something, doesn’t just go online and find it out?

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 4, 2019

The Research About Keeping Teachers First, let’s dive into some research about how to help teachers thrive (and not quit teaching.) A Smile is the Teacher’s Game Face This summer, I met Rob Brown , elementary school principal at Southside Christian School in South Carolina. We have to do better. 24) Jackson, C.

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Edsurge

JUNE 17, 2019

That’s how school district users last year found out about the end of TenMarks, which has provided curriculum, lesson plans, exercises and assessments in math and writing to students in an estimated 11,500 U.S. Across the district’s elementary and middle schools, Yakima had about 8,400 students on the program for the last three years.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 15, 2022

Managing those conversations is hard for teachers who don’t have a grounding in science, because they fear losing control or being exposed for not knowing how to answer a question, he said. In Oklahoma, to fill vacancies, emergency teaching certifications have skyrocketed since 2009. Credit: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report.

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Tech Helpful

MAY 9, 2019

Simon Sinek originally published his book Start with the Why in 2009. Our elementary school started with a rolling cart of iPads and we have slowly added more and more into the mix for use and a chromebook cart as well. How do we help teachers to see how to use these devices in their classrooms for transformed learning.

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Technology Chromebook iPad Outcomes 72

User Generated Education

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Full of links to resources, curated sites,and discussion forums, this is a valuable ‘how to’ book for the interested practitioner and theoretician alike. Assessment as an Ongoing Act of Learning: A Heutagogical Approach: Melanie Booth. Table of Contents. The Basics. New Pathways to Knowledge and Learning: Rónán O’Beirne.

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eSpark

APRIL 18, 2016

Since arriving at Elizabeth Forward in 2009, district leaders Dr. Bart Rocco and Dr. Todd Keruskin have focused energy on establishing a culture of innovation within the district. For an inside look at the League of Innovative Schools, check out Dr. Todd Keruskin's advice on how to build a culture of innovation. Elizabeth, PA.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

Many school districts -- including mine in Middletown, NY-- are leveraging the power of technology with adaptive assessments and instructional software. Venture funding in the edtech sector has increased from $385 million in 2009 to an expected $2 billion this year. Third, know how to generate buy-in from schools.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 10, 2018

Dr. Sean Nank’s research shows that the single biggest method for improving learning with iPads is to use online formative assessments. However, his formative assessments have a twist — students are all answering DIFFERENT math questions. Masterful Math: Randomizing Formative Math Assessment. We created Assessment Items.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 7, 2018

In 2009, just over 50 percent of children entering Immokalee’s six elementary schools were considered “kindergarten ready,” as determined by Florida’s kindergarten screening exam, the Florida Assessment for Instruction in Reading. The center has received $13.7 million from the foundation since 2003.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2016

Key to that success, Johnstone says, was that the district had already started teaching math differently back in 2009. It’s about who’s in front of students, supporting teachers, making sure we have effective teachers in the classroom, ensuring that we have teachers that know how to teach to the new standards.

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EdTechTeam

MARCH 29, 2017

No one would argue with this but it doesn’t really help teachers understand how to instill something in our students that we may never have had in us. Students have more computing power in their cars and even their phones than the Apollo 11 systems (Computer Weekly, 2009). Inquiry, then, is the key to creativity.

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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. Before it was called Maya Lin, this school was known as Washington Elementary. Maya Lin’s Journey to Arts Integration Was About Equity.

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Learning Elementary Study Mobility 53

The Cornerstone for Teachers

MARCH 24, 2015

I’ve covered the ASCD conference as a member of the press (read: education blogger , it’s not really that fancy) since 2009, and I always view the major conference themes as an indicator of the direction that American schools are currently moving. ” 3) Nimble grit. 6) The effect of relationships on motivation.

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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. The document also covers assessments for interpersonal skills and habits of mind. So, I’ll only reach for this low bar.’ ”.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 14, 2020

In regard to Creativity, check out my last post, which covers facilitating and assessing Creativity in the classroom. The very first time I heard the idea of integrating the Arts into STEM education was while watching a 2009 keynote made by Daniel Pink at the NECC Conference in Washington DC… yes prior to ISTE Conferences!

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STEM Resources OER Conference 207

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. How to pay for them?

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Common Core Report Groups Meeting 40

NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 10, 2019

Barbara Stripling, Professor Emerita, Syracuse University, and former ALA President, describes the history and goals of the project that builds on an earlier version developed by school librarians in 2009 under the auspices of the Office of Library Services and its former Director, Dr. Stripling. The heart of the ESIFC is our students.

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Digital Citizenship Libraries Secondary Social Media 76

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 4, 2018

percent in 2009 to 87.9 Barile’s class is a prime example of how Revere High School uses “student-centered learning” to reach a highly diverse student body. Give them more control over the manner in which they’re taught and how their work is assessed and you’ll produce more involved, successful students. percent in 2017.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Among the bill''s provisions is the return of control to the states over devising their own systems for how to hold schools accountable for student achievement. The bill will be a massive revisions to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. But this isn''t simply kids playing hopscotch or tag, of course.

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Knewton Pearson E-rate Education 43

EdTechTeam

MAY 31, 2017

Keep in mind, group work at the elementary level remains a skill that should be modeled and refined based on the data curated from previous observations of a task. After all, according to a Johnson and Johnson study in 2009, “The power of collaborative learning is to be operational and cultivate relationships.”

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MindShift

AUGUST 13, 2017

This complicated dynamic means that grading policies are at the center of discussions around how to change teaching and learning. It opened my mind to education as something more of, rather than learning content, you were learning how to learn. Kirby Engelman was a typical high school student at New Trier High School outside Chicago.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

In February 2009 the words of the world were collected and given to the Council of Conscience, a gathering of religious leaders and thinkers, who are now crafting the final document. The Charter was launched in November 2009. Please join us! See you online!

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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 mapped how to handle each scenario. We imagined a catastrophe,” he said. “We

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Trends Outcomes Report Study 114

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

State and federal education leaders have feted Mississippi’s four-year stretch of improvement on the National Assessment of Educational Progress. In the mornings, black kids like Clark rode on yellow school buses to Lexington Elementary; the white kids boarded blues ones that took them to private school. still serves students today.

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