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. A longtime administrator in Rio Rancho, Aaker led the district-wide transition of elementary students to online learning when Covid struck. It wasn’t just a mother’s intuition.

Elementary 92

Elementary Online Learning Report Personalized Learning 92

eSchool News

JANUARY 14, 2018

Third-grade test scores, he found–whether they were higher or lower than the national average–did not correlate to students’ academic growth through elementary and middle school. Reardon examined test scores for students in third through eighth grade at 11,000 school districts across the country.

Elementary 111

Elementary Data System Accessibility 111

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 27, 2020

According to the most recent federal data from the 2018-19 school year, there are now almost 118,000 school counselors in U.S. 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.

Data 143

Data Report Trends Outcomes 143

Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2016

Data to track and promote collaborative inquiry and practices that improve student learning. 2008; Webster-Wright, 2009 ; Accomplished California Teachers, 2012 ). 2009): Collaborative learning : Teachers have opportunities to learn in a supportive community that organizes curriculum across grade levels and subjects.

Education 120

Education Professional Learning Study Case Study 120

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

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Soft instrumental music played in the background as families walked into the gym at Laurene Edmondson Elementary School around 5:30 in the evening. Second grade teachers Amy Hart (center) and Alina Turner (right), with her dog, Mello, meet with Karen Shutt (left), instructional coach for a planning meeting at Edmondson Elementary.

Elementary 145

Elementary Meeting Report Survey 145

Digital Promise

APRIL 16, 2019

Researchers at the Modern Language Association recently found that colleges lost 651 foreign language programs from 2013 to 2016 – dramatically more than the one foreign language programs that higher education lost between 2009 and 2013. Most students in the U.S. begin language study in middle or high school. Teacher Shortage.

Study 193

Study STEM Meeting Report 193

eSpark

JULY 1, 2021

Providing teachers with data on their students’ learning levels and suggested materials aligned to their gaps is correlated to student learning outcomes (Bergan et al., Teachers receive real-time formative assessment data, a strategy that is also linked to positive learning outcomes (Pape et al., Bodovski, K., & & Farkas, G.

Learning 52

Learning E-rate Elementary Outcomes 52

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.

Study 130

Study Common Core Elementary Report 130

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Unlike most school districts around the country, Phoenix Union has managed to recruit and retain a diverse teaching force, with 40 percent of district educators identifying as Hispanic, African American, Asian or Native American, according to district data. Credit: Brandon Sullivan for The Hechinger Report.

Report 145

Report Data Course Groups 145

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 15, 2022

Data show many of the 69,000 U.S. In Oklahoma, to fill vacancies, emergency teaching certifications have skyrocketed since 2009. Students must study how scientists and engineers work, and they have to put what they learn into practice by designing and conducting projects and explaining the data they collect.

Survey 115

Survey Report Data STEM 115

Edsurge

MAY 26, 2021

Levels of empathy in youth fell by nearly half between 1979 and 2009. Worse, preliminary data of a meaningful reduction in the emotional connection between new mothers and babies during the pandemic means there may be a long-lasting impact on our youngest generation, especially as it accounts for 25-50% of school readiness.

Education 184

Education Trends Policies Report 184

Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

K-12 education system by open educational resources (OER) since 2009, although my first exposure to the ideas and leaders of the movement stretch back to the launch of the MIT OpenCourseWare initiative. I’ve been engaged in thinking deeply about the promise and opportunity afforded the U.S.

OER 170

OER Instructional Materials Advocacy Meeting 170

User Generated Education

DECEMBER 22, 2016

For the past several decades, I have had my feet in both elementary education and teacher training and development. Hands-on and experiential learning is used in some elementary schools but this diminishes as students get older. Engages the senses. More likely to engage emotions. ”( Hands-On is Minds-On ).

Learning 120

Learning Elementary Training Outcomes 120

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 31, 2022

A 2009 analysis of 81 multiple choice tests given to elementary, middle and high school students directly compared paper versus digital versions. Educators and testing experts surmised that many students weren’t comfortable working on a computer, or weren’t familiar with the computer they had to use for the exam that day. .

Study 91

Study Analysis Report Assessment 91

esri

MAY 23, 2016

GeoInquiries : Sets of 15 lessons , each only 15 mins long, await educators in US history, human geography, earth science, environmental science, or elementary school. Guidance and resources about instruction, Org design, data and maps, careers, and coding await those anxious to help students build capacity.

Industry 74

Industry Data Elementary Technology Support 74

edWeb.net

APRIL 1, 2021

Make it a collaborative process and gather data from everyone involved. His interests include strategic creation and use of data systems as well as supports for public school employees. The Avondale Elementary School District has embedded a continuous improvement focus in all systems throughout the organization.

Learning 98

Learning Conference Outcomes Elementary 98

Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2017

In 2016, our Anna Reynolds Elementary School was the recipient of the National Blue Ribbon Award for high performance , and every school in the district routinely outperforms the competing magnet school on standardized assessments. These are the students often forgotten by the educational system, despite promises to serve every child.

STEM 107

STEM Personalized Learning BYOD iPad 107

Edsurge

JUNE 17, 2019

Across the district’s elementary and middle schools, Yakima had about 8,400 students on the program for the last three years. Natick Public Schools has been using TenMarks since it launched in 2009, Nolin says. But they say they never received answers. But we were spoiled because we really loved TenMarks.”

Khan Academy 106

Khan Academy IXL Learning Company Software 106

The Hechinger Report

JULY 25, 2022

Ninety-four percent of students from low-income families across 26 developed nations had access to the internet at home in 2018, up from 75 percent in 2009. Low-income students made huge strides in access to digital technology well before the pandemic.

Study 144

Study Survey Report Comparison 144

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

In one experiment, 80 schools were randomly selected to give parents a five-session workshop in supporting their children’s education during the 2009-10 school year. Elementary school students scored similarly on a national exam, regardless of whether their parents had been offered the information sessions or not.

Elementary 113

Elementary Report Analysis Meeting 113

The Hechinger Report

MAY 16, 2022

points from a 3.0 – a B – in 2009 to 3.11 Another bad sign is that the grade inflation detected by ACT closely mirrors Department of Education research. In a study of actual U.S. high school transcripts around the nation, grade point averages climbed 0.11

Analysis 142

Analysis Study Report Assessment 142

EdTechTeam

APRIL 24, 2017

With the Common Core State Standards launching in 2009 and textbook publishers having to recreate their curriculums, many districts were left with their teachers having to come up with their own curriculum that met the new state standards. I took the students data and created a Google Sheet with each of the individual classroom’s data.

Blended Learning 45

Blended Learning Common Core Learning Data 45

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

He was founding chairman of the Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband Coalition, founded in 2009, as a DC-based advocacy organization promoting government policies and programs to assure gigabit fiber to libraries and other community anchor institutions(CAI’s). Her community elected her to this position at the beginning of this year.

Libraries 48

Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 48

edWeb.net

MARCH 20, 2019

And even though many of the programs had reports and data, the programs didn’t talk to each other and the data wasn’t comparable. Berger and Joseph both chose to use a data analytics tool, CatchOn, to track their edtech’s use and effectiveness. Kyle is known as a transformer of educational technology.

EdTech 41

EdTech Software Data Twitter 41

Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Formed in December 2016 by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (MESE) and the. Social-emotional learning and data-driven instruction are the two most popular topics during teacher professional development. Moodle, Schoology, Blackboard and Summit round out the top five.)

Personalized Learning 73

Personalized Learning Learning Moodle Secondary 73

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. Carrie Michiels, the physical education teacher at Horizons Elementary School, introduced “Fit in 15” breaks for classroom teachers to give kids the opportunity to move.

Exercises 106

Exercises Elementary Report Study 106

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 18, 2021

He was founding chairman of the Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband Coalition, founded in 2009, as a DC-based advocacy organization promoting government policies and programs to assure gigabit fiber to libraries and other community anchor institutions(CAI’s). Her community elected her to this position at the beginning of this year.

Libraries 50

Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 50

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 8, 2021

He was founding chairman of the Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband Coalition, founded in 2009, as a DC-based advocacy organization promoting government policies and programs to assure gigabit fiber to libraries and other community anchor institutions(CAI’s). Her community elected her to this position at the beginning of this year.

Libraries 45

Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 45

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2021

He was founding chairman of the Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband Coalition, founded in 2009, as a DC-based advocacy organization promoting government policies and programs to assure gigabit fiber to libraries and other community anchor institutions(CAI’s). Her community elected her to this position at the beginning of this year.

Libraries 48

Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 48

edWeb.net

APRIL 30, 2021

Key aspects of the innovative model include the use of data and analytics, as well psychometricians and statisticians, to drive instruction that can be enhanced by the use of digital resources and artificial intelligence, which can complement content and help each student spend more time working in a zone of proximal development.

Strategy 95

Strategy Dropout Industry Professional Learning 95

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. Read on for a look at the many ways a few of our Digital Promise district partners are boosting student engagement and academic growth. Elizabeth, PA. Piedmont, AL.

iPad 40

iPad Differentiated Instruction Elementary Meeting 40

Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

An increasing amount of data around personalized educational models like "blended learning" and content-specific software suggests that edtech makes instruction in diverse classrooms more efficient. Venture funding in the edtech sector has increased from $385 million in 2009 to an expected $2 billion this year.

EdTech 120

EdTech Blended Learning Khan Academy iPad 120

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. I feel like it really did give me a head start.”.

Elementary 55

Elementary Report Accessibility Assessment 55

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. Related: The foster care system is pushing college students into homelessness.

Comparison 60

Comparison Policies Report System 60

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2016

Students at Lovett Elementary, the Clinton, Miss. In fully integrated Clinton, black students’ and white students’ scores on the seventh-grade ELA exams rose from 2009 to 2013, while the black-white gap shrank from 33 to 11 percentage points. Joy Tyner, principal of Northside Elementary, visits a second-grade classroom.

Elementary 40

Elementary Laptops Policies iPad 40