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.

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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. You can personalize learning just fine without technology.

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The Innovative Educator

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

Most recently I had the opportunity to speak with hundreds of elementary students about social media and which platforms they are using. Admittedly, I''m not much of a user of social media platforms for the under 13 set, so I knew I had a lot to learn. MovieStarPlanet is a blend of Facebook and YouTube with a learning dimension added."

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

My first stint of homelessness came in 2009, while I was in elementary school in Nebraska. I remember being uncomfortable and definitely confused. After I finished elementary school, I moved to Colorado to be with my father. Here’s how it happened. I was 10 years old. Related: A mother and son go from homeless to college.

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Edsurge

JUNE 17, 2019

Its parent company, 3P Learning, promises to price-match on districts’ most recent TenMarks contract. Across the district’s elementary and middle schools, Yakima had about 8,400 students on the program for the last three years. They’re definitely not ideal replacements in terms of what we were looking for,” he says.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

And eighth-grade co-teachers Abby Jolma and Toni Giebel let kids sit on wobbly chairs — short stools with a curved base — yoga balls, or traditional chairs while they learn math and science. Related: The Science of Learning Column — When body beats mind in learning. A student leaps during a game at Horizons Elementary School.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Students work on individual projects in the blended-learning classroom of Jessica Anderson, in Deer Lodge, Montana. A student-centered personalized-learning model known as competency education has gained traction over the past five years as states have developed policies to promote its adoption in both elementary and secondary schools.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2018

Around 2009, Lee learned about the Junior Theater Festival (JTF) in Atlanta, where students from across the country gather for three days to compete, take workshops and nerd out over musical theater. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. Photo: Eveline Chao for The Hechinger Report. But to the parents, it’s worth it.

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EdTechTeam

MARCH 29, 2017

There are a lot of definitions of creativity in the education world today. After doing a lot of research, it was my colleague, Sergio Villegas who gave me a simple and useful definition that I love: “Creativity means creating or making a change to something that improves that thing for someone else.” What is Creativity in Education?

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Hack Education

MAY 6, 2020

Bush famously said in 2000, "Rarely is the question asked, is our children learning?" "You never want a serious crisis to go to waste," as Rahm Emanuel, then President Obama's chief of staff, said in 2009 as the world teetered on the brink of recession. So no, Khan Academy did not invent "personalized learning."

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Fractus Learning

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

During our coursework to become teachers, we learn about the importance of play in a child’s early developmental stages. We know that if we can give students time to play to learn, that ultimately we are helping them make connections to their learning that they will remember for a lifetime. It resets the brain.

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Kathy Schrock

JULY 1, 2016

The Dual Coding Theory “was the first systematic, scientific attempt to bridge two traditions in philosophy and psychology: the imagery tradition and the verbal tradition.” ( Sadoski, 2009 ). There are many more resources to look at, learn from, and practice with today! Grade 2 students sketchnoted about communities.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2019

Thanks to Grundwag, Plumeri has learned strategies such as modeling behavior to children who are nonverbal and tend to get frustrated. She also learned how to provide students with positive feedback to change their behavior and encourage “gentle hands” when dealing with aggression. I’m definitely more calm.

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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. The internships are also part of a larger turnaround effort at ChiTech, centered on project-based learning. Whaaaaaat?!”.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 4, 2023

In this article, I cover some of the key issues related to homework and provide research resources to help teachers and parents learn more about homework. There is way more to homework than what these general definitions outline. Homework can drive students to develop negative attitudes towards school and learning.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 14, 2020

I look forward to learning from you! 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! November 8, 2009 (21centuryedtech Article by Michael Gorman).

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2023

But the latest national study from a Stanford University research group calculates that students, on average, learned more at charter schools between the years of 2014 and 2019 than similar students did at their traditional local public schools. million students across 40 states.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 9, 2016

Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction Denise Juneau, who is native herself, launched the state’s Schools of Promise grant program in 2009. That’s the number one thing: to get these kids higher learning and give them the courage to stay with it. College is a scary thing.”. But our grandparents fought to have their own school.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

FREE WEBINAR ON INQUIRY-BASED LEARNING. They’re doing awesome things to drive inquiry-based learning. Join me, Richard Byrne and Monica Burns next Tuesday, October 3 for a special webinar on 10 Ideas for Excellent Inquiry-Based Learning. He shares his observations and also his hopes for improving the profession. Listen Now.

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ViewSonic Education

JUNE 20, 2019

Plus greater projector availability to support learning objectives. In elementary schools, students in multiple classrooms can simultaneously view virtual field trips, author talks or other content. In elementary schools, students in multiple classrooms can simultaneously view virtual field trips, author talks or other content.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 10, 2018

Sean Nank’s research shows that the single biggest method for improving learning with iPads is to use online formative assessments. You do not need iPads to implement and learn from this research. We use Moodle as a Learning Management System. This intriguing research is a must listen for any school with access to technology.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 18, 2020

The Delano charter, which now hosts 1,800 K-12 students, opened in 2009. During the school’s next phase of expansion, they hope to add a learning farm, with the goal of growing enough produce to stock the school kitchen. “We Nearly 99 percent of Lost Hills students, and 93.8 percent of Delano students, are Latino. We walk the walk.”.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2021

Between 2009 and 2019, the most recent year for which data is available, the number of students experiencing homelessness in the U.S. Carr first noticed their struggle during his 18 years as an elementary school counselor, as more and more kids trickled into his office needing new shoes or winter coats.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 22, 2016

I think one of the things emergency management does, if it doesn’t destroy democracy, it definitely suppresses democracy,” said David Bullock, pastor of Greater St. In 2009, Gloria Dickerson, an adamant crusader for reconstructing her community, founded We2gether Creating Change, a nonprofit that works with the area’s children.

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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. ” Sites of indoctrination , not learning. And even if those photographs were somehow misleading, the 1.5 “ Government schools.”

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