The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2018

Although Illinois adopted Common Core standards in 2010, Berwyn North, a kindergarten through eighth-grade district with 3,084 students , had not yet incorporated the standards when Ayala and her new assistant superintendent, Amy Zaher, were hired in 2012. It’s not just about teachers teaching.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

A New Orleans teacher is helping a 12-year student to prepare for a Louisiana state test in this 2015 photo. That’s a particularly relevant question now that more than 20 states have adopted new, more rigorous exams alongside Common Core standards. Photo: Peggy Barmore.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2016

The exam, known as PARCC — which stands for Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers — was aligned to the Common Core, a set of national educational standards for what students should be able to do in each grade in English and math. But the shift to the Common Core State Standards meant it would have to go.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 6, 2016

Related: Will the new Common Core SAT close the privilege gap? Educators say that colleges aren’t following Common Core, but acknowledge that current math reforms in both higher education and K-12 are based on research showing that students can thrive in “engaging” learning environments. Photo: Karen Shakerdge.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2018

population and more than 13 percent of New York City’s population, per the 2010 census. Each year since, they have won numerous awards, including the trophy for Outstanding Production for the best overall elementary school performance three years in a row, from 2013 to 2015, and again in 2017. percent of the U.S.

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MindShift

JULY 9, 2018

Although Illinois adopted Common Core standards in 2010, Berwyn North, a kindergarten through eighth-grade district with 3,084 students , had not yet incorporated the standards when Ayala and her new assistant superintendent, Amy Zaher, were hired in 2012. It’s not just about teachers teaching.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

We''ve set up a new student entrepreneurship portal at StudentEnrepreneurship.com that provides quick access to the free HPLIFE interactive classes for students to learn business skills, and gives you a chance to sign up for information about the free online conference on student entrepreneurship we plan to hold in 2015.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Teachers observe children working on a math problem during a public research lesson at the O’Keeffe School of Excellence in Chicago, January 2015. I visited O’Keeffe in January 2015 to talk with teachers about their experience with lesson study and to see a public research lesson. Two, they were thinking about the Common Core.

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

MARCH 10, 2020

Martin (2010) Don't let the slim nature of this book (151 pages!) What School Could Be is both a wakeup call to rally against the status quo as well as a potential map of locations to visit. Reinventing Crediting for Competency-Based Education: the Mastery Transcript Consortium Model and Beyond by Jonathan E.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

Nineteen pilot schools participated in 2015; this year, the number skyrocketed, with 113 more joining the Basecamp ranks. Still, there are some stalwart critics, notably Benjamin Riley, who visited many personalized-learning classrooms from 2010 to 2014 as the policy and advocacy director for the NewSchools Venture Fund.

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MindShift

MAY 12, 2015

Common Core-aligned materials, art supplies, science supplies, library improvements, and several staff positions are among the other new items in the district’s $124 million budget. The state plunged to 50 th in per student spending in 2010-11 , according to Education Week’s rankings.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

As of fall 2015, Coahoma County’s three private schools collectively had 7 percent African American enrollment amid public school systems that are more than 90 percent black. As Johnson settled in Clarksdale in 2010, the reasons for her to do that work in her adopted hometown multiplied. Photo: Terrell Clark for The Hechinger Report.

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Marketplace K-12

JULY 12, 2016

Nevada officials announced Tuesday that a common-core assessment consortium will credit the state $1.8 The state’s attorney general, Adam Paul Laxalt, said the accord is part of a pre-litigation settlement with the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, which Nevada joined in 2010 to work together on developing tests.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

At the end of every year since I founded Hack Education in 2010, I’ve reviewed what I think are the most important and influential trends in education technology. The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2015. The Common Core State Standards. The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2010. The “New Economy” Credentialing.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. The startup was later sold to Valore Education in 2015 , which was in turn acquired by Follett in 2016 , which in turn shut down the Boundless site in 2017. Online Grade Portals. Bundling Textbooks with Tuition. “To

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

True, 2015 was a record-breaking year for ed-tech funding – over $4 billion by my calculations. But it appears that the massive growth that the sector has experienced since 2010 stopped this year. I think it’s safe to say, for example, that venture capital investment has fallen off rather precipitously this year.

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Hack Education

APRIL 3, 2017

Every year since 2010, I’ve undertaken a fairly massive project in which I’ve reviewed the previous twelve months’ education and technology news in order to write ten articles covering “the top ed-tech trends.” We’re more likely to overlook the role that venture capital plays, for example. More analytics.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

It’s time once again for my annual review of “the year in education technology,” something I’ve done since 2010. You can decide for yourself with how much my criticism has been heeded (hell, even acknowledged): The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2015. The Common Core State Standards. Standardized Testing.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

Back when she arrived in Tulsa from Rhode Island in 2015, she was the last person local teachers would have imagined as their standard bearer. 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.

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