The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Residential facilities in Pennsylvania are doing an inadequate job of educating foster children in their care, according to a new report from Children’s Rights and the Education Law Center. It also cites lack of compliance with special education laws and other concerns. Photo: Caroline Preston for The Hechinger Report/HuffPost.

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Waterford

JANUARY 14, 2020

Read on to learn what toxic stress is and how it can impact a student’s physical and mental well-being. 2] For educators, it’s important to watch for signs that a student is experiencing any of these in addition to school stressors to provide them with the right support. Voices in Urban Education, 2016, 43, pp. Shonkoff, J.P.,

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Somewhere in the 2010-12 time frame, that abruptly changed. What climate education look like in the U.S.

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Iterating Toward Openness

MARCH 10, 2020

This week on the blog I’m serializing a talk I gave for CSU Channel Islands last week as part of their Open Education Week festivities. It seems like much of the OER community has all but forgotten about student learning. Using OER does not consistently and reliably improve student learning or other measures of student success.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

As schools reckon with learning equity, they’re often focused on academic progress. Across the nation, district equity discussions include how schools must examine current biases from bus stops to classroom materials to educator and staff expectations. and “Are they learning enough?” LISTEN TO THE PODCAST. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 24, 2021

A 2012 review of studies on learning time found that the extra time often didn’t produce academic benefits for students and when it did, the benefits were small. Indeed, many advocacy groups, including the Learning Policy Institute and Ed Trust , are recommending extending learning time next year. Credit: Getty Images.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2022

This figure makes after-school programs the fourth most popular way to spend federal funds to address learning loss, behind summer school, software and instructional materials. After-school learning has had fairly limited impact and yet the law requires schools to spend money on it,” said Phyllis Jordan, associate director of FutureEd.

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EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 11, 2016

51Talk is China’s leading online English education platform. The company’s mission is to make quality education accessible and affordable, and through an online platform. Can you tell us about your education background? My advocacy for second language and culture learning is reflected in my personal life.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Kindergartners in an Ohio classroom learning letters. But public schools are failing to identify or treat dyslexia, even though there are proven ways to help kids with dyslexia learn to read. “This is not a parents against educators dilemma. One in five American kids struggles to read, and many of them have dyslexia.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2020

After public criticism of Woodson’s statement, the chancellor put out a second statement , announcing that the university would require all students and staff to “complete diversity and inclusion learning modules.”. Troy Alim, Midwest engagement manager for the Young Invincibles youth advocacy group.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Rural school districts face many unique trials, and access to educational technology is no different. First, the presenters agreed that while there are multiple potential uses for school technology, their main goal is to provide students with a competitive education. in elementary education from the University of Virginia.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

As the country undergoes a period of historic racial reckoning, with nearly every sector of society examining its role in racial injustice, higher education needs to do the same. Student parents are incredibly motivated to complete their postsecondary education and have, on average, higher GPAs than their nonparenting peers.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2018

Flagship universities are the jewels in the crown of public higher education systems — they have sought-after faculty, preeminent research facilities, the most resources and often the highest graduation rates, for all races. Future of Learning. Higher Education. Mississippi Learning. Weekly Update.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2019

While the state’s Department of Education cycled through commissioners (six in six years) superintendents struggled to figure out the law, largely on their own. Related: Documenting Maine’s failure to implement proficiency-based education. Imported from Alaska. Kelly Field, for The Hechinger Report.

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The Daring Librarian

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

The 2010 Edublog Awards – Nominations Open! Hamilton - The Unquiet Librarian Buffy is a cutting edge librarian and a fearless change agent.through her we learn so much and can implement innovations within our library practice. Larry is an amazing educator who shares without hesitation and with great finesse! Thank you all!

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 14, 2018

Pam Moran has been a leader in education reform in Virginia over the past several years as the state moved from testing to transformation. From Testing to Triumphant Learning with Pam Moran. Pam, what is an update on what has happened with education reform in Virginia since we last talked? Listen Now. Stream by clicking here.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 17, 2011

Join me for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com webinar with Karen Cator, the Director of the Office of Education Technology , on education, technology, and the 2010 National Education Technology Plan. Department of Education.

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Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2017

What rights do parents, students and teachers have in an educational system increasingly awash in data and technology? In 2010, Lower Merion School District in Philadelphia was caught— and successfully sued when it was discovered that school officials were taking photos of a student through a school-issued laptop.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 18, 2020

She was in tears as we spoke, sobbing because the place where she was supposed to feel safe and protected to focus on learning was now putting her in danger. Children should be focused on learning, while we focus on their safety and well-being. When she exited, he followed her back to her classroom with a hand on his gun.

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edWeb.net

MAY 19, 2015

” Michelle Luhtala was selected for her advocacy work. “The most restrictive districts are the most challenged learning environments-underfunded and underserved,” she says. “By shutting [the Internet] down, we’re denying [students] a full education.” to Embed 21st Century Learning.

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edWeb.net

MAY 17, 2015

” Mich elle Luhtala was selected for her advocacy work.Michelle Luhtala has been a strong advocate for Banned Websites Awareness Day (BWAD), an annual event raising consciousness about excessive filtering in school settings. “By shutting [the Internet] down, we’re denying [students] a full education.”

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The 21st Century Principal

JUNE 20, 2013

These offerings let educators take professional learning into their hands by selecting desired areas for growth and immersing themselves in targeted learning at their own pace. educators implementing the Common Core State Standards in both mathematics and literacy. Nothing better than Free!

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2017

10 Percent — Yearly increase in the percent of students achieving basic scores on state tests required by No Child Left Behind Act in 2010. They tended to cite a combination of their own optimism coupled with pressure from state officials, who in turn were pressured to meet the federal educational goals set in No Child Left Behind.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Join me today, Thursday, February 2nd, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com panel discussion on "Personal Learning Profiles," also referred to in variously as "personal success plans," "learner profiles," or "personalized learning paths." How can and should personal learning profiles interact with student portfolios?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Learn what libraries are doing now to extend services, create welcoming spaces, and engage users with soft skills such as compassion, empathy, creativity, curiosity, and finding balance. We invite all library professionals, employers, LIS students, and educators to participate in this event. Please also join the Library 2.0

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Iterating Toward Openness

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

tl;dr – In order to be relevant today and in the future, a national open education strategy must (1) know exactly what it is trying to accomplish and (2) deeply integrate generative AI. WICHE is convening a series of conversations this week and next titled, “ Do We Need a National Open Education Strategy?

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 23, 2019

In addition to the academic demands, she and her friends acknowledged, they’re concerned about the cost of their graduate educations, the debt they may accumulate to pay for it and whether jobs will be available at the other end. Department of Education. Graduate education is being used to subsidize undergraduate education.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

But the Spanish section also reflects a move at Cornell and more than two dozen other campuses to combat the notion that language learning belongs only in language classes. Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter. Future of Learning. Higher Education. Mississippi Learning. And few of them learned it in school.

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ExcelinEd

JANUARY 31, 2019

Since that week was also National School Choice Week, you may have missed the shorthand and context provided by Todd Ziebarth , senior vice president for state advocacy and support for the NAPCS. Between 2010 and 2018, 37 states made policy improvements that resulted in increases in their scores in the report. first edition ?of

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EdTechSandyK

APRIL 5, 2011

The following is a legislative action alert I received today from Jennifer Bergland and TCEA Advocacy. HB 6 is the companion bill to SB 6 which I testified on before the Senate Education Committee last week. When you call, ask to speak to the legislative aide who handles education issues for the representative.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

The project lives on with a new group of students each year, buoyed by a strain of progressive education philosophy that says students learn best with real work that resembles what they will likely encounter outside of school. It has been kicking around K-12 education for decades but has yet to be widely adopted. Mehta said.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 9, 2016

In Mrs. Peterson’s classroom, an educational film about big cats splashes across the projector screen. The cuts endanger the school’s unique mission of equipping its students with the language skills and self-advocacy that enriches their Deaf identity, the school’s administrators and teachers say. How Students Learn.

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EdTechSandyK

MARCH 29, 2011

Jennifer Bergland has written about the companion bill in the House, HB 6, at the TCEA Advocacy blog here and here if you would like more detailed information. My name is Sandy Kendell and I am a career educator. Even as we learn more about learning itself, we can incorporate best practices through changing up lesson delivery models.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 4, 2020

Jennifer’s background includes over 10 years working for OCLC where she honed her skills in library advocacy, marketing and public relations. While at OCLC Jennifer helped to develop and then manage the Geek the Library advocacy program. Kemper is a dedicated advocate for education and learning for people of all ages and backgrounds.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 4, 2020

Learn what libraries are doing now to extend services, create welcoming spaces, and engage users with soft skills such as compassion, empathy, creativity, curiosity, and finding balance. We invite all library professionals, employers, LIS students, and educators to participate in this event. Please also join the Library 2.0

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

As schools and districts strive to meet their existing technology needs and prepare for the future, access to federal and state funding, along with other grants, is making a major difference in whether students engage in 21 st century learning or are left behind. Sheryl Abshire, Ph.D.,

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 19, 2020

Jennifer’s background includes over 10 years working for OCLC where she honed her skills in library advocacy, marketing and public relations. While at OCLC Jennifer helped to develop and then manage the Geek the Library advocacy program. Kemper is a dedicated advocate for education and learning for people of all ages and backgrounds.

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