The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2023

Beginning in 2010, researchers in Tulsa, Oklahoma, followed a cohort of 37 children who were 19 months or younger when they enrolled in Tulsa Educare, a high-quality early learning program. Parents of the Tulsa Educare cohort also reported fewer behavior problems. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

On a morning this fall at Washington Elementary, a young boy, sitting at a table with five of his peers, held a tablet while he built a digital snowman — a cool proposition given the 85-degree heat just outside his air-conditioned classroom. Credit: Charlotte West for The Hechinger Report. LINDSAY, Calif. — Ushering in a new model.

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Waterford

JULY 24, 2020

In a survey from the International Journal of Education, 97% of teachers reported never or seldom using a flexible curriculum for their students.[2] Our programs assign these lessons based on a student’s placement assessment and their demonstrated mastery. Exceptionality: A Special Education Journal, 2010, 18(1), pp. Tulbure, C.

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Waterford

JANUARY 14, 2020

According to student stress statistics, nearly half (45%) of the teenagers polled reported that they’re stressed all the time, and 70% report that anxiety or depression are “major problems” for themselves or their peers.[9,11] In fact, one-fifth of all children report that they worry a lot.[14] Monitor, January 2010, 41(1), pp.

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Waterford

JULY 6, 2020

3] For example, low-income and minority families are significantly more likely to report that school faculty made them feel uncomfortable or showed them a lack of cultural awareness.[8] Parental involvement in middle school: a meta-analytic assessment of the strategies that promote achievement. Child Development, 2010, 81(3), pp.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Credit: Kelly Field for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Kelly Field for The Hechinger Report. American Student Assistance is one of the many funders of The Hechinger Report, which produced this story.). Credit: Kelly Field for The Hechinger Report. Students are less stressed out in the middle grades.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Joanna is an elementary teacher and Matt is a songwriter from Las Vegas. I guess that just has to be part of it in the elementary grades? She studied Elementary and Early Childhood Education at BYU, and this will be her fifth year teaching. She married Matthew Pace, a songwriter from Las Vegas, in 2010. Listen Now.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Photo: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report. In 2008, a few years after Hurricane Katrina, school officials in Louisiana asked aspiring charter-school leader Andrew Shahan to consider taking over the failing Dr. Charles Drew Elementary School in New Orleans’ Upper 9th Ward. Photo: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report.

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Waterford

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

14] Also set a few student goals for the upcoming semester during the meeting to involve parents in the assessment process.[8]. Avoid using educational jargon, which can confuse parents who aren’t as familiar with elementary teaching terms.[7]. Language & Communication, January 2010, 30(1), pp. Markström, A. Machen, S.M.,

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Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2017

But at Memorial Elementary School , one of two elementary schools in New Hampshire’s Sanborn Regional School District , administrators and teachers are given the freedom to experiment with cutting-edge ideas not in spite of district and state guidelines, but because of them.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2018

Small-group math work at Prairie Oak Elementary in Berwyn North School District 98 where, two years ago, just 14 percent of third-graders were able to do grade-level math. Photo: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2019

Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report. When Destiny Reyes started elementary school, she felt highly motivated. While 74 percent of fifth graders report feeling engaged in school, just 32 percent of high school juniors say the same. Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report. PROVIDENCE, R.I.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2020

In a report published in May, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics recommended that districts eliminate tracking in middle school math. Another DeWitt math teacher reported similar numbers. “We But she said the district would find ways to measure student performance and assess kids’ views on the changes along the way.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

” In other words, this is meant as a learning technique, not for assessment. In 2010, Taylor and Rohrer tested the technique with fourth graders learning math, and found that accuracy the day after the lesson was much higher for students who used interleaved practice (77 percent) than for those who used blocked practice (38 percent).

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

Chris Berdik/The Hechinger Report. Chris Berdik/The Hechinger Report. Chris Berdik/The Hechinger Report. Chris Berdik/The Hechinger Report. The sentiment is echoed by Jason Krause, principal of Denver’s Columbine Elementary School, which joined the EL network in 2018.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 7, 2018

Photo: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report. “We In the mid-2000s, Louisiana implemented high-stakes tests known as Louisiana Educational Assessment Program, or LEAP, which required fourth and eighth graders to show that they were grade-level proficient.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2016

At Dunn Elementary, kids who are struggling get extra time with second-grade teacher Sarah Bowling. The second-graders in Sarah Bowling’s class at Dunn Elementary were on a scavenger hunt to find “arrays.”. Photo: Luba Ostashevsky. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The bookshelf had a picture of three rows of five fish. Graphic: Davin McHenry.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

Photo: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report. Kellogg Foundation (the Kellogg Foundation is among the many supporters of The Hechinger Report) and Baptist Community Ministries. education system’s goal of providing a sound education equitably to all children,” the report concludes. Greater New Orleans Foundation report.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

In the report, Social, Emotional, and Academic Development Through an Equity Lens , from The Education Trust, researchers found most families of color don’t think schools are set up for their students to succeed. Recent experiences include serving as a research assistant under education faculty at Michigan State University.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2016

Field Elementary teacher Jessica Rockhold works with Remy Campbell on a smart board in her classroom. Field Elementary, where nearly one out of every five students is classified as having some sort of a disability, has actually managed to do this. One of the tablets in use in Jessica Howard’s classroom at Field Elementary.

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The Daring Librarian

SEPTEMBER 5, 2010

Winners will be announced at the School Library Journal Leadership Summit on the Future of Reading on October 22, 2010 in Chicago. Only videos produced between January 1, 2006 to July 1, 2010 are eligible for consideration. (So, You''ll find an Assessment Rubric , among other resources, on the Reading-Active-and-Engaging wiki.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2016

As rain poured outside on the chilly evening of February 24, a group of Arlington elementary school parents was imagining a sunnier place — Dorothy’s trip down the yellow brick road. The MCAS has long been considered one of the nation’s best tests at assessing student performance. ARLINGTON, Mass.—As AP Photo/Lisa Poole).

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Bryan Alexander

MAY 26, 2015

” The official assessment, which was published for a vote, seems to be here. Here’s a list*, which I’ve extracted from each affected campus according to the Tar Heel report: Africana Studies. Elementary Education. Here are growth rates from 2000 to 2010: 0 to 4: 17.15. Art Education. Biochemistry.

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MindShift

MARCH 27, 2019

This story about intrinsic motivation was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. When Destiny Reyes started elementary school, she felt highly motivated. Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report). Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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MindShift

JULY 9, 2018

This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. During the last school year, only 40 percent of fourth-graders nationwide scored at a proficient level in a nationwide math assessment. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter. BERWYN, Ill. —

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Assessment as an Ongoing Act of Learning: A Heutagogical Approach: Melanie Booth. is a type of essentialist, behaviorist education based on the three Rs – receiving by listening to the teacher; responding by taking notes, studying text, and doing worksheets; and regurgitating by taking the same assessments as all other students in the cohort.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 3, 2016

Second-graders at Dunn Elementary in Kentucky. From 2000 to 2010, the demographics in the Bluegrass State shifted dramatically: the number of English learners grew a whopping 306 percent. California has led on this issue, passing a groundbreaking law in 2012 to require a common definition and reporting of long-term English learners.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2016

President Bush promotes his “No Child Left Behind” education agenda during a visit to Kirkpatrick Elementary School in Nashville, Tenn., This is just the medicine we need,” Cassellius recalls telling the reporter. Monday, Sept. Photo: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite. Every kid will be counted, and we’ll focus on equity.”.

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MindShift

MAY 21, 2017

In many ways he’s describing formative assessment, a practice teachers have always used, but quizzing isn’t just for teachers to take the pulse of the class, it’s good for students’ brains too. MindShiftKQED Hi, we sometimes use @getkahoot for review quiz and formative assessment. Alan Appleby (@alangappleby) April 19, 2017.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 17, 2017

One thing that encouraged Radford was that the Say Yes scholarships were going to be available regardless of income, providing a path to induce middle-class families to return to a school system in which, in 2010-11, nearly eight out of 10 students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch. Dedecker said the No. Photo: Amadou Diallo.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2022

Third, researchers have yet to examine how the children’s subsequent school experiences may have affected the results, a significant limitation given earlier work finding that the program’s short-term impacts varied considerably depending on the quality of the children’s elementary school teachers. As researchers, we have some concerns.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2016

A study by Brett Lane, president and founder of the Institute for Strategic Leadership and Learning, an education research and policy consulting firm, reported that the percentage of students in the district proficient in math increased by over 50 points and in reading by over 40 points between 1996 and 2008. Graduation rates rose from 52.5

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

A student at Belmont-Cragin Elementary School. Credit: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report. Lee Elementary, a Pre-K-8 school on Chicago’s southwest side. “I Credit: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Photo: Nick Chiles for The Hechinger Report. 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. Photo: Nick Chiles for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Nick Chiles for The Hechinger Report. REVERE, Mass.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 20, 2022

They are pushing for a 90 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from 2010 levels by 2050. Denver Public Schools, a large district at 90,000 students, hired one Colorado-based firm to create its sustainability plan and a second to do the financial impact assessment. T he map is found on P age 11 of this report.)

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Cardona probably first caught the collective eye of the state’s education and political leaders in 2010 when he was appointed co-chairman of a legislative task force studying the state’s intractable academic achievement gap between racial and socioeconomic groups. appeared first on The Hechinger Report. Well, let’s do that now.”.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2017

For decades, McKinney-Vento has been criticized as ineffective, with researchers reporting that the law has not been rigorously implemented. On the federal level, funding is the biggest stumbling block to implementing the program well; state officials nationwide report there isn’t enough grant money to go around. million nationwide.

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