Remove 2012 Remove Academic Standards Remove Classroom Remove Report
article thumbnail

This STEM-focused district hands out paychecks along with report cards

The Hechinger Report

Photo: Wayne D’Orio for The Hechinger Report. But classroom walls are becoming a lot more permeable,” she said, citing examples in which a group of students in Georgia earned a patent for work they completed in school and seven districts in Iowa teamed up to help students spend part of their school days working for local companies. “But

STEM 100
article thumbnail

Game On: Kahoot Snaps Up DragonBox for $18 Million for Its First Acquisition

Edsurge

Kahoot is best known for its digital quiz tools that can turn the classroom or corporate office into a raucous quiz show. Launched in 2012, DragonBox won early acclaim with a pair of apps that use puzzles to teach algebraic concepts, and without the explicit use of numbers and arithmetic symbols. (We Expect more deals to come.

Company 97
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Not enough students have mentors, and we must change that

The Hechinger Report

Andrea, who earned her college degree in English literature in 2012, is a temp in a law firm and drives people around on weekday mornings and through the weekends. Work-based learning is an instructional approach to classroom teaching that connects it to the workplace. Likewise, schools must adopt more work-based learning programs.

Company 106
article thumbnail

How to boost math skills in the early grades

The Hechinger Report

Photo: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report. Researchers say many high-poverty kindergarten classrooms don’t teach enough math and the few lessons on the subject are often too basic. Photo: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report. BERWYN, Ill. — When I started, the consistent word was how inconsistent we were,” said Ayala.

How To 81
article thumbnail

How to help principals do a better job? Train their bosses

The Hechinger Report

Dressed in suits and armed with pens, notebooks, and laptops, the superintendents had one specific goal as they fanned out across the classroom, interacting with students: to look for evidence that a geometry lesson was aligned to the new state math standards. It’s rare for school district big wigs to spend time in a classroom.

article thumbnail

Seeing the Pandemic as an Opportunity for Change

edWeb.net

Disconnection between teaching and learning: Teachers often confuse covering the material with teaching to the kids—if they teach to understanding, then the classroom becomes a different environment. From 2009–2012 he served as a trustee for the State University of New York as an appointee of the governor. Does everyone feel valued?

article thumbnail

Is teacher preparation failing students with disabilities?

The Hechinger Report

When Mary Fair became a teacher in 2012, her classes often contained a mix of special education students and general education students. Placing children with and without disabilities in the same classroom, instead of segregating them, was a growing national trend, spurred on by lawsuits by special education advocates. BLOOMFIELD, N.J.