Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Race To The Top (RTTT) and the subsequent introduction of NCLB waivers in 2012. flurry of activity in the private sector , as schools increasingly needed tools that facilitate evaluation such as rubrics, video observation platforms, student perception surveys, and professional development products linked to teacher observations.

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MindShift

JULY 9, 2018

When we started here in 2012, our district was the lowest performing in math and reading of all the schools that feed into Morton West High School,” said Carmen Ayala, Berwyn North School District 98’s superintendent. She did a survey to find out what flavor each student preferred.

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How To Common Core Elementary Survey 39

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2017

They can be something everybody uses; that’s how 2012 became the year of the MOOC, and why virtual reality will no doubt be widely cited as the trend of 2016. Duke University ran a widely read lecture capture survey. Here’s what they said: 2016 was The Year of Video. By Stephen Downes, National Research Council. And it has.

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Trends EdTech MOOC Smartphone 111

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 Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 25, 2014

Wednesday, March 26th at 4pm Multiply the Impact: Martin Esterman’s Newest Math Game , We welcome Martin Esterman, 2012 National STEM Video Game Challenge winner, for a look at his newest math game, Multiplication Blocks, available on GameUp! Again the focus is on how ed tech can help with addressing the challenges of the Common Core.

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Libraries Common Core Conference Learning 59

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 23, 2016

In 2012, Estonia’s 15-year-olds ranked 11 th in math and reading and sixth in science out of the 65 countries that participated in an international test that compares educational systems from around the world, called the Programme for International Student Assessment, or PISA. “We students said they were happy at school on the survey.).

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MindShift

OCTOBER 27, 2016

A nationwide survey of ELL educators by McKinsey & Company during the 2012-13 school year revealed 70 percent created their own materials. An overwhelming majority of survey respondents (88 percent) said they have a difficult time finding teaching materials for their students.

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Instructional Materials Survey Dropout Common Core 28

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

There was some talk that, despite being vociferously anti-union , Michelle Rhee’s support for the Common Core was allegedly a deal-breaker. Of course, DeVos has supported groups that back the Common Core in the past, including Jeb Bush ’s Foundation for Excellence in Education. She serves on its board.)

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Education Pearson Common Core Report 40

NeverEndingSearch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

In 2012, Lightspeed Systems, a school web filtering and mobile management company, published Web Filtering and Schools: Balancing IT and Educator Needs , a guide that explains in layman’s terms what CIPA does and does not require, filtering pros and cons, and best practices. Linked to the Common Core Standards for high school.

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E-rate Digital Citizenship Libraries Social Media 40

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2016

A federal survey released in 2012, for instance, revealed that roughly 95 percent of the highest-income high schools offered visual arts courses, while only 80 percent of the lowest-income ones did. Related: Do the arts go hand in hand with Common Core? Yet access to arts education remains unequal.

Education 40

Education Assessment Guidelines Elementary 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 10, 2014

Thursday, June 12th at 10:30am in Madison, WI GLS 10 Conference - Games in the Classroom , A panel discussion on surveys about games and learning: what surveys can and can''t tell us about this topic, what we learned via survey data, and implications for practice. For more information, click here. Learn more and register here.

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Google Classroom Digital Citizenship Conference 54

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

While national surveys indicate that adolescent drug use has fallen across the board in recent years, some 1.3 Its doors opened in January, 2012. Independence Academy opened its doors in 2012, and is now one of five such schools in the state funded and overseen by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. “I’d

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Hack Education

JULY 29, 2016

Via Politico : Stolen “emails from the Democratic National Committee show DNC Deputy Communications Director Eric Walker telling his colleagues to avoid mentioning the Common Core in a video. More on the National Crime Victimization Survey via Politico. ” Phil Hill also weighs in on the latest Babson survey on OER.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2016

“Anti- Common Core Groups Unhappy About Trump Ed Secretary Pick Betsy DeVos ,” says the Sunshine State News. Common Sense Media looks at education applications’ use of encryption. ” asks Edsurge in a story that looks at the results of a survey by flashcard app maker Quizlet. million to Ohio.”

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Education Report Android Libraries 40

Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

Thiel was one of the biggest financiers of Ron Paul's super PAC in 2012. ” Via Chalkbeat : “They rejected multi-state Common Core exams. ” Via Campus Technology : “Survey: Instructional Designers ‘Pivotal’ in Tech Adoption.” .” Presidential Campaign Hellscape.

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Education Pearson Report MOOC 52