The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

Superintendent Rico Munn made mental health a priority when he came to Aurora Public Schools in 2013. It’s scary at first talking to someone when you never have before, but it is definitely worth it,” said Rose. Jordan Glaude, a social worker at Elkhart Elementary, said just being around helps normalize her role.

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Report Training Elementary Survey 136

MindShift

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Hannah Hughes is playing a game with a group of second graders at Johnson Elementary School in Kingsport, Tennessee, who are still working on their reading skills. In her undergraduate studies at Eastern Tennessee State University, early elementary reading courses focused on science-based reading methods like chunking. Students shout.

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Training Elementary Course Report 68

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2017

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. They completely made sense to me.” Related: When a hyped school model proves difficult to replicate.

Elementary 75

Elementary Report Meeting Advocacy 75

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

But there’s no common definition yet for what personalized learning actually is.”. EL’s definition puts two elements at its core: “expeditionary learning” projects and small groups of students called Crews who stick together from grade to grade and meet daily along with a teacher adviser to support and challenge each other.

Personalized Learning 111

Personalized Learning Khan Academy Learning Report 111

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 3, 2016

Second-graders at Dunn Elementary in Kentucky. First, these students — by definition — have not yet mastered English. Based on federal definitions of English learners, these students are supposed to be those who can’t demonstrate content knowledge on exams because of language. This is exactly what Oregon did in 2013.

Policies 40

Policies Data Common Core Comparison 40

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

What type of performance-based formative and summative assessment took place? A learning management system can have a tendency to promote a “surface” type of assessment. Teachers must be intentional at exploring ways online to ensure that assessment is formative and allows them to plan scaffolding for next steps in learning.

Blended Learning 192

Blended Learning LMS STEM Assessment 192

Fractus Learning

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

Almost 5 million students were enrolled as English learners in US public elementary and secondary school during the 2013/14 school year—that’s almost 10% of the total student population. Allow time for student to have the option to write, record, or present with a teacher when doing assessments.

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Meeting Secondary Company Video 40

The Hechinger Report

MAY 26, 2016

But what makes this center unique is that it is serves Bushwick, a high-poverty community in which public elementary schools don’t do well on state and city tests. “We The assessments were performed on nearly 1220 programs from 2013-15. Bushwick elementary schools have long struggled. Photo: Kathleen Lucadamo.

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Data Elementary Libraries Exercises 69

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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Study Strategy Learning Groups 78

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., It gave states a deadline of the 2013-14 academic year to have 100 percent of their students demonstrating proficiency in reading, writing and math — a noble, if statistically improbable, goal.

Education 40

Education Policies Learning Report 40

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 4, 2023

Cooper's definition is similar to the one found in Cambridge Dictionary which defines homework as "work that teachers give their students to do at home" or as "studying that students do at home to prepare for school". There is way more to homework than what these general definitions outline. The Elementary School Journal, 60, 212–224.

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Study Elementary Analysis Mobile Learning 145

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2023

Improvement over time: annual academic growth of charter school students compared with traditional public school students across three national studies Source: The National Charter School III Study 2023 , CREDO, Stanford University Four years later in 2013, as the number of charter schools swelled to 6,000 students and educated 2.3

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Study Comparison Outcomes Report 101

MindShift

AUGUST 13, 2015

Attempts to use games as assessments ruin the playful experiences that make them an effective learning tool, he said. I definitely learned a lot, but it was not as fun, not as interesting,” he said. And designing good games is no easy task. It’s very hard to design a good game of any sort,” he said. Etai agrees.

Learning 28

Learning Laptops Report Analysis 28

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

On a crisp day in early March, two elementary school gifted and talented classes worked on activities in two schools, three miles and a world apart. Despite a century of research, definitions of giftedness are fuzzy. Psychologists later poked holes in that definition. Credit: Danielle Dreilinger for The Hechinger Report.

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Education Elementary Report Data 145

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

now live in poverty, a mark hit in 2013 for the first time in 50 years, according to the Southern Education Foundation. A new elementary school, Presidential Park, hosts more than 1,000 students in a modern, state-of-the-art building. The initiative is in place at elementary and middle schools in Middletown.

Blended Learning 135

Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout 135

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

now live in poverty, a mark hit in 2013 for the first time in 50 years, according to the Southern Education Foundation. A new elementary school, Presidential Park, hosts more than 1,000 students in a modern, state-of-the-art building. The initiative is in place at elementary and middle schools in Middletown.

Blended Learning 120

Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout 120

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

APRIL 2, 2022

Once student responses come in from a Check-In, it's easy to see what category the students have self-assessed themselves so you can plan your next lesson accordingly. As I explored Verso, I was definitely curious to hear more about how it's being used in the classroom, so reaching out to Mrs. Manning seemed a natural next step.

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EdTech Google Conference STEM 75

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2018

Elementary school: hated it,” Amber says. We’re preparing kids for these jobs of tomorrow, but we really don’t even know what they are,” said Amy McLeod, the school’s director of curriculum, instruction and assessment. It’s definitely difficult at home sometimes. Middle school: h-a-t-e-d it. School just isn’t for me.

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E-rate Industry Report Survey 97

Learning in Hand

DECEMBER 4, 2014

Elementary School Samples Middle School Samples High School Samples I have so say that finding products made through project based learning is difficult. pic.twitter.com/9YnBljCiH6 — Kaysie Hastings (@hastings_kaysie) September 26, 2013. Often will want to refine it themselves #BYOTchat — Ashley Cross (@Ashly2499) March 1, 2013.

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Android Learning iPad Assessment 79

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2017

Inside, tutor Louise Cox helped a group of 16 elementary and middle school students with their homework and ran them through math and language exercises. In Mississippi, more than one third of program participants increased their math and reading assessment scores, according to the DOE report. I know my daughter is safe.

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Study Report Policies Outcomes 111