Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

Note that the last category is the most subjective and one might reasonably argue some reports (including those conducted under contract with the U.S. Please feel free to comment if you believe I’ve missed a key document or piece of crucial information, or if you have a question regarding the context of a specific statement or document.

Policies 150

Policies Technology Program Evaluation Education 150

Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2018

In July 2013 by a unanimous vote, the Board of Trustees for McComb School District in Mississippi appointed me as superintendent of schools. My appointment came at a time when 77 percent of McComb’s kindergarteners had not met the required performance on the state’s kindergarten readiness assessment. This was my struggle.

System 116

System How To Assessment Meeting 116

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 21, 2020

But based on initial data from a much smaller pilot in Long Beach, California, in 2017-18 and another in 33 tiny Idaho districts in 2013-14, he was optimistic. million to NWEA in 2019-20 for students in kindergarten through eighth grade to take the assessments. The MAP tests, however, weren’t free: Clark County paid about $1.9

Khan Academy 133

Khan Academy Classroom Training Software 133

Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2019

In 2013, he documented the experience in a case study in the Atlantic Marketing Journal, titled “ Operating a Very Large-Section, Hybrid Principles of Marketing Class at a Public University: Lessons Learned over Ten Years.” Here, the player is given money, a weather report and lemonade supplies.

Classroom 135

Classroom Exercises Gamification Course 135

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 21, 2019

Michael Dougherty for The Hechinger Report. Nellie Mae is among the many funders of The Hechinger Report.). On report cards, grades are presented in the new system, but on transcripts the school provides a conversion to a traditional letter grade — an element that has meant grades are easy for parents to understand.

Learning 85

Learning System Report Outcomes 85

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Michael McLaughlin and his mother, Michelle, at Michael’s 2013 graduation. This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education, in partnership with the Huffington Post. Photo courtesy Michelle McLaughlin. But he still struggled.

Education 111

Education Strategy Report Training 111

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

Chris Berdik/The Hechinger Report. Chris Berdik/The Hechinger Report. After three years in an expeditionary learning school, students outpaced traditional school peers by 7 months in reading achievement and 10 months in math, according to a 2013 study by Mathematica Policy Research that EL commissioned.

Personalized Learning 111

Personalized Learning Khan Academy Learning Report 111

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

The growing movement to require aspiring teachers to pass performance-based assessments to demonstrate that they can teach what they know – to all of their students – is a seismic shift for the field. Performance assessment is now required for program completion, licensure or program approval in more than 20 states.

Assessment 40

Assessment Training Policies Common Core 40

Connecting 2 the World

APRIL 29, 2016

While the common core curriculum was designed to address this gap between the academic and workplace skill development, the implementation of K-12 curriculum has focused on assessment and standardized teaching rather than development of the of workplace “soft-skills”. Special Report: The Employment Mismatch. References: Bersin, J.,

Analysis 40

Analysis STEM Common Core Industry 40

The Principal of Change

APRIL 4, 2015

I found a great document from Alberta Education on the topic , and although I am not probably saying something new, I was thinking about how if we want schools to do this type of learning with their students, it is more likely to be successful if teachers had the opportunity to participate in this type of professional learning.

Professional Learning 28

Professional Learning Learning Examples System 28

The Principal of Change

APRIL 9, 2015

Self-Assessment. It is not only in our report card system, but also our evaluation process of educators. I have collected and developed resources on both “how” to create a digital portfolio, and the power of learning through this type of self-assessment. Self-Assessment. Quick Guide. Links/Resources. What is #EDUin30?

Professional Learning 28

Professional Learning Edcamps Learning Assessment 28

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 18, 2023

In 2013, she took on leading a ninth-grade remedial class and taught nearly 50 students the regular Algebra 1 curriculum. This back-to-school season, the Education Reporting Collaborative, a coalition of eight newsrooms, will be documenting the enormous challenge facing our schools and highlighting examples of progress.

Course 86

Course Report Data STEM 86

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Think the private school startup Bridge International Academies that operates in Africa, for example, which Peg Tyre documented so devastatingly in The New York Times Magazine this summer.). “Facebook Giving Virtual-Reality Kits to Every Arkansas High School,” Education Week reported in August.

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

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

Study 91

Study Comparison Outcomes Report 91

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Roderic Crooks Their team has developed a variety of in-house educational tools, from Google plugins that help teachers manage documents to student data warehouses. Yet there’s a cost to get all the data needed to make New Visions’ system work, one that sometimes falls on students: a steady flow of assessments.

Data 88

Data System Assessment Training 88

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Armstrong''s 2008 TED Prize wish asked to help her assemble the Charter for Compassion, a document around which religious leaders can work together for peace. In late fall 2008, the first draft of the document was written by the world, via a sharing website. She is a powerful voice for ecumenical understanding.

Conference 59

Conference Education Pearson Technology 59

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2018

Now a team of five researchers from Rutgers University in collaboration with the Education Law Center, a nonprofit advocacy organization, has created a complicated model that predicts how much money it would cost each school district in America to get its students to reach average test scores in math and reading, as recorded from 2013 to 2015.

Advocacy 106

Advocacy Data Report Study 106

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2016

State officials at the highest levels have been aware of these problems for years and have repeatedly failed to fix them, according to internal documents. Tennessee’s VR office has long struggled to serve its clients effectively, federal documents show. The state first began this kind of audit in 1985.) That to me speaks volumes.”.

Advocacy 40

Advocacy Meeting Report Training 40

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 20, 2016

In a recent Hechinger Report series on childcare in Mississippi, writers Jackie Mader and Sarah Butrymowicz asked what it would take for that state to transform its childcare into a top system. A 2002 Senate report called the program “a model for the nation for providing high-quality affordable childcare.“.

System 40

System Study Policies Training 40

MindShift

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

In 2013, only eight percent of students taking the AP CS exam were Hispanic and just three percent were African American. A recent report from Google and Gallup on diversity gaps in computer science education pointed to “structural and social barriers” for these three populations. . I really don’t belong here,’” said Lee.

Education 28

Education Examples Course Classroom 28

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 16, 2013

Please join us for the third annual global conversation about the future of libraries: October 18-19, 2013, [link]. student 7:30am The university library website as a virtual study environment - Máté Tóth 8:00am Assessment in Action: Academic Libraries and Student Success - Kara Malenfant, Sr.

Libraries 51

Libraries Conference MOOC E-rate 51

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2017

Photo: Terrell Clark for The Hechinger Report. The training not only gave teachers the opportunity to learn more about the Civil Rights Movement, but also taught them how to pull documents from the archives to enhance and enrich their classroom materials. It refers to the “Civil Rights Movement” once.

Study 87

Study Report Analysis Course 87

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 11, 2018

Photo: Wayne D’Orio for The Hechinger Report. According to administrators, between 2013 and 2016, the district of about 19,000 students slashed its number of expulsions and out-of-school suspensions from 1,628 to 475. Photo: Wayne D’Orio for The Hechinger Report. BURIEN, Wash. —

Elementary 97

Elementary Training Report Guidelines 97

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

Tammy Kim, for The Hechinger Report. Kristen Danusis, a former school psychologist who became the principal in 2013, tells me that many of her students live “off the grid,” in households that earn little regular income. Tammy Kim, for The Hechinger Report. Tammy Kim, for The Hechinger Report. PROVIDENCE, R.I.

Personalized Learning 98

Personalized Learning Chromebook Learning Elementary 98

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Internal government documents, watchdog reports and interviews with veterans’ policy advocates, government staffers and other officials suggest that little has been done to crack down on colleges accused of predatory behavior. Photo: Peggy Peattie for The Hechinger Report.

Report 71

Report Outcomes Company Training 71

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 9, 2017

The report linked this configuration to a series of excesses, including conflicts of interest, outlandish severance packages and poor spending decisions, all undertaken with minimal public scrutiny.”. Well, according to their response to NYC Comptroller’s audit, they don’t vote. “As

Policies 40

Policies Exercises Report Outcomes 40

The Hechinger Report

JULY 5, 2017

A 2015 Pew Research Center report revealed that the disconnected included 5 million households with school-aged children, who either couldn’t afford home broadband or lived in rural areas avoided by for-profit internet companies. A central issue when granting private use of a public resource is assessing the public benefit. Here’s why.

Broadband 88

Broadband Mobility Digital Divide Learning 88

NeverEndingSearch

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

In its glossary, Stony Brook University’s Center for News Literacy defines news literacy as: The ability to use critical thinking skills to judge the reliability and credibility of news reports, whether they come via print, television or the Internet. Our kids need new types of filters. Post-truth or truthiness.

Social Media 40

Social Media Handbook Facebook Report 40

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Photo: Rory Doyle for The Hechinger Report. Since she graduated in 2013, the name of the old high school had changed, but not much else. Back in 2013, more than a fifth of her senior class didn’t graduate. Photo: Rory Doyle for The Hechinger Report. LEXINGTON, Miss. Even if the students complained.

Outcomes 139

Outcomes Elementary Report Resources 139

Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2016

ESSA gives more autonomy and flexibility to states than they had under NCLB through competency-based assessments, which could drive the development of personalized learning technologies. Significantly, ESSA mandates the collection and reporting of per pupil expenditure data at the school level. (The “ Seen ” cheating.).

Data 40

Data Technology Education Software 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. The Horizon Report. The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade. with Pigeons.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

The evolution in thinking on the value of bilingual education and the specifics of the voter proposition was covered in depth by The Hechinger Report in this story from our archives. This story was written by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education.

Elementary 105

Elementary Common Core Course Training 105

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2016

But the parents at Derrick’s school were willing to sign annual parental waivers and school leaders were willing to pull together documentation that a dual language program would meet the “special needs” of their students and submit an application for such a program to the state. “I It just made it much harder.

Common Core 40

Common Core Elementary Training Course 40

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Credit: Talia Herman for The Hechinger Report The number of students across the U.S. Then, in a 1981 report to the Senate, the General Accounting Office said tougher ones were needed. The post ‘My number one enemy’: The hidden financial aid hurdle derailing college students appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

Policies 116

Policies Analysis Meeting Study 116

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 15, 2017

This story was produced by the Center for Public Integrity in collaboration with StateImpact Oklahoma , a reporting project of NPR member stations in Oklahoma. Records show that the board’s education director, who wrote “Big Bad Dream,” has ordered hundreds of copies of “Fuel-less” to distribute locally — most recently in 2013.

Industry 55

Industry Education Company Groups 55

Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

University of Texas at Austin , related to features unique to that university,“ Inside Higher Ed reports. ” As Vox reports, “The Court announced Thursday that it was unable to reach a decision in the case United States v. ” asks The Hechinger Report after looking at the country’s rising PISA scores.

Coursera 60

Coursera Education E-rate Company 60

The Hechinger Report

JULY 19, 2016

During the Republican and Democratic conventions, The Hechinger Report will publish a new story each day, examining what the party proposals might mean for the future of education. Our staff reporters will provide education coverage from Cleveland and Philadelphia. Convention coverage.

How To 40

How To E-rate Report Groups 40