The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 18, 2021

Since 2014, the partnership program has poured federal funds into established child care programs that serve low-income children, including the most popular non-parental form of infant and toddler care: home-based care. The Early Head Start partnership program has been solving many of the problems the plan is attempting to address for years.

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Shake Up Learning

JULY 18, 2017

The post How to Find the Best iOS Apps for Your Classroom appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Teach her how to find apps, she can facilitate learning for a lifetime.” How to Find the Best iOS Apps for Your Classroom #mlearning #ipaded #edtech Click To Tweet. Elementary. 40 of the Best Learning Apps for Elementary.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 9, 2018

Teacher-prep programs, she added, bear a large part of the responsibility here: Many teachers-in-training receive just one course in how to teach reading — a teaching task which experts agree is extremely complex — before heading into the classroom. Children do not come wired to learn how to read: It is an acquired skill.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Silent reading is unconstrained by the mechanics of speech production and can be faster than oral reading by as much as 30 percent, according to a 2014 study published in Literacy Research and Instruction. Learn how to find the right reading intervention for your school at our Oct 23rd webinar. helped them to learn how to read.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

Even just one student who is misbehaving can affect how much and how well an entire class is learning. When we arrived at Betty Best Elementary in Houston in the summer of 2014 and dug into the school’s data, we saw there were 627 office referrals during the previous year.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2023

This story also appeared in Mind/Shift At a training session this summer, Pitts, a teacher at Oakdale Elementary in Sandy, Utah, learned why: The program works best when teachers supervise kids rather than sending them off to do exercises on their own. But at first, few teachers took note.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 29, 2018

Learn how students are teaching each other drone piloting and other examples from Albemarle County, Virginia with Superintendent Pam Moran. Jennifer gives you a description in simple language, a screenshot of the tool in action and then a play button that takes you to a video about how the tool works. Stream by clicking here.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 14, 2023

Mississippi’s elementary reading policies, signed into law in 2013, have drawn national attention. They include improved literacy training for elementary teachers and reading coaches for the state’s lowest performing elementary schools. Related: Mississippi made the biggest leap in national test scores this year.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

From 1992 until 2007, the state’s average score for fourth-graders remained below the “basic” level of achievement on the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Mississippi has long struggled to improve reading scores. What has the district done to boost scores?

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 4, 2019

The Research About Keeping Teachers First, let’s dive into some research about how to help teachers thrive (and not quit teaching.) A Smile is the Teacher’s Game Face This summer, I met Rob Brown , elementary school principal at Southside Christian School in South Carolina. We have to do better. 25) Kraft, M.

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Waterford

DECEMBER 22, 2021

In this article, you’ll learn more about why phonics skills are so important for literacy development, then discover helpful strategies for teaching elementary students—with five free downloadable teacher resources from Waterford.org! Essentials of Assessing, Preventing, and Overcoming Reading Difficulties by David Kilpatrick.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

This could involve using differentiated instruction, incorporating multicultural education, or employing a range of assessment methods. Google’s AI literacy resource can help teachers learn more about how to effectively make the best of artificial intelligence technologies in their educational practice. Madda et al., Leijten, P.,

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

“I tell them not to read at the same pace that your neighbors are reading, not too loud that we’re distracting someone, but just enough that you can practice your reading voice,” the second grade teacher at Lincoln Elementary School said. “So Related: Retraining an entire state’s elementary teachers in the science of reading.

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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. They dubbed the behaviors “Work-Study Practices” (WSP).

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2017

With this context in mind, GWAEA launched its blended learning pilot program in 2014, selected for its ability to converge local and state initiatives while providing a pathway to personalized learning. The collaborative identified blended learning as one vehicle to implement competency based education and personalize student learning.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 18, 2017

Olin does think, however, that the five-paragraph essay format is useful for elementary students, adding that fourth grade is when the state of Texas starts assessing students’ writing in standardized tests. Croix Falls Elementary School in St. As they develop their content, they consider how to structure those ideas.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 4, 2021

Adopt mediation as a restorative practice with specific language on how to use it. Reexamine practices—assess what is and isn’t working. The presenters’ district is undertaking an equity assessment to see where they are in reaching their 2025 goals. Provide mental health and behavioral support for students and teachers.

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Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2019

“Funding is helpful, but the thing that sticks out for us is how that team understands the market,” he says. They brought other resources and people to help us think about how to position ourselves and where to focus.” LearnPlatform, founded in 2014 and based in Raleigh, N.C., had six employees when it entered the accelerator.

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Education with Technology

JUNE 25, 2014

Teachers can give their students quick conventions formative assessment QR codes that link to an online survey/quiz such as in Google Forms. In class, the teachers review how to use space or location words to organize the students speaking. One student describes how to get from his/her house or apartment to the far away place.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

While some students remain unconnected, Oakland’s effort has emerged as an example of how to tackle a citywide digital divide. “We Still, she added, there were “just so many stories of kids using their cellphones to complete assignments, to research, or having to figure out how to get to public libraries in order to access devices.”.

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MindShift

MAY 3, 2019

According to a 2014 study (the most recent data available) from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, 73% of eighth graders are less than proficient in geography. She looked at data from the 2014 assessment and estimated that educators only spend about 20 minutes a week teaching geography.

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MindShift

JULY 9, 2018

Teacher-prep programs, she added, bear a large part of the responsibility here: Many teachers-in-training receive just one course in how to teach reading — a teaching task which experts agree is extremely complex — before heading into the classroom. Children do not come wired to learn how to read: It is an acquired skill.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2023

One Wicomico mom, who asked for anonymity because she feared retaliation from the school, recalled the terror she felt when she got the phone call saying that her son’s school was going to have him assessed for a forced psychiatric hospitalization. When she arrived at the school, she said, her son was already in handcuffs.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Audrianna Lesieur, age 11, smiles after demonstrating the strength of “Confidence” with encouragement from classmate William Maestas as her teacher Val Seamons moves on to assist Billy Sabo at Lake Canyon Elementary School. Karen Schauer, superintendent, Galt Joint Union Elementary School District. GALT, Calif. Weekly Update.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 25, 2014

To see the conference schedule in your own time zone, and for instructions on how to click through and enter a session, please go to our schedule page. Rod Federwisch & Karen Goss Assessing and Developing Modern Language Fluency For Global Communication - Harry Tuttle, Ed.D.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Shortly after I received the award, it seemed like everyone wanted to visit my classroom and sit in a room with me to understand how I was getting my kids to learn. I had been working alone behind closed doors for so long that I didn’t know how to share the work in a meaningful way. That’s when the email came.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 30, 2015

STEM in Iowa’s Re-Envisioned Economic Development Roadmap (2014 Battelle Report) , Kathryn Kunert & Carrie Rankin. See Iowa’s 2014 Battelle Report. Girls Scouts – all girl Lego leagues, Engineering is Elementary – girls are empowered – Flying Monkeys prosthetic device patent! Peek Into a STEM Classroom: Mt.

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eSpark

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Over 1,000 Mineola elementary school students are using eSpark in four buildings throughout the district, while a team of Mineola middle schoolers helped us build new product features to better engage and challenge students. The district’s culture of innovation pays off. Berwyn, Illinois.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2019

I said, ‘OK, I’ll try it, but it’s not going to work,’ ” recalled Lopes, who teaches at the William D’Abate Elementary School. Teaching ranks among the most stressful professions, according to Gallup research from 2014, in which about half of teachers reported high daily stress at work, tying medical professionals for the most-stressful jobs.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

AUGUST 12, 2014

Rookies want to know how to make flipping work with class procedures, and veterans are always tweaking what they do. For example, 2013-14 English 9 or 2014-15 Honors English 9. From taking quick quizzes as a homework check to group quizzes to summative tests, Edmodo''s quiz feature is my go to feature for assessment.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 14, 2018

Screencastify is an essential tool for making flipped lessons, student videos and creative formative assessments. The state’s just reduced that to a requirement of one science, one social studies, one math, and a reading and writing assessment. How to Get Buy-in For Transformational Change from Teachers. So, that’s kind of cool.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 13, 2019

How To Start The School Year By Building Relationships Lesson Plan Idea: For example, I kick off the year in “Masterpiece Theater” (the name of my classroom) by having students create a masterpiece in Play-Doh representing something that’s essential to the masterpiece of their life. Formative assessment is key.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

And at the end of that year, we did some assessment, and we realized that we needed some more time to build this vision. What can it look like in an elementary classroom? How can we implement socially embedded lessons and activities? We had another professional learning cohort called “Leading Your Salisbury.”.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 18, 2016

Unfortunately, it is often challenging to design a feedback mechanism to understand if the new initiative – whether it be a new curriculum adoption, device rollout, or new assessments - will really work. How do systems know when their initiatives “landed” successfully to support teachers and enable students to thrive?

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 16, 2021

As it turns out, many were not at first ; NPR reported that in the fall of 2014, some 21 percent of the grades P-TECH students earned in their college courses were Ds and Fs. Ninth graders are assessed early – and often. “We I have to figure out how to get to my goal: attend NYU and study medicine.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 18, 2020

He also believes the arts are especially important in a district like Mount Vernon because many of the students turned out to be “twice gifted,” despite having received standardized assessment scores that did not reflect their proficiencies. Jay McTighe brings a wealth of experience developed during a rich and varied career in education.

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2016

It has helped millions of students worldwide to improve their reading and writing skills, master increasingly rigorous academic standards, and prepare for high-stakes assessments. “We Smarty Ants is a foundational literacy program for grades PreK-1 that teaches children how to read in an engaging, online environment.

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