The Hechinger Report

APRIL 17, 2020

In this file photo from 2014, veteran teachers attend a Blended Learning Institute workshop in Manhattan. While the consortium offers week-long workshops, teachers need about three months of courses to really become effective online, said Mathes. Photo: Alexandria Neason for The Hechinger Report. It has to be modeled.”.

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eSchool News

APRIL 30, 2019

The Houston district currently includes 11 high schools, 18 middle schools, 54 elementary schools, and five special campuses. Thankfully, our community also saw the importance of modernizing technology in our schools and in 2014 voted overwhelmingly in favor of a $1.2 billion bond to help update the district’s classrooms.

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MIND Research Institute

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

This is up from just under 3,000 at our inaugural Math Fair in 2014. These dedicated folks gave up their Saturday – and some of them their Friday also – to guide our families through the Fair, lead workshops on using problem solving to build the tallest structure out of newspaper, and help visitors get “hands on” with math learning.

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MSEDTechie

MARCH 12, 2014

I co-presented two workshops this year. Global classroom projects: icollaboratory, Kidlink: lower elementary, Flat connections: [link] , Hello little world skypers: Skype projects World Read Aloud Day is march 5th!!! I left feeling refreshed, revived and rejuvenated ready to tackle the last few months of school.

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EdTechTeacher

JULY 2, 2015

Here at EdTechTeacher, we take pride in the fact that all of our Instructors have been classroom teachers, and many of our instructors have come to us because of long relationships that began either at one of our events, online, or during a workshop. Q: First off, Avra, how did the first week of Summer Workshops go?!

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 15, 2023

When Alexandra Logue served as the chief academic officer of the City University of New York (CUNY) from 2008 to 2014, she discovered that her 25-college system was spending over $20 million a year on remedial classes. As those students enter the workforce and gain experience, it’s quite possible that their wages will catch up too.

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mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

JANUARY 14, 2015

It''s so inspiring to learn about how schools in Hawaii are participating in coding activities, not only during Hour of Code Week December 8-14, 2014, but throughout the school year! So far, we''ve done two Google Rocks! Hawaii hangouts to celebrate Hour of Code in Hawaii, and, who knows, there may be more!

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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. The mounting stress levels have sparked a trend of “resilience” trainings and workshops, which typically include yoga, mindfulness and meditation. Her immediate reaction: “What a bunch of baloney!”. “I

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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. The students can then develop ideas in a writing workshop. Croix Falls, Wisconsin.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Vernon has achieved widespread involvement in interactive parent workshops, which have been online since last spring, by focusing on relevant topics such as understanding teenage language and behavior, and how to support virtual learning. And, this sort of culturally relevant approach extends beyond the students themselves.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Ramm, who was part of the first cohort of Fuse fellows in 2014, was already providing support sessions for teachers and administrators in her district. Up to 300 educators attended the workshops, which ran every day and sometimes on weekends.

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EdTechSandyK

APRIL 8, 2014

For my notes on Day 1 of this academy, which took place January 15, 2014, click here. Distict #1 : Principal of an elementary school shared that as part of their 1:1 initiative, they want to create a bank of lessons created by students based on [link] which Alan shared last time. All teachers watch the workshop leader run the class.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 7, 2018

In 2014, she became a state finalist for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science and was recently recognized as a National PAEMST Finalist for Science. She is a National Board Certified Teacher who has done a significant amount of professional development in the areas of science, math, and technology.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update September 24th, 2014 The important thing is not to stop questioning. Updates Partner Spotlight Partner Announcements Calendar of Events Deadlines Highlighted Recordings NMC Navigator Top Ten Conversations Updates Fifth Annual Global Education Conference - November 17th - 21st, 2014.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 21, 2014

This will take place on January 28, 2014 from 5 PM to 7 PM EST at AFS'' New York Offices. In 2014, we will celebrate the fifth anniversary of GlobalEdCon, and hope that you can join us for an evening of networking and conversation. Constructing Modern Knowledge 2014. Click here to RSVP. Check it out and subscribe at [link].

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

Booking Info – Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. I have some powerful online interactive workshops and webinars that can be used to engage learning in this new environment.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2017

After the Denver Zoo’s James Garcia, who had been seeking a way to help Peruvian scientists save the frogs, saw students present a robot they had built at a local workshop, he asked if they could construct an underwater model. The company teamed with the district to establish an educational component for its robot toys in 2014.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 7, 2019

She is an Ashoka Fellow, was named one of The New Leaders Council’s 40 Under 40 Progressive American Leaders, and was winner of the Tides Foundation’s Jane Bagley Lehman award for excellence in public advocacy in 2014. She conducts workshops across the country and presents at regional, national, and international conferences.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

In addition to instructional coaching, Monica supports teachers through workshops, speaking engagements, and blogging for Education Week and Education Post. Monica is the 2014 Texas Teacher of the Year. She is a 2015 Milken Unsung Hero Fellow and a 2015 NEA Foundation Global Fellow. Kelisa Wing has been an educator for 12 years.

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Educator Innovator

AUGUST 31, 2015

In 2014, LRNG awarded grants to 14 groups of educators working on expanding time and space for creative and connected learning in schools. Summer of Science Event, New Mexico, August 8, 2015. The grants grew from a partnership among the National Writing Project, John Legend’s Show Me Campaign , and the John D. and Catherine T.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

She was the new principal of the O’Keeffe School of Excellence, an elementary school on Chicago’s South Side that had been struggling for years. She set up workshops and sent them to professional development days. Teachers go to workshops and professional development days where they might get great new ideas about teaching.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2017

North Star is part of the Uncommon Schools network, which has elementary, middle and high schools in Newark. North Star added AP Biology in 2011, AP Calculus BC in 2013, AP Computer Science in 2014, AP Chemistry in 2015, and AP Physics last year. It showed me the potential I could have academically.”.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

“Personalized learning is not something you buy,” emphasized Chris Liang-Vergara, a consultant from the Chicago organization LEAP Innovations who helped charter Firstline Schools pilot its personalized learning programs between 2011 and 2014. “It’s It’s a teacher practice; it’s a teacher design.”. Teira Rucker, 11.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

On one of these towers, the Albemarle County schools have hung base stations that link to broadband internet beamed up from the roof of a nearby elementary school. The hardware on the towers then blasts that connection about 10 miles into the valley below.

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MindShift

OCTOBER 28, 2015

A small study conducted by Lieny Jeon and others at Ohio State University in 2014 found that unhappy teachers were more apt to have students — in this case 3-year-olds — with behavior problems. While teachers’ emotional discomfort is damaging enough for them, it also, some research shows, has an impact on student learning.

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Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2023

Code Next was launched by Google in 2016 in response to the stubbornly low numbers of people of color working in tech — only 3 percent of Google’s tech employees were Black or Latino back in 2014. It's like kids are already getting knocked out for the count in elementary school.”

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 24, 2019

Aliah Corona and Dakkota Ryf, both 8 in this photo, check the force it takes to move a bag of potatoes six inches using wheels during their third-grade STEAM enrichment class at Pioneer Elementary School in Quincy, Washington. Independent workshops at the museum can cost as little as $450. Lillian Mongeau/The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 24, 2017

The four colleges examined here reported the following: Denison’s Pell student enrollment rate for the 2014-15 academic year was 19 percent; in 2016, 80 percent of its Pell students graduated after just four years on campus. The college invites 50,000 to 60,000 low-income students a year to apply for the program, called Windows on Williams.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Coding has been a required part of the middle school and elementary school curriculum since 2014. Teachers attend coding workshops and receive training at school. Students in fourth grade are trained to use devices to code, and they also have to train their peers and students in other grades.

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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. Renzulli’s summer workshops for educators have trained more than 35,000 teachers over 40 years , including numerous Olmsted staff. Credit: Danielle Dreilinger for The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2020

Avery Bencal is a fourth grader at Winthrop Elementary School in Melrose, Massachusetts. Teacher Meghan Lewis works on math problems with a small group of fourth graders at Winthrop Elementary School in Melrose, Massachusetts. Lewis asked her students to draft a goal and then workshop it with a peer before revising.

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MindShift

JANUARY 24, 2019

Alessandra, a student at Pioneer Elementary School in rural Quincy, Washington, spent part of the fall term in an enrichment class focused on teaching elementary-age students the principles of engineering design through a curriculum designed by educators and scientists at Boston’s Museum of Science.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

A student at Belmont-Cragin Elementary School. After a morning of workshops on topics like helping students puzzle through problems, working in teams and designing learning goals, teachers broke for lunch that day in 2019, gathering around large tables to chat. Lee Elementary, a Pre-K-8 school on Chicago’s southwest side. “I

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

Nationally, 76 percent of white students in special education who exited high school in 2014-15 earned a traditional diploma. where there is just one school district, 77 percent of white students with special needs who exited during the 2014-15 school year left with a diploma, while just 57 percent of their black and Latino peers did.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 21, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update May 20, 2014 Teaching is a strategic act of engagement. If you are going to ISTE 2014, or if you live anywhere near Atlanta, GA, then you will want to come join us for a TON of fun at ISTE Unplugged. It features 60 workshops and 6 keynotes! It hosts an annual conference in various locations.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 6, 2019

The agency, the Oklahoma Energy Resources Board, held a workshop for teachers in Lau’s district a few years ago; she said she salvaged the free lab equipment from the kits that were distributed and threw away the rest.) Related: Will new standards improve elementary science education?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 7, 2022

Greg Lucas California State Librarian Greg Lucas was appointed California’s 25th State Librarian by Governor Jerry Brown on March 25, 2014. His first job out of college was at Sesame Workshop in New York, working with founder Joan Cooney and some amazingly talented colleagues in TV production and educational research. Get Your Free!

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