The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Michelle McLaughlin said Michael’s education did not prepare him for college or career. 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. Our son’s education was a waste. Higher Education.

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Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2017

The state of New Hampshire has been gradually shifting toward competency-based education (CBE) for two decades. Two recent state initiatives are defining a set of non academic work habits that contribute to student success , and developing a statewide performance-based assessment system.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 28, 2017

Online support groups like #educolor and #hiphoped can provide advice from teachers and educators across the country. Consequently, anti-racist teachers like you and me must organize like-minded educators to form our own community. Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter. Read more about education in New Orleans.

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Georgia Test Prep

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Informing the students, parents, educators, and the public about how well students are learning important content is an essential aspect of any educational assessment and accountability system. The Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE) is the authority for Georgia Milestones. History of GMAS. How is GMAS taken?

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eSpark

JANUARY 5, 2016

On December 10, 2015, President Obama signed the Every Student Succeeds Act, a bipartisan bill designed to address the shortcomings of No Child Left Behind. “ The goals of No Child Left Behind were the right goals: Making a promise to educate every child with an excellent teacher -- that’s the right thing to do, that’s the right goal.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 12, 2021

In order to address education equity, administrators must first recognize the common barriers. A holistic approach to child development, education, and differentiated support – This is a chance to make classrooms developmentally conducive to learning. without really looking for the root cause of the issues. Noguera, Ph.D.,

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Marketplace K-12

MAY 18, 2016

million for scoring 2015-16 assessments in Tennessee after the state terminated a contract in April with Measurement Inc. over glitches in implementing the test, the state department of education announced this week. In late 2014, Pearson was replaced as the state’s test provider for the Tennessee standardized tests.

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eSchool News

MAY 31, 2016

As we collectively elevate teaching so that it may sit comfortably alongside other highly respected and important professions, we must think carefully about how to provide higher-quality, effective continuing education for teaching. But we’re not there yet. But we’re not there yet. They deserve every opportunity to excel and grow.

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eSchool News

JUNE 25, 2015

Tracking features in integrated SIS and LMS platform enable educators to plan and modify curriculum and instruction in real time. The tool supports the growing trend toward standards-based grading in schools and districts across the country. Alma’s Standards Tracker was designed based on the standards-based grading model.

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eSpark

MAY 2, 2016

In 2015, the bipartisan Every Student Succeeds Act signaled the end of one-size-fits-all instruction. The new legislation urged districts to embrace project based instruction aligned to academic standards and 21st century skills. 1) Essential Question. 3) Authenticity. 4) Student Voice and Choice. 4) Student Voice and Choice.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2015

Advanced high school courses could be at risk under new standards. Indiana state education officials are working on a plan to address tighter academic standards for those teaching Indiana high school classes in which students also can earn college credit. The higher education commission is gathering that data.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 15, 2018

For instance, a 2015 analysis of Harvard law school graduates found that women who had not become partners in a firm had fewer mentors during their first five years than either women partners, or men who had not achieved partnership status. And not having a mentor can slow career progression. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

A majority of Kansas public school students aren’t on track to be ready academically for college based on their scores on standardized English and math tests this past spring, a state report said Tuesday. Department officials and State Board of Education members acknowledged they’re not satisfied with the overall results.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

AUGUST 27, 2015

The Mind Trust today launched Talent Matters, an effort to recruit talented innovators and entrepreneurs to take part in two transformative efforts to improve public education in Indianapolis: Charter School Design Challenge. In exchange for this freedom, the schools are held to the highest academic standards.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Carey Wright, state superintendent of education, says Jackson Public Schools’ failing score indicates low proficiency on state examinations. ” The final accountability ratings for the 2015-2016 school year reflect a new scoring system MDE put in place in September. Photo: Imani Khayyam. Email sierra@jacksonfreepress.com.

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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 We are looking forward to supporting Virginia Beach’s students and parents, as well as their dedicated educators, with this new initiative.”.

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

OCTOBER 15, 2022

All of this created a spiral of stress for both the educators and students. At its core, the issue was resolving one of the toughest situations in education: effective co-teaching. Alignment to academic standards is usually more prominent and obvious. However, the educator is constantly looking at two things.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2020

While credit recovery is one of the fastest-growing fields in online education, many programs are little more than diploma mills hastening students through the curriculum with insufficient support. The Charter School of San Diego is one of the schools using that program, yet its educational model has drawn praise.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2018

In the last decade, educators have focused on boosting literacy skills among low-income kids in the hope that all children will read well by third grade. Duncan of the University of California Irvine’s School of Education, whose research examines child poverty and education. “It Higher Education. BERWYN, Ill. —

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 16, 2016

But Oakland is one of a growing number of districts trying to reconnect top administrators to the kids they serve as a way to help the critical middleman in education: the school principal. Meredith Honig, director of the lab, said they encourage districts to “tweak [the standards] and make them your own.”. These new tasks were added.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Their work is a version of what educators call project-based learning, which means gaining knowledge by solving problems rather than by studying textbooks. We actually had to learn about the frogs,” said Jerry Vasquez, who started with the project when he was a sophomore in 2015. “We For Sphero and its 170 employees, work with St.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2017

For this story, reporters analyzed every available open-enrollment charter application approved between 2005 and 2015 — the decade after Katrina. They tended to cite a combination of their own optimism coupled with pressure from state officials, who in turn were pressured to meet the federal educational goals set in No Child Left Behind.

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MindShift

JULY 9, 2018

This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. In the last decade, educators have focused on boosting literacy skills among low-income kids in the hope that all children will read well by third grade. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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eSchool News

APRIL 8, 2022

Michael Casserly Legacy Award for Educational Courage and Justice. Scott has served as a member of US House of Representatives since 1993 and currently serves as the chairman of the Committee on Education and Labor , where he works to advance an agenda that improves equity and quality in education. Throughout his career, Rep.

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Edsurge

APRIL 17, 2019

He envisioned a game-based educational platform used by teachers and students to learn about science and the environment. And he had interest from educators who wanted to try Planet3 in schools that included the Las Vegas area. have adopted the standards while 21 states have standards based on the framework.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Independence Academy is one of 33 so-called recovery schools in the United States, public high schools that serve students whose lives and educations have been derailed by drug abuse. Drug use, suspensions and expulsions have put many students here far behind academically. The standard is what’s appropriate,” Mr. Kain says. “If

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

But to the BMO’s annual education industry conference, where company executives, investors, bankers and financiers of all stripes descended in their suits and slacks (but very few ties). EdReports has become a real big deal in K-12 publishing,” he said, referring to the nonprofit that reviews textbooks for alignment to academic standards.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

Jessica Evers is one of the tens of thousands of students who have enrolled in Premier Education Group schools over the last decade, bringing with them hundreds of millions in federal funding. For-profit schools, such as Salter and others owned by its parent company, Premier Education Group, have zeroed in on this market.

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Edsurge

JULY 16, 2018

A Question on Testing When building the new tests, PLTW gathered panels of industry experts, educators and psychometricians, or scientists who study how to make tests fair. To infuse both real-world scenarios and academic standards into the new exams, as well as topics like leadership that college admissions reps would care about.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

This article originally appeared on Usable Knowledge from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Federal policy has transformed the education of students with disabilities in the United States. It also ensures that FAPE is tied to the academic standards for the grade in which the student is enrolled.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2017

Educators and experts say such programs may engage disengaged students, increase graduation and attendance rates , and help students develop career goals at an earlier point in their lives. “I However programs like Harwood’s that offer academic credit in core subject areas are rare, Parton said.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 23, 2019

Phil Bredesen had just announced that he was convening an emergency legislative session to enact education reforms to make the state competitive for President Barack Obama’s Race to the Top competition. on the state’s assessment of English language arts since it was first administered in 2015. It was 2009, and Tennessee Gov.

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