The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

A student leaps during a game at Horizons Elementary School. Florida and Rhode Island now mandate 20 minutes of recess time a day for elementary school students. At least we’re at the table now,” said Carly Wright, advocacy director for SHAPE. “It Lillian Mongeau/The Hechinger Report. Lillian Mongeau/The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2019

Since 2006, the share of California Hispanic 19-year-olds with a high school diploma has increased from 74 percent to 86 percent, according to the Campaign for College Opportunity, a California advocacy group. Census data analyzed by the Lumina Foundation. There’s still work to be done. Photo: Iris Schneider for The Hechinger Report.

Groups 98

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The key to all of this, said Dr. Smith, is to think of data as a flashlight and not a hammer. It tells us the questions and where to look, but data should drive us to numbers, then to names, and then to faces. Again, the resources need to support the students’ well-being as well as academics.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

At OHDELA, enrollment more than doubled to about 5,200 students in the 2020-2021 school year, according to state data. All told, according to National Education Policy Center data, more than 330,000 students attended virtual schools in 2019-20, roughly 60 percent of them at for-profits. At Stride Inc., Stride Inc., formerly K12 Inc.,

E-rate 121

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2020

In recent years, the group’s advocacy has led to changes in the district’s graduation requirements, to align them with admissions requirements for California’s university systems, and an expansion of funding for an after-school meal program that had been cut by the school board. Every year the group chooses an issue to focus on.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

The researchers created 56 tasks for students in 12 states, and collected 7,804 student responses from January 2015 until June 2016. And that work must begin early, the authors say – in elementary school, ideally. They measured the ability of students to accurately gauge the validity of information they encounter online.

Social Media 40

Social Media Blended Learning Advocacy Study 40

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2017

Thousands of Mississippi’s third graders will sit in front of computers later this month to take the statewide reading test, but the eyes of teachers and administrators at Finch Elementary School will be intensely focused on a dozen students at this Wilkinson County school. Sharon Robinson, principal of Finch Elementary.

Elementary 75

Elementary Training Advocacy Strategy 75

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2019

It’s help teachers need: In 2016 , about 50,000 preschoolers were suspended at least once, and at least 17,000 were expelled, according to the Center for American Progress, a Washington-based liberal research and advocacy institute, which arrived at the estimate based on data from the 2016 National Survey of Children’s Health.

Training 111

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2019

Institutions have access to more student data than ever before—but it's hard to really grasp what that means, since many of the digital tools that colleges use are from third parties or companies that keep their algorithms private. You had some experience in research and advocacy for privacy before you started there, while you were a student.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2016

. — This fall, students at Enterprise Attendance Center in the small city of Brookhaven may get to draw, paint and make crafts in an elementary art class — the first the school has had in 12 years. billion on elementary and secondary education. Census data. Schools stand to receive $2.4 billion under the 2017 budget. “We

Elementary 53

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 2, 2023

Her two youngest, both attending Vancouver’s Washington Elementary School, had struggled with remote learning and still lagged their peers in basic math and reading. million kids as homeless in 2020-21, the most recent school year for which data was available. Washington state’s eviction moratorium was set to expire the next month.

Elementary 121

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MindShift

JULY 15, 2021

Last year, researchers at NWEA, an independent nonprofit assessment company, published an analysis of data from the autumn 2020 MAP Growth tests of more than 4 million public school students. One tutor, Kingsley Esezobor, 38, is a graduate student in computational data science and engineering at North Carolina A&T State University.

Study 42

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Dayne Guest graduated from high school in 2016. According to the most recent federal data, more than 60 percent of fourth-graders in the United States are not proficient readers. When Billy Gibson, 18, was in elementary school, he couldn’t spell his own name. Students at or above proficient reading level.

Training 78

Training Report Groups System 78

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2019

So unrelentingly are the cards stacked against them that only 694 high school graduates from all of Puerto Rico went to college on the mainland or abroad in 2016 , the last year for which the figure is available from the U.S. million, only 694 high school graduates from all of Puerto Rico went to college on the mainland or abroad in 2016.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Pat Farenga: Trusting Every Child's Unique Learning Path THE AERO CONFERENCE Yong Zhao Keynote at the 2016 AERO Conference Peter Gray: Self Directed Education. Webinar #2: The Elementary-School Years Webinar #3: What Will We Do Now That We’re Learning at Home? What Is It, How Does It Work? More to come.

Learning 36

Learning Conference Libraries Broadband 36

Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

.” She posits gaming as the new site for “modern learning,” with an emphasis on skills training and data-driven self-improvement. How accurate is her data? (I’d Some of this is what Jane Mayer describes in her 2016 book Dark Money – the powerful and secretive networks of right-wing billionaire activists.

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Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2021

This year, the Green Lake Parent Teacher Association paid about half that much to cover the cost of the elementary school’s vocal teacher and a portion of a full-time counselor’s salary, among other supports for students. About 3 in 4 students at Rising Star Elementary qualify for subsidized meals. Double click image to enlarge.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

Related: Some kids have returned to in-person learning only to be kicked right back out Rosalind Crawford moved her five young boys, all in elementary and middle school, to Jennings, just north of St. In the 2015-2016 school year, Black students lost 103 days of learning per 100 students, 82 more days than their white peers.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2016

Between the fall of 2013 and late March 2016, Terry High School reported 53 arrests by school police officers, most for disorderly conduct. Four states — Mississippi, Indiana, Florida and Pennsylvania — passed such legislation in 2013, in the months after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut. . 06 percent.

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Report Training Handbook Study 40

Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2023

Soon, employees from one of the world’s most influential companies will arrive to teach these students about computer science: how to program computer games, how to work with data and how to found and run a business. It's like kids are already getting knocked out for the count in elementary school.”

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2022

Over the past few months, Nathan Roberts has witnessed dozens of substitute teachers stumble through their first days at Penny Creek Elementary School. Nathan Roberts, a full-time substitute at Penny Creek Elementary School, teaches a class of kindergarteners how to count. EVERETT, Wash. This story also appeared in The Seattle Times.

Training 129

Training Elementary Survey Report 129

edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

Dr. Carol Kelley, Superintendent of Oak Park Elementary District 97 (IL), stated, “We were not as prepared as we could have been to have made that shift in terms of our practices and pedagogy.” CoSN provides thought leadership resources, community, best practices and advocacy tools to help leaders succeed in the digital transformation.

Learning 77

Learning Broadband Elementary Professional Learning 77

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

As individuals, district tech leaders may be sued by families whose data was compromised by a security breach. The top cybersecurity threats to schools outlined in the CoSN Cybersecurity Report are Phishing, Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS), Data Breach, Ransomware, and IoT (Internet of Things) Attacks. According to Matthew J.

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Strategy System Data BYOD 83

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

A Center for Public Integrity analysis of district-level federal education data suggests roughly 300,000 students entitled to essential rights reserved for homeless students have slipped through the cracks, unidentified by the school districts mandated to help them. Data disclosed in U.S. Our data adds those excluded districts back.

Analysis 68

Analysis Policies Report Advocacy 68

edWeb.net

MAY 19, 2020

Department of Education Secretary in October 2016. Marczak was the assistant superintendent in Oak Ridge Schools in Tennessee, a district lead principal with Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, an elementary principal, and an elementary teacher with Wilson County Schools and Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools.

BYOD 54

BYOD Broadband EdTech Elementary 54

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Improving the use of the various types of assessment data is another priority. Using formative assessment data throughout the year remains crucial for guiding instruction, and as Dr. Kelley pointed out, it can and should be used for referrals to Multi-Tiered Systems of Support as well. About the Presenters. Dr. Carol L.

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Technology Blended Learning BYOD Assessment 88

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

It’s also one of the more controversial, as the computer programs that tend to enable personalized learning stoke anxieties about student data being hacked, sold, or otherwise abused. Since 2016, when the couple launched an LLC to coordinate much of their charitable giving, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has committed $142.1

Learning 121

Learning Laptops Personalized Learning Data 121

edWeb.net

JULY 22, 2019

Kelley, Superintendent of Oak Park Elementary School District 97, IL, explained, this isn’t about deciding what technology a district uses. Kelley is superintendent of Oak Park Elementary School District 97, a PreK–8 public school system in Oak Park, IL, with 6,150 students. Create a Common Vision : As Dr. Carol L. Dr. Carol L.

Libraries 41

Libraries Elementary Accessibility BYOD 41

The Hechinger Report

JULY 16, 2018

In 2016-17, 1,311 of the program’s 2,060 students qualified for free tuition because of their family income or their status as English language learners or as children of military parents. Of the Pre-K 4 SA alumni in San Antonio ISD, 67 percent passed, according to data provided by the district. Denise Ojeda, parent.

iPad 62

iPad Data Report Outcomes 62

techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

www.getalma.com ) Alma Technologies has announced it is allowing any SQL-based business intelligence tool, such as Tableau and Jaspersoft, to access data from its modern, student information system and learning management system. Software & Online ALMA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. These solutions will be offered to school librarians in the U.S.

Tools 71

Tools PresenceLearning Edmodo Blackboard 71

edWeb.net

APRIL 22, 2019

He was selected as one of 100 superintendents to attend and present at the #FutureReady National ConnectED Superintendents Summit at the White House, was named to the National School Boards Association Top 20 to Watch, and conducted his first TEDx Talk in 2016 entitled Don’t Buy the Book: Cultivate, Curate and Go Open. Join the Community.

Accessibility 40

Accessibility PowerMyLearning Guidelines Policies 40

Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2017

Middle school and elementary school were extremely challenging for me. I learned things like metacognition, self advocacy, motivation, determination, resiliency. In 2016, Mary Jo was named to the Forbes "30 Under 30" list in education. Excruciating. You have to do it differently. Thank you for having me.

Learning 60

Learning System Advocacy Technology 60

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Michelle’s professional background also includes her tenure at the Hesperia Unified School District as a teacher, assistant principal, principal, and finalist for CA Elementary Principal of the Year. In the fall of 2016 Ann co-authored and published Life Lessons in Leadership: The Way of the Wallaby. Join the Community.

PowerMyLearning 40

PowerMyLearning Mobile Learning BYOD iPad 40

The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2018

Most states have something on the books to encourage competency-based options, but only about a half-dozen have loosened seat-time dictates enough to dispense with grade levels, according to Matt Williams, chief operating officer and vice president of policy and advocacy for the personalized-learning nonprofit KnowledgeWorks.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Just 7 percent of America’s public school teachers were Black during the 2017-18 school year, while Black students make up 15 percent of the student population, according to the most recently available data from the National Center for Education Statistics. That’s something that I always wanted to be in. Tackling Teacher Shortages.

Education 132

Education Elementary Data Dropout 132

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Elementary Years ? Steve Steve Hargadon steve@learningrevolution.com [link] @stevehargadon CURRENT SESSION LIST: Abigail Ekangouo Awanga : Emoji grading a fascinating effect on low proficiency learners AERO : Yong Zhao Keynote at the 2016 AERO Conference AERO : Peter Gray: Self Directed Education. Blended Learning ? Classroom 2.0 ?

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Conference Learning OER Blended Learning 34

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Meghan Whittaker, director of policy and advocacy at the National Center for Learning Disabilities. I don’t think anyone’s going to say that what we were doing worked or was equitable,” said Meghan Whittaker, the director of policy and advocacy at the National Center for Learning Disabilities. Here’s why they’re not.

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Education Advocacy Policies System 145