The Hechinger Report

MAY 17, 2021

Since then, scholars have been trying to figure out why their scores dropped so much between 2017 and 2019 on a highly regarded national test known as the National Assessment of Educational Progress or NAEP. In survey questions that accompany the NAEP test, eighth graders reported how much time they spent reading outside of school.

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Survey Data Report Social Media 137

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Six newsrooms joined together to report on the problem and find solutions for America’s reading problem. Credit: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. Before the pandemic, Albalicia Espino often took her 6-year-old daughter Sara to the West Dallas Library. In 2016, U.S. In 2016, U.S. Reading Remedies. READ THE SERIES.

Elementary 143

Elementary Analysis Libraries Report 143

Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2016

an assessment system that looks for productivity over process and method. Chester, who won the Educause 2016 Community Leadership Award, says that the overwhelming amount of information available at our fingertips causes humans to react in two ways: shut down or follow the crowd. SAVE THE LIBRARY?

Libraries 60

Libraries LMS Data Blackboard 60

Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Go easy on the inspirational, aspirational statements; go deep on data to support the needs assessments and recommendations. It should not be controversial in 2016 that there is a baseline expectation of access to technology in schools, just as there are baseline expectations for access to textbooks and desks. Offering online learning?

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Strategy EdTech Broadband E-rate 231

Edsurge

JULY 31, 2018

A curriculum reform adopted by the Finnish National Agency for Education in 2016 set key goals that I think are clear reflections of the Finnish approach to education: enhancing pupil participation, increasing the meaningfulness of learning and enabling every pupil to feel successful in their academic and social-emotional learning.

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techlearning

JULY 10, 2018

(ATLANTA, Georgia) July 10, 2018 — Thanks to a generous donation from the Atlanta Retailers Association (ARA) that was matched by the Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia, Alive Studios is equipping all 15 Gwinnett County Public Library branches with its evidence-based Learning alive™ kits.

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Libraries Learning Software Online Assessments 40

Edsurge

JANUARY 4, 2019

EdSurge Independent was created in 2016 as a way to change that by providing college and university students a platform to share their ideas, concerns, excitement and frustrations with the way technology shapes teaching and learning in higher education. You can find the full report here , and a snapshot of highlights below.

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Education Outcomes Report Trends 133

Edsurge

MAY 2, 2024

Designers tried to borrow tropes from video games, and in the demo, Ed enthusiastically says, “Alberto, you met your goal today,” and points to even more resources he could go to, including links to “Read a book,” “Get tutoring,” or “Find a library near me.” We will continue assessing the data and define those KPIs as we learn more.”

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

To prepare students for success in a remote learning environment, Learning.com is adding remote learning lessons to its EasyTech content library. The remote learning lessons expand EasyTech ’s comprehensive online library of content covering essential technology skills for students in kindergarten through eighth grade.

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Schoology Digital Citizenship Learning Libraries 67

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2021

Among those are predicting how well students might do if admitted and assessing their financial need. Credit: Jackie Mader for The Hechinger Report. David Weiss, co-founder, Assessment Systems. Credit: Jackie Mader for The Hechinger Report.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 12, 2016

On September 21-23, 2016, Digital Promise and the U.S. Department of Education hosted the 2016 Education Innovation Clusters Convening (#EdClusters16) in Providence, R.I., Sean Duffy (@dearmrduffy) September 23, 2016. Reports from the Field. rdaley0001 (@rdaley98) September 22, 2016. Mapping EdCluster Ecosystems.

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Assessment Tools Blended Learning Exercises 120

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

I have a lot of students that are below grade level, and so with this year being so heavily impacted with students coming in below grade level, we have to assess the students and what they need.”. The report looked at achievements in what the coalition calls a “key subset” of students — low-income Hispanic/Latino third graders.

Elementary 81

Elementary Report Training Groups 81

Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2019

The nonprofit publisher of K-12 curriculum launched in 2016 expecting an audience for its digital offerings. But now I can report that these tools have been adopted in thousands of U.S. In a 2018 survey of college students, the trade publication Library Journal found that 75 percent say that reading print books is easier than e-books.

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Chegg Software Industry Pearson 146

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

In their district-wide tech plan for 2016 to 2022 , Renton set a goal of reaching a 1:1 device-to-student ratio for all middle and high schoolers in the 2019-2020 school year. Although there were many reasons, in large part the district had moved away from desktops and more teachers were using carts of devices, often for assessment.

EdTech 120

EdTech Accessibility Policies Equity of Access 120

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

businesses reported difficulty finding appropriately trained workers, up from 32 percent reported in 2015. Census Bureau 2016; U.S. These workers recovered only 80,000, or 1 percent, of those job losses between 2010 and 2016. According to Manpower’s annual labor shortage survey , 45 percent of U.S. Source: Sources: U.S.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

In the summer of 2016, a community of educators, research design partners, and over 150 teens and young adults in Colorado engaged in a bold experiment to rethink how quality and impact might be measured in a modernized system of learning. Our current approach of summative assessments has few fans. Framework for the Future of Learning.

System 60

System Competency Based Learning Education Assessment 60

Reading By Example

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Are the results of these assessment tools reliable (consistency of results administered over time and students) and valid (accuracy in the results of the assessments to measure student learning)? First there is trust in the data itself. These are good initial inquiries, but should only be a starting point.

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Data Assessment Education Analysis 49

Reading By Example

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Are the results of these assessment tools reliable (consistency of results administered over time and students) and valid (accuracy in the results of the assessments to measure student learning)? First there is trust in the data itself. These are good initial inquiries, but should only be a starting point.

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Data Assessment Education Analysis 47

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Photo: Ariane Kunze for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Ariane Kunze for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Ariane Kunze for The Hechinger Report. The data from the earlier survey is available in a detailed 2012 report by the U.S. Photo: Ariane Kunze for The Hechinger Report. PORTLAND, Ore. Music is not cheap.”.

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eSchool News

JUNE 22, 2016

A technology committee should include the IT director or members of the IT department, teachers who actively use technology, the library media specialist, an instructional technology specialist, an administrator or superintendent, board of education members, parents, and students. Material from a press release was used in this report.

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How To Advocacy Tools Survey 66

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 11, 2019

Cayanne Korder, 18, studies in the Red Wing High library before heading to a local hospital for an internship. Steve Friess for The Hechinger Report. Steve Friess for The Hechinger Report. The ratio of school counselors to high school students in Minnesota was 681-to-1 in 2016, according to state data. RED WING, Minn.

E-rate 111

E-rate Report Accessibility Secondary 111

techlearning

MAY 22, 2018

Stride can also be used during the academic year for assessment and test readiness in the classroom. Built-in benchmark and formative assessments gauge whether students are at grade level for end-of-course and end-of-year tests. Ryan, General Manager of Fuel Education. Last summer, Alabama students answered 6.9

Accessibility 40

Accessibility Education eBook Game-Based Learning 40

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 21, 2019

Michael Dougherty for The Hechinger Report. If you brought a pencil to class or not, that would be factored into your grade,” the high school senior said during a study period in the library. Nellie Mae is among the many funders of The Hechinger Report.). Michael Dougherty for The Hechinger Report. MONTPELIER, Vt.

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Learning System Report Outcomes 83

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

So, if you are sitting in the library with the sun pouring through the windows as you study the Krebs Cycle, and then you study it again a few days later with a classmate over snacks in your kitchen, you’ve attached that content to a range of associated memories that may help you retain it. I would never give it up.”.

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Study How To Strategy Report 82

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

Peggy Barmore for The Hechinger Report. And in 2016 just 8 percent of McDowell County residents of working age held an associate degree or higher, compared to 31 percent statewide. Peggy Barmore for The Hechinger Report. We’re not coming to judge you, not coming to address a problem that you’re having, not coming to report you.

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Report Elementary Study Conference 111

eSchool News

JULY 26, 2016

This year’s Brightspace Excellence Awards , announced at FUSION 2016 by global learning technology provider D2L, recognized the promise of online learning and its ability to connect more and more people to high-quality educational programs. 2016 Brightspace Awards for Excellence Winners.

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Online Learning Learning Blended Learning Assessment 40

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2017

Photo: Chris Berdik for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Chris Berdik for The Hechinger Report. Engineering students used computer-aided design software to build 15 “Little Free Libraries” and placed them in neighborhoods where libraries and bookstores are scarce. Photo: Chris Berdik for The Hechinger Report.

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Report Study Software Meeting 67

techlearning

MAY 18, 2018

Walters previously served as chair of GL Education, the leading provider of educational tests and assessments to UK schools; Rising Stars UK, the second largest primary school publisher in the UK; and Book Source, a UK-based book distributor.

Software 40

Software Digital Citizenship Handbook Advocacy 40

NeverEndingSearch

JULY 5, 2017

When my colleagues and I wrote our Social Media Curation Library Technology Report for ALA, we struggled with a definition. The folks we interviewed across library land curated in several different ways and we used the term curation differently depending on current community needs or where they were in any particular project.

OER 46

OER Social Media Libraries eBook 46

MindShift

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

So, if you are sitting in the library with the sun pouring through the windows as you study the Krebs Cycle, and then you study it again a few days later with a classmate over snacks in your kitchen, you’ve attached that content to a range of associated memories that may help you retain it. I would never give it up.”.

Study 74

Study Strategy Survey Report 74

Edsurge

JULY 28, 2016

As I reflect on the upcoming 2016-2017 school year, I wonder how this negativity has affected my own 5th grade reading classroom. My learners needed choices that my physical book collection could not provide, and I need a way to bolster my library and give students more choices.

Technology 60

Technology eBook Dropout Libraries 60

Reading By Example

NOVEMBER 12, 2016

Mitra prescribes that learners within a SOLE a) develop a big question, b) conduct research, and c) discuss findings (Mitra, 2016). Retrieved November 7, 2016. Learning trajectories in mathematics: A foundation for standards, curriculum, assessment, and instruction. CPRE Research Report #RR-68. DOI: 10.12698/cpre.2011.rr68.

Learning 33

Learning Personal Learning Network Examples Analysis 33

Reading By Example

NOVEMBER 12, 2016

Mitra prescribes that learners within a SOLE a) develop a big question, b) conduct research, and c) discuss findings (Mitra, 2016). Retrieved November 7, 2016. Learning trajectories in mathematics: A foundation for standards, curriculum, assessment, and instruction. CPRE Research Report #RR-68. DOI: 10.12698/cpre.2011.rr68.

Learning 33

Learning Personal Learning Network Examples Analysis 33

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 21, 2016

You will want to share the following with your classroom teacher partners and your school’s edtech leader: Best of Breed 2016 (categorized favorites). Here is Jane Hart’s slideshow of the selected Top 200 Tools for Learning 2016. There’s a CTREX Library Hub for librarians and a CTREX School Hub for teachers.

iPad 40

iPad Android E-rate Facebook 40

Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2017

EDU tokens are so far only listed on EtherDelta, an exchange platform with a history of reported hacks—one as recent as Wednesday. billion in 2017 alone so far, roughly 13 times more than the amount raised in 2016. Aparna Krishnan LiveEdu points to colleges, schools and libraries as some of its target participants.

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Sony Learning Company lynda.com 90

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2016

Over the last year, he’s done roughly 100 observations, dozens of them in private child care centers, as part of the state’s new system for assessing quality in early childhood settings. A recent Hechinger Report and Clarion-Ledger investigation found that many Mississippi centers fail to meet even basic health and safety standards.

Trends 40

Trends System Survey Training 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Computing platforms have different abstraction levels, including a computer architecture, an OS, or runtime libraries. billion for 2016, the largest loss in its history. “Facebook Giving Virtual-Reality Kits to Every Arkansas High School,” Education Week reported in August. The company has raised some $77.5

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62