The Hechinger Report

MAY 27, 2018

14, 2016 — Former U.S. The report also shows that especially for students of color, being taught by a teacher of color can boost academic achievement, high school graduation rates and aspirations to attend college. That’s why it is vital to listen to diverse educators who are already in the classroom.

E-rate 111

E-rate Report Policies Strategy 111

The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 11, 2017

This handy free Google Docs add-on tracks things like: time spent writing, spelling-grammar-and punctuation error rates and pulls it into a clear graphical view in your teacher dashboard. I had a special education classroom, and I was the Gen Ed teacher. Lee Ann: Of course all of those were keystones in our classroom.

Google 175

Google Digital Badges Tools E-rate 175

techlearning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

The Student Access to Digital Learning Resources Outside the Classroom Report , by the Department of Education, identified the three main causes of digital inequity as access and cost of high speed broadband and the lack of understanding by school families as to the importance of internet to support their students’ education.

Accessibility 58

Accessibility Digital Citizenship E-rate Broadband 58

The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 4, 2019

K., & Bruegmann, E. A Smile is the Teacher’s Game Face This summer, I met Rob Brown , elementary school principal at Southside Christian School in South Carolina. Beginners in the classroom. Progress through the teacher pipeline: 1992–93 college graduates and elementary/ secondary school teaching as of 1997.

Policies 236

Policies Groups Elementary Study 236

Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

For each of the three primary (equity-focused) federal educational technology programs authorized by Congress since the passage of the 1994 revision to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), below I provide details on the programs’: legislative authorization (i.e., FY 2016 $0 (President Obama’s request: $200,000,000).

Policies 150

Policies Technology Program Evaluation Education 150

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Then, they figured out what they needed to satisfy for required federal E-rate guidelines. After lesson guides for the elementary, middle, and high schools were created, Theresa presented the information to all the principals for input and adjustments. First, they identified their desired goals.

Digital Citizenship 40

Digital Citizenship Symantec E-rate Guidelines 40

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. But the opportunity comes at a cost: larger class sizes for third-graders.

Elementary 59

Elementary Advocacy E-rate Accessibility 59

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2018

A student in New York uses Google Docs on her classroom iPad to discuss themes in the class’s latest book with her group. classrooms. Technology has become a vital component of teaching and learning, and it is considered a classroom requirement to adequately prepare students for life after graduation. million bill to $3.15

iPad 84

iPad Broadband Software Company 84

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

This week, I also enhanced the K-12 Cyber Incident Map by adding video clips of news reports of select incidents since 2016. Squared Online" bridges the gap between the classic classroom experience, where you can’t get scale, and e-learning that can sometimes be a bit dry. What then of the students? If not, why not?

EdTech 170

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 170

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

While general education classrooms at Covina High School in this town in the Valley east of Los Angeles were stocked with algebra and geometry books, Parry was given a book that covered only basic math. Parry said his room was a “horrible little classroom in the back of the campus that no one knew existed.”

Dropout 92

Dropout E-rate Education Secondary 92

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

This week, I also enhanced the K-12 Cyber Incident Map by adding video clips of news reports of select incidents since 2016. Squared Online" bridges the gap between the classic classroom experience, where you can’t get scale, and e-learning that can sometimes be a bit dry. What then of the students? If not, why not?

EdTech 150

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 150

Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Tagged on: March 17, 2017 E-learning day a breeze for tech-savvy students | Dubois County Herald → But for as helpful as the eLearning days can be, Hubster said they probably won’t grow too much in number in the near future. It isn’t even good direct instruction." " Readers respond.with gusto.

EdTech 170

EdTech Chromebook Laptops iPad 170

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2018

Elementary school: hated it,” Amber says. Middle school: h-a-t-e-d it. Twenty-one percent of Lowell residents live in poverty; the average rate in small metro areas nationwide is 17 percent. Six months before she graduates, she is not about to hide her feelings: She hates school. School just isn’t for me. I hate homework.”.

E-rate 97

E-rate Industry Report Survey 97

Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

.” Via The New York Times : “ New Mexico Outlaws School ‘Lunch Shaming’ ” Via Buzzfeed : “ California Shows The Rest Of The Country How To Boost Kindergarten Vaccination Rates.” ” Udacity has updated its online "classroom." Completion Rates.” ” LOL, okay.

Education 44

Education E-rate MOOC Data 44

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

” Via the Data Quality Campaign : “ Student Data Privacy Legislation : A Summary of 2016 State Legislation.” Via The Atlantic : “ Virtual Classrooms Can Be as Unequal as Real Ones.” they do boost graduation rates.). ” More on the topic on his website , e-Literate. ” Via WYFF4.com

Education 40

Education E-rate MOOC Report 40

Hack Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

There’s less than a month left of the 2016 Presidential campaign and The End can’t come soon enough. ” “Modern E-Rate Puts Telephones On Hold in K–12,” Education Week reports , noting that schools are struggling to pay for phone service (still totally necessary) as well as expanded broadband. .”

Education 40

Education lynda.com Knewton E-rate 40

Hack Education

MARCH 8, 2017

Wheeler had been a “champion” of net neutrality and E-rate reform, according to Education Week at least, but his replacement, Trump appointee Ajit Pai, seems poised to lead the agency with a very different set of priorities – and those priorities will likely shape in turn what happens to ed-tech under Trump. .”

E-rate 49

E-rate Digital Divide Broadband Libraries 49

Hack Education

AUGUST 24, 2018

” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ For-Profit Companies With the Highest Enrollments at Their Colleges, Fall 2016.” “How a Faculty Trip to Silicon Valley Changed the Classroom Experience,” according to The Chronicle of Higher Education. despite having Arizona ’s third-highest dropout rate.”

Education 46

Education MOOC Kaplan Robotics 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

The total dollars invested in 2016 are off by about $2 billion from this time last year; the number of deals are down by a third; and the number of acquisitions are off by about 20%. Or lack thereof – see “ The 2016 Ed-Tech Dead Pool.”). Funding has shrunk. ” You are a fool. “ Tweaking the business model.”

Technology 40

Technology Education Common Core Company 40

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 30, 2020

Students at Hunt Arts Elementary in Sioux City, Iowa integrate art into all of their lessons, a technique that ensures students still learning English have multiple ways of expressing what they know. Back home, the teachers rotated classrooms and the kids stayed put. Census Bureau. Photo: Lillian Mongeau/The Hechinger Report.

E-rate 100

E-rate Elementary Report Study 100

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 15, 2017

When they arrived, many of the soon-to-be kindergarteners in Miami Elementary School’s summer preschool program could not spell their names or grip a pencil. 1, one week before the start of school, the Miami Elementary students were walking in a single-file line to the cafeteria, writing their names, counting to 100 and reciting the alphabet.

E-rate 69

E-rate Elementary Study Report 69

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

” The article is accompanied by a photo of a classroom full of Asian students – as if Asian is not American. “How Silicon Valley Plans to Conquer the Classroom” by The New York Times’ Natasha Singer – through some pretty shady practices, no doubt. Education in the Courts. Upgrades and Downgrades.

Education 45

Education Facebook Company Report 45

The Hechinger Report

JULY 19, 2016

Officials gave themselves till 2016 to show progress. There have been some improvements, such as new schools and higher graduation rates, but there is still a long way to go. The graduation rate is up to 66 percent and the percentage of those graduates who are not ready for college level work has dipped from 76 to 66.

How To 40

How To E-rate Report Groups 40

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

North Smithfield Manor has long been zoned for Gardendale schools as part of the district’s integration efforts, and Williams had planned her life around sending her children to Gardendale High, where more than seven out of 10 graduates enroll in college—one of the highest rates in the district. You are trying to take that from them.

Education 111

Education Report Data E-rate 111

Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2016

— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) December 13, 2016. Wheeler supported e-Rate reform and “ net neutrality.” This week marked the fourth anniversary of the shootings at the Newton elementary school. That is, you can get emails about what’s going on in Google Classroom. Education Politics.

Education 40

Education Elsevier Report Company 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Via NJ Spotlight : “Few Class of 2016 Graduates Manage to Pass PARCC Tests.” million in charges from a Minnesota company over a software system that repeatedly failed during mandatory statewide elementary school testing.” ” “Should children get to have cellphones in elementary school?”

Education 40

Education Report E-rate Company 40

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

In 2014, 65 percent of children lived in homes in which all available parents worked, according to the Kids Count Data Center , a project of the Annie E. Among other findings, the study found Head Start children had a 5 percent higher graduation rate than their non-Head Start siblings. The structure has changed. Casey Foundation.

Policies 62

Policies Advocacy Study E-rate 62