Remove 2016 Remove Common Core Remove Elementary Remove Workshop
article thumbnail

What the research says about the best way to engage parents

The Hechinger Report

Soft instrumental music played in the background as families walked into the gym at Laurene Edmondson Elementary School around 5:30 in the evening. In January, adults could attend two 30-minute workshops on everything from how to set limits to understanding trauma — topics the parents had suggested themselves. “I LOVELAND, Colo.

article thumbnail

Part 1: Tech Resources and Tools for Differentiated Learning … Reading

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

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 am now just about booked through the end of March and the 2016 calendar is beginning to fill. I have done 100’s of workshops and presentations.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Part 2: STEM, STEAM, Makers: Over 40 Amazing STEM Resources

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. EIE – Engineering is Elementary EIE) supports educators and children with curricula and professional development that develop engineering literacy.

STEM 113
article thumbnail

How a Chinatown school is trying to bring more diversity to theater

The Hechinger Report

An annual study of Broadway and the 16 top nonprofit theaters in New York City, put out by the Asian American Performers Action Coalition, shows that from 2006 to 2016, Asian actors were hired for 3.7 Related: Theater helps English language learners master Common Core: But can it close the achievement gap? percent of the U.S.

Dropout 77
article thumbnail

The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

The Gates Foundation has backed a variety of education reform initiatives : charter schools, the Common Core State Standards, “small schools,” inBloom, teacher evaluations, and yes, “personalized learning.” Wonder Workshop (robotics) – $41 million. Perhaps that name, Betsy DeVos, is familiar.

Trends 56
article thumbnail

Part 4: STEM, STEAM, Makers: Turning STEM to STEAM… 24 Resources

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. Each project aligns with common core and national standards and delivers measurable learning while using free software. Check out my Booking Page.

STEM 60
article thumbnail

Kids struggle to read when schools leave phonics out

The Hechinger Report

The problem is that many American elementary schools aren’t doing that. ” But this research hasn’t made its way into many elementary school classrooms. ” Related: Can Common Core reading tests ever be fair? “We never looked at brain research. We had never, ever looked at it.

Training 112