eSchool News

OCTOBER 6, 2020

The company announced today it is making a commitment to do the following: Invest at least $10 million in new scholarships for Black students to attend K12-powered private schools, which includes three private K-12 institutions and the award-winning Galvanize programs in data science and software engineering.

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Secondary Software Company Training 98

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 16, 2019

In addition to employing qualified elementary, middle and high school music teachers, David Douglas offers inexpensive instrument rentals ($25 per year), a library of musical scores, connections to reduced-price or free private lessons and a closet of free marching band uniforms and orchestra dress blacks, among other necessities.

Elementary 100

Elementary Trends Survey Data 100

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2019

Approximately 77 percent of the more than 3,827,000 teachers in public elementary and secondary schools in the U.S. Women are overrepresented in the lowest paying jobs, and women in high-paying professions are paid less than their male counterparts, according to data from the U.S. during the 2015-16 school year were women.

Secondary 89

Secondary Report Advocacy Elementary 89

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 29, 2018

Data show that about 2.79 million students participated in secondary-level CTE nationwide in 2016-17, and more than 61,000 of them were in Massachusetts. Students can avoid the expense of higher education and get head starts on careers. But it’s not time to dismiss a college degree.

Secondary 72

Secondary Industry Company Data 72

ASIDE

AUGUST 1, 2019

It is no wonder that since the presidential election of 2016, the rise of hate and bias in schools has increased. The study tracked hate and bias incidents for over a year; the data is a grim reminder of their pervasive rise in our schools. Unfortunately, the news reports of these incidents is " only the tip of the iceberg.

Secondary 45

Secondary Report Elementary Data 45

Edsurge

MAY 22, 2017

As the largest school district in Rhode Island, Providence Public Schools makes up 25% of the state’s entire elementary and secondary student population. A compressed timeline led to technical challenges in terms of data transfer and configuration required for the launch. Ed-Fi Data Standard , moving forward.

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Case Study Data Learning Mobility 97

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.

Education 63

Education Secondary Policies Professional Learning 63

Reading By Example

JUNE 27, 2016

On Saturday, I shared why I was not at ISTE 2016. Each data point related to one major componenent of literacy: Instructional walks: Speaking and listening within daily instruction, including questioning and student discussion. I did not include their students in the data set. 2015-2016: 19% growth from fall to spring.

Elementary 40

Elementary Classroom Survey Assessment 40

Reading By Example

JUNE 27, 2016

On Saturday, I shared why I was not at ISTE 2016. Each data point related to one major componenent of literacy: Instructional walks: Speaking and listening within daily instruction, including questioning and student discussion. I did not include their students in the data set. 2015-2016: 19% growth from fall to spring.

Elementary 40

Elementary Classroom Survey Assessment 40

Edsurge

MAY 28, 2020

It’s an opportunity for the future teachers who are enrolled at the college to apply what they learn in class in a practical setting, testing out lesson plans with real elementary students. McGhee, assistant clinical professor of elementary education at Auburn University. This year, camp is canceled due to COVID-19. McGhee says.

Education 211

Education Handbook Course Elementary 211

Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Many students cannot afford the heavy data usage required by geofencing apps, for starters. Furthermore, at launch, Pokémon Go demanded users sign over a great deal of personal data and grant permissions to the app that, for a time , gave it access to a user’s entire Google account. To data about students’ sexual identity?

Data 40

Data Technology Education Software 40

Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

“I’m slightly wary of building a Google data profile of a young child,” says @ashleyrcarman @verge [link]. Tagged on: March 19, 2017 The Top 10: Student Privacy News (Feb-March 2017) | Future of Privacy Forum → If you care about student data privacy, worth the read and worth signing up for the email newsletter.

EdTech 170

EdTech Chromebook Laptops iPad 170

Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Formed in December 2016 by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (MESE) and the. Social-emotional learning and data-driven instruction are the two most popular topics during teacher professional development. Moodle, Schoology, Blackboard and Summit round out the top five.)

Personalized Learning 72

Personalized Learning Learning Moodle Secondary 72

The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

I’m also limited by my experience as a secondary teacher; these conversations have less controversy in lower elementary, though discussions about appropriateness do surface more commonly in the upper elementary/middle school transition. May you take what you need and may it be useful to you. Supreme Court Case such as Roth v.

Libraries 93

Libraries Handbook Policies Study 93

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., ” How would the program operate?

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Policies Technology Program Evaluation Education 150

edWeb.net

MAY 19, 2020

Her previous experiences include being a classroom business teacher at the high school and post-secondary levels, assistant director of a vocational cooperative, principal at East Noble High School, and assistant superintendent at East Noble School Corporation. Department of Education Secretary in October 2016.

BYOD 54

BYOD Broadband EdTech Elementary 54

techlearning

MAY 16, 2018

The adaptive Apex Learning Tutorials for intervention, remediation, and preparation for high-stakes assessments were proven to improve students’ performance on the Tutorials from pretest to posttest by more than 50% and by an average of 23 to 26 percentile points during the 2016–2017 school year. It adapts to the need of the student.

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System CMS LMS Outcomes 40

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

This article first appeared in the Data & Society publication Points in September 2016. It’s a response, in part, to the organization’s primer on accountability in education: “ The Myth of Accountability: How Data (Mis)Use is Reinforcing the Problems of Public Education.”

Education 51

Education Data Policies Secondary 51

MindShift

MAY 14, 2018

30, 2016 was a big day for Lake Canyon Elementary. Lake Canyon Elementary School ceremony assigning students to a house. In addition to allowing for “much more individualized responses,” he said, the house system helps replicate the coherence of the elementary experience. Katie Fewell Photography).

Elementary 53

Elementary System Meeting Groups 53

The Hechinger Report

MAY 20, 2016

Government Accountability Office (GAO) in its April 2016 Report found that “the percentage of K-12 public schools in the United States with students who are poor and mostly Black or Hispanic is growing and these schools share a number of challenging characteristics.” Related: Lessons from Freedom Summer.

Secondary 62

Secondary System Analysis Report 62

The Hechinger Report

JULY 17, 2017

In particular, he noted, the Say Yes provision to share student data went against the closed-shop mentality of the superintendent’s office. One of the more difficult things for us to give up,” said Keresztes, “was our student data. They’ve got to know how kids are doing if they’re going to be a part of the solution.”.

Data 95

Data Secondary System Accessibility 95

NeverEndingSearch

JUNE 17, 2019

Our data suggest that the acknowledgment of Wikipedia’s helpfulness rises across their educational stage. Elementary think alouds. At the elementary stage, these quotes represent talking points from our 4th and 5th graders. Acknowledgment of its citeability and credibility dips. Note the binary approach.

E-rate 111

E-rate Wiki Elementary Study 111

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

DECEMBER 5, 2015

I am now booked through the end of December and the 2016 calendar is beginning to fill. This website will bring educators to a wonderful data base of searchable lessons. YouTube has devised an interactive curriculum aimed to support teachers of secondary students (approximately ages 13-17). Check out my Booking Page.

Digital Citizenship 60

Digital Citizenship Resources Classroom STEM 60

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

Elementary Advocacy E-rate Accessibility 53

Reading By Example

DECEMBER 24, 2015

For the past five years, our K-5 elementary school has focused on the relationship between reading and writing. Other elementary buildings that visit us (we are a lab school through the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction) comment frequently on the quantity of words per page students produce. Doesn’t every school?

Common Core 28

Common Core Elementary Assessment Secondary 28

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

Elementary Report Advocacy Secondary 121

Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Jeb Bush’s lieutenant governor, as assistant secretary of elementary and secondary education, the top post at the Education Department overseeing K–12 policy.” Department of Education this week released new federal loan data showing that 4.6 ” The Business of Student Loans. 30, an increase from the 2.2

Kaplan 50

Kaplan Education Robotics E-rate 50

EdTechTeam

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

This tiny drive can pack in two terabytes of data. Monica has experience teaching students and professionals at all levels including elementary, secondary, and higher education while working in the US, Canada, Mexico, Central America, South America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. Learn more > goo.gl/hneIsI hneIsI Photo Source 3.

Tools 40

Tools Mobility Google Android 40

Hack Education

MARCH 8, 2017

According its January 2017 report, the FCC’s modernization push enabled some 77% of school districts to meet the minimum federal connectivity targets by the end of 2016; just 30% had met those requirements in 2013. A $3 million settlement paid by the New York City DOE in 2016 over accusations of mishandling the bidding process.

E-rate 49

E-rate Digital Divide Broadband Libraries 49

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

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

Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

” Via DelawareOnline : “The first step to reducing violence among young people is to have police officers assigned to elementary and middle schools, says a coalition of state officials, education administrators and police.” ” CSS pic.twitter.com/JYyabJDAS3 — Owen Williams ⚡️ (@ow) June 6, 2016.

Education 48

Education MOOC Company Report 48

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

But even without knowing the funding data for the month of December, I can say a lot. 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.”).

Technology 40

Technology Education Common Core Company 40

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 5, 2018

In 2016 schools earned the 25-point incentive for a total of only 41 students citywide; the 2017 total was worse, a mere 17 students. That data matches what YEP instructors have heard anecdotally: Students who drop out, even those who eventually take the HiSET, often become completely disengaged from education, sometimes for years.

Dropout 53

Dropout Policies Report System 53

Hack Education

DECEMBER 17, 2017

In the last few years, as part of this series, I’ve chronicled Silicon Valley’s push for new credential and certificate products – “ Competencies and Certificates ” in 2014; “ Credits and Credentialing ” in 2015; “ Credentialing ” in 2016. weird that, eh?) .

Robotics 59

Robotics MOOC Training Industry 59

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

He remembers thinking it looked like a book you’d find in an elementary school, with a picture of the numbers 1 through 9 written in the sand of a beach on the cover. But in the most recent year for which federal data is available, only 65 percent of students with disabilities graduated within four years. Special ed is not a placement.

Dropout 92

Dropout E-rate Education Secondary 92

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

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. So in 2015, he assigned Harper to visit all of Bethlehem’s elementary schools and find out how children were being taught to read.

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Training Elementary Report Study 112