The Hechinger Report

MAY 12, 2023

Studies show bias is a big problem in early education programs, and experts say not enough has been done to address it. In 2005, Yale researchers released a study that changed perceptions of school discipline in early grades. That’s why a lot of our standards don’t just say, ‘Teachers, teach reading.’”

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 7, 2016

Welcome to this second post in a series that brings STEM, STEAM, and Maker Space together with Project Based Learning and proper technology integration in the classroom. I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. Science – STEM Resources.

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eSchool News

MAY 16, 2016

Starting this fall, elementary schools in Ames, Iowa will begin integrating engineering into classrooms to challenge students to think creatively and problem solve, with hopes of encouraging more students, especially those of underrepresented groups, to envision themselves as the engineers of the future.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

The accelerated track in middle and high school drew mostly from elementary schools in affluent neighborhoods, where students tended to perform better on a pre-algebra placement test that they had one chance to take as fifth graders. Since 2016, the diversity of students enrolled in the district’s advanced math courses has increased.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

I assumed that I would eventually learn how the brain worked because I thought that studying education meant studying how learning happens. I was told to study my own students and investigate what worked best. Much of the disinformation stems from training like my own.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2017

A robot built by students to research endangered frogs in Lake Titicaca, in Peru, being tested in June, 2016, by Lindsey Hamblin (left), then a Skyline High School senior, and Callie Meyers, then a Skyline junior. A fourth-grader makes a puppet while his teammate works on writing a script at Mountain View Elementary School in Longmont, Colo.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 29, 2017

Her original research went into the design of Renton Preparatory in Seattle, which was a 2016 Top Three STEM School in the nation. See: Creating Elementary Portfolios and One Note in the Classroom. That turned into a four-year research study in the classroom. Vicki: Yes, you can use Ed Tech and Social Emotional Learning!

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MIND Research Institute

MARCH 24, 2017

The challenges of getting students interested in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math)/STEAM (including the arts) are well-documented and the implications for our economy are staggering. The students who stuck it out with the program were girls, and we saw an increase in their confidence in STEM subjects,” John said.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 21, 2018

AI Solutions Drive Higher STEM Test Scores. Programs like Century Tech use AI to study student engagement and responses in order to help teachers and education administrators understand how their students learn. percent by 2016. SIGN UP: Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks!

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 11, 2016

Welcome to this third post in a series that brings STEM, STEAM, and Maker Space together with Project Based Learning and proper technology integration in the classroom. I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. Check out my Booking Page.

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MIND Research Institute

JANUARY 25, 2022

We love a problem solver, and you'll love Nikki's upbeat posts that keep you learning with interesting tidbits about STEM and teaching. She won the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching in 2016—the highest recognition that a K-12 math or science teacher can receive for outstanding teaching in the U.S.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

This case study was featured in Chapter 4 of EdSurge's "State of Edtech" report. To the other 13 school/district case studies, click here. With the purchase of so many iPads, Apple also included four days of training each month during 2015-2016. This case study was featured in Chapter 4 of EdSurge's "State of Edtech" report.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 16, 2019

Brad taught for 11 years, including roles as a coach and STEM department chair. He won Teacher of the Year in 2016 at Zionsville West Middle School in Whitestown, Indiana. Nathan studied Behavioral Neuroscience at Purdue University and has been in the field for over ten years working with at-risk populations. Brad holds a B.A.

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2020

On an ordinary June morning, kids descend on the campus of Auburn University to try science experiments at the college of education’s annual STEM camp. 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.

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Edsurge

MAY 1, 2019

That’s roughly how much Age of Learning estimates it will have spent by the end of this year on “ Adventure Academy ,” a multiplayer online game to teach elementary- and middle-school age children subjects including math, social studies and language arts. For the Glendale, Calif.-based

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Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Read the whole thing (it's short) but here are some pertinent excerpts: The study considered 173 studies of flipped learning, as well as 46 previous meta-analyses of the approach. But the authors of the study have brought some of that variability upon themselves, by including K12 along with higher ed institutions in the study.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 29, 2018

I was over in one of the elementary schools the other day, and three years ago we were all in awe and kind of gaga about a high school student who was all in with drones, and sort of building and flying, and learning about aviation and drones with his high school peers. Drones in the Classroom. He’s actually been back, He’s taking a gap year.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 12, 2016

Kindergartners place their backpacks outside in the “hallway” next to a community garden in a Vista elementary school hallway. Montgomery students prepare to film their video project for Social Studies, explaining Buddhism and the Eightfold Path.

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Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2017

In 2016, our Anna Reynolds Elementary School was the recipient of the National Blue Ribbon Award for high performance , and every school in the district routinely outperforms the competing magnet school on standardized assessments. We’ve become a leader in STEM Education by changing the way we structure schools.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

If school closures continue through the end of this year, childhood obesity rates will climb by more than 2 percent, according to estimates in a recent study by a researcher at Washington University in St. In normal times, the median budget for PE equipment and supplies is just $764 a year per school, according to a 2016 report by SHAPE.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 30, 2023

A 2021 study showed that the pandemic disproportionately impacted Black students, prompting a heightened distrust of education. Similarly, when a recent Stanford study compared math achievement in different states , it found that declines in achievement came from many sources, and should not be solely attributed to learning modes.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 14, 2018

The state’s just reduced that to a requirement of one science, one social studies, one math, and a reading and writing assessment. Two out of every three high school seniors graduate with an Advanced Studies Diploma, 30 percent higher than the state average for all school divisions. So, that’s kind of cool.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2019

As principal at Chula Vista School District’s Salt Creek Elementary, Lalaine Perez saw the need to better support a growth mindset around math in the years following the transition to California’s new Common Core standards. Pilot Study Brief from Digital Promise. Mónica Ruiz, principal at Montgomery Elementary in Chula Vista, CA.

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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2019

As principal at Chula Vista School District’s Salt Creek Elementary, Lalaine Perez saw attitudes toward math bottom out in the years following the transition to California’s new Common Core standards. Lalaine Perez Just a short drive away, Mónica Ruiz, principal at Chula Vista’s Montgomery Elementary, was facing her own math struggles.

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eSchool News

JULY 12, 2016

The new 2016 curriculum adds 3 new Javascript courses, 12 STEM programming courses, and a course on drone programming in partnership with Parrot, one of the world’s leading civil drone companies. “To Tynker’s drone curriculum offers a structured approach to get elementary and middle school students flying drones in minutes.

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Edsurge

APRIL 11, 2017

Denver’s Columbine Elementary to SELNY, a psychotherapy clinic and adult learning center in New York , Kurani has seen and used a variety of tactics to implement learning design in pursuit of specific goals. But, we've just dragged them into 2016 and 2017. But, we've just dragged them into 2016 and 2017. Danish Kurani.

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MIND Research Institute

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

In the early part of my career, I worked with teenagers at a stage in their lives where they needed residential treatment in order to deal with issues that stemmed from early childhood. A 2017 study explored whether growth mindsets about anxiety functioned in a similar way to those regarding intelligence , and found encouraging results.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

So, we’ve spent several months traveling the country learning from schools applying best practices and from researchers and educators who have studied what works. And another study found that intensive tutoring had major positive impacts on math gains among high school students. Another is studying inequalities.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 4, 2017

Studying a zebrafish might be the key to increasing students’ science knowledge and attitudes toward science education–at least, that’s what a five-year evaluation of 20,000 K-12 students indicates. Of eight knowledge questions, elementary students demonstrated significant positive gains on seven.

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Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2017

Three years ago, the pilot launched with ten elementary schools, and as of fall 2016, it has grown to include 20 schools (out of a total of 173 BCPS schools), specifically ten elementary schools, seven middle schools and three high schools. Katherine Cox, Instructional Coach at Mays Chapel Elementary.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 21, 2018

Before she even came to the school, last spring there was a call for proposals at the Georgia Council for Social Studies with an emphasis on technology. Stephanie Goldman currently teaches fourth grade language arts and social studies in a 1:1 chromebook classroom at Lincoln County Elementary School in Lincolnton, Georgia.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 7, 2021

Dr. Marks also clarified while implicit bias is currently a hot topic, it has been identified and studied by social scientists for more than half a century, so there are research studies and historical data that document how it works and why it is so pervasive. Defining Implicit Bias and Its Impact. About the Host.

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NeverEndingSearch

JUNE 17, 2019

Researching Students’ Information Choices (RSIC), our IMLS-funded study, uses simulated Google result lists to examine what happens when student researchers make real-time search engine result page decisions. Student simulation tasks (RSIC study). Wikipedia: Helpfulness vs. citability across the grade-level cohorts (RSIC Study).

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

She has taught English Language Arts, Social Studies, Film, Journalism, and enjoys writing, illustrating, and cooking in her free time. He first carried out this vision as an elementary and middle school teacher before later becoming the principal of a high school on the east side of Indianapolis.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 20, 2022

Studies show not only is it ineffective at improving students’ future behavior, it can also do the opposite. There is no question in the research in the field,” said Micere Keels, an associate professor at the University of Chicago who studies school discipline. Still, every suspension means missed learning time.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

And in 2016 just 8 percent of McDowell County residents of working age held an associate degree or higher, compared to 31 percent statewide. Home visits for high schoolers are a “very rare occurrence” said Steven Sheldon, an assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Education who studies them.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2017

In late 2015, when New Schools commissioned a focus-group research study of Chicago Public School parents, several participants expressed frustration at the sheer amount of school information there was to sort through on the Chicago Public Schools website. An elementary school parent explores the Kids First Chicago website with a navigator.

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