eSchool News

MARCH 29, 2023

Screening measures from the 2021–2022 school year revealed significant increases in math readiness from fall to winter in all grade levels. First-grade students’ scores jumped from 52 percent in the 2016–2017 school year to 98 percent in the 2022–2023 school year—a 46 percent increase.

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Waterford

JUNE 22, 2021

Confronting these issues required educators to think deeply about creating equity in education. Teachers (and their classrooms) will benefit from having conversations with families about different perspectives and even painful experiences that make up shared history.[1]. March 2021. September, 2017. Quinn, David M.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Think Together, a Santa Ana-based and California’s leading nonprofit provider of afterschool, expanded learning and school improvement programs, is proud to announce the National AfterSchool Association (NAA), has named Think Together Regional Operations Analyst Helen Welderufael, as one of NAA’s 2021 Next Generation of Afterschool Leaders.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

To those already burdened by the demands of social media and fears about how to succeed in the world, Covid piled on. Data from the 2021 Healthy Minds Study shows 34 percent of college respondents struggling with anxiety disorder and 41 percent with depression — rates that have risen in recent years.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

But having already missed so many work days this past school year — about a week per month of work to care for her children — she put her foot down. "I East Palo Alto Academy, a small charter high school, saw a chronic absenteeism rate of 199 out of 355 students (56 percent) during the 2021-22 school year, according to state data.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 31, 2023

A recent analysis by Chalkbeat found that, between the 2021 and 2022 school years, eight states — Hawaii, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Washington — faced their highest teacher turnover rates in the past five years. And there was significant turnover in the workforce.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2024

Between 2017-18 and 2021-22, school districts in those states cited attendance-related violations as a reason for student suspensions more than half a million times. After hearing concerns about safety from school leaders, the district changed course. In all, they made up almost 1 in 10 discipline records. Balfanz said.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

After completion, I believe that I received a world-class education about teaching Computer Science. From July through December 2021, I took Teaching Computer Science in Grades 6-12 from Advancement Courses for my three hours of college credit required by my certification organization. . Learning About Concepts for All Age Groups.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 16, 2022

The latest is an analysis of more than 4 million high school seniors who took the ACT from 2010 to 2021. A 2017 study by a College Board researcher found that grade inflation was worse at wealthier schools. points from 3.22 (a B) in 2010 to 3.39 (a B-plus) in 2021. The top score is 36.) in 2010, but a 3.7

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Edsurge

MAY 26, 2021

It is now time to update this piece for 2021. In January 2021, 40 percent of adults reported experiencing symptoms of depression and anxiety—three times more than the rate in the first half of 2019. What about children themselves? Source: Google Trends: “Empathy” search as of May 26, 2021. A Three-Headed Crisis 1.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 17, 2021

The number of eighth graders who said they read 30 minutes or more a day, besides homework, declined by 4 percentage points between 2017 and 2019. The percentage of public school students who said they read 30 minutes or more a day, besides homework, declined by 4 percentage points from 53 percent in 2017 to 49 percent in 2019.

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ViewSonic Education

AUGUST 14, 2019

Fast forward to 2017, Adobe announced its plan to no longer support its most popular success story. On January 1 st , 2021 all applications using Flash will no longer find their programs being maintained. This all contributes to the danger to the security and full functionality of classroom technologies in 2021.

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Edthena

MARCH 26, 2021

As a student, Miller learned about Martin Luther King Jr., I learned about the struggles of my enslaved ancestors, but not about Gabriel Prosser, Denmark Vesey, or Nat Turner.”. Harriet Tubman, and Frederick Douglass. “I Additionally, school staffs should be trained in trauma-informed practices, Dirsmith said.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2024

But it’s only in the last dozen or so years that programs began popping up at community colleges; Minneapolis College’s program, opened in 2017, was the first in Minnesota and the fifth in the nation. Today, more than 170 programs exist across the U.S. and Canada. Among 18- to 25-year-olds, the share is nearly 28 percent.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

That was in 2017. “It A 2022 report published by that task force revealed that about 1,000 aspiring educators were unable to begin a preparation program each year due to their failure to pass the Praxis Core. By 2021, that had declined to 15. “Why It began to become emotionally draining. asks James.

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Edsurge

APRIL 19, 2023

Teaching is about more than curriculum and lesson planning. It’s about more than tests and grades. It’s about helping kids discover themselves and the world around them. Throughout my childhood, I dreamt about being a playwright, a radio personality, a novelist and a culinary star. It turns out, I’m not alone.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. About 70 percent of the district’s students are Black and 13 percent are Hispanic. Subscribe today!

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

In Louisiana, state officials have gotten students excited about what seems like a tedious task by turning it into a competition among high schools. Across the country, the high school class of 2021 left more than $3.75 billion in federal aid went unclaimed, and NCAN said about 61% of high school seniors filled out the FAFSA.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 13, 2022

By the 2021-22 school year, districts and charter networks across the country were facing what many dubbed a crisis of absenteeism. Agua Fria Union High School District had just 6 percent of in-school suspension days assigned because of attendance problems in 2021-22, compared with 40 percent in 2017-18. So why would I go?”.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 15, 2024

Credit: Alison Yin for The Hechinger Report On the one hand, Gallagher said, the state could be criticized for not having clear guidance about what transitional kindergarten should look like when it started the expansion, especially since some districts had been offering transitional kindergarten for a decade before the statewide mandate.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Pet the Cat , (2017) (All) Based on the New York Times #1 best-selling children’s books, Pete the Cat is a fun, musically driven series about exploring your world and trying new things; while being smart, accepting, and optimistic. Trolls Holiday , (2017) (NR) "You can't stop the music with DreamWorks' Trolls Holiday!

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

A task force studying the problem in 2017 found those layers of developmental coursework were a barrier for many students, who would become discouraged and drop out, according to Brad Fricks, director of academic affairs for the community college system. percent in 2017-2018 to 73.66 percent in 2017-2018 to 73.66

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eSchool News

MAY 29, 2023

Reshma received $1,000 for the project Eco Quest: An environmental conservation board game that teaches students about climate change. Kathryn Lampo is a 20-year-old from Colorado and a 2017 finalist. Viraj Pandey is a 14-year-old from California and a 2021 finalist.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 13, 2023

According to the most recent report released by the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER), a majority of 3- and 4-year-olds received no preschool education in 2021-22. As a result, just 32 percent of America’s 4-year-olds and 6 percent of our 3-year-olds received state-funded pre-K in 2021-22.

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Edsurge

MAY 30, 2023

The idea is also based on research about how to turn novices into experts, says Valerie Sakimura, executive director of Deans for Impact, a national nonprofit with a mission of ensuring every child is taught by a well-prepared teacher. “The Others say it’s a necessary step to diversify the profession.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

This is what story circle looks like at Sol Forest School, an all-weather, all-outdoor preschool about 15 minutes east of Albuquerque. Teacher BrieAnne Stout (center) guides students through a closing circle during a forest school session in Tijeras, New Mexico on February 3, 2021. today, nearly double the number in 2017.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Five years ago, I published a book on the future of university credentials, making some predictions about what seemed likely to come next in the market for degrees and emerging forms of alternative college credentials. In my book I might have been a bit overly optimistic about the resistance of traditional higher ed, however.

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Learning in Hand

DECEMBER 28, 2022

It was a fun way to celebrate how much we knew about each other. ? See previous Best Of posts from 2021 , 2020 , 2019 , from 2018 , from 2017 , from 2016 , from 2015 and from 2014 for more links, tips, and ideas. For some reason, I didn't publish Best Of post for 2021. Here's one I gave to math students. No problem!

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Source: Map is Panel A, Figure 1 in The Effect of Teacher Evaluation on Achievement and Attainment: Evidence from Statewide Reforms , December 2021 EdWorking paper at the Annenberg Institute at Brown University). Forty-four states have adopted some version of a teacher evaluation system that rates, rewards and penalizes teachers.

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Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2021

Giving kids a chance to talk with adults about their lives outside of class can be critical for their social-emotional development. The platform helps teachers prompt students to talk about their personal lives through recorded video, audio or written texts as a way to support them emotionally, not just academically.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

He was a sophomore at Long Island’s Brentwood High School, a few days before Thanksgiving in 2019, when he made a post on Snapchat late one night about hiding an AK-47 at Area 51 in Nevada. Brentwood Union Free School District gave out 466 long-term suspensions from 2017-18 to 2021-22. looking for him.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 17, 2022

Last year when I needed to take a college CEU course, I chose Advancement Courses and learned so much about teaching computer science in the classroom. I recently wrote about this on my blog called 7 Reasons Advancement Courses Has Excellent Teacher Professional Development. Tell us about it. Tell us about it.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 19, 2023

Listen to this Spanish teacher talk about using these awesome tools in her classroom and in classrooms around the world. She was named one of 30 K-12 IT Influencers for 2021. And Rachelle, so today we're going to talk about, you know, what's hot in AR VR, the intersection of AI and AR and VR. So I was pretty excited about that.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Her fourth grader, Paige, has ulcerative colitis, and she worried about the risk from Covid-19 of sending her back. At OHDELA, enrollment more than doubled to about 5,200 students in the 2020-2021 school year, according to state data. Stride spent about $1.8 million on TV ads in just the first quarter of 2021, up from $1.2

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2022

In the C&I department, Katie supervises a team of 15+ instructional design coaches that serve about 20 school districts, oversees a national coach mentorship program, and also created and oversees Edge•U Badges, an anytime anywhere professional learning program for educators. To learn about Lumio and how to sign up for FREE, head to LUM.IO

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 11, 2022

But families don’t learn about their final costs until after they apply, answer more than 100 questions about their family’s finances and furnish verifying documents. About 200 of these students were admitted and 150 students, roughly a quarter of them, subsequently enrolled in 2020. That appears to create a persistent obstacle.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2024

He’d just console you about it.” million times from 2017-18 to 2021-22. From 2011-12 to 2021-22, as suspensions for willful defiance fell from 4,500 to near zero, suspensions across all categories fell too, to 1,633, a more than 90 percent drop, according to state data.

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