Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

At the postsecondary level, more than 15% of students were enrolled exclusively online in 2017. took at least one online course. It’s important to note that those impressive numbers don’t include remote students at the elementary or high school level.

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MindShift

OCTOBER 7, 2020

April told lawmakers the poor Wi-Fi at her hotel discouraged her kids from participating in online learning. “[School] gives them that stability,” says Julie White, who lost her home to Hurricane Harvey in 2017, and is living in a shelter in Bastrop, Texas, with her 18-year-old daughter and 11-year-old granddaughter.

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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.

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Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

percent (about 10,000 students) in the 2017-2018 school year, to 15.1 In elementary school, frequent absences are linked to a higher likelihood of dropout—even if attendance improves over time. In addition to causing learning gaps, absenteeism also has budget implications. But it has proven elusive.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

If elementary and middle school students don’t learn these subjects well, the steady ramp up from arithmetic to algebra becomes a ninety-degree wall, according to Hung-Hsi Wu, emeritus professor of mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley. Related: Is it time to stop segregating kids by ability in middle school math?

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

In the past several years, we have implemented a number of district-wide initiatives to support personalization and differentiation for students including the launch of our Virtual Instruction to Accentuate Learning (VITAL) program in 2008. In our first year, we implemented personalized learning in our six middle schools.

Personalized Learning 111

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Date: Monday, November 27, 2017. The podcast has an additional 3 minutes from Vicki Davis with recommendations about how you can help children know how to help others affected by the tragedies of 2017 during the holiday season. Link to show: www.coolcatteacher.com/e196. Note to reader: This episode is a special episode.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 31, 2020

Not only does she need more specialized support than many students, but her vision challenges and other impairments can make online learning difficult. Advocates, educators and parents say that kids with disabilities are particularly vulnerable as schools shut down to slow the spread of the coronavirus and turn to remote learning.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Biochemistry can be elementary. Students generally learn about moles, atoms, compounds and the intricacies of the periodic table in college, but Daniel Fried is convinced kids can learn complex biochemistry topics as early as elementary school. Photo: Gabriela Fuentes. Now it is expanding.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2020

classrooms, from city college campuses to suburban elementary schools. Now there is a significant body of research to answer the question of whether students learn more. Flipped classrooms also free up class time for teachers to help students individually, as a tutor does. Over the past decade, flipping has spread across U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 11, 2019

One of Brown’s current projects is helping groups of elementary and middle schools in Colorado and New Jersey reconsider their school days. “It affects every moment of a teacher and learner’s educational experience, yet we don’t think about it as a thing to leverage,” he said.

Personalized Learning 111

Personalized Learning Strategy Report Trends 111

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

In May 2021, Think College Now elementary students sit in class after returning to in-person learning. In 2017, he left teaching to work in education technology at Clever, a digital platform for schools. Jesimiel Merida-Islas, then in fifth grade, at Think College Now elementary school in May 2021.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 4, 2018

In addition to developing its new cybersecurity courses, VHS is offering its popular Advanced Placement (AP) Computer Science Principles course and 11 other online computer science courses this year. In the 2017-2018 academic year, VHS students achieved an even higher AP exam pass rate of 96 percent – far exceeding AP exam national averages.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 10, 2020

Since 2017, students in Mineola have been introduced to coding through unplugged classes in pre-K, and by first grade, have been allowed to take the devices home. Because of the devices and other technology, teachers have tested and tracked student progress more easily than was previously possible and provided more personalized learning. “The

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iPad Tablets Report iPhone 141

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2018

The vast majority of the school’s students — and in 2017, all of them — are accepted into at least one college. This community in rural Lewis County made headlines in 2017 when all 43 of its graduating seniors were accepted into two- or four-year colleges. 43 — The number of students in Onalaska High School’s 2017 graduating class.

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techlearning

JUNE 19, 2018

a Massachusetts-based non-profit organization helping schools provide their students with a variety of online and blended learning programs, found that VHS students who sat for Advanced Placement® (AP) exams outperformed the national scores on the College Board AP® exams. is an online learning pioneer.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2018

Katherine Cribbs, a second-grader at Discovery Elementary School in Arlington, Virginia, explores the online “energy dashboard” that tracks her school’s energy consumption and production. With a flurry of touch-screen taps, she explored the “energy dashboard” of Discovery Elementary in Arlington, Virginia.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Related: When it comes to liberal arts education, online learning changes only the tools. Our political reporting classes had grown out of student reporting trips we took to Cuba, where we covered emerging entrepreneurism in 2015 , the arts in 2016 , and the local environment in 2017.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 27, 2020

Rising fourth graders listen as a teacher reads a book at an elementary school summer program in Silver Spring, MD. As the coronavirus closes schools, online platforms are proving to be invaluable, allowing instruction to continue and alleviating the severity of students’ learning loss.

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techlearning

JULY 10, 2018

Schools increase their course offerings by using the VHS catalog which consists of more than 200 unique online courses, including 23 AP® offerings, innovative STEM programs, and a wide variety of unique electives. is an online learning pioneer. Since 1996, the organization has set the standard for quality online education.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Online learning makes it more difficult for students and teachers to form close, one-on-one relationships. When I, Jaiden, entered high school in 2017, I had just started identifying as transgender, and it was scary. Though this pressure affects everyone, we have found it particularly difficult as LGBTQ+ students.

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Learning Report Online Learning Accessibility 98

eSchool News

JUNE 17, 2016

Central Valley is one of several Beaver County school districts finding ways to supplement or completely replace paper textbooks with online materials such as eBooks, downloadable apps and openly licensed educational resources. Department of Education in efforts to provide schools with quality online material. image via AP ].

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

When I was in elementary school and in middle school, I always knew that I wanted to be a composer. Student interviews were carried out during the 2015-2016, 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 school years. My school has a reputation, by being cast in a movie called “Fame,” of being a sort of an attempt to try and drive the arts forward.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 21, 2020

Although Khan Academy was one of the first online learning organizations to promote the idea that kids could learn at home at their own pace, Khan denied the suggestion that working with traditional schools was a significant change in direction, instead calling it “a natural evolution of our work.”. (The

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

According to the state education department’s report card, the percentages of its middle schoolers meeting or exceeding grade-level expectations was lower, and in some cases far lower, than the South Carolina statewide averages in English, math, science and social studies in both the 2017-18 and 2018-19 academic years. (No

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 18, 2020

Between 2017 and 2019, K12 spent on average $37.4 The company also plans to spend more advertising dollars to reach prospective students and parents through websites such as Facebook and YouTube. We’ll have more digital and viral messages than we’ve ever had before,” Davis said. million annually on advertising, according to SEC filings.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Launched in 2017, Calling BS became an instant hit at the University of Washington; it fills its 150-student capacity quickly each year. “Almost every day there were things we could put in,” West, an associate professor at the University of Washington, said of the fall. You have infinite material to pull from in real time.”.

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Social Media Data Course Report 145

Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Doug Levin (@douglevin) March 17, 2017. Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye the week of March 13, 2017 – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 11 Edition). Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

The company got its start in late 2010, spurred by founder Anthony Kim’s work with KIPP Empower , an elementary charter school in Los Angeles. Kim had previously been an Executive Vice President at Edison Learning, a for-profit education management organization.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

As we think about our work in the past 2019-20 school year, we should reflect on the online learning that had occurred for those of us fortunate enough to have the necessary technology—both at our schools and in our students’ homes. How might we bring these important elements to the online learning experience in the next school year?

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Blended Learning LMS STEM Assessment 192

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

Sabrina Bernadel, legal counsel at the National Women’s Law Center Lawyers and advocates across the country say that the practice of forcing a student out of the physical school building and into online learning has emerged as a troubling — and largely hidden — legacy of the pandemic’s shift to virtual learning. It just depends.

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Handbook Learning Online Learning Data 98

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

Related: Choosing personalized learning as a strategy for educational equity. A 2017 study by the RAND Corporation found that 17 percent of teachers in the personalized learning schools surveyed said they devote a least a quarter of class time to tutoring students one-on-one, compared to just 9 percent of teachers surveyed nationwide.

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Personalized Learning Software Data Report 100

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2018

Thompson, 70, is among a small cadre of retired educators who returned to Jackson classrooms for the 2017-18 school year to teach science, math and English, the courses for which the school district has the direst need. Related: Can online learning level the AP playing field for rural kids?

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Education Report Groups Classroom 71

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 20, 2020

Along with Rose, I contacted a middle and an elementary school teacher to see how they are faring. Related: Teachers need lots of training to do online learning. On Monday, Rose learned the student’s father had died. They told me they are often frustrated, longing for classroom interaction and eye-contact.

Broadband 141

Broadband Chromebook Laptops Meeting 141

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2022

This is one of many multisensory activities Welch uses in her reading intervention class, a 30-minute pull-out session that meets daily at the elementary school. Children dance to learn the letter D, for example, while chanting the sound that goes with the letter. Credit: Caralee Adams for The Hechinger Report.

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Strategy Elementary Training Report 112

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

But Logan’s feelings about online learning are common. Surveys and interviews routinely find that many students prefer learning directly from teachers and get tired of looking at screens. I just don’t like doing work on an online platform. But at Rhodes, Christie doesn’t hear complaints like that.

Learning 124

Learning Laptops Personalized Learning Data 124

edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

When asked about the hurdles that happened due to schools closing on March 13th, 2020, all four presenters agreed that broadband, not devices, challenged their districts to provide equitable access to learning no matter their districts’ geographic location or demographics. Juliet Chamber of Commerce “Wilsonian of the Year” award in 2017.

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Learning Broadband Elementary Professional Learning 79