The Hechinger Report

MARCH 9, 2020

But it also reminded me of how even affluent families who play by the rules are able to navigate the educational system to make sure their children can get services and support to overcome any challenge. An earlier 2017 study found that the diagnosed children had worse reading scores in eighth grade than the undiagnosed.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 18, 2024

An early warning and intervention system, called BARR, pictured above, was one of the most successful education interventions to come out of the Department of Education’s research and development program that issued $1.4 The idea was an early warning system that detects when children are starting to stumble at school.

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eSchool News

APRIL 15, 2024

A study co-authored by MIT scholars concludes that widely disseminated school quality ratings reflect the preparation and family background of their students as much or more than a school’s contribution to learning gains. Angrist is co-author of a newly published paper detailing the study’s results.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 1, 2021

A new study finds that students subsequently bounced back and prospered after the public school system was replaced with charter schools, which are privately run but publicly financed. The size of the school system shrank. In 2014, the final year of this study, the number of students had risen to 44,000. Tutoring. “We’ve

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eSchool News

MARCH 19, 2024

Here are some tips for making the most out of this rare occasion as you study it with your students. These systems project the image of the sun on a white screen, and you can safely look at it as much as you like. The data above were collected in Oregon during the 2017 total eclipse. Learn how to make a pinhole camera here.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 25, 2023

A University of Missouri study found that students who feel their teachers care about them also report receiving better instruction. Researchers pulled data for two years (the 2017 and 2018 academic years) from Missouri’s state-wide teacher evaluation system, in which students rated teachers’ effectiveness.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Where do you hope education technology will go in 2017? Technology in higher education on the eve of 2017 is at a crossroads. Colleges are trying to figure out how to serve the new mainstream —first generation students, adult students, working students, students with children, students studying online.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

John Bel Edwards declared a state of emergency for almost a month after cyberattacks infiltrated four school districts’ IT systems , reported the Center for Digital Education. . Edwards activated Louisiana’s Emergency Support Function 17 , a cyber incident response team created in 2017. Next Steps After a Ransomware Attack.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Exposed now are deficiencies of utilizing online learning management systems that school districts face. Without a doubt, the indicators of this study demonstrate that teachers need assistance. The study does not account for the level of experience of the teachers. There should be a concerted effort to focus on this area.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 8, 2018

That’s the conclusion of a comprehensive, multi-year study of six early education systems that are beating the U.S. The study was funded by the National Center on Education and the Economy, a think tank focused on the connection between education and economics. Country Rankings. PISA Medium. Economist medium. Germany Austria.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

According to a 2017 study by Blackboard and Project Tomorrow , a majority of school principals (51 percent) and technology leaders (67 percent) say that the greatest challenge they face in implementing digital learning or expanding technology use is motivating teachers to change their traditional instructional practices.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

In the fall of 2015, five schools in the industrial port city of Elizabeth, New Jersey, dumped their usual math curriculum and started teaching their middle school students through a computerized system called “Teach to One.” Mountain View schools dropped the Teach to One curriculum in 2017.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 15, 2019

In a recent study from educational nonprofit Project Tomorrow , nearly 62 percent of teachers reported using video games in their classrooms. If a school adopts iPads, teachers can only use games that work with the Apple operating system. A majority of educators agree that video games can help K–12 learning.

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Neo LMS

JULY 9, 2019

Research (such as, a 2017 study by T. In turn, teachers can also quickly identify areas of struggle for each student as shown on the learning management system. Math, social studies, business, and computing are some of the classes educators can use to teach financial literacy. Benefits of teaching finance with edtech.

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Waterford

MARCH 11, 2021

The educational system structure was designed for that analog world. Studies show that’s hard on our cognitive load, so people who multitask consistently end up taking longer to shift their attention and having a harder time filtering out irrelevant information,” she writes.[5]. September 2017. November 2017. Adobe Blog.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 1, 2018

The main problem is that you can’t randomly assign some students to Montessori schools and study how they do compared with students at traditional schools. Thanks to the expansion of publicly funded Montessori schools, with lotteries and waitlists to get in, researchers are now able to study the matter more rigorously.

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Digital Promise

JULY 14, 2020

Empirical studies suggest that instructional coaching can be more effective than traditional professional development workshops in creating meaningful change in teacher practice and student achievement. Nearly 2,000 teachers, 149 coaches, 165 principals, five mentors (coaches’ coaches), and more than 1,600 students participated in this study.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

Numerous studies have found that without breaks students have higher instances of inappropriate classroom behavior. Not only did Elisabeth Trambley (2017) do a fantastic literature review of these, but she also conducted her own research study to determine the impact of brain breaks on behavior.

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Learning Elementary Outcomes Blended Learning 419

Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2018

The North Florida college first introduced an early-alert system in the mid-2000s. The first early-alert effort at the college, which serves around 12,000 students, was built into the college’s existing student record system, called Integrow, and focused specifically on first-time college students and those in developmental-education courses.

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System Software Outcomes Report 87

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

In a new study published this summer, pre-K educators in New York City saw clear benefits to students speaking multiple languages but found that more professional development and support was needed to fully embrace those languages and cultures in the classroom. The study included students who speak more than two languages.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Fordham Institute study reviewed popular English lessons on Teachers Pay Teachers and two other sites and found that most weren’t good. in English literature and was the lead reviewer in a December 2019 study of online instructional materials. “But you have to have the excitement of digging into the text. A Thomas B.

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Study Common Core Company Differentiated Instruction 106

Neo LMS

MARCH 8, 2018

I prefer narrative studies in this blog, digging for real-world examples of teachers and schools that are making a difference. Overall, in 2017, the national grade was a C-average, scoring a 74.2. A finance analysis studies spending and equity in spending across districts, by state. Vermont (83.8). Mississippi (65.8).

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Education Chromebook Laptops Study 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2019

John Bel Edwards declared a state of emergency for almost a month after cyberattacks infiltrated four school districts’ IT systems , reported the Center for Digital Education. . Edwards activated Louisiana’s Emergency Support Function 17 , a cyber incident response team created in 2017. Next Steps After a Ransomware Attack.

Industry 150

Industry Data Software Study 150

eSchool News

MARCH 17, 2023

The study found that, despite the widespread perception that American society wants K-12 schools to prepare students for college, college is not as important to parents as it used to be. Instead, the study reported, today’s parents would like to see their children develop practical skills “for both life and career” (p.

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Education Study Report Assessment 106

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 18, 2017

The effect of systemic racism and historical oppression on students of color, especially as manifested in the school-to-prison pipeline, is an issue that educators cannot ignore. Humbled, I realized that my education had occurred within a racist system that privileged Eurocentric achievements. Sign up for our weekly newsletter.

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System Dropout Education Study 93

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

( Editor’s note : This article is the third in a three-part series about how school systems can build on the progress and leverage the investments they’ve made in technology during the pandemic to achieve true digital transformation. These are adjustments that have to take place at the administrative level.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 25, 2017

Here are EdSurge’s top stories of 2017 in chronological order—a healthy dose of optimism and skepticism, words of encouragement and caution for the year ahead. From Google and Microsoft’s LMS-like collaboration system to Apple’s device manager, here’s a handy guide to all things Classroom.

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Khan Academy EdTech LMS Trends 79

Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2017

She spent the entire summer recruiting, but convincing parents to let their kids be a part of her school’s unique and unfamiliar model—which includes flying the students to Thailand and Laos for several months for a study-abroad program—is more difficult than it seems. India Hui (@IndiaHuiEd) August 3, 2017. “My

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 30, 2018

A 2017 Report by Dell Technologies estimates that 85 percent of the jobs that will exist in 2030 — fewer than 12 years from now — haven’t been invented yet. Audio systems that include microphones can help with public speaking , which can hone a student’s ability to listen, bolster their confidence and give them a voice.

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Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2022

and Dallas have developed systems to measure teacher quality and incentivize highly effective teaching practices. Just having a genuinely consequential system of teacher performance assessment is really unusual in American public education” Stanford's Thomas Dee Dallas and D.C. A few districts, most notably those in Washington, D.C.,

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

school system is a “mess.” That’s the problem with our education system now, that mistakes are the worst things you can make. The reason that that’s bad is because it encourages students — when they take a test or when they study for something or when they do projects — to be dead inside. Do they feel that way? .

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Forty-four states have adopted some version of a teacher evaluation system that rates, rewards and penalizes teachers. Most states bent to the federal pressure (and money), adopting various versions of teacher evaluation and accountability systems, and spending billions more of their own taxpayer money in the implementation.

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System Study Survey Report 130

MIND Research Institute

JUNE 23, 2021

A 2013 meta-analysis of over 200 studies on spatial training concluded that “even a small amount of training can improve spatial reasoning in both males and females, and children and adults.”. That blind spot is hurting STEM studies in higher education, and is negatively impacting the current and future STEM workforce.

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STEM Training Analysis Study 136

Lightspeed Systems

AUGUST 25, 2023

Overview OVERVIEW With a strong focus on data governance, Fayette County Public Schools partners with Lightspeed Systems® to effectively manage their edtech ecosystem—in and outside of the classroom. Interoperability and open dialogue were also essential in the decision to partner with Lightspeed Systems.

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EdTech Data Student Data Privacy Chromebook 52

MindShift

JUNE 23, 2017

I spoke with Blake Richards , one of the co-authors of the paper, who applies artificial intelligence theories to his study of how the brain learns. We hear a lot about the study of memory. Is the study of forgetting a relatively new thing? So that’s not a new field of study. Copyright 2017 NPR.

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System Study Report Course 54

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

We did a study of 100,000 hours of audio of non-TeachFX users. In May, Demszky and her colleague released findings from a study they conducted on more than 1,100 tutors who were teaching a free introductory coding course to about 12,000 students online. “Students should be equal participants in their learning,” says Phipps.

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Data Training Outcomes Tools 218

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Paula Stamey, a seventh-grade social studies teacher in Benton, Tennessee, taught for 20 years before her school became a Verizon Innovative Learning School and adopted one-to-one technology in 2017. Initially, she resisted this change, feeling it was unnecessary and distracting. “I

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