The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Credit: Getty Images Why is it that only 15 percent of public school leaders say they’re “extremely concerned” about student absences, according to a recent Education Department survey? 12, 2024 column about how chronic absenteeism remains stubbornly high in elementary, middle and high schools.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 30, 2018

Mon, 07/30/2018 - 11:28. Like other K–12 school districts around the country, you’re closing the digital divide — making sure your students have access to technology that paves the way for their future successes. There will be questions about accessibility and equity. eli.zimmerman_9856. The implementation was a total success.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 6, 2022

If pre-K and elementary teachers are going to be better equipped to teach science, they need better training during teacher preparation programs — and that training should be followed by long-term support. Just the time and access to someone that could work through whatever resource they were using, was important.”. Subscribe today!

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The ” School Safety Trend s Report: Fall 2022 ” analyzed over 50,000 incidents gathered from CENTEGIX’s CrisisAlert usage data for the Fall 2022 semester, along with survey data from 1,200 educators and staff who have used the CrisisAlert platform to call for help. alerts per semester. alerts per semester.

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ViewSonic Education

MARCH 7, 2019

Accessibility to computing power is no longer constrained by time and place. School Computer Labs Ensure Equitable Access. The Consortium for School Networking reveals the extent of these gaps in its 2018-2019 annual infrastructure survey. In middle schools, 37% of the students lack individual 1:1 device access.

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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. Fourth grade ELLs at both schools grew their CAASPP scores by 252% of the state average in the 2017/2018 school year.

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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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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Tue, 10/16/2018 - 11:44. These online tools help teachers quickly create quizzes, surveys, polls and other assessment materials, which can then be manipulated individually to fit the growth of each student and generate data pools of new types of student data. Data Driven Instruction: How Student Data Guides Formative Assessments.

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edWeb.net

JULY 7, 2021

After becoming Superintendent, Dr. Goffney did a learning-and-listening tour of the district and spent additional time surveying staff members. Since taking the helm in July 2018, Dr. Goffney has dedicated herself to nearly 67,000 students and more than 9,000 employees of the district as well as the entire Aldine community.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2024

One study quoted in a White House report found that the number of chronically absent public school students nearly doubled , from around 15 percent in the 2018-19 school year to around 30 percent in 2021-22. A recent survey of U.S. And teachers want more support, too.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Luke Said, 18, spent the summer of 2018 picking raspberries. Typically, high schools have lower poverty levels than elementary schools because parents are older and able to earn more.). million for the 2018-19 and 2019-20 school years, according to numbers requested from the district finance office. PORTLAND, Ore.

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Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2021

The leading SEL nonprofit, the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL), has identified dozens of programs for elementary grade levels, but only a handful for high school students. The value of academics isn’t always clear, says Katie Barr, a principal at Maria Carrillo High School in Santa Rosa, Calif.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 5, 2021

The student-to-teacher ratio at her twins’ East Austin elementary school was higher than what state law mandated, she said. Before the pandemic, the number of Black families homeschooling was rising swiftly, doubling between 2003 and 2018. Too much of the school year revolved around preparing for Texas’s standardized tests.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 12, 2017

The 2018 Niche.com rankings listed our district as one of the top 15 “Best School Districts in America” for the fourth year in a row. Four of our seven elementary schools are ranked in the top 20 schools in Pennsylvania, and our high school forensics team is recognized as one of the best teams in the nation.

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Edsurge

MAY 13, 2019

In August 2018, Digital Pioneers Academy opened its doors to 120 sixth-graders. In elementary school, she was bullied, and girls often started fights with her in the bathroom, pulling her hair and calling her names. “We want our scholars to not just consume the digital economy, but be a part of creating it.” She hated it.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Beginning in fall 2014, the students and teachers at Burbank Elementary School in Hayward, California, embarked on a new and ambitious program to integrate arts across the curriculum. Thirty-four elementary schools are contributing data to the district’s Project Daffodil, examining relationships between weather and plants.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 16, 2022

One drawback of the study is that it relies on self-reported grades that students disclose on an optional survey when they register for the ACT. High school grades skyrocketed between 2018 and 2021, jumping a full tenth of a point as many schools struggled to grade students during the disruptions of school closures and remote learning.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2019

In a survey, 12% of community college and 9% of university students reported they were homeless. “I’ve But on the other hand, if we really are focused on increasing access and providing these [educational] opportunities for students, we have an obligation to help support their success.”

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 25, 2021

Delilah’s first several weeks of school in the fall of 2018 had been marked by discipline incidents and suspensions, as she got in trouble for not listening to instructions and hitting staff members. Experts say that’s common, and parents often don’t realize what rights their children have when it comes to accessing a full day of school.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

The Casey Foundation’s 2018 KIDS COUNT Data Book warns that this discrepancy would put hundreds of millions of federal dollars at risk, under-funding programs that are critical for family stability and opportunity. What have we learned so far from our household survey?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

The 2018 PLI kick-off session started with giving teachers the time and space to talk openly about what student voice is, why student goal-setting is important, and what digital literacy means in today’s complex world. Just one example of this is a teacher at Hidalgo Elementary School, who last spring put the PLI ideas into practice.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

At the beginning of each semester, Jayla’s school sends every child a survey with photos of every adult in the building, asking the kids to name someone who they feel they can confide in, who cares for them as a person and who will find them the support they need. We were very actively involved in this work before we got the money.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 13, 2019

In a 2018 survey , the majority of school districts either have 1:1 as a current goal or have already achieved it. Also, having access to actual usage data enables district leaders to have meaningful conversations with educators about the impact of digital tools. Data Privacy. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. About the Presenters.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 18, 2018

18, 2018 – Finnish education technology company Mightifier is launching its positive school culture program to elementary schools across the U.S. Wellness surveys and data dashboards provide actionable insights for educators and school leaders around social isolation and school climate indicators. Rosemont, IL – Oct.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 5, 2022

The RAND study was based on surveys completed in early 2021—nearly one year into the pandemic—by more than 1,000 teachers across the country. She arrived as an elementary teacher in 2008, drawn by the school’s racial diversity and stellar record in academics and the arts.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2020

A child reads a book at an elementary school in Mississippi. The reading wars are back, reignited by radio journalist Emily Hanford of APM Reports, who in 2018 began arguing that too many schools are ignoring the science of reading and failing to teach phonics. Photo: Terrell Clark for The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 2, 2019

Antroine Anderson at Linwood Elementary in Vaughan, MS. Kindergarteners here scored an average of 461 on the state’s readiness exam in fall 2018, some 69 points below where Mississippi wants them to be. Sarah Warnock/Clarion Ledger. VAUGHAN, Miss. He mistook H for G, confused L and I and identified M as F. Sarah Warnock/Clarion Ledger.

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techlearning

JUNE 25, 2018

CHICAGO – June 25, 2018 – According to a national study by , schools with one-to-one laptop environments show higher levels of academic achievement. Today’s launch of the zSpace Laptop takes that experience to the next level, moving our comfortable, interactive learning experience to the accessibility and affordability of the mobile platform.”

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NeverEndingSearch

JUNE 17, 2019

Elementary think alouds. At the elementary stage, these quotes represent talking points from our 4th and 5th graders. On the other had, a smaller number of elementary students see Wikipedia as a starting point to discover additional content. 2015-2018). Note the binary approach. Connaway, L. Valenza, J. Howland, S.,

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

Take a look at my last post on surveys for educators, students, and parents. Teachers should also be surveyed. Coronavirus eLearning Series… Ideas To Think About Now… Before Next Year: Idea 2…Feedback and Surveys. Coronavirus eLearning Series… Ideas To Think About Now… Before Next Year: Idea 1…Feedback and Surveys.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

A student leaps during a game at Horizons Elementary School. Florida and Rhode Island now mandate 20 minutes of recess time a day for elementary school students. Carrie Michiels, the physical education teacher at Horizons Elementary School, introduced “Fit in 15” breaks for classroom teachers to give kids the opportunity to move.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 14, 2018

Date: January 15, 2018. Pam: I think that one of the things that particularly — in states like Virginia where the resources that localities have access to can be wildly different. Listen to the show on iTunes or Stitcher. Stream by clicking here. Enhanced Transcript. From Testing to Triumphant Learning with Pam Moran.

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The Principal of Change

APRIL 11, 2023

In a recent survey where I asked about some of the big problems we are facing in education regarding this area, my friend Mike Kleba, a brilliant mind and classroom teacher, shared, “I think assessment is at the heart of the changes American schools will need to tackle in the 21st-century.” 2016, 2018, and 2022.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2019

It’s help teachers need: In 2016 , about 50,000 preschoolers were suspended at least once, and at least 17,000 were expelled, according to the Center for American Progress, a Washington-based liberal research and advocacy institute, which arrived at the estimate based on data from the 2016 National Survey of Children’s Health.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2022

Whether that stemmed from issues at home, conflicts with their peers, or difficulty adjusting to middle school, many of their students needed a safe space to access social-emotional support and to learn new coping skills. in the 2018-19 year at the school. This was kind of before the term ‘social-emotional center’ was there.

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EdTechTeam

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Entries for today’s challenge will be accepted until 11:59 PM PST on Tuesday, October 9, 2018. However, we share examples of how it can successfully be used with upper elementary students in our free mini-email course — sign up today ! Share on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram with the hashtags #GrowWithGoogle and #EdTechTeam.

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MindShift

AUGUST 14, 2019

. “Korea has an environment that allows easy access to computer games and other activities online,” says Sungwon Roh, a psychiatrist at Seoul’s Hanyang University who studies Internet addiction. Here, Koreans of all ages can access the Internet very easily.” “You can connect to your smartphone anywhere.

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