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New NWEA Study Points to Instructional Strategies Driving Academic Growth

eSchool News

Chase Nordengren, principal research lead for Effective Instructional Strategies at NWEA, the study zoomed into two schools that have historically shown high growth for diverse populations of students, including through the pandemic. Share students and strategies within a grade level Exposing students to more content 5.

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5 Best Practices for STEM Education Spaces

EdTech Magazine

Tue, 04/24/2018 - 08:13. Research from School Library Journal indicates that maker activities at elementary and middle schools increased by 4 percent from 2014 to 2017. It’s a creative space where students not only can build things, but also create things, such as a new advocacy program on a social issue. “In CDW VV2 Strategy.

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Does the future of schooling look like Candy Land?

The Hechinger Report

At first glance, the binders incorporating a whole year of learning at the Parker-Varney elementary school in Manchester look a little like Candy Land, the beloved game of chance where players navigate a colorful route past delicious landmarks to arrive at a Candy Castle. Lillian Pace, vice president of policy and advocacy, KnowledgeWorks.

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Sent home early: Lost learning in special education

The Hechinger Report

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. Still, Pearson laments that he didn’t get that level of instruction throughout elementary school. “I

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Schools lead the way to zero-energy buildings, and use them for student learning

The Hechinger Report

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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Despite mediocre records, for-profit online charter schools are selling parents on staying virtual

The Hechinger Report

Courtney Harritt, a spokesperson for ACCEL, wrote by email that OHDELA’s enrollment surge hit just as the school year started, creating operational challenges, and that ACCEL is making changes after taking over the school from another company in 2018. Related: As schools reopen, will Black and Asian families return?

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How a disgraced method of diagnosing learning disabilities persists in our nation’s schools

The Hechinger Report

The strategy worked so well that his teacher moved him to the position of “first reader.” During her first couple of years of elementary school “her nervous system was like a pressure cooker because she wasn’t being given appropriate help,” Chittenden said. For the child, the results were wounding.

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