The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2020

The group points to slumping test scores as a reason why change is needed: Eighth grade math scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress have been flat for a decade, with just 34 percent of students testing proficient in 2019, as the gap between the highest and lowest performers grows. Credit: Steven Yoder.

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Exercises Groups Report Meeting 139

techlearning

JULY 17, 2018

Elementary teachers have been especially challenged for the first time to fit science instruction into their day,” said Kristen Mayfield-Evanishyn, Marketing Manager at Carolina. The program is in use at schools throughout the country and teachers at schools such as Westmore Oaks K-8 Elementary School in West Sacramento, Calif.,

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

More than 60 percent of American fourth-graders are not proficient readers, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, and it’s been that way since testing began in the 1990s. The problem is that many American elementary schools aren’t doing that. “We never looked at brain research.

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Training Elementary Report Study 112

techlearning

APRIL 10, 2018

BURLINGTON, NC, April 10, 2018 – During the recent NSTA conference, Carolina Biological Supply Company, the leading school science supplier and an NSTA show sponsor, launched the new Building Blocks of Science|3D hands-on unit kits for students in grades K to 5. The program can help elementary teachers fit science into busy school days.

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Assessment Differentiated Instruction Common Core Education 40

techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

CURRICULUM ASSOCIATES AQUIRES MOTION MATH ( www.curriculumassociates.com ) & ( motionmathgames.com ) Curriculum Associates has acquired Motion Math to further help elementary students improve their math fluency and number sense in key conceptual areas. These solutions will be offered to school librarians in the U.S.

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Tools PresenceLearning Edmodo Blackboard 70

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

Shelby Villegas, sixth grade math teacher at Whispering Wind Academy Elementary School in Phoenix. Shelby Villegas, a sixth grade math teacher at Whispering Wind Academy Elementary School in Phoenix, is in her third year with Summit. Teachers decide how many times a student can retake an assessment before intervention is needed.

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Learning Laptops Personalized Learning Data 123

Edsurge

JULY 21, 2018

The boom and bust of Common Core standards have left their mark, just as new concerns over media literacy and privacy are doing currently. As a director for Common Sense Education , I’ve enjoyed something of a ringside seat, having edited close to 1,000 edtech reviews written by expert educators.

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EdTech Tools Examples Common Core 125

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2019

I think we took for granted before what 4-year-olds were capable of doing,” said Quitman Lower Elementary Principal Amanda Allen, listing some skills the youngest learners are impressing her with: advanced vocabularies, number recognition, self-motivation. It’s really only on us, what we limit or enable them to do.”.

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Elementary Data Training Report 61

Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

” Via DelawareOnline : “The first step to reducing violence among young people is to have police officers assigned to elementary and middle schools, says a coalition of state officials, education administrators and police.” “ Amplify Slims Down and Spins Off Assessment Content Provider, Fluence ,” says Edsurge.

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