The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2020

He partly blamed the 2010 Common Core requirements, which had toughened middle school math at all levels and raised the cost of moving too quickly. In spring 2018, the district approved a pilot at DeWitt to collapse math for eighth graders from three tracks to two: algebra and eighth grade math. Credit: Steven Yoder.

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Exercises Groups Report Meeting 138

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2016

. — Elly Eckhoff listened intently as a group of veteran teachers listed what they think rookie teachers need before entering the classroom: more time student teaching and more training in how to communicate with colleagues, parents and students themselves. Elly Eckhoff, cooperating teacher at Paxton Keeley Elementary School.

Classroom 40

Classroom Training Policies Survey 40

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

More recently, widespread changes in academic standards, like the adoption of the Common Core standards and concern over low reading scores , further increased the rigor of kindergarten to the point that it has been referred to as “ the new first grade.” Kindergarteners now are expected to count to 100 by ones and tens, for example.

Common Core 145

Common Core Report Elementary Study 145

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

The problem is that many American elementary schools aren’t doing that. ” Related: How to help struggling young readers. Kids must be explicitly taught how to connect sounds with letters — phonics. ” But this research hasn’t made its way into many elementary school classrooms.

Training 112

Training Elementary Report Study 112

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Autodesk Digital Steam Workshop – Digital STEAM projects are designed by Autodesk’s network of expert educators, designers and student alumni as exciting complements to core Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, and Art (STEAM) curriculum. Masterpieces to Math – A wonderful article that focuses on how to incorporate art in math.

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STEM Resources Classroom OER 164

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

He wanted to learn how to fly an airplane, only not too far off the ground, because heights were scary. Johnson was opening outside the traditional public system not to create some kind of segregated fiefdom but because that’s where she knew how to run a great school. Photo: Terrell Clark for The Hechinger Report.

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Report Libraries Elementary System 105

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 71

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. and guided demo approach.

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EdTech Tools Examples Common Core 128

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. Hillman was the principal of Prairie Heights Elementary School during its first two years using Summit.

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Learning Laptops Personalized Learning Data 122

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2019

That’s why the kind of early learning experiences the twenty 4-year-olds are getting in Ruth Shows’ classroom on a daily basis hold so much promise for educators and parents, who are already seeing how far children have come since the start of the school year. “I The Manuel Goff Head Start center is a mile away from Quitman Lower Elementary.

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Elementary Data Training Report 60

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

TULSA, Oklahoma — On a fall morning in 2018, veteran technology teacher Abraham Kamara was working with his robotics team at Memorial Junior High School when Tulsa school superintendent Deborah Gist entered the classroom with a TV news crew. Tulsa Public Schools Superintendent Deborah Gist visits a first-grade class at Penn Elementary School.

Common Core 92

Common Core Data Report Blended Learning 92