The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

On a morning this fall at Washington Elementary, a young boy, sitting at a table with five of his peers, held a tablet while he built a digital snowman — a cool proposition given the 85-degree heat just outside his air-conditioned classroom. LINDSAY, Calif. — This story also appeared in The Fresno Bee. Ushering in a new model.

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User Generated Education

JULY 31, 2023

To put into practice what I discussed above, I am going to have my gifted 3rd-6th grade students do the following Hyperdoc starting with our first meeting together. 2010; Cowan, 2012; Lohr & Haley, 2018; Sadera et al., Knowing our students is fundamental to real differentiation ( 6 Strategies For Getting To Know Your Students ).

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Edsurge

JULY 18, 2018

And far more than just listening to speakers from a stage, we're crafting time for conference attendees to meet in intimate groups with each other and with speakers to explore the issues and challenges that confront each one. How do school leaders make personalized learning work?

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 19, 2018

Visit www.coolcatteacher.com/econ for more information and remember to tweet out your pics about how you teach your students using #PowerofEcon. The Best PD for Math Teachers (and How to Use It). Date: April 19, 2018. It turns out it’s actually a great place that educators meet and share what they’re doing in their classrooms.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 1, 2019

Home learning environment is an important factor to ensure each student meets their potential in school and beyond. As a former elementary school teacher, I remember the pressure the test can sometimes put on students, parents, and even teachers. Boost self-confidence by showing your child how to take on challenges.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Q&A: Rachel Gorton On How K–12 Schools Envision the Future of Education. Mon, 11/19/2018 - 08:21. MORE FROM EDTECH: See how modern learning environments offer K–12 educators new teaching opportunities! EDTECH: What is Vision One91and how was it developed? eli.zimmerman_9856. Photo: Rachel Gorton. Photo: Rachel Gorton.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

24, 2022, I was facilitating a meeting in Charlottesville, Virginia for education and youth development leaders when I got word that my 15-year-old godson had been shot at his high school in St. One of the meeting attendees was my friend and colleague, Chidi Jenkins. more than doubled between 2018 and 2022. The morning of Oct.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 18, 2021

Then, in March 2020, Araujo was at a meeting with other local child care owners when she heard about a program that could give her access to federal Early Head Start funds. Meeting the Head Start standards is “really hard,” said Shantel Meek, founding director of the Children’s Equity Project at Arizona State University.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 14, 2018

Date: May 14, 2018. The whole reason behind having these accounts is of course to share our story with the world, but more importantly to teach my students about how to appropriately behave on social media and how to use digital citizenship early on, before they actually have those accounts at home with their families.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

For instance, in her study titled “ Adaptive Teaching: Reflective Practice of Two Elementary Teachers’ Visions and Adaptations During Literacy Instruction “, Vaughn (2014) examines how two elementary teachers adapt their teaching methods in response to their students’ needs during literacy instruction.

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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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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

How to Enter T-Mobile, the T-Mobile Foundation and Ashoka, (a leading organization in the field of social entrepreneurship) are looking for bold ideas focused on education, the environment, or technology for the 2019 Changemaker Challenge. What was it like to meet other students who are passionate about helping others? UNYouthEnvoy.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 16, 2019

Of all the skills that a person could have in today’s globalized world, few serve individuals – and the larger society – as well as knowing how to speak another language. Government Accountability Office, nearly one in four Foreign Service officers do not meet the language proficiency requirements that they should meet to do their jobs.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 12, 2023

Whittenberg Elementary School of Engineering groaned in disappointment when they saw the runny mess. Whittenberg Elementary School of Engineering prepare to drop a paper bag with an egg inside off a railing at the school during engineering week. . — The brown paper bag hit the ground with a smack. The third graders at A.J.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2023

Melissa Knapp is Harpeth Valley Elementary School’s only literacy coach. It’s her job to guide teachers on how to help struggling readers at the 600-student school. Melissa Knapp, the literacy coach for Harpeth Valley Elementary School, answers a first grade student’s question. NASHVILLE, Tenn. Because it is just one assessment.”

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Technology Tidbits

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Top 25 Sites/Apps of 2018 YO Teach! With Today's Meet shutting down this year, Palms created a very user friendly tool for creating a "backchannel" that can be used in any number of ways in education. TypeTastic - The best site around for student's K-12 (w/ educational portal) learning how to type/keyboard.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Perhaps there is some type of interaction between the K-12 system and the preschool program that just isn’t working to support children once they get into early elementary school. “I A 2018 report published by New America, a progressive think tank, came to a similar conclusion. And many states that meet them go beyond them.”.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Suddenly, lessons on the physics of energy were tied to teaching kids how to be theme park engineers, and language arts and math lessons were anchored in running and marketing a profitable startup. But it also puts value on deep personal introspection, encouraging kids to consider how school can support their future selves. “So

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Lesson plans can be tailored to meet the learning needs of individual students. It’s important to note that those impressive numbers don’t include remote students at the elementary or high school level. Few of us can argue that the internet and its connected technology has changed the global educational landscape for the better.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Rogers Elementary School in Texas get an unusual introduction to technology. Personalized learning is core to the model at Rogers Elementary, and Kristen Watkins, director of the personalized learning program at Dallas Independent School District, says that exposing students to multiple devices is an intentional part of the school’s approach.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 27, 2019

said Erin Ermis , a fifth grade teacher at an elementary school in Wisconsin, regarding her experiences with Alexa-powered devices in her classroom, at ISTE just last year. According to The Smart Audio Report from NPR and Edison Research from 2018, more than two in 10 American consumers own an Amazon Echo.

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Edsurge

JULY 29, 2019

May Community Meeting. And when we walked in and saw that one of the Allendale Six were implemented with fidelity—students doing research on technology, peer collaboration, differentiating instruction to meet students' needs—we celebrated with gift cards donated by local businesses and teacher of the month awards. I Choose Allendale.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Date: February 6, 2018. Vicki: Today we’re talking to an assistant principal at an elementary school just outside Houston, Texas, Meredith Akers @meredithakers. We have about 1100 kids at our elementary school. Then writing down how you’re going to follow up, too. Face to face meetings versus phone calls.

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Waterford

JULY 6, 2020

Additionally, some families—especially those from marginalized backgrounds—may feel unsure about how to best engage in the school community. How to Create Opportunities for Parent Empowerment. TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2018, 51(1), pp. The advantages to engaging and empowering families in schools are clear. Higgins, K.,

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2021

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. At the Parker-Varney elementary school in Manchester, N.H.,

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 31, 2021

Bethel Elementary School students get a break from reading and math lessons with an engineering activity during summer school in Simpsonville, S.C. About a dozen fourth and fifth grade students sat at scattered tables in Bethel Elementary School’s media center, trying to build bridges out of toothpicks and tape. SIMPSONVILLE, S.C.

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MindShift

MARCH 4, 2020

Now, he wants to teach his peers how to meditate, too. They’re halfway through an eight-week intensive program at school that teaches them how to facilitate meditation groups. I’ve started teaching my two friends who got suspended how to meditate,” he said. I’ve enjoyed it a lot more than I expected,” he said.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2023

They want step-by-step guidance on how to tackle challenges. We set out to meet that challenge and better understand the extent to which personalized, competency-based learning could prepare our learners for an uncertain future. But the true indicator of impact came directly from students and their eventual professors.

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Edsurge

JULY 23, 2018

How do you set a vision? How can you get district and state level systems to work together to get a full picture of what is happening? Ahead of our 2018 EdSurge Fusion conference in October, we sat down with three attendees to discuss the secret sauce of what is working in their communities. What supports do you need in place?

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EdNews Daily

OCTOBER 15, 2019

I accepted the position of Chief Executive Officer of East Texas Advanced Academy (ETAA) in partnership with a school district in East Texas where I served as principal at a middle and elementary school simultaneously. These are highly structured, student centered, collaborative meetings where the end goal is student success.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 30, 2018

Happy holidays, and thank you for tuning into our 2018 countdown!]. After the recession hit in 2013, it was evident that something was off at Mashburn Elementary School (part of Forsyth County Schools in Georgia). As educators, one of the biggest challenges we face is learning how to put our health and happiness first.

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eSchool News

APRIL 26, 2019

on how to increase student interest, understanding, and performance in math and STEM subjects. Related: How to get students interested in STEM. Show students how vast STEM career possibilities actually are, and let them meet or video conference with STEM professionals in some of those exciting roles.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

With the right kind of instruction, most children with dyslexia can learn how to read. but the gap between the two scores didn’t meet the cutoff of 15 points, so the girl was not given appropriate reading services in her school. She posted an average overall score and a below-average score on a reading achievement test.

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Learning Study Report Elementary 145

Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2017

One bright spot was when Johns Hopkins University launched EvidenceForESSA.org to identify programs that meet the evidence standards in the Every Student Succeeds Act. Yet it was sobering to find only two elementary math software programs with randomized, controlled trial studies from the past six years.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

From her perspective, her actions had been misunderstood by adults since elementary school. As TyKia talked about her, I couldn’t help but feel thankful for the opportunity to meet her in person and observe her work. I wondered how to make the most of my time. Credit: NyRee Clayton-Taylor and LaRhonda Mathies).

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

When Roanoke County Public Schools gathered educators for their first training in how to teach with Minecraft: Education Edition (M:EE), “you could hear the rumble in the room,” says Jeff Terry, the district’s director of technology. That was early 2018. How do you support teachers and ensure continued use?

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