2019, Elementary and Report

From the Bus to the Wilderness: How Hyperconnected Schools Expand Learning Opportunities

EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, only about 49 percent of schools had implemented one-to-one device programs, according to a 2019 survey by OverDrive Education and the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.

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Retraining an entire state’s elementary teachers in the science of reading

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

But this fall, everyone at Viewmont Elementary School is in masks, so she has to listen more intently than usual. Some teachers in Hickory Public Schools, where Viewmont Elementary is located, have been focusing more on the science of reading in recent years, spurred in part by the influence of a local education college.

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PROOF POINTS: Three reports on student achievement during the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 9, 2021

Three new reports on student achievement during the pandemic all point to larger declines in math than in reading and widening gaps between the haves and have-nots. The McKinsey report predicted that this generation of less-educated students could potentially reduce the size of the U.S.

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PROOF POINTS: When schools experimented with $10,000 pay hikes for teachers in hard-to-staff areas, the results were surprising

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2024

Wealthy suburbs can have a surplus of qualified applicants for elementary schools at the same time that a remote, rural school cannot find anyone to teach high school physics. On the surface, that sounds like a success and other news outlets reported it that way. Fixing the problem is not easy because those shortages aren’t universal.

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Top School & District Innovator Awardees 2019

EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 20, 2019

The Learning Counsel, a leading education research institute and news media hub, announced this year’s National Digital Transition Survey Award winners at its 2019 National Gathering held in Dallas, TX. Key takeaways from the 2019 national survey include: The U.S. Katy ISD/ Bear Creek Elementary, Katy, TX. By Doug Cauthen.

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K–12 Education’s Top Tech Hurdles to Innovation

EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Fri, 11/22/2019 - 12:10. A recent report from the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) identified five key roadblocks for K–12 schools’ digital transformation in 2020. The gap between technology and pedagogy begins before technology gets to the classroom , according to CoSN’s report. That’s backwards,” notes the CoSN report.

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PROOF POINTS: Learning science might help kids read better

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2024

Natalie Wexler’s 2019 best-selling book, The Knowledge Gap , championed knowledge-building curricula and more schools around the country, from Baltimore to Michigan to Colorado , are adopting these content-filled lesson plans to teach geography, astronomy and even art history. It’s an indirect way of teaching reading comprehension.

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Research: The Influence of Socioeconomic Status on Learning

TeachThought - Learn better.

APRIL 4, 2024

Researc h: The Influence Of Socioeconomic Status In Elementary School Kieffer (2010) organized a study on upper elementary students focusing on reading levels of English language learners (ELLs) and native English speakers. Background research indicates that this is not always the case (Clever & Miller, 2019).

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Guest Post: How We Can Reframe Edtech Selection to Promote Equity

Digital Promise

APRIL 25, 2023

Strategic Planning for Equity-Driven Edtech Selection, Implementation, and Evaluation A recent report from LearnPlatform showed that during the 2021-2022 school year, school districts accessed an average of 1,417 edtech tools each month.

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Beyond English: Why Writing Belongs in Every Classroom

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Students in upper elementary and beyond “do little writing in or out of school for academic purposes” (Graham & Harris, 2019). Writing to read: Evidence for how writing can improve reading: A report from Carnegie Corporation of New York. ” Dr. Novak and I wholeheartedly agree! Graham, S., & Hebert, M.

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Blending in Technology Boosts K–12 Instruction

EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Tue, 09/03/2019 - 10:08. Blended learning “can provide educators and students with a wealth of actionable insights on student learning, needs and preferences, empowering them to deliver the right learning resources at the right time for the right students,” according to the Consortium for School Networking’s Tech Enablers 2019 report.

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WeWork to Shutter Its Private Elementary School After Current School Year

Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2019

WeGrow, the division of WeWork that operated a private elementary school, will close its doors after the current school year. A spokesperson for WeWork (officially called The We Company) said it “will continue to operate WeGrow through the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year.”

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FAQ 5: What to Ask Before Starting Your Classroom Redesign

EdTech Magazine

JUNE 3, 2019

Mon, 06/03/2019 - 14:43. At Illinois' Glenbrook High School District 225 , Ryan Bretag , the district’s director of instructional innovation wanted every decision to help improve "student wellness and meaningful work," Education Dive reports. . FAQ 5: What to Ask Before Starting Your Classroom Redesign. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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Document Learning in a Digital Portfolio

Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Part of the December 2019 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! Benchmark at regular intervals, such as progress report time, with student led conferences. My elementary students love their Seesaw digital portfolios. Digital portfolios are powerful learning tools for students of all ages. Digital Portfolio Tips, Tools and Resources.

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MIND Blog Rewind: September 2019

MIND Research Institute

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Here’s a roundup from September 2019. Department of Education, Office of Educational Technology released a Learning Technology Effectiveness report based on over fifty research articles. This report found that learning with technology is enhanced when students are engaged in key strategies that are found in ST Math.

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Is it Time for a Social Media Awareness Class?

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 21, 2022

Cyberbullying statistics provided by the government from 2019 indicate that sixteen percent of high school students report being cyberbullied. Moreover, it should begin at the elementary level, as many students 8-12 increasingly use social media sites ( Common Sense Census 2021 ).

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Crunch the Numbers—EdTech Data You Can Use Right Now

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

2023 calculations by the UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report reveal that fewer than 1 in 5 countries have legislation in place to prevent and act on cyberbullying in school. Cyberbullying in particular is fueled by a lack of proper policies and wide access to smartphones and other devices.

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How bullying contributes to K-12 student absenteeism

eSchool News

APRIL 4, 2024

Cyberbullying, increasingly more common, occurred at least once per week in 37 percent of middle schools, 25 percent of high schools, and 6 percent of elementary schools. Alanko and colleagues analyzed time trends of biennial data collected in Finland between 2000 and 2019. Perpetrating bullying was also associated with absences.

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PROOF POINTS: Three views of pandemic learning loss and recovery

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 28, 2023

This story also appeared in Mind/Shift Three new reports offer some insights. These companies may have a business motive in sounding an alarm to sell more of their product, but the reports are produced by well-regarded education statisticians. Students of every age, on average, lagged behind where students had been in 2019.

Learning

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Adolescents Need More Proactive, Preventative Mental Health Supports in School

Edsurge

MARCH 24, 2023

After a two-year decline in 2019 and 2020, suicide rates among American youth increased in 2021, according to a recent report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). And there are increasing reports from adolescents of anxiety, stress and mental health challenges. A study released by the U.S.

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Much ado about NAEP

Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Journalists (and others) are failing us when they don’t report out what NAEP levels mean. For instance, the New York Times reported this graph today from NCES : “Appalling,” right?! The National Academy of Sciences report was particularly scathing, labeling NAEP’s achievement levels as “fundamentally flawed.”.

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Ways to Build Media Literacy in Your Students, and Why You Should

Waterford

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The good news is that information is easier to come by than ever before—many students, even at an elementary age, have access to smartphones, the Internet, and a pervasive, never-ending flow of social media. This becomes especially important when we realize that elementary and teen-aged students are already swimming in the digital ecosystem.

Social Media

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America’s reading problem: Scores were dropping even before the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

million students calculated that in the spring of 2021 students in each grade scored three to six percentile points lower on a widely used test, the Measures of Academic Progress or MAP, than they did in 2019. Students in grades 3 through 8 slid 6 percentage points in reading on state tests in the spring of 2021 compared to 2019.

Elementary

Elementary Analysis Libraries Report

Will new standards improve elementary science education?

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2018

Photo: Lillian Mongeau/The Hechinger Report. Science could be considered the perfect elementary school subject. Photo: Lillian Mongeau/The Hechinger Report. “We Photo: Lillian Mongeau/The Hechinger Report. “He We want them to be able to harness that curiosity to help them make sense of the world around them.”.

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Elementary Education Survey Report

Are more 5-year-olds coming to kindergarten in diapers?

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2024

Our colleague at The Hechinger Report, Fazil Khan, died February 23. After that meeting, Elegante said she heard from more elementary school principals who reported that potty training has become a bigger problem in kindergarten classrooms since the pandemic, particularly during this school year. Specifically, potty training.

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OPINION: Struggling readers need standards and structure based on the science of reading

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

In 2019, just over one-third of students in the U.S. Results from the fall 2020 assessment showed that students in grades 1-8 “lost” an extra 1 percent in reading compared to fall 2019, with high-poverty students “losing” more. In 2019, Mississippi was the only state in the nation to post significant gains on NAEP assessments.

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PROOF POINTS: How Covid narrowed the STEM pipeline

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 25, 2024

Students also need adequate training, even in elementary and middle school. Fewer eighth grade students hit advanced and proficient levels Source: NAEP Report Card Mathematics 2022 This bar chart shows that before the pandemic 10 percent of the nation’s eighth graders were performing at an advanced level in math.

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Fewer kids are enrolling in kindergarten as pandemic fallout lingers

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2023

To help her along, the teacher at her Bay Area elementary school has been showing her the right way to hold a pencil. percent in the 2022-2023 school year compared with the 2019-2020 school year, according to an Associated Press analysis of state-level data. percent from the 2019-20 to 2021-22 school year. It’s harder.

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How coaches for teachers could improve reading instruction, close early academic gaps

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 26, 2021

The program, which launched in 2019 in New York City, has already seen impressive results in the 20 schools that have participated in the program. Several recent reports have found that many children are behind in reading due to the pandemic and its massive interruptions in schooling. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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PROOF POINTS: Why reading comprehension is deteriorating

The Hechinger Report

MAY 17, 2021

The number of eighth graders who said they read 30 minutes or more a day, besides homework, declined by 4 percentage points between 2017 and 2019. In survey questions that accompany the NAEP test, eighth graders reported how much time they spent reading outside of school. Credit: Photo by Allison Shelley for EDUimages.

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‘Data days’ and longer math classes: How one district is improving math scores

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

This story also appeared in AL.com and The Associated Press Piedmont City schools landed in the top spot among all school districts nationwide in a comparison of math scores in 2019 and 2022. Piedmont Elementary School in Piedmont, Alabama. Every four weeks, teachers get together to examine student data. 31, 2023, in Piedmont, Ala.

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WeWork Sells Two Schools in One Month

Edsurge

JULY 1, 2020

Forbes reported that the company also sold the assets of WeGrow, its private preschool, back to WeWork co-founder Rebekah Neumann, who led the division as its CEO. About 100 students were enrolled when company officials announced in October 2019 that it would close its doors after the 2019-2020 school year.

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English learners stopped coming to class during the pandemic. One group is tackling the problem by helping their parents

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 10, 2024

Credit: Ariel Gilreath/The Hechinger Report But that changed when schools shut their doors and classes went virtual. In California, only 10 percent of English learners were chronically absent in 2019. One group is tackling the problem by helping their parents appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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Disabilities in math affect many students — but get little attention

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Credit: Lillian Mongeau for The Hechinger Report That’s slowly changing — for some disabilities. A majority of states have passed laws that mandate screening early elementary students for the most common reading disability, dyslexia, and countless districts train teachers how to recognize and teach struggling readers.

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PROOF POINTS: There is a worldwide problem in math and it’s not just about the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Sixty-five percent report being distracted by digital devices during math lessons. Takahashi says that students are taught with a more progressive approach in elementary school, often asking students to solve problems on their own without step-by-step instructions and to develop their own mathematical reasoning.

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Crunch the Numbers—New Data on Student Tech Use; Chromebook Predictions; And the Impact of Pandemic Relief Funds

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Qustodio today released their 5th Annual Report, offering valuable insights into children’s digital habits across 2023. Some of the key findings from 2023’s report include: TikTok continued to captivate with children spending a global average of 112 minutes daily on the app – up from 107 in 2022.

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Using universal screening to improve student well-being

eSchool News

APRIL 22, 2024

According to CDC data from 2009-2019, 1 out of 5 adolescents aged 12 to 17 reported having experienced at least some kind of major depressive episode. What continued to move the program forward was the ability to pilot the program with an elementary school counselor and an administrator.

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OPINION: We face another lost generation if we don’t do something about college enrollment

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 27, 2021

The National Student Clearinghouse reports a 13 percent decline in freshman enrollment since 2019, including a 32 percent decline for Black students and a 20 percent decline for Latinx students in public two-year colleges. Congress may just find a way to prevent another lost generation. Sadly, these trends will likely continue.

Trends

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The Science of Reading: How to Understand and Apply the Basics

Waterford

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

These statistics can be disheartening, but consider this: Because a child’s early elementary years are so crucial to lifelong success, you can make a big difference in your students’ lives.You can do this by staying current on literacy development research and using these findings to inform your instruction. May 13, 2019. Silverman, R.

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Homeless Students Are Missing School. Does Having a Separate School for Them Help or Hurt?

Edsurge

DECEMBER 14, 2023

She also pointed to a research study conducted by the school — with The Jacobs Institute for Innovation in Education at the University of San Diego — that reported greater feelings of belonging and self-esteem among students. A 2020 report for the U.S. But that study did not track academic outcomes or chronic absence rates.

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Climate change is sabotaging education for America’s students – and it’s only going to get worse

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

The burned remains of the Paradise Elementary school as seen Friday, November 9, 2018, in Paradise, California. Josie Chelotti, vice principal and athletic director for the Plumas district’s Greenville Elementary and Jr./Sr. Josie Chelotti, vice principal and athletic director for Greenville Elementary and Jr./Sr.

Elementary

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Empty Desks: Getting Chronically Absent Students Back to Class Is No Easy Feat

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The Ravenswood City School District, which has about 1,600 students in its elementary and middle schools (excluding charters) in East Palo Alto and Menlo Park, saw chronic absenteeism spike from just 471 out of 2,549 (18.5 Source: California Department of Education. Note: Figures include charter schools. percent) in 2021-22.

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COLUMN: How student school board members are driving climate action

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2023

Back in high school, he first organized his fellow students to petition for a permanent student board seat on San Diego’s school board, and was then elected to the position in 2019, in a wave of student activism that around the same time pushed the district to pass an ambitious climate action plan. The difference is you have a vote.”

Elementary

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School ed tech money mostly gets wasted. One state has a solution

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2023

This story also appeared in Mind/Shift At a training session this summer, Pitts, a teacher at Oakdale Elementary in Sandy, Utah, learned why: The program works best when teachers supervise kids rather than sending them off to do exercises on their own. One state has a solution appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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From the Bus to the Wilderness: How Hyperconnected Schools Expand Learning Opportunities

Retraining an entire state’s elementary teachers in the science of reading

Trending Sources

PROOF POINTS: Three reports on student achievement during the pandemic

PROOF POINTS: When schools experimented with $10,000 pay hikes for teachers in hard-to-staff areas, the results were surprising

Top School & District Innovator Awardees 2019

K–12 Education’s Top Tech Hurdles to Innovation

PROOF POINTS: Learning science might help kids read better

Research: The Influence of Socioeconomic Status on Learning

Guest Post: How We Can Reframe Edtech Selection to Promote Equity

Beyond English: Why Writing Belongs in Every Classroom

Blending in Technology Boosts K–12 Instruction

WeWork to Shutter Its Private Elementary School After Current School Year

FAQ 5: What to Ask Before Starting Your Classroom Redesign

Document Learning in a Digital Portfolio

MIND Blog Rewind: September 2019

Is it Time for a Social Media Awareness Class?

Crunch the Numbers—EdTech Data You Can Use Right Now

How bullying contributes to K-12 student absenteeism

PROOF POINTS: Three views of pandemic learning loss and recovery

Adolescents Need More Proactive, Preventative Mental Health Supports in School

Much ado about NAEP

Ways to Build Media Literacy in Your Students, and Why You Should

America’s reading problem: Scores were dropping even before the pandemic

Will new standards improve elementary science education?

Are more 5-year-olds coming to kindergarten in diapers?

OPINION: Struggling readers need standards and structure based on the science of reading

PROOF POINTS: How Covid narrowed the STEM pipeline

Fewer kids are enrolling in kindergarten as pandemic fallout lingers

How coaches for teachers could improve reading instruction, close early academic gaps

PROOF POINTS: Why reading comprehension is deteriorating

‘Data days’ and longer math classes: How one district is improving math scores

WeWork Sells Two Schools in One Month

English learners stopped coming to class during the pandemic. One group is tackling the problem by helping their parents

Disabilities in math affect many students — but get little attention

PROOF POINTS: There is a worldwide problem in math and it’s not just about the pandemic

Crunch the Numbers—New Data on Student Tech Use; Chromebook Predictions; And the Impact of Pandemic Relief Funds

Using universal screening to improve student well-being

OPINION: We face another lost generation if we don’t do something about college enrollment

The Science of Reading: How to Understand and Apply the Basics

Homeless Students Are Missing School. Does Having a Separate School for Them Help or Hurt?

Climate change is sabotaging education for America’s students – and it’s only going to get worse

Empty Desks: Getting Chronically Absent Students Back to Class Is No Easy Feat

COLUMN: How student school board members are driving climate action

School ed tech money mostly gets wasted. One state has a solution

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