The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2024

Specifically, potty training. Doug Welton introduced a bill that would require kindergarten students be potty trained before parents enroll them in school. Children who aren’t potty trained would be referred to a social worker or counselor. Potty training — or the lack of it — clearly strikes a nerve with teachers.

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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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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Fri, 12/06/2019 - 10:25. MORE FROM EDTECH : Check out how schools are training students to be the next batch of cybersecurity professionals. Schools, he noted, should take some responsibility to train students on how they can help keep their data safe from cybercriminals. shailaja.neela…. Make passwords complex — and long.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 12, 2021

Recent history reminds us that the only way we can build a stronger, more resilient society is by investing in meaningful workforce training and good-paying jobs in the rapidly growing information technology field. Build company-specific programs that focus on recruiting and/or customized training. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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MindShift

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Hannah Hughes is playing a game with a group of second graders at Johnson Elementary School in Kingsport, Tennessee, who are still working on their reading skills. Hughes, a first-year teacher, said she learned how to teach this important decoding skill to help struggling readers in her pre-service training. What does the word say now?”

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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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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 15, 2022

You’ll see when you login that you start off by being able to add activities, explore the resources they have, or get some training on how to use this collaborative learning tool. In particular, math teachers and elementary teachers will love the manipulatives that you can adapt for your own lessons. . & Donaldson, J.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 26, 2018

This model is an easier shift for elementary teachers who are already use learning stations with students. Most of us are still be trained to teach using a whole group lesson model, so reimagining a lesson to rotate students through a series of stations feels daunting. Work directly with small groups of students.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Fri, 10/04/2019 - 13:13. AR and VR Experiences: APS is now deploying both augmented reality and virtual reality experiences for K–12 students , including “expeditions” for elementary and middle school students and VR-based postsecondary tours for high school students. Balancing Act: Cybersecurity in the Connected Classroom.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Thu, 11/07/2019 - 15:06. The training, she says, can inspire teachers to adopt more engaging teaching styles. Our elementary schools are almost one-to-one, with a 1-to-2 ratio of devices to students. Elementary students don’t take devices home with them because we don’t see the educational need. keara.dowd_i47Z.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

“Unfortunately many students leave elementary school still not proficient in reading, and that creates a significant barrier to their ability to learn across subjects. Most middle and high school teachers are not trained in the teaching of foundational reading skills (e.g., phonemic awareness, phonics) to address this problem.”

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Tue, 09/10/2019 - 12:44. Many will also have new laptops or tablets through one-to-one computing programs , upgraded classroom technology for blended learning , and teachers trained to more effectively use technology to personalize instruction. Gamifying Teacher Training on Blended Learning. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2018

Science could be considered the perfect elementary school subject. Most elementary school teachers have little scientific background and many say they feel unprepared to teach the subject well, according to a national survey of science and mathematics education conducted by a North Carolina research firm in 2012. “The It does now.

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Elementary Education Survey Report 84

The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Marc is the author of Permission to Feel: Unlocking the Power of Emotions to Help Our kids, Ourselves, and Our Society Thrive (Celadon/Macmillan), which will be released in September of 2019. Marc has published 125 scholarly articles and has received numerous awards, including the Joseph E.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 14, 2019

Sun, 04/14/2019 - 10:28. Project B3 , for example, a nonprofit organization that helps schools organize digital citizenship training, recruits students to serve as digital responsibility mentors who create curricula to fit their schools’ needs. Digital Literacy Programs Prepare Students for a Tech-Enabled Future. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 11, 2019

Thu, 04/11/2019 - 15:35. All of that requires teacher training and significant preparation for the students. The tradigital learning environment encourages all teachers — elementary, middle and high school — to adopt a station rotation model. How K–12 Schools Should Define and Act on Digital Learning. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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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. The onsite training is expensive.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 8, 2019

Vicki Davis (@coolcatteacher) August 6, 2019 Sherry St. Her organization works with schools around the world, creating specialized training and coaching services for school administrators and educators. was released in June of 2019. Looking and listening for ideas! Clair – Bio As Submitted Sherry St.

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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). Typically, we tend to associate SEL programs with elementary-aged students. This tracks with what the research shows.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Since 1999 there have been over 300 violent tragedies that have played out from college campuses to elementary schools, and 320K students have been exposed to gun violence. Facilitator training as well as resource guides for reference are essential. Facilitator training as well as resource guides for reference are essential.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

After holding national and international education leadership roles for 15 years, in August of 2019, Ross returned to the classroom to practice what he had been preaching: project-based learning. Most of the work originally started in high schools and then migrated back down into middles and elementaries. Where did PBL begin?

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 25, 2024

Students also need adequate training, even in elementary and middle school. And it’s a problem that potentially extends to the whole private school universe, where 9 percent of students are enrolled , according to the most recently available data from 2019.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2023

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. Teacher training programs offer little instruction on disabilities of any kind, and even less on math.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

But in my training in the late ’90s, the closest I got to cognitive science was the concept of “practitioner inquiry.” A 2019 survey of teachers uncovered some of these gaps. Much of the disinformation stems from training like my own. I took “methods” classes that gave me strategies for discussions and activities.

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Learning Training Study Report 145

EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2020

In the 2018-2019 school year alone, Fairfax County students earned 18,000 industry credentials, says Beth Downey, the district’s CTE coordinator. The district enrolls more than 187,000 students in its elementary and secondary schools as well as alternative programs.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 24, 2023

On the rare occasions when other teachers who spoke Barrera’s language, Spanish, were asked to help, the conversations still faltered because they weren’t trained interpreters. In the 2019-20 year, the district spent about $175,000 on interpretation and translation services, she said; last school year, that figure was more than $450,000.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 2, 2020

In the 2018-2019 school year alone, Fairfax County students earned 18,000 industry credentials, says Beth Downey, the district’s CTE coordinator. The district enrolls more than 187,000 students in its elementary and secondary schools as well as alternative programs.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2019

But when eighth-grader Luz Annette got into a fight at Austin Achieve, the charter school instead provided counseling, group therapy and mindfulness training—part of its homegrown restorative justice program. It’s an alternative disciplinary approach that’s changing how students resolve conflict and manage emotions.

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Elementary Company Industry Outcomes 91

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

It didn’t matter that he’d likely never have to teach the geometry concepts that kept tripping him up (Anderson hoped to teach elementary school). Latiker points out, “but he couldn’t teach elementary education because of his performance on the Praxis math exam.” That was in 2017. “It It began to become emotionally draining.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Also memorable was that it didn’t take long to recognize I was missing key training and resources that could help make me a more effective educator. The annual rate of teacher attrition rose 20 percent from 2019-2020, at least in part impacted by the burden of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 13, 2022

As schools across the South grapple with vacancies, many turn to those without teaching certificates or formal training to serve students. In Oklahoma, lawmakers expanded an “adjunct” program that enables schools to hire applicants without teacher training if they meet a local board’s qualifications. 11, 2022, in Athens, Ala.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Wed, 09/18/2019 - 11:12. It works well for giant projects like museum displays, science fair projects, but it also works well for weekly vocabulary assignments,” says Robyn Tanksley, third-grade teacher at the Sexton Mountain Elementary School in Beaverton, in a video about Adobe Spark. . eli.zimmerman_9856.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Yet even though almost all K-12 classrooms have computers or tablets, most teachers aren’t trained to leverage computing education for rigorous learning. Teacher training programs aren’t yet making a dent: Very few, if any, training programs in the U.S. algorithms) for a potential tour of the city.

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MindShift

JULY 10, 2018

Science could be considered the perfect elementary school subject. Most elementary school teachers have little scientific background and many say they feel unprepared to teach the subject well, according to a national survey of science and mathematics education conducted by a North Carolina research firm in 2012. “The It does now.

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Elementary Education Survey Report 39

EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

The New Media Consortium , which publishes its annual “Horizon Report for K-12” previewing the technologies likely to impact education in the coming five years, forecast back in 2015 that by 2019, we would see drones playing a role in education. . Support Teachers Through STEM Training.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH : Check out how schools are training students to be the next batch of cybersecurity professionals. Schools, he noted, should take some responsibility to train students on how they can help keep their data safe from cybercriminals. Why K–12 Students’ Data is Valuable to Cyberattackers . Be Cautious on Social Media.

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Data Social Media Survey Student Data Privacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH : Check out how schools are training students to be the next batch of cybersecurity professionals. Schools, he noted, should take some responsibility to train students on how they can help keep their data safe from cybercriminals. Why K–12 Students’ Data is Valuable to Cyberattackers . Be Cautious on Social Media.

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