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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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 28, 2020

For my year end post, I’m highlighting 10 of the most well-read Proof Points stories of 2020. 4, 2020 with a follow-up story to the first one on this list. Study: Boosting soft skills is better than raising test scores. A study on teaching critical thinking in science. Happy New Year and I’ll be back again on Jan.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

23, 2021) – Lexia® Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company, today released new research titled “Using Lexia Core5 Reading to Address Learning Loss and Accelerate Learning: Insights from a 2020-21 Nationwide Study.” BOSTON ( Sept. Over 40% of students who used Core5 exceeded their MAP Growth targets. About Lexia Learning.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2024

Makers of knowledge-building curricula say their lessons are based on research, but the truth is that there is scant classroom evidence that building knowledge first increases future reading comprehension. In 2023, University of Virginia researchers promoted a study of Colorado charter schools that had adopted E.D.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 18, 2022

In 2020, the DOE introduced the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund, a signature part of the American Rescue Plan (ARP) to help schools improve indoor air quality (IAQ) and return their students back to the classroom. Studies have shown ActivePure to be over 99.9% Department of Education (DOE).

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EdTechTeacher

JUNE 18, 2020

In February, I had the opportunity to work with an incredible group of elementary educators from Nauset Schools on Cape Cod. Google Classroom, Seesaw). Social Studies, ELA, Science. Social Studies. This post includes updated content from a previous blog post on Tom Driscoll EDU. For the original post, click here.

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Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2021

The need for new K-12 classroom technology has never been greater. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many schools are now using a hybrid classroom model, with some students attending virtually and others in person. The need for new K-12 classroom technology has never been greater.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2021

When the coronavirus pandemic first hit in March 2020, the research unit inside the U.S. Department of Education, called the Institute for Education Sciences, commissioned a report to wade through all the studies on education technology that can be used at home in order to find which ones were proven to work.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Plenty of students find social studies lessons a bit dull. Eager to build a career out of his interest in social studies, he thought about museum curation, archival work and practicing law. Now, Brown is a senior at Clemson, and next year, he’ll graduate and begin teaching in his own classroom. Not Caleb Brown.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

It was extreme heat, which had pushed the temperature in Toney’s Philadelphia classroom to 100 degrees and led the school district to cancel afternoon classes for tens of thousands of students. Moving from half days back to full days caused minor chaos in her classroom. But this time, the reason wasn’t Covid.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Aaron Vazquez, 5, in his “classroom” on his first day of virtual kindergarten in Ft. million — pre-pandemic prediction for 2020-21 kindergarten enrollment. I don’t want to pit one grade against another,” said Laura Bornfreund, the director of early and elementary education policy at New America, a progressive think tank.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 21, 2021

That is made worse by the demands of a post-pandemic classroom that often operates online, remotely, or a hybrid. It was clear that as I worked with these up-and-coming teachers, their first exposure to the integration of technology was in my classroom. The study does not account for the level of experience of the teachers.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 9, 2020

Those parents should consider the results of a new study finding that children who are mildly symptomatic for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) often end up worse off in school if diagnosed with the condition. An earlier 2017 study found that the diagnosed children had worse reading scores in eighth grade than the undiagnosed.

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MIND Research Institute

JANUARY 13, 2021

With 2020 safely in our rearview mirror, we wanted to take a minute to recap all of the exciting news and events from the final quarter of one of the most memorable years in our lifetimes. Our partnership with LAUSD began over 20 years ago when 95th Elementary School implemented ST Math. Welcome to the MIND Blog Rewind!

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 21, 2020

To that end, his company built a new software tool designed for classroom use and piloted it in five school districts — including the massive Clark County School District serving Las Vegas and its suburbs — in the 2019-20 school year. 30 minutes per week — recommended time students spend on classroom-based Khan Academy tool.

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Waterford

APRIL 23, 2021

Then, we’ll include a few quick tips for you to bring play into your classroom. One study from the American Academy of Pediatrics even found that over the span of 10 years, the number of kindergarten classrooms with a recess period decreased from 96% to 70%.[5]. Strategies to Bring Play in the Classroom. What Is Play?

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

In the fall of 2020, educators at Aspire Public Schools – a network of 36 charter schools in California that are privately run but taxpayer funded – were worried. Many of its 7,000 middle and high schoolers, mostly Hispanic and low-income, were struggling in their studies and course failure rates had spiked.

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Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2023

First up is AJ Jacobs, an undergraduate in his junior year at Winthrop University who is studying to become an elementary school educator. It was in elementary school. My mom worked at the elementary school I went to. One moment would be 2020, at the start of COVID. She was a special education teacher.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 25, 2024

But studying STEM requires more than an interest in science or a desire to make good money. Students also need adequate training, even in elementary and middle school. These eighth graders were in sixth grade when the pandemic erupted in the spring of 2020. A lot of this development occurs through social interaction.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

CHICAGO — In July, in a packed classroom in downtown Chicago, a group composed mostly of early elementary teachers and child care workers read a story about “Wendi,” a fictional preschool teacher who loves reading but struggles in math. Several educators in the classroom identified with Wendi, and that was the point.

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Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2024

In April 2020, teachers were beginning to realize that their schools’ closures would not be all that temporary. In summer 2020, EdSurge profiled nine first-year teachers to understand what it was like for them to launch their careers during the pandemic year (2019-20). Read the original story, from August 2020, here.

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eSchool News

MAY 19, 2021

“We’re very pleased to help provide students with educational options that would otherwise be unavailable to them and help them experience learning with their peers in a diverse global online classroom environment.”. Most recently, the consortium renewed its VHS Learning membership with 213 enrollments for the 2020-21 academic year.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Megan Sweet is the senior director of program and impact at Mindful Schools, a nonprofit organization that trains educators to teach mindfulness in the classroom. In a review of 61 studies, researchers found that mindfulness in schools resulted in improved cognitive and social-emotional functioning.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

How I Use Notion in the Classroom. Chris Chappotin has been serving as Assistant Superintendent for Boyd ISD in Boyd, TX since January 2020. Norwood Elementary School. He talks about how to get started and why people use it. Recently, my students wrote a website on Web 3.0 using Notion. Notion is free for educators.

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Waterford

OCTOBER 22, 2020

In this article, we’ll go over the difference between two types of motivation—intrinsic and extrinsic—and why you should prioritize the former in your classroom. An example of extrinsic motivation is a student who is studying so their parents will not ground them for poor grades.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 8, 2023

Here she is training math teachers on how to teach children to solve word problems at an elementary school in Brooklyn, New York. This story also appeared in Mind/Shift In a study, Powell posed that question to children at the end of third grade, when they should have been able to answer it easily. Sometimes, it’s a simple question.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2022

He usually begins the academic year with lessons on written profiles, but in the fall of 2020, he felt that wouldn’t meet the moment. Studies show that the pandemic caused a drop in test scores in reading and math, with the students who were already struggling showing the largest declines. hours before the pandemic.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

Jenna Gros jangles as she walks the halls of Wyandotte Elementary School in St Mary’s Parish, Louisiana. In August 2020, she signed up for a new program designed to provide people working in school settings the chance to turn their job into an undergraduate degree in education, at a low cost. MORGAN CITY, La.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 15, 2024

Teacher Yasmin Kudrolli sat on a low chair and lit a candle to start the morning meeting in her prekindergarten classroom in Oakland. Across town, but in the same school district, teacher Alicia Simba leads 13 students, all 4-year-olds, in a breathing exercise in her classroom. OAKLAND, Calif. She wants to go home.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

I’m not identifying the district because a researcher who studied its efforts to boost attendance agreed to keep it anonymous in exchange for sharing the outcomes with the public.) The district’s schools had re-opened in the fall of 2020 and were operating fully in person, but students could opt for remote learning upon request.

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Waterford

JUNE 11, 2020

It’s tough to know exactly what the upcoming school year will look like, but by keeping up on current trends in the educational sphere, you can return to school next year informed, whether you’re in a classroom or teaching at a distance. Blended Learning. STEAM Curriculum. Digital Citizenship.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 22, 2020

That can reduce teacher turnover at schools in Black communities, where many classrooms are staffed by young, inexperienced teachers who are constantly coming and going, which leads to low student achievement. Related: Bright black students taught by black teachers are more likely to get into gifted-and-talented classrooms.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

In Iowa, a bill under discussion would provide funding to place cameras in classrooms so that parents can view livestreams of their children and keep teachers under constant surveillance. Since March 2020, teachers have been citing unmanageable expectations and unsafe working conditions. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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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. Teachers rarely stand at the front of the classroom. LINDSAY, Calif. —

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 8, 2022

But education researchers who study the teaching profession say the threat is exaggerated. Many teachers go into special education but soon quit the classroom. When the pandemic hit in March 2020, schools had their usual rate of teacher departures. Students sat in classrooms without teachers. And on Aug.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

According to the report, the EdTech industry will reach a global value of $252 billion by 2020. However, we can discuss the things that are already here and describe how they influenced everyday classroom activities. The Kudan Elementary School in downtown Tokyo organized the first robot teacher testing as far back as 2009.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2023

Caitlin Mercado works with her second-grade students at Ritchie Park Elementary School in Rockville, Maryland. Caitlin Mercado teaches her second-grade students with the help of a document camera at Ritchie Park Elementary School in Rockville, Maryland. This is really not what I thought it would be,” she remembers thinking.

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