EdTech4Beginners

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

In the US alone, students experiencing more than 60 minutes per week of device use achieved higher academic results through 2020, while 81% of facilitators said that having access to EdTech improved outputs considerably during the same period. The Rise of Hybrid Environments. Embracing Artificial Intelligence (AI) Personalisation.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

When secondary educators plunged into emergency online teaching in March 2020, we faced a slew of challenges. The exhaustion, unhappiness, and stress-related languish and depression are widely reported and seen, but teachers are not giving up. fill my teacher-gram.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 29, 2020

What I do worry about is running out of books so this year, I spent the last few months stalking efriends to find out what they recommend to kickstart the 2020-21 school year. ” Disruptive Classroom Technologies: A Framework for Innovation in Education. There are lots of how-to books on using Google apps in the classroom.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In 2020, some of California’s public universities allowed applicants to skip Algebra II and substitute data science. The universities walked back the effort this year after experts argued that students were taking less challenging coursework that limited their post-secondary opportunities. Using federal grants, N.C.

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Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2019

While we share the outrage at the terrible behavior being reported, what's more important is that we not let this sensational story distract us from the structural inequities in higher education. Before considering a path to post-secondary education, students need help identifying and showcasing their own strengths from an early age.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 7, 2022

Smith said she and her colleagues at Digital Promise realized that to advance their work they’d need a way to formally support districts “all the way, from systems to classroom.”. In October 2020, Digital Promise launched the Center for Inclusive Innovation, as a way to create this support. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2022

Teachers report being more stressed as the pandemic goes on, and much more likely to leave the profession than they were before March 2020. that would keep them in the classroom. At secondary schools, we’d have to toss out 5-day-per-week class rotations. And for good reason. A recent survey of teachers in Washington, D.C.

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Insight Education Group

MAY 27, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has left elementary and secondary schools across the country in need of additional resources to operate and support their school communities. Between 2020 and 2021, Congress passed three stimulus bills that provided almost $190.5 and 31%, respectively” ( CDC, 2020 ).

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Insight Education Group

MAY 27, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has left elementary and secondary schools across the country in need of additional resources to operate and support their school communities. Between 2020 and 2021, Congress passed three stimulus bills that provided almost $190.5 and 31%, respectively” ( CDC, 2020 ).

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techlearning

JANUARY 24, 2019

40 million students and educators rely on Google Classroom to stay organized and support creative teaching techniques, and 30 million use Chromebooks to open up a world of possibilities both inside and outside the classroom.  Down under in Australia and New Zealand,schools are also using Chromebooks in the classroom.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 6, 2020

From filling out funding applications to reworking classrooms to promote social distancing, to choosing the right technology for hybrid learning environments, they’ve been working diligently to prepare for a school year that drives student engagement. In fact, a 2020 report that surveyed 1,200 U.S.

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MIND Research Institute

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Given these disruptions, it’s tempting for schools to narrow their focus on core content learning (language arts and mathematics) to make up for lost learning time in the spring of 2020. So, what have researchers discovered about social emotional learning in the classroom? SEL in the Classroom Improves Academic Performance.

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2020

I want to make sure my undergrads are thinking about their impact outside of a formal classroom,” says Martina P. We are very much focused on classroom teaching.” They don’t have to start from scratch: Research about how to successfully teach kids in virtual classrooms has been underway for years. That’s not unique to Auburn.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2022

In a year where hate crimes targeting Asian Americans spiked over 300 percent and one in five Asian Americans reported experiencing an anti-Asian hate incident , this shooting was particularly traumatic for a community already reeling from having a target on its back. A participant at a Black Lives Matter protest in Las Vegas on May 30, 2020.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Students at the Secondary School for Journalism in Brooklyn had become increasingly frustrated with Summit Learning. The Secondary School for Journalism is one of about 380 schools nationwide using Summit Learning, a personalized learning program that involves the use of an online instructional software, called the Summit Platform.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

After schools went remote in 2020, Jessica Ramos spent hours that spring and summer sitting on a bench in front of her local Oakland Public Library branch in the vibrant and diverse Dimond District. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. “We Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. OAKLAND, Calif.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 24, 2021

Credit: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report. For the 2020-21 school year, enrollment was up to about 250 children, in pre-K-3 through fourth grade. Credit: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report. One task flowed directly into another. Then, in mid-June, it was over.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

They told the board in the high-poverty district in Chicago’s south suburbs that the project would “future-proof the classroom” and “catapult Dolton into the next generation of learning technology.” But simultaneously teaching students who are in the classroom and virtually is challenging, especially in the elementary grades Dolton serves.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 9, 2022

The following report is part of a collaboration between NBCNews.com and The Hechinger Report focused on examining Black and Latino enrollment in flagship universities. CU Boulder reported that its Precollegiate Development Program actively recruited first-generation students from 25 middle schools and 18 high schools.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

Credit: Sarah Butrymowicz/The Hechinger Report New York state allows students to be suspended for up to 180 days — an entire school year. A recent report from a State Education Department task force recommends such a limit in all but the rarest of circumstances. In the meantime, he’d get a few hours of tutoring a week.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2021

Summer camps and day camps were hit hard by the pandemic and shutdown in 2020. Credit: Lillian Mongeau for the Hechinger Report. Summer camps, many of which remain financially fragile after last year’s closures, could see an influx of cash: The American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund earmarked $1.2

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 24, 2021

Since March 2020, Black Americans have experienced a perfect storm of social and emotional stressors, including the unequal death toll from Covid-19 in the Black community, the ongoing resurgence of white supremacy and an onslaught of high-profile police killings of Black people. Related: Last week was tough, teachers say.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Or they do it in near-empty classrooms, broadcasting over Zoom and Google Meet. My last live musical experience was in Los Angeles in January 2020, at last year’s Grammy Awards ceremony, which attracted 16.5 Music in my elementary and secondary education was so critical to my well-being that I pursued it as a career.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

This story is a part of Learning from Lockdown , a series about education solutions in the pandemic, produced in partnership with the Education Labs at AL.com , the Dallas Morning News , Fresno Bee and Seattle Times partnered with The Christian Science Monitor , Hechinger Report and Solutions Journalism Network. Oliver Robinson.

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MIND Research Institute

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Given these disruptions, it’s tempting for schools to narrow their focus on core content learning (language arts and mathematics) to make up for lost learning time in the spring of 2020. So, what have researchers discovered about social emotional learning in the classroom? SEL in the Classroom Improves Academic Performance.

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2020

Long before the pandemic upended their classrooms, educators of students with learning differences knew the value of an instructional minute and how to make each one of them count for their students. There still remains much that is unknown about how the 2020-21 school year (and beyond) will look for our students.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

In 2020, according to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the high school dropout rate was 5.3% With Connect, students and instructors are provided with continuous support — in or out of the classroom. Students can apply on a rolling basis throughout the year and complete coursework on their own timeframe.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 21, 2019

Michael Dougherty for The Hechinger Report. The shift came to the school ahead of a statewide deadline to have proficiency-based graduation requirements in place for all of Vermont’s 2020 high school graduates. Nellie Mae is among the many funders of The Hechinger Report.). It’s better than it was.” MONTPELIER, Vt.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2019

Photo: Ankur Singh for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Ankur Singh for The Hechinger Report. But, even as the number of students declined, the schools still served a secondary purpose as community hubs — hubs that residents are intent on getting back. “ Photo: Ankur Singh for The Hechinger Report. “I Goyco school.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

As an integral part of learning today, educators and students deserve new and improved ways to display and interact with classroom content, but to be successful, these tools need to be flexible and user-friendly. Historically there has been a limit to seamless integration across various technology solutions within today’s classrooms.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

In their district-wide tech plan for 2016 to 2022 , Renton set a goal of reaching a 1:1 device-to-student ratio for all middle and high schoolers in the 2019-2020 school year. This increase brought one access point into each classroom, allowing teachers to run assessments from any room on campus.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

A new national effort asks K-12 schools to voluntarily — and anonymously — report their confirmed and suspected coronavirus cases, along with the safety strategies they’re using. The COVID-19 School Response Dashboard , which NPR is reporting on exclusively, was created with the help of several national education organizations.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Editor’s note: This story is part of Map to the Middle Class , a Hechinger Report series examining how schools can prepare students for the good middle-class jobs of the future. Department of Education-funded project currently being piloted at nine community colleges that includes a classroom curriculum, workplace learning and a credential.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 12, 2021

Disconnection between teaching and learning: Teachers often confuse covering the material with teaching to the kids—if they teach to understanding, then the classroom becomes a different environment. Does everyone feel valued? To pursue equity, schools must understand three key principles.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

MARCH 1, 2023

This is what I imagine “Book Choice” looks like, from curricular choices to which books grace the shelves of our classrooms. This tension comes from students, parents, teachers, and administration/leaders outside of the classroom. Students want to see themselves in stories. The rubber band pulls tight.

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Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Check out these helpful resources for more information: FCC guide to learn more about the E-rate Eligible Services List for Funding Year 2020. Double-check your reports for accuracy before submitting them to USAC. USAC eligible services FAQ page. What does E-rate have to do with digital citizenship? Know your deadlines.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

As an integral part of learning today, educators and students deserve new and improved ways to display and interact with classroom content, but to be successful, these tools need to be flexible and user-friendly. Historically there has been a limit to seamless integration across various technology solutions within today’s classrooms.

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