eSchool News
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
This is especially true with literacy, where it’s all too easy to lose track of student progress and performance as students make their way through elementary and middle school. Our initial goal was to improve the reading support we offered students based on their literacy data, specifically in the area of foundational skills.
The Hechinger Report
MARCH 1, 2024
Students chat about the data analysis they’ve performed on their cellphone usage over a week, while Perizzolo walks around the room fielding their questions. They also determined the research questions they’d ask of the data — such as whether social media use during class reduces comprehension and retention.
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The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
One district in the Southeast tried to tackle its post-pandemic surge in absenteeism with a computer dashboard that tracks student data and highlights which students are in trouble or heading toward trouble. Called an early warning system, tracking student data this way has become common at schools around the country.
The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
While data science isn’t a new subject, there’s been growing interest recently in helping students — in both K-12 and higher ed — gain data science skills. One reason is the shifting job market, said Zarek Drozda, director of Data Science 4 Everyone, a national initiative based at the University of Chicago.
Edsurge
MARCH 15, 2022
It’s the little things, like crayons, says Christine Slayton, a bilingual first grade teacher at Frank Del Olmo Elementary School in Los Angeles. billion since 2000, according to impact data from DonorsChoose’s site. No more sharing Crayolas—or markers or playdough. Now each student needs their own.
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. In the fall of 2020, Hawaii began offering all of its special education teachers an extra $10,000 a year.
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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