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. In early 2020, at an academic conference just before the pandemic hit, Powell commiserated with other experts in special education and students who struggle in math. Sometimes, it’s a simple question.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 4, 2023

To truly excel in this dynamic field, educators require a broad array of tools in their toolkit. 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. Recent research shows that nearly one-third of U.S. K–12 educators are thinking of leaving their jobs.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Never before have educators been challenged and tested as they were, beginning in March 2020 and up until today, and never before has their resilience been more apparent. He understands how to introduce tools that make the subject feel relevant and approachable for both students and teachers, who often have never coded before themselves.

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eSchool News

MAY 9, 2022

Today’s students have different summer learning needs, and we have better tools and methods to teach them. Within those averages, stubborn achievement gaps between racial and income groups have expanded, meaning the children who are least able to access traditional summer school are the ones who need it most.

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Waterford

APRIL 23, 2021

1] Children may play independently or in a group, but the key is that they decide the rules and focus. Whether you’re a preschool or elementary school teacher, you’re sure to find the ideas you need to help your students learn through play. January 2020. September 2020. Why Is Play Important? Child-Directed Play.

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 24, 2020

I, like many of you, have been doing remote teaching since March, 2020. In normal times when students come to my classroom (I provide pull-out services for gifted elementary level kids), I get them doing hands-on activities within minutes of entering into my classroom. I am a student-centric, hands on/minds on teacher. Rebus Puzzles.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Far too many distance learning discussions in the spring began with identifying digital tools. As an elementary school teacher, my highest priorities were always the following: Cultivating agency, autonomy and independence in my students. Of course, video conferencing tools like Google Meet or Zoom round out the toolkit.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

As a result, the district’s 1,900 elementary students will return later this summer to classrooms outfitted with multiple touch screens, motion-tracking cameras, and microphones — part of an uncommon plan to embrace hybrid learning. Out on Capitol Hill, she warned, the feds are “itching to take this money away from us.”

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

Kathy Neumann’s third graders at Longfellow Elementary School in Columbia, Maryland, struggled to understand fractions during this pandemic-disrupted school year. I’ve seen a difference this year without using our hands-on tools. John SanGiovanni, coordinator of elementary mathematics, Howard County, Md.,

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Our districts, Imagine Schools and Carbondale Elementary School District #95 (CES), might not seem to have much in common at first glance. For a definitive answer to this question, Bill Younkin of the Biscayne Research Group performed some research for us comparing our in-person and remote assessments from the 2019–2020 school year.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Dr. Cecilia Maes, superintendent of Alhambra Elementary School District in Phoenix, Arizona, agreed. Our district was able to pivot quickly to remote learning because of the knowledge and systems put in place within our five-year partnership with (Verizon Innovative Learning). Other schools became enthusiastic….It

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2021

In April 2020, her company, AllHere, launched several new features to battle problems exacerbated by Covid-19, including an Artificial Intelligence-powered two-way text messaging system, Chatbot, for kids who weren’t showing up to class regularly. The assembled group also discussed various new design concepts for how to apply AI in education.

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2021

BOSTON (June 8, 2021) – Lexia Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company, announced today that Florida’s Commissioner of Education has approved Lexia® Core5® Reading (Core5) as curriculum in elementary intervention courses. K-12 English language arts materials were the focus of the 2020-2021 year. About Lexia Learning.

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Edsurge

MARCH 7, 2023

At Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools (SCCPSS) in Georgia, a three-school pilot in January 2020 grew into a district-wide online and offline reading program for students across its 34 elementary schools, according to Andrea Burkiett, director of curriculum and instruction for the district.

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Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2020

Students who have learning disabilities can be more comfortable using technology tools than their classmates as they often already rely on digital aides for their everyday learning, says Stephanie Del Tufo, an assistant professor specializing in literacy education at the University of Delaware.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Miller asked as she stood in front of her class at Doss Elementary. 40 percent — The number of first grade students “well below grade level” in reading in 2020, compared with 27 percent in 2019, according to Amplify Education Inc. This year, she had to backtrack — all the way to the letter “H.”. This story also appeared in USA Today.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

26, parents from Brooklyn Arts & Science Elementary School (or P.S. 705) flocked to the school for an open house ahead of the fall 2021 semester. In fall 2020, the city started offering hybrid learning, with cohorts of students returning to classrooms for two or three days a week. BROOKLYN, NY—On the morning of Aug.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 31, 2022

This is likely due to several factors: increasing involvement from parents as schools moved online; advocacy from groups like Decoding Dyslexia; social media conversations and coverage in the popular press; and a push by state legislatures toward improving our nation’s stagnant and dismal reading scores.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 14, 2023

The camp was held in the large open room of the museum’s education center, where excited children, separated into groups, called out answers to their teachers. Mississippi’s elementary reading policies, signed into law in 2013, have drawn national attention. Is this controversial law the reason why?

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 24, 2023

About 791,000 English learners participated in special education in 2020, a jump of nearly 30 percent since 2012. Their number one concern, across all racial and demographic groups, was access and inclusion in special education. In 2020, the U.S. In more than a dozen states, including Washington, the increase was even higher.

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Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

In the early months of 2020, her team expanded an attendance campaign called “All In,” from four to 25 schools across the district, which is home to 85 public schools in total. In elementary school, frequent absences are linked to a higher likelihood of dropout—even if attendance improves over time.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 9, 2021

In a July 27 report, consulting firm McKinsey & Company calculated that 800,000 elementary school children were five months behind in math and four months behind in reading , on average, compared to similar students before the pandemic. Still, as imperfect as the figures are, they paint a dismal picture.

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Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2019

It is a part of the Lumen Christi Academies , a group of Catholic schools in the San Francisco Bay Area whose mission is to “nurture ethical scholars who will change the world” through active, personalized and student-led learning. Microshifts in Practice 1.

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MindSpark

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

What effective communication skills are they developing, which industry standard productivity tools are they using? Externships offer tools and skills, leading to fundamental changes in how educators teach, how students learn, and what industry is teaching education about what it means to be prepared for the modern workforce.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 5, 2020

A September 2020 study from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute found that elementary school students who studied more social studies, including geography, history and civics, scored higher on fifth grade reading tests. The students were part of a nationally representative group of students that the U.S.

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eSchool News

JUNE 13, 2022

BW Walch, as the umbrella company will be known, brings a partnership that offers complete solutions for schools and teachers to create engaging in-class experiences and to provide better learning outcomes for students across all age groups. BW Walch has over 1m registered users of its technology solutions combined.

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Edsurge

JULY 30, 2021

Combine that with some of the dislocations triggered by COVID and students could be in for some radical changes in the tools that help them learn. That cash, combined with what observers have estimated was $800 million in revenue in 2020, has been fueling its growth spurt. elementary schools have signed up for accounts.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Care Solace also equips school districts with a customized online tool that makes it easier to find community-based mental health care providers and programs, both in person and remote. As of November 2020, Care Solace proudly serves two million students, over six million family members, and 150,000 staff members in over 200 school systems.

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Kathy Schrock

MAY 1, 2020

Cathy Weselby, in a March 2020 post on the Resilient Educator Web site , provides a well-stated overview of the important research, history, and methodologies for differentiating instruction in the classroom. Group students by shared interest, topic, or ability for assignments. Assess students’ learning using formative assessment.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

When we posted our 2020 predictions on January 1 last year, we–along with the majority of the world–definitely didn’t anticipate the curveball that was (and continues to be) the global COVID-19 pandemic. 2020 has been called a dumpster fire, the worst year in recent memory, and more. education system. As the U.S.

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NeverEndingSearch

JANUARY 13, 2021

High School Crediting Sources Administrators Research Tools Librarians Book Awards & Lists Elementary Home Middle School Newsroom. Right now, we are building the following daisy-chained Guides: Home Elementary Middle School High School Educators Librarians Adminstrators Parents. But must we all begin from scratch?

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The new “COVID-friendly” algorithm saves time and evaluates factors such as social groups, extracurricular activities, bus routes and household dynamics to determine the impact of interactions at school. It doesn’t replace the expertise of administrators and teachers; it is a tool to help support them to make the best decisions possible.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

McGrath is a K-5 ELL teacher at West View Elementary School, a small inner-city school in Knoxville, Tennessee, and Valdez is a kindergarten teacher at Minnie Mars Jamieson Elementary at Chicago Public Schools. She will use her grant for targeted bilingual resources and support tools. a division of Cambium Learning Group, Inc.,

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

After that one morning session, Dunlap, a scientist who grew up in Japan, withdrew Annika from kindergarten at her local public elementary school in Fremont, California. Kindergarten, a foundational grade for young children, is typically the first year of elementary school, even in the 31 states where it isn’t required.

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2020

It’s an opportunity for the future teachers who are enrolled at the college to apply what they learn in class in a practical setting, testing out lesson plans with real elementary students. McGhee, assistant clinical professor of elementary education at Auburn University. This year, camp is canceled due to COVID-19. Archambault agrees.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 3, 2023

Thoughtless expansion of tech tools into the classroom can exacerbate the discrimination Black and Hispanic students already face, experts warn. In other fields, the risks of racially biased tech tools are becoming relatively well known. Students are really going to have to know how to interact with and understand how these tools work.”

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

CHICAGO — At first glance, it looks like your standard recess: Elementary school students, bundled up in warm jackets, hats and mittens, laugh and play outside on a crisp, cloudy fall day in the Windy City. But can resolving the broad range of elementary school conflicts be as simple as learning to play fair? The game keeps going.

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