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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Elementary Report Conference Exercises 131

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

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. Yet nearly half of the district’s students weren’t attending school regularly during the 2020-21 year, either in person or remotely. They don’t tell educators how to help students.

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Data System Policies Elementary 94

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. Most teachers simply don’t know how to teach online.

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Education Handbook Course Elementary 213

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. A recent survey of teachers in Washington, D.C. How could school work if teachers only taught 4 days out of a 5 day school week? And for good reason. that would keep them in the classroom.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

At a legislative hearing in 2020, a Louisiana education department official said the reporting lapse could cost the state $21 million in annual federal funding for career education. (A Lacking longitudinal data, some states survey high school graduates about their careers, but the responses often are scant and unrepresentative.

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Outcomes Data Education Report 123

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Based on a sample of more than 7,000 9-year-olds around the country, two decades of academic progress in reading and math were erased from 2020 to 2022. But it is troubling that the lowest achieving students in our schools lost the most ground between 2020 and 2022. Department of Education released disastrous test results.

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Report Trends Assessment Elementary 90

MIND Research Institute

MAY 15, 2020

There is nothing black-and-white about how to best support our students and families,” said Dr. Barbara Adams, principal at Findley Elementary School in Des Moines, IA. May 5, 2020. March 31, 2020. But our Passmore Panthers know how to stay strong! March 31, 2020. And she’s the norm, not the exception.

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Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2023

Inside the spacious facility, students learn more than just how to throw a jab or perform pushups and plank exercises. Eighty-seven percent of parents surveyed also support public funding for these programs. The organization also began surveying both youth and instructors about what their needs were.

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Accessibility Report Survey Examples 158

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 15, 2022

In April 2020 he released a bestselling book with co-author Judy Mikovits, a discredited scientist who claim that vaccines “kill millions.” Almost a quarter have neither a science degree nor full certification to teach science, according to a 2017-18 survey by the U.S. Last October the pair released another book.

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Survey Report Data STEM 119

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 15, 2024

billion program will be fully implemented by the 2025-26 school year across the nearly 900 districts in the state that include elementary grades. In the meantime, districts are figuring out how to serve this new, and quite different, age group without a unifying roadmap. But do principals know how to support them?

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Report Elementary Policies Groups 119

The Cornerstone for Teachers

APRIL 4, 2021

On the other hand, Alisa, an elementary school teacher from Massachusetts, says that building outdoor learning spaces in her school lead to a stronger community as everyone came together to make it happen for the kids. Case Study #2: Alissa, 1st Grade Teacher at Leverett Elementary School, Dorchester, Massachusetts.

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How To Laptops Elementary Case Study 85

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. Then the pandemic came along, hammering teachers and the profession as a whole.

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Elementary Report Training Classroom 73

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

In this required 12-week “Introduction to Mindfulness” course taught by Worthen, a full-time mindfulness instructor, students at the private boarding school in Concord, Massachusetts, will learn how to develop awareness of their thoughts and body sensations, sit with difficult emotions and direct their attention to the present moment.

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Classroom Exercises Survey Elementary 145

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. Parents and teachers of these students answer surveys every year so that researchers can study them.)

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

A spring 2020 survey found that only 3 percent of teachers felt that administrators were addressing their social and emotional needs during remote learning. An Education Week survey found that only 29 percent of teachers received ongoing training in SEL throughout the school year.

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Survey Training Report Accessibility 144

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

In a 2020 study, rates of anxiety and depression increased among teenagers during the coronavirus pandemic, particularly among females and high school seniors, who were coping with the stress of exams along with the health crisis. The study also offered some clues on how to help teens. Most of the Chinese cases were mild ones.

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Survey Report Study Assessment 76

ExcelinEd

JULY 23, 2020

Now, new surveys and polls are offering insight into what worked and what didn’t. As schools across the country grapple with how to safely re-open, we are still learning about the educational experiences of students and parents throughout the spring. Perhaps we can learn from some of the parent satisfaction trends of Spring 2020.

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Assessment Survey Learning Report 58

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Census data shows that rates of home-schooling doubled between the start of the pandemic in March 2020 and the fall of that year. The same survey found that only 19 percent of those adults have a bachelor’s degree or higher and 53 percent report their income to be less than $50,000 a year. Census Bureau. The Gaddies.

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Facebook Groups Data Survey 140

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 5, 2022

NEW ORLEANS—Before the 2020-21 school year, Christa Talbott, a 20-year veteran of New Orleans schools, had never considered leaving the profession she loved this early. By the end of 2020, the 44-year-old was agonizing over whether the school year might be her last teaching there. This story also appeared in Time. Into a burning house.

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Report Meeting Groups Data 144

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

Nationwide, significant progress has been made since March 2020 on closing the digital divide – the chasm between those K-12 learners who have access to reliable internet and computing devices at home and those who don’t. Children are learning how to be even more resilient, and technology is helping that happen.”.

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Digital Divide Broadband Laptops Chromebook 142

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Mackenzie Woll, a second-grade teacher at Abby Kelley Foster Charter Public Elementary School in Worcester, Massachusetts, said diagnostic tests at the start of the year revealed that most of her students were reading at a kindergarten or a first grade level. “But READ THE SERIES.

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Elementary Analysis Libraries Report 145

Edsurge

APRIL 11, 2023

The elementary music teacher was burned out and so very tired, following years of feeling increasingly overburdened and bulldozed by students and administrators alike. She says the job requires organization and people skills, both of which she also needed to be a successful elementary school teacher. “I labor force, at 44 percent.

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Company Survey Elementary Classroom 184

The Hechinger Report

JULY 31, 2021

There’s no definitive count yet of how many students are enrolled this summer in a wide range of new options, from a push to close early learning gaps in Texas to a summer program in Oregon that helps kids learning English. Students participate in a hands-on activity during summer school at Bethel Elementary School in Simpsonville, S.C.

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Elementary Report Groups Personalized Learning 115

The Hechinger Report

MAY 5, 2022

And, according to a new report I co-authored for Just Equations , the benefits of that elevated standing are starkly apparent: Based on data from surveys and interviews, “ A New Calculus for College Admissions ” reveals how deep-seated preferences for calculus weigh heavily in decisions about who gets admitted to college.

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Secondary Data Course Survey 109

eSchool News

JUNE 17, 2021

A recent study by Rand’s American Teacher Panel revealed that 99 percent of teachers surveyed said they participated in professional learning activities over summer break. Summer has long been the time for teachers to take advantage of professional development opportunities, particularly options that are self-directed.

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Education Course Assessment Survey 52

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

Jayla goes to Columbia Middle School in Aurora, Colorado, a school that doesn’t just have one counselor on hand, but a full mental health team — plus teachers who have received training in how to respond to mental health issues. Just 60 percent of children in the district’s Covid student survey this year agreed that “home is a safe place.”.

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Report Training Elementary Survey 139

Edsurge

MAY 26, 2021

A year ago, I wrote “ The Next Pandemic: Mental Health ” for National Mental Health Month, published in May 2020 in EdSurge. Creativity, persuasion, collaboration, adaptability and emotional intelligence are the most-in-demand skills today, according to LinkedIn’s 2020 employer survey.

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Education Trends Policies Report 186

The Hechinger Report

JULY 5, 2021

The student-to-teacher ratio at her twins’ East Austin elementary school was higher than what state law mandated, she said. Fresh on Sankara-Jabar’s mind was an April 2020 incident in which the police were called on a Black 7-year-old with autism in Washington, D.C., Sinsabaugh is not alone. who had trouble keeping his mask on.

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Report Personalized Learning Survey Training 137

edWeb.net

JULY 2, 2020

When Project Tomorrow surveyed students in 2015 about what they envision schools will look like in 2020, one student described school as being the place where there would be more educational videos, online class discussions, online games, and texting between teachers and students. Everyone would have their tablet or laptop.

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Online Learning Blackboard Learning Social Media 88

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2022

Emily Herring became Fairfield City School’s mental health services coordinator in 2020. The coordinator position started as a state-funded pilot in 102 school districts during the 2020-21 school year. Debbie Brinson became Alabaster City School’s mental health services coordinator in December 2020. Credit: Bob Gathany/AL.com.

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Outcomes Meeting Resources Data 125

Edsurge

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Four of our seven elementary schools are ranked in the top 20 schools in Pennsylvania, and our high school forensics team is recognized as one of the best teams in the nation. In the elementary and middle schools, the TAC discovered that over 50% of the students were using computers once a month or less.

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Elementary Personalized Learning Comparison Technology 83

Edsurge

MAY 13, 2019

The computer science curriculum is doing more than teaching underserved middle school students how to code. According to that article, there would be 1 million unfilled computer science jobs by 2020, based on estimations from the U.S. It’s also boosting their confidence and empowering them to think big about their futures.

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Robotics STEM Elementary Chromebook 163

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

It is back to school time 2020 for many of us in the United States and beyond. JULY 19, 2020 · 1:26 AM | EDIT. JUNE 28, 2020 · 7:23 PM | EDIT. JUNE 9, 2020 · 3:18 AM | EDIT. Take a look at my last post on surveys for educators, students, and parents. Thanks so much. Michael Gorman (mjgormans@gmail.com).

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Blended Learning LMS STEM Assessment 192

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 4, 2021

He picked Chicago because the school system annually surveys students about their social and emotional skills. Students report how much effort they believe they put into their school work and how they feel about their relationships with peers. I think what we’re showing here is that they do require attention.”.

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Outcomes Study Report Survey 143

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 27, 2021

When the pandemic curtailed plans for in-person data collection, they conducted virtual focus groups and interviews with students and teachers, sending digital surveys to their peers and to educators at the Met High School; a few emailed students and teachers at other schools in the Providence area.

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Data Groups System Training 141

MindShift

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

In this required 12-week “Introduction to Mindfulness” course taught by Worthen, a full-time mindfulness instructor, students at the private boarding school in Concord, Massachusetts, will learn how to develop awareness of their thoughts and body sensations, sit with difficult emotions and direct their attention to the present moment.

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Exercises Survey Elementary Report 60

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2022

One of the coolest and simultaneously heartbreaking things to see was that right around March-April 2020, interest in becoming a volunteer with Teen Link just skyrocketed,” said Zanny Shehata, Teen Link’s volunteer coordinator. Plenty of students are willing to take on these roles. Right now, the line has 58 teen volunteers — 18 of them new.

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Accessibility Training Dropout Survey 96