Edsurge

DECEMBER 14, 2023

But that study did not track academic outcomes or chronic absence rates. Meanwhile, critics allege that the school’s academic outcomes are actually “terrible” compared to homeless students who study at traditional public schools. A 2020 report for the U.S. So does the model work? But the objection is more sweeping.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Preliminary research from the nonprofit assessment group NWEA suggested that students would retain only 70 percent of last year’s gains in reading when they returned for the 2020-21 academic year compared with a typical school year. classrooms or teacher preparation programs — until now.

Policies 145

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

public school students in grades 3-8 between fall 2020 and spring 2021 and found: On average, students across most grades and subject areas made learning gains in 2020-21, but at a lower rate compared to pre-pandemic trends. 2020-21 outcomes were lower relative to historic trends. million U.S.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 4, 2023

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. After dipping a bit from 2020-2021, attrition rose 17 percent from 2021 to 2022 and is on track to outpace pre-pandemic monthly averages. Recent research shows that nearly one-third of U.S.

Education 111

Education Outcomes Strategy Training 111

Edsurge

JUNE 22, 2022

The Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER) was approved in three packages in 2020 and 2021. In the spring of 2020, as the pandemic prompted widespread school closures, most districts scrambled to move online, stitching together whatever technologies they could to make the transition.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 3, 2022

If correct, this means that one out of every three public school children was chronically absent during the second full school year of the pandemic, when most children were learning in person and should have been catching up from the disrupted year of 2020 and the first half of 2021. Before the pandemic, only about 16 percent of U.S.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 3, 2023

In 2020 and 2021, Congress passed the CARES and ARP Acts, which created and added to the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Program ( ESSER ). Concrete, community-supported goals for student outcomes should serve as the north star for district operational planning.

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eSchool News

JULY 9, 2021

Since schools transitioned to remote learning, districts have added or upgraded their IT education technology and monitoring tools to provide better outcomes for all. In 2020, the deployment of edtech tools in schools increased by nearly 90 percent year-over-year. But it’s not necessarily a good thing. education system.

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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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eSchool News

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Our partnership with VHS Learning allows us to increase educational opportunities and empower better outcomes for all students.”. While the application period ended in September 2020, the program itself will run for three years, from the 2020-21 school year onward. About NMSI.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 1, 2024

public school enrollment in 2020, up from 8.1 Spanish was the most-reported home language among English learners in 2020, followed by Arabic. Our nation’s public school population is changing, fueled by growth in the number of multilingual learners. These students made up 10.3 percent of U.S. percent in 2000.

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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. Sometimes, their lack of confidence is why they go into early ed in the first place.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2023

The second grader attends SpaRRk Academy, a virtual learning program for elementary students created in 2021 by the Rio Rancho School District in New Mexico. A longtime administrator in Rio Rancho, Aaker led the district-wide transition of elementary students to online learning when Covid struck. It wasn’t just a mother’s intuition.

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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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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2023

Markus Ceniceros, a high school senior who was recently elected to the Littleton Elementary School District Governing Board, west of Phoenix, Arizona As a board member he worked to keep focus on the new climate plan, helping the district get funding to convert to electric school buses. We have a responsibility.” She was appointed by Gov.

Elementary 105

Elementary Policies Report Groups 105

Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2021

Some relief came in 2020 through the CARES Act with an initial $13 billion allotment to K-12 schools. A new funding package from the federal government in December 2020 dedicated an additional $54.3 The need for new K-12 classroom technology has never been greater. billion to public schools, with a wide range of permissible uses.

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Technology Classroom EdTech Software 173

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 15, 2021

Tutoring programs for elementary school children rise to the top within this body of research, which was conducted well before the pandemic and targeted to students who were considerably behind grade level. Far fewer studies find tutoring to be effective for older students in middle school and high school.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 22, 2021

The research, Learning during COVID-19: An update on student achievement and growth at the start of the 2021-22 school year , is the third in a series of research briefs by NWEA focused on understanding how the pandemic has affected student reading and mathematics outcomes.

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Outcomes Education Advocacy Policies 103

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 12, 2023

Whittenberg Elementary School of Engineering groaned in disappointment when they saw the runny mess. Whittenberg Elementary School of Engineering prepare to drop a paper bag with an egg inside off a railing at the school during engineering week. . — The brown paper bag hit the ground with a smack. The third graders at A.J.

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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. In mid-March 2020, schools in Lindsay Unified shut down in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Online Learning How To Competency Based Learning Learning 132

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2023

A lot rides on the school system’s continued improvement: Not just student outcomes, but also the future of the city itself and the fortunes of its young, new mayor, Justin Bibb. The graduation rate in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District rose from 56 to 81 percent between 2011 and 2020. Student outcomes improved.

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Education Report System Meeting 99

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.

Elementary 84

Elementary Report Training Classroom 84

Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Moreover, children who are expelled in preschool or early elementary are 10 times more likely to be incarcerated. We have focused our energies, resources and talent on the K-12 years—specifically, K-12 schools, and even more narrowly, individual cognitive K-12 outcomes, such as reading or math.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 15, 2023

Since March 2020, districts across the country have experienced alarming declines in student achievement in math and reading, a mental health crisis among students and widespread job dissatisfaction among educators. No one can deny the pandemic’s devastating impact on America’s public schools.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

That’s similar to retention rates in previous years — a report from the Tennessee Education Research Alliance shows that around 1 percent of third graders were held back each school year between 2010 to 2020. Literacy coach Melissa Knapp works in a first grade classroom at Harpeth Valley Elementary in Nashville.

Policies 105

Policies Report Advocacy Elementary 105

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 24, 2022

Previous research suggests that the quality of the teachers and elementary school that children attend after pre-K may boost or undermine long-term effects of pre-K. During the 2020-21 school year, 44 states , the District of Columbia and Guam funded public pre-K programs.

Outcomes 133

Outcomes Study Report Guidelines 133

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 15, 2020

On June 10, 2020, as the U.S. In June 2020, the Center on Reinventing Public Education, a think tank based at the University of Washington, posted a survey of summer school plans around the country. Those final results are expected to be published later in 2020 but I’m not anticipating a surprise turnaround.

Learning 140

Learning Study Report Elementary 140

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.

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Examples Groups Google Outcomes 435

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

In August 2020, Amanda Nemergut was looking for alternatives to in-person public school for her three daughters. At OHDELA, enrollment more than doubled to about 5,200 students in the 2020-2021 school year, according to state data. For 12 years we’ve been documenting their disastrous outcomes, and they’re just resilient.”.

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E-rate Pearson Company Report 126

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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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 16, 2021

In the summer of 2020 after schools had been shuttered for about three months, another nonprofit maker of math software for elementary schools called Zearn was thinking about a way to keep kids on grade level. Thousands of classrooms elected to try the just-in-time review approach in the fall of 2020. But many classrooms didn’t.

Education 125

Education Software Data Company 125

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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Strategy Learning Data Dropout 196

eSchool News

APRIL 8, 2021

Provo City School District , Utah — Improve literacy outcomes for students in K-3 through 1:1 coaching for teachers and leaders at four elementary schools. Launched in 2020, BetterLesson’s matching grant program provides U.S. Learn more about the 2020 matching grant program here. About BetterLesson.

Learning 87

Learning Blended Learning Exercises Professional Learning 87

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.

Outcomes 123

Outcomes Meeting Resources Data 123

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

It was fall 2020, and here I was, sitting at my computer in tears. However, the outcome of these decisions is placed solely on the shoulders of the people excluded from the process. As a mother of two elementary-aged children, I experienced a robust remote experience. In theory, the rotations were logistically sound.

Policies 162

Policies Data Personalized Learning Outcomes 162

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

A 2020 review of 100 tutoring programs found that intensive tutoring is particularly helpful at improving students’ reading skills during the early elementary years, and most effective in math for slightly older children. Before the pandemic, research outcomes for retention were generally miserable.

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Study Elementary Training Strategy 144

Edsurge

JULY 2, 2020

Staggering student schedules helps with social distancing, but class sizes in Clark County were as high as 40 in some elementary schools before the coronavirus emerged. Our district, which started the 2019-2020 school year with 750 openings, has hundreds of vacancies each year.

Learning 218

Learning Software Blended Learning Flipped Classroom 218