The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Source: “Nudging at scale: Experimental evidence from FAFSA completion campaigns,” March 2021 issue of Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. Text reminders of deadlines and general tips might not be sufficient to help students who cannot locate documents or need help answering a question.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 29, 2021

When we say fall, we’re talking Fall 2021, which is a little bit different than previous falls, isn’t it, Dawn? And probably not as much at the middle school and high school level but at elementary certainly they want to know who their teachers are. VICKI: 00:41. DAWN 00:56. Yeah, it definitely is. VICKI: 00:59. DAWN 05:43.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 18, 2021

Researchers at Penn State analyzed 10,000 students and found that kindergarteners in low-income families and Black kindergarteners of all incomes had a higher propensity to be heavy users of technology by the end of elementary school. The Penn State researchers analyzed an existing U.S. Book reading is so important for kids,” he said.

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Edsurge

JUNE 22, 2022

The Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER) was approved in three packages in 2020 and 2021. Currently, HR departments spend an inordinate amount of time credentialing their teachers—getting paperwork in order before teachers set foot in the classroom to verify and document their credentials.

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Shake Up Learning

AUGUST 3, 2021

Optimize access to tools and assistive technology. . Choice boards, or learning menus, can look like several different replicas of real-life documents. Elementary Digital Playground: Tic-Tac-Toe (Sarah McKinney). 30, 2021 (or one-year access with the ALL-ACCESS PASS ). © Shake Up Learning 2021.

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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.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Like hundreds of school districts, Aspire purchased an online tutoring service for the spring of 2021 to help these students. There was no video or audio, but students could text chat with a human tutor and work together on a virtual whiteboard and share documents. This story also appeared in Mind/Shift.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2020

I don’t want to pit one grade against another,” said Laura Bornfreund, the director of early and elementary education policy at New America, a progressive think tank. Holley said the staff at Rupert Elementary School in Crawley, West Virginia, where she teaches, has pulled together and she’s never felt more supported.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Just a few days away, our third Library 2.021 mini-conference, " Libraries as Community Anchors ," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, October 21st, 2021. Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Just two weeks away, our third Library 2.021 mini-conference, " Libraries as Community Anchors ," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, October 21st, 2021. Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. Disaster Strikes!

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 7, 2019

Now, some school districts are pushing this job exploration into middle and even elementary school, convinced that helping students connect what they are learning to careers will not only deepen their engagement but also help them make more informed decisions about their educational paths. When Kathleen Koerner, a counselor at A.

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Robotics Elementary STEM Training 112

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Our third Library 2.021 mini-conference: " Libraries as Community Anchors ," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, October 21st, 2021. Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy.

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Shake Up Learning

APRIL 6, 2021

You can access it here. Access the entire MUST-HAVE Google Skills podcast series on this page. Organize by subject areas (best for elementary). The student’s name is automatically added to the document title. © Shake Up Learning 2021. This is Part 2 of a 4-part series on Must-Have Google Skills for Teachers.

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MindShift

AUGUST 23, 2021

Its findings were drawn from interviews with teachers and students across elementary, middle and high schools about their pandemic learning experience. They relished the freedom to wear comfortable clothes, nap, snack, access the bathroom at will and move around when restless. — Neema Avashia (@AvashiaNeema) July 22, 2021.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2020

Due to existing social inequalities that influence health outcomes like food insecurity, affordable housing, education and access to health care, Black Americans are more likely to have pre-existing health challenges, such as diabetes and hypertension, that put them at higher risk for Covid-19 complications.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2022

To complement its forward-thinking vision, the district sought a blended curriculum solution that offered a full suite of digital resources accessible from a single platform. Providing access to mental health care has been a priority for Aurora Public Schools’ AWARE Team even before the pandemic.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 30, 2023

In April 2020, as the death toll from COVID mounted across New York City, an elementary school teacher at P.S. 343, the Children’s Lab School, in Sunnyside, Queens, organized a virtual dance party to give her second-grade class some levity. In April 2021, a full year into the pandemic, he announced measures to tackle this shortfall.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

In the COVID-19 Data Dispatch’s “Opening” series , we profiled five school communities that successfully reopened during the 2020-2021 school year. In Garrett County, administrators updated a massive FAQ document (currently 22 pages) whenever a parent reached out with a question. Require masks, and model good masking for kids.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2022

A few months earlier, she’d heard about a family shelter inside an elementary school gym. The process is so intense and it requires so much documentation and follow-through and systemic understanding,” said Claudia DeLarios Morán, BVHM’s principal. “So Credit: Marissa Leshnov for the Hechinger Report. There was one other option.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Those who are Black, indigenous, students of color, disabled or undocumented may encounter in-person surveillance and exclusionary discipline policies that limit their access to equitable education. They may have teachers who refuse to use their names and pronouns and classmates who make anti-trans comments under their breath.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

Tagged on: April 23, 2017 Shift to online classes 'discriminates' against rural children, mother claims | Stuff.co.nz → In New Zealand, the shift to online classes 'discriminates' against rural children without easy access to the internet and who have parents who are not tech-savvy. The breach affects 1.3

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Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

Tagged on: April 23, 2017 Shift to online classes 'discriminates' against rural children, mother claims | Stuff.co.nz → In New Zealand, the shift to online classes 'discriminates' against rural children without easy access to the internet and who have parents who are not tech-savvy. The breach affects 1.3

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

I’m also limited by my experience as a secondary teacher; these conversations have less controversy in lower elementary, though discussions about appropriateness do surface more commonly in the upper elementary/middle school transition. May you take what you need and may it be useful to you. Maybe you’re angry about book bans.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

MARCH 7, 2021

I’m speaking with Jennifer LaGarde and Darren Hudgins, who are co-authors of the book Fact vs. Fiction: Teaching Critical Thinking In the Age of Fake News , and also a new book coming out in July 2021 called Developing Digital Detectives. These are the tools through which kids access information. 2: The access lens.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

They are free for all, online, recorded, and archived at [link] There is also an index that gives a clear overview of all presentations so far and how to access their recordings ([link] Learning2gether events perpetuate the spirit and goals of Webheads in Action. URL/LINK TO JOIN: [link] Can I get access to Zoom? Stevens (2014, p.162)

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eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2023

Digital learning cemented itself as a “must have” in schools this year, and equity remained front and center, too, continuing conversations around inequitable technology access, along with racial and socioeconomic disparities and discrimination. One way education is doing this is by offering CTE, even in the elementary grades.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2023

In a June 2022 report , the department said it had deleted the term “equity” from the title of a report about equitable access to qualified teachers for low-income and minority students. The former School and Educator Equity Report is now called Rates of Access to Qualified Teachers. 12, 2021, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Digital learning cemented itself as a “must have” in schools this year, and equity remained front and center, too, continuing conversations around inequitable technology access, along with racial and socioeconomic disparities and discrimination. One way education is doing this is by offering CTE, even in the elementary grades.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Lisa Grant, superintendent for the Centralia school district, makes her monthly rounds in a fifth grade class at Fords Prairie Elementary School on Dec. The school district welcomed all elementary students back for in-person learning in early December. Credit: Katie Cotterill for The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2023

This story also appeared in The Guardian The flooding last fall that devastated the home of Deishangelxa Nuez Galarza, a fifth grader in this coastal area of southern Puerto Rico, also closed her elementary school, El Coquí, for three days while staff cleaned out a foot of muddy water from every first floor room.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

As librarians, our job is to not only give students and teachers access to resources they need to succeed, but to be their guide when choosing these resources. During the 2021-2022 school year, the Reading School District saw over 13,000 ebooks and audiobooks checked out through the Sora K-12 reading app. Who is the modern librarian?

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 17, 2023

In some cases, that meant removing any information on sexuality or sexual maturation from elementary school health curricula, and also revising health, psychology and certain A.P. Related: Teachers, deputized to fight the culture wars, are often reluctant to serve In mid-2021, Ketron decided to start the club herself, at the public library.

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Advocacy Report Libraries Policies 134

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Cooper Lane Elementary School in Maryland’s Prince George’s County school district had almost 550 children, 60 percent of whom are Hispanic. The atrium at Mary Harris Mother Jones Elementary school in Prince George’s County, Maryland, is lined with flags from different countries, including those in Central America.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2024

without legal documentation to access a basic education. Border Patrol more than quadrupling in 2021. So far this year, Ellis Elementary in southeast Denver has absorbed 60 more students than initially expected. But when it comes to schools, requirements under the U.S. Mexico border by U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 9, 2021

Increasing access to mental health care and limiting access to lethal means like firearms are also important pieces to the puzzle, according to the CDC. Although the pandemic stalled the plan to offer suicide prevention education at Cody High School, it finally happened in May 2021. What’s going on?”.

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Education Policies Survey Training 125

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

In 2021, a Bucks County venture capitalist and longtime Republican funder concerned about COVID closures donated half a million dollars to school board races around the state. Also in 2021 came Pennridge’s first serious battles over diversity programs.

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