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. Source: Edwards et al (2024), “Teacher Shortages: A Framework for Understanding and Predicting Vacancies.” Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

12, 2024 column about how chronic absenteeism remains stubbornly high in elementary, middle and high schools. Attendance has failed to snap back and recovered only a bit during the 2022-23 year, according to data from 38 states and the District of Columbia collected by FutureED, a think tank based at Georgetown University.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2024

More than 75 percent of elementary school math teachers said they used their school’s recommended materials, but fewer than 50 percent of high school math teachers said they did. Students, he said, are often being taught through a “bricolage” of materials that teachers assemble themselves from colleagues and the internet.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 13, 2024

That data showed considerable progress in integrating schools but also some steps backward, especially since the 1990s in the nation’s biggest cities. That’s why I also wanted to trace the data on academic achievement over the same time period. Board of Education decision that declared racial segregation in schools unconstitutional.

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eSchool News

MAY 15, 2024

Key points: Many teachers who use AI found it helpful in addressing pain points at work An alarming number of educators are jumping ship Key strategies for education leaders to boost morale For more news on teacher burnout, visit eSN’s SEL & Well-Being hub As the 2023-2024 school year comes to an end, K-12 teachers in the U.S.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2024

All modules in the updated core science curriculum are rolling out for the 2024-25 school year. The new 2 nd Edition was extensively field tested by educators and will be available for purchase through Carolina for the 2024-25 school year. Teacher support is included. The program includes 24 modules for grades K to 5.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

According to the App Association , there will be approximately 1 million unfilled computing jobs in 2024. Engage Students in Data Science Through Activities. Excel’s Eric Murphy, the teacher that came up with the idea, gave each student a chance to be a “data captain,” capturing students’ play statistics to create athlete profiles.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 9, 2023

This story also appeared in Mind/Shift In the past decade, the population of elementary, middle and high school students in Massachusetts dropped by 42,000 while the number of school employees grew by 18,000. It could be years before complete national data is available, Roza said.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 10, 2023

Through this program, the inaugural class of 16 principals representing schools across 16 states will have the opportunity to receive monthly, high-quality professional development and grow as leaders as they work in small cohorts to analyze data, learn to plan strategically, and share information with different constituencies. “A

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

While new data suggest students are making a “ ‘surprising’ rebound,” findings also show math and reading levels for elementary and middle school students are nowhere near pre-pandemic levels. The federal funding that is set to expire in 2024 cannot wipe away the adverse learning impacts of the pandemic.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 10, 2024

“LIFO is not very good for kids,” said Dan Goldhaber, a labor economist at the American Institutes for Research, speaking to journalists about expected teacher layoffs at the 2024 annual meeting of the Education Writers Association in Las Vegas. A more detailed list of teacher layoff laws by state is in the appendix.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The researchers also noticed a dilemma in the data. She wonders what would happen if little kids were less scheduled in elementary school. Now a trio of economists say they’ve been able to calculate some of these psychological costs. The psychological downsides of overscheduling hit before students’ cognitive skills were maximized.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 3, 2024

My curiosity was piqued by a new study , published in the June 2024 issue of the peer-reviewed journal Learning and Instruction, that evaluated the quality of ChatGPT’s feedback on students’ writing. 1 of Steiss et al, “Comparing the quality of human and ChatGPT feedback of students’ writing,” Learning and Instruction, June 2024.)

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 25, 2024

Students also need adequate training, even in elementary and middle school. Statisticians at the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) have continued to dig into the 2022 data, and they’ve been also turning their attention to students at the top.

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Mira Education

MAY 20, 2024

The Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund , commonly referred to as ESSER, is a federal program that gave districts nearly $190 billion in response to the pandemic. In the 2023-2024 school year, they came together to rally behind a vision to Watch Achievement Rise or their “W.A.R.” What is ESSER funding?

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

In January 2024, five researchers from Texas A&M University published their findings online in the journal Scientific Studies of Reading. This newest 2024 synthesis follows three previous meta-analyses on phonemic awareness in the past 25 years. A new meta-analysis confirms that the answer is no.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 31, 2023

This story also appeared in The Boston Globe Mejía and her husband, Spanish-speaking immigrants from the Dominican Republic, only later learned that Joangel, now 7, would have been an ideal candidate for one of the four elementary schools in Boston that teach students in both English and Spanish, Joangel’s first language.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In a survey, humanities, arts and social science professors say they really want their students to be able to analyze data, create charts and spreadsheets and reason mathematically – skills that high school math courses often skip or rush through. “We A diversion to data analysis risks putting students at a disadvantage.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 15, 2022

Readlee is an amazing literacy tool that enables teachers to go from collecting reading data a couple times a year to getting data each week (or day!) Norwood Elementary School. Currently, he is pursuing a Doctorate of Educational Leadership at Texas Tech University with an expected graduation date of May 2024.

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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 ). Despite this flexibility, districts must spend their ESSER dollars by September 2024, before this infusion of federal funds winds down.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 16, 2023

School and district leaders will be actively seeking innovative approaches, leveraging data, and collaborating with advocacy organizations and policymakers to bring about meaningful changes in how we educate English Language Learners. Older children have access to these solutions, so why not offer the opportunity for young learners?

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2024

26, 2024, in the peer-reviewed journal Developmental Psychology, now provides stronger causal evidence that building background knowledge can translate into higher reading achievement for low-income children. A new study, published online on Feb. Students were also given related books to read during the summer.

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My Paperless Classroom

JANUARY 19, 2024

Experiences such as Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Director of Digital Learning and Innovation, elementary school principal, classroom teacher, and district professional development specialist have provided Matt incredible insights on how to best support teaching and learning.

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eSchool News

APRIL 4, 2024

Cyberbullying, increasingly more common, occurred at least once per week in 37 percent of middle schools, 25 percent of high schools, and 6 percent of elementary schools. Alanko and colleagues analyzed time trends of biennial data collected in Finland between 2000 and 2019.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 8, 2022

Goldhaber estimates that in a school with 1,000 students, there was half an unfilled vacancy, on average, in the fall of 2021 – the most recent data he has analyzed. Source: Dan Goldhaber with data from National Center for Education Statistics Schools and Staffing Surveys and National Teacher and Principal Surveys. Indeed, the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 20, 2024

Tate presented her study on ChatGPT essay scoring at the 2024 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association in Philadelphia in April. Source: Tamara Tate, University of California, Irvine (2024). The paper is under peer review for publication and is still undergoing revision.)

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

Jenna Gros jangles as she walks the halls of Wyandotte Elementary School in St Mary’s Parish, Louisiana. Brusly Elementary School has 595 students, ranging from ages two to seven. Data suggests not having qualified teachers can worsen student achievement and increase costs for districts. MORGAN CITY, La.

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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. But there is a strict deadline: Schools must tap into ESSER no later than September 2024, which means the race is on for schools to find ways to use the money before they lose it.

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eSchool News

JULY 25, 2022

Education IT leaders and chief information security officers must continually worry about protecting key information systems and data. The three iterations of the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER) program includes close to $200 billion for improving schools, with ear marks for IT, OT, and security included.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

From the dashboard, students can see how they are progressing toward their usage goals and view their real-time performance data — providing another way to empower students in their own learning. Learn more about these free webinars.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Learning to read well in elementary school matters. The results emerged from an analysis of fall 2022 test scores of seven million elementary and middle school children across the nation, in which the reading abilities of third graders remained far behind what children used to be able to do in third grade before the pandemic.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2024

After starting elementary school in the late 1960s, Naomi Hirahara and three other girls formed a clique called the C.L.A.N., They attended Loma Alta Elementary, a racially diverse school in Altadena, Calif., Her younger son attended Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson’s alma mater, Cleveland Elementary School. PASADENA, Calif.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 28, 2023

On a breezy July morning in South Seattle, a dozen elementary-aged students ran math relays behind Dearborn Park International School. There are 25 students in the program hosted at the elementary school, and all of them are one to three grades behind. James, 11, couldn’t do two-digit subtraction last week.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

As I begin the new school year, I make a list of all my priorities: Lesson planning, grading, classroom setup, data analysis and new teacher mentorship. John Fredericks is the ninth and 10th grade ELA and AP English Literature teacher at West Tallahatchie High School in Webb, Mississippi and is a 2023-2024 Teach Plus Senior Writing Fellow.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Contracts must be signed by September 2024. Meanwhile, it’s unclear whether schools will continue to embrace their expanded mission after federal pandemic funds expire in March 2026. That’s when the last payments to contractors and outside organizations for services rendered can be made.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 4, 2024

“You get more bang from your teacher buck, if you will, from the learning from errors condition,” said Janet Metcalfe, a psychologist at Columbia University who led the study, which was published online in the British Journal of Educational Psychology in January 2024. ( Of course, students might not see it that way.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 31, 2022

The College Board’s announcement that it is ditching the paper-and-pencil SAT in 2024 and administering the college admission exam only by computer raises a confounding question: do students perform better on paper or digital tests? Research has shown mixed results.

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