Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

I still remember the first time a student refused to step into my classroom. We were a few weeks into my first year teaching kindergarten and I had begun to think of my classroom as a warm and inviting space. I never imagined those same worksheets would become what made Truman dread the classroom so much.

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Meeting Academic Standards Classroom Assessment 218

Edsurge

AUGUST 10, 2021

An asset-based approach emphasizes acceleration and enrichment, with a focus on designing rich, high-quality instructional experiences that provide accessible entry points for all students. In a nearby classroom, other teams wrestle with the daily challenges of turning a profit on the high seas.

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Learning Strategy Academic Standards Professional Learning 214

The Hechinger Report

MAY 20, 2021

One included academic standards for my state. The other was filled with the English language development (ELD) standards. My job was to ensure that my students, all of whom were categorized as English learners (ELs), met these grade-level and proficiency standards by the end of the year.

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Academic Standards Secondary Policies System 107

Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

While Google Classroom and its accompanying suite of tools is immensely popular in education -- especially at the secondary level -- Seesaw is a fast-growing and user-friendly digital platform for teachers to assign work, engage with students, and provide feedback, among other classroom activities. How do I set up my class in Seesaw?

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Open Up Resources offers two of the highest-reviewed curriculum for middle-school math and K-5 English, according to EdReports, which evaluates textbooks for rigor, usability and alignment to academic standards. She’s enthusiastic about accessing Open Up Resources’ materials on the Kiddom platform. “By

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Resources OER Academic Standards Instructional Materials 79

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. Teachers rarely stand at the front of the classroom. Getting there wasn’t easy.

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Online Learning How To Competency Based Learning Learning 131

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Sharing Platforms – Ralyea notes that a major aspect of digitization is the ability to share standards-aligned resources with peers. That’s already happening with tools like Google Classroom. Will the system provide access to evidence-based resources? What’s Out There Now. Just a dream? Not really. Do vendors use CASE?

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OER Analysis Data Academic Standards 53

Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

In terms of student proficiency, today's classrooms are more diverse than ever. In these classrooms, teachers face a seemingly impossible task -- providing effective instruction to all the unique students under their care. We're "detracking" students previously sorted by ability.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2016

Department of Education spearheaded the #GoOpen movement, a collection of efforts to spur educators, publishers and technologists to make OER more available and easily accessible. OpenEd ranks videos based on an analysis of how students do on assessments after watching them. Last year, the U.S. Many of the silos are poorly organized.

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OER Resources Common Core Education 60

edWeb.net

JANUARY 12, 2021

Disconnection between teaching and learning: Teachers often confuse covering the material with teaching to the kids—if they teach to understanding, then the classroom becomes a different environment. They need to develop relationships with each student, learn about their individual situations, and help them as needed. Dr. Morton Sherman.

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eSpark

JANUARY 5, 2016

Furthermore, No Child Left Behind’s one-size-fits-all method of evaluating schools has been criticized as incentivizing low academic standards. These harsh punishments lead some districts to “teach the test” and prioritize third party assessment scores over student engagement and learning. ESSA ensures that all U.S.

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Policies Blended Learning Education EdTech 40

Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2018

For example, in the case of literacy companies in the market today, articles from around the web are curated and categorized by reading level, alignment to state academic standards, topics and connection to commonly-taught texts to give educators and students access to “real world” content.

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EdTech Company Outcomes Academic Standards 83

eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2016

It has helped millions of students worldwide to improve their reading and writing skills, master increasingly rigorous academic standards, and prepare for high-stakes assessments. “We Virginia Beach already started using Smarty Ants for PALS-identified students in its elementary schools as of February 2016.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 1, 2015

This is a tone that is becoming increasingly important in the 21st century as access to information increases, as the updating of information happens more naturally, and as blended and mobile learning environments become more common. Access to information is disrupting traditional processes and their related mechanisms. Uncertainty.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Classroom design. WiFi signal, outlets, access to frequently move around the class, ways to not disrupt other classrooms with “noise.” ” Your classroom has become the world’s classroom–more of a vessel or template than something your own. Usually learning happens in your classroom.

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Technology Gamification Digital Citizenship Academic Standards 40

TeachThought - Learn better.

JULY 10, 2015

How To Add Rigor To Any Lesson, Unit, Or Assessment. Barbara Blackburn, author of “Rigor is not a 4-Letter Word,” shared 5 “myths” concerning rigor, and they are indicative of the common misconceptions: that difficult, dry, academic, sink-or-swim learning is inherently rigorous. Rigor is Always Accessible.

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How To Analysis Academic Standards Strategy 40

Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2018

What's different because of our relationship with Purdue is that we now have access to real thought leaders in some of the disciplines that we're very excited to be able to participate in. We have a different approach than most institutions in how we create our curriculum and how that gets moved into the classroom. It's very early.

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Kaplan Course Examples Outcomes 98

TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 20, 2015

As most educators know, the Common Core is a set of high-quality academic standards in mathematics and English language arts/literacy. Simply put, the standards outline what a student should know and be able to do at the end of each grade to be prepared for success in school, college, career and life.

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Common Core Academic Standards Resources Accessibility 40

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2016

The Common Core standards, a set of English and math guidelines adopted by more than 40 states, challenge many commonly held beliefs — including how best to teach children to read. Regardless of how effectively Pinheiro incorporates the Common Core academic standards into her classroom, challenges will remain.

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Common Core Elementary Assessment Academic Standards 40

Edsurge

JUNE 24, 2019

Soft-launched last summer, the library currently houses more than 100 educational apps, which teachers can browse by subjects or categories (like assessment or presentation tools). Meanwhile, the number of tools in classrooms today has ballooned. To access the app, students simply navigate to the class’s Clever page.

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EdTech Libraries Software Company 118

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

EdReports has become a real big deal in K-12 publishing,” he said, referring to the nonprofit that reviews textbooks for alignment to academic standards. But I don’t think classroom teachers think that way. federal law that mandates access to student information by public entities. but even in China as well.

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Industry Student Data Privacy Education Company 116

techlearning

MAY 24, 2018

Some sessions dove into the weeds, exploring systems like IMS CASE (Competencies & Academic Standards Exchange), which supports learning standards and competencies, digital resources, and assessments.

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Conference Competency Based Learning Report Academic Standards 40

techlearning

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Tech & Learning Rounds Up a Summary of New Tools for Schools Software & Online GOOGLE FOR EDUCATION UPDATES ( edu.google.com ) Google for Education announced updates and new tools to help teachers keep innovation alive in their classrooms. The webinars are led by teachers and come pre-recorded and live on the Center.

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Chromebook Pearson Student Data Privacy Data 46

TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 11, 2015

The difference in the performance between each ESEA subgroup (as defined in this document) within a participating LEA or school and the statewide average performance of the LEA’s or tate’s highest achieving subgroups in reading/language arts and mathematics as measured by the assessments required under the ESEA. 105-244, 20 U.S.C.

Education 40

Education Secondary Assessment Data 40

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2017

At 8:00 on a chilly spring morning in this rural Vermont town, while most kids his age are filing into classrooms and preparing for a day of school, 17-year-old Silas Woods rolls up the sleeves of his plaid button-down shirt and hoists a tire up to a mini Cooper, suspended a few feet above ground in the corner of the noisy Duxbury Auto Shop.

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Classroom Report Academic Standards Company 88

Edsurge

DECEMBER 27, 2017

When it comes to digital tools in classrooms, it was the same o’, same o.’ Lesson 1: When it comes to student use of classroom technologies, talk and action are both important. These distinctions are crucial in making sense of what teachers do once the classroom door closes. Differentiating between the two is crucial.

Technology 79

Technology Policies Education Academic Standards 79

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2019

On a muggy fall morning, pre-K teacher Ruth Shows inspected the work of students in her classroom, stepping over a cluster of little learners sprawled on the carpet. In the fall of 2013 , two district pre-K classrooms were paid for with limited state taxpayer money, but more than a dozen families remained on a waitlist.

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Elementary Data Training Report 60

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. Teachers can create multimedia assessments and activities for their students, who record and embed their responses. All students deserve access to a school library.

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Libraries Social Media Handbook eBook 98

TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 18, 2015

Connectivity could represent a new kind of assessment. Rather than measurement, true assessment is the process of uncovering understanding. Which means the codex of academic standards that drive public schools today must change in quantity, scale, and function—or fall into the background completely.

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Maker Movement Academic Standards Education Elementary 40