The Hechinger Report

APRIL 1, 2021

We weren’t surprised,” said Stacey Neuharth-Pritchett, a professor of educational psychology at the University of Georgia, and one of the authors of the study , which encompassed 458 children. It’s not about intellect or capacity, it’s just about access. The state spent about $4,500 per enrolled child in 2019. Subscribe today!

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EdTech4Beginners

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Understanding the Online Learning Environment Embracing the online learning landscape is the first step toward your academic success. Online education in computer science offers flexibility and accessibility, but it also demands self-discipline and effective time management.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

I’m a big believer in online web-based curricula that can be accessed from any browser, any digital device, any location. EL Education K–5 Language Arts. Kiddom is an easy-to-use education platform designed as a centralized hub for teaching and learning. EL Education Language Arts (Grades K-5). Who is Kiddom?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 26, 2019

Each targeted quest curates a collection of third-party apps, webtools, videos, games, and other resources that focus on particular math or reading skills identified by the teacher or from the student’s earlier work as an area of academic need. This can be incorporated into Google Classroom or another LMS that you use.

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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. But for Santa Fe, inclusion was key.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 8, 2017

To help accomplish their vision – that every students get not just to but through college – Brooklyn Lab leverages Cortex, a digital learning platform where student data and work can be accessed by students, teachers, parents, and administrators alike.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2019

In a previous EdSurge piece , I described how economics and technology trends tend to drive educational innovation by providing models that reformers build into their visions, sometimes unconsciously. It has also impacted the role that teachers play in the mind of educational policy makers and reformers—for good and ill.

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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

PlagiarismCheck

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

The rise of the internet and the availability of easily accessible content have contributed to the increasing prevalence of plagiarism. Plagiarism checkers compare a submitted text with a vast online and archived content database,academic publications and students’ submissions. Institutions also benefit from promoting authentic work.

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Moodle Software Analysis Academic Standards 52

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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Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2019

In parallel with this changing nature of librarians, the library itself took on an increased role in the community, offering spaces where the unemployed receive job training, the needy access social services and families gather for daily programming. librarians) are the ones who decide where they want to go and live with those choices.

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Libraries Academic Standards Learning System 110

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.

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Online Learning How To Competency Based Learning Learning 132

eSchool News

OCTOBER 12, 2017

As the new school year begins, elementary school teachers are now able to access a new, free online artificial intelligence (AI) tool designed to strengthen their math instruction and help students learn at higher levels. Next page: Educators react to the new AI resource).

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Tools Academic Standards Elementary Software 74

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 82

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

In a study of 140,000 classrooms in K-12 schools across 39 states, more than half showed no evidence of students using technology to gather, evaluate, or use information for learning. And in nearly two-thirds of the classrooms, students didn’t appear to use technology to solve problems or work collaboratively.

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Technology Differentiated Instruction Broadband Academic Standards 122

eSpark

APRIL 14, 2022

Student engagement—participating in lively class discussions, investing time and energy into their academic work, and applying what they learn in school to the world outside the classroom—increases when educators value social-emotional well-being, according to 81% of teachers. Students present on a local issue at a town meeting.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2016

For over a decade, plenty of time and dollars have been poured into encouraging the use of open educational resources (OER). 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.

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OER Resources Common Core Education 60

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.

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eSchool News

MAY 31, 2016

Technology, collaboration, and new standards are changing the classroom at a rapid pace. As teachers, we are entrusted with our nation’s children, and their futures, yet many of us find ourselves isolated in classrooms without the right training or support. For a classroom teacher, though, this has the opposite effect.

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Academic Standards Case Study Common Core Policies 40

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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eSpark

JANUARY 5, 2016

The goals of No Child Left Behind were the right goals: Making a promise to educate every child with an excellent teacher -- that’s the right thing to do, that’s the right goal. Higher standards are right. educational policy: College and Career Readiness. Early Childhood Education. Accountability is right,” Obama said.

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Policies Blended Learning Education EdTech 40

eSpark

MAY 2, 2016

The new legislation urged districts to embrace project based instruction aligned to academic standards and 21st century skills. Luckily, the vast majority of successful project based learning activities share a set of key characteristics that educators can replicate in the classroom and across a district. 3) Authenticity.

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Academic Standards Learning Digital Citizenship Secondary 40

edWeb.net

JANUARY 12, 2021

In order to address education equity, administrators must first recognize the common barriers. 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. Noguera, Ph.D., LISTEN TO THE PODCAST.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 5, 2019

In a recent edWebinar , “Digital Curriculum Development: The Missing Time-Saving Link,” Daniel Ralyea, Director of the Office of Research and Data Analysis at the South Carolina Department of Education, and Mark T. What’s out in the digital education realm now that shows promise for future enhancements? Let’s explore. Moving Forward.

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OER Analysis Data Academic Standards 53

Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2018

Unruly Studios (Boston) revolutionizes learning by combining coding and STEM education with physical play. Here were the tips that the mock board members, comprised of education technology investors and founders, had to offer. But overall the question that everyone wanted to address was the same: How does a company achieve scale?

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EdTech Company Outcomes Academic Standards 87

Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2018

When leaders of Purdue University wanted to move into online education, they took the unusual step of buying an existing online university, a big one with 30,000 students. It’s hard to think of another example of two more different higher education cultures placed under the same name. I spent 15 years in traditional education.

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Georgia Test Prep

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Informing the students, parents, educators, and the public about how well students are learning important content is an essential aspect of any educational assessment and accountability system. The Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE) is the authority for Georgia Milestones. History of GMAS. How is GMAS taken?

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Assessment System Course Academic Standards 53

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 We are looking forward to supporting Virginia Beach’s students and parents, as well as their dedicated educators, with this new initiative.”.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Work-based learning is an instructional approach to classroom teaching that connects it to the workplace. It entails the teaching of academic, technical and social skills in actual work settings or simulated backdrops. Likewise, schools must adopt more work-based learning programs. Related: The new movie Night School passes my test.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2020

While credit recovery is one of the fastest-growing fields in online education, many programs are little more than diploma mills hastening students through the curriculum with insufficient support. The Charter School of San Diego is one of the schools using that program, yet its educational model has drawn praise.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

10 Ways Technology Has Changed Education: The Iconic Actions #edtech Should Disrupt. Classroom design. WiFi signal, outlets, access to frequently move around the class, ways to not disrupt other classrooms with “noise.” Usually learning happens in your classroom. Or even a classroom in Bombay.

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Technology Gamification Digital Citizenship Academic Standards 40

TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 1, 2015

While it has been derided by educators for decades as incapable of truly measuring understanding, and while performance on such exams can be noticeably improved simply by learning a few tricks, the multiple choice question may have a larger, less obvious flaw that disrupts the tone of learning itself. by Terry Heick. Uncertainty.

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Academic Standards Assessment Social Media Data 40

TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 1, 2015

Few would argue with the importance of educating the whole child. Even in today’s age of standardized testing and emphasis on academic standards, perhaps even because of this recent emphasis, educators are increasingly aware of the need to nurture students’ complete development. This is important for two reasons.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 20, 2015

Ed note: Supporting “commonness” or standardization isn’t a part of our mission at TeachThought, but we are interested in giving equal voice to diverse voices across education. Further, the majority of educators in the United States teach according to the Common Core standards, which makes them of interest to us.

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Common Core Academic Standards Resources Accessibility 40

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Turning around struggling high schools is the toughest work in education reform. So our daily greeting provides a positive interaction before they get into their classroom.”. But these last few years it’s really been a big turnaround in the school … they really are pushing us toward higher education.”. Research found that a $3.5

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Their work is a version of what educators call project-based learning, which means gaining knowledge by solving problems rather than by studying textbooks. Teachers push [academic] standards into these projects,” and schools don’t “want projects where kids are just an extra set of hands.”. Vrain students started slowly.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2017

. — When Mary Fair became a teacher in 2012, her classes often contained a mix of special education students and general education students. Placing children with and without disabilities in the same classroom, instead of segregating them, was a growing national trend, spurred on by lawsuits by special education advocates.

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