The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2018

Alana Wolf was accepted to Cornell University, which told her to go somewhere else as a freshman and come back as a sophomore under a little-known policy called conditional admission. Most require that the students meet minimum academic standards and earn a predetermined number of credits. campus as sophomores.

Policies 86

Policies Report Academic Standards Meeting 86

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 5, 2019

If a standard changed, the GUID would allow component systems to detect that change and automatically update resources aligned with the new standard. Stakeholders should assess their digital beliefs to see where they stand, and also consider tech affordability and accessibility with regard to digitization. Do vendors use CASE?

OER 53

OER Analysis Data Academic Standards 53

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Few states have rules that would compel providers to read to children, for example, or provide toys that have been shown to help children learn math concepts. Regardless of income level, access to quality care for 2-year-olds is tight. Could we improve America by treating 2-year-olds better? What’s it like to be two years old?

Guidelines 77

Guidelines How To Report Policies 77

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2017

But classroom walls are becoming a lot more permeable,” she said, citing examples in which a group of students in Georgia earned a patent for work they completed in school and seven districts in Iowa teamed up to help students spend part of their school days working for local companies. For example, St.

STEM 107

STEM Report Robotics Company 107

MindShift

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Usually that means creating PowerPoint presentations full of pictures and “just kind of pulling from here and there,” he said — the Internet, a third grade textbook or a preschool homeschool curriculum from Sam’s Club, for example. I’m all over the place,” said Brock, who has been teaching for 27 years.

Instructional Materials 28

Instructional Materials Survey Dropout Common Core 28

EdNews Daily

APRIL 1, 2019

Texas State academic standards, for example, are different than all other States so those lesson products showing in search should be biased by geo-location (optional, obviously, and could be statewide or region rather than pinpoint geolocation.)

Personalized Learning 100

Personalized Learning Learning System Mobility 100

Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

MAY 19, 2023

In most universities, every instructor is required to assign a letter grade to every student in the course, and David and I don't know of any university actively removing such a policy. This is not “letting students pick their grade” as though they were given access to the registrar’s database.

Course 73

Course Report Academic Standards Policies 73

TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 21, 2015

These aren’t single tools to “try,” but news ways to think about how learners access media, how educators define success, and what the roles of immense digital communities should be in popularizing new learning models. We’ve talked about this one quite a bit–most recently in C hanging What We Teach , for example.

Classroom 40

Classroom Game-Based Learning Social Media Trends 40

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Through the new system the plan is to raise and unify standards, creating a single statewide network that ends the fragmentation and ensures “easy access to high-quality options,” according to the Louisiana Department of Education, the entity overseeing the reform.

Education 40

Education System Academic Standards Policies 40

TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 15, 2015

For example, when technology changes, it impacts the kinds of things we want and need. These are astoundingly important questions–ones that must be answered with social needs, teacher gifts, and technology access in mind. Most modern academic standards take a body-of-knowledge approach to education.

Digital Citizenship 40

Digital Citizenship Academic Standards Tablets Mobile Learning 40

TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 1, 2015

While digital content is handy and accessible, many of the issues we face as educators are deeper than any single post–or series of posts–can adequately address. Data Analysis for Continuous School Improvemen t, for example.). Ed note: This post has been updated from a 2013 post. Of course there is!

Learning 40

Learning Case Study Data Training 40

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

For example, a baby born to a family in the top 0.1 with highly selective admissions and academic standards, are failing to enroll the best and brightest students from poor and middle-class families. percent of income in the U.S. has about a 40 percent chance of going to an Ivy League or other elite college.

Kaplan 113

Kaplan Academic Standards Report Examples 113

Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Federal policy has transformed the education of students with disabilities in the United States. We spoke with Laura Schifter , an expert on special education policy and a lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education , about what districts can expect, and how schools can continue to support their most vulnerable students.

Guidelines 159

Guidelines Education Academic Standards Policies 159

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. Prioritizing equitable library access for students As school libraries evolve and best practices shift accordingly, there is one constant to solve for: equity.

Libraries 97

Libraries Social Media Handbook eBook 97