The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Teachers and students can learn by doing place-based projects together, all the while meeting and exceeding required academic standards in authentic and meaningful ways. They have social scientists, writers, artists, linguists, psychologists, athletes and health professionals, all accessible in the building or on Zoom, every day.

Education 107

Education Academic Standards Social Media Report 107

Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2019

In today’s workforce, one employee backed up by teams of experts providing training, tools, just-in-time access to materials and data can perform work that once required dozens of line workers. In contrast, the American education system, despite efforts to centralize elements like academic standards, remains enormously fragmented.

Policies 114

Policies Trends Common Core Training 114

Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2019

With limited budgets, librarians have been forced to leverage their own talents and networks to navigate a changing world Like teaching, librarianship is a majority-female profession (83 percent of librarians are women compared to 76 percent of public-school teachers) that performs a public good with limited resources.

Libraries 111

Libraries Academic Standards Learning System 111

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Most educators access information about their profession through online searches, social media, colleagues, supervisors, their professional association or a journal subscription. Raise awareness about existing IES resources with members. For most of the day, education leaders broke into groups and got to work.

Survey 116

Survey Social Media Education Academic Standards 116

Doug Levin

JULY 7, 2016

Based on universal access to free and equal schools, the social contract for public education equates the attainment of a high school diploma with readiness for college, meaningful participation in the workforce, and the rights and responsibilities of adulthood.

Instructional Materials 150

Instructional Materials Education Academic Standards Software 150

Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The tool offers a free version for teachers with access to its basic features. A paid upgrade to Seesaw Plus gives teachers access to more privacy options and other features. You don't have to sign up to get access to see what's on the site, but registration is necessary for full access and exploration.

Google 98

Google Android Video Accessibility 98

eSchool News

MAY 31, 2016

The need for more practical and effective professional learning opportunities for teachers is especially important right now, with new academic standards being introduced and adapted in schools across the country. The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards has a vision for how that can happen.

Academic Standards 40

Academic Standards Case Study Common Core Policies 40

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 5, 2019

While virtual resources abound, the systems are not coordinated enough to fully address teachers’ curriculum-design needs and to support them as they help students build a coherent body of knowledge. But, it’s all over the place,” he laments, “with the various textbooks, standards, digital search engines, and vendors.”.

OER 53

OER Analysis Data Academic Standards 53

Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2018

Substantial (501(c)3/Oakland, California) creates training, resources and information customized for each school to help substitute teachers be successful. If fast growth and lean operations are the goals, then they need to limit their labor creating content and instead work to repurpose existing educational resources.

EdTech 87

EdTech Company Outcomes Academic Standards 87

Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

These tools help us identify and then address -- through intervention or enrichment -- individual students' needs around each of the major academic standards. Many school districts -- including mine in Middletown, NY-- are leveraging the power of technology with adaptive assessments and instructional software.

EdTech 120

EdTech Blended Learning Khan Academy iPad 120

eSpark

MAY 2, 2016

The new legislation urged districts to embrace project based instruction aligned to academic standards and 21st century skills. are all examples of open-ended questions that spark student interest and allow for multiple answers. In 2015, the bipartisan Every Student Succeeds Act signaled the end of one-size-fits-all instruction.

Academic Standards 40

Academic Standards Learning Digital Citizenship Secondary 40

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 104

STEM Report Robotics Company 104

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. We’ve always had a difficulty finding quality resources for ELLs,” said Uro.

Instructional Materials 28

Instructional Materials Survey Dropout Common Core 28

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. In most states, such guidelines are provided as an optional, rather than required, resource. Regardless of income level, access to quality care for 2-year-olds is tight.

Guidelines 75

Guidelines How To Report Policies 75

Edsurge

JULY 12, 2021

Particularly at the many institutions that had not previously offered online courses, instructors lacked the preparation time, resources or instructional design expertise required to develop and build an online curriculum—not to mention the infrastructure required to support their efforts at scale.

Online Learning 210

Online Learning Learning Academic Standards Survey 210

NeverEndingSearch

JUNE 19, 2020

In fact, in the face of our unprecedented situation, PSLA President, Cathi Fuhrman recently shared a space for sharing Reopening Plans or Protocols and a space to view the submitted examples. Librarians are masters of curating and organizing resources. Plans should be flexible and change fluidly as new data is provided.

Libraries 118

Libraries Elementary Future Ready Advocacy 118

EdNews Daily

APRIL 1, 2019

Imagine that as a school you can no longer send or post messages that recommend an eTextbook, or piece of courseware unless you had “verifiable consent” from that minor child for every single system, App, resource in the course.

Personalized Learning 100

Personalized Learning Learning System Mobility 100

TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 21, 2015

But therein lies the rub: Tomorrow’s learning is already available, and below are 7 of the most compelling and powerful trends, concepts, and resources that represent its promise. This is directly tied to research literacy, as both digital and digitized data sources serve as primary research resources. Shift From Standards To Habits.

Classroom 40

Classroom Game-Based Learning Social Media Trends 40

Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

MAY 19, 2023

This is not “letting students pick their grade” as though they were given access to the registrar’s database. Every aspect of the grade can be traced back to student work that meets quality standards. Misconception: Students cannot fail an ungraded course.

Course 73

Course Report Academic Standards Policies 73

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. This resource is a collection of short essays/chapters that explore different strands of how people think, and how to better teach it. Of course there is!

Learning 40

Learning Case Study Data Training 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

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

Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

It also ensures that FAPE is tied to the academic standards for the grade in which the student is enrolled. The guidance emphasizes what’s called “standards-based IEPs,” which ensure that IEPs (individualized education plans) focus on how to help students access grade-level content tied to academic standards.

Guidelines 159

Guidelines Education Academic Standards Policies 159

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

School libraries have evolved from strict, quiet, hush-hush rooms to more interactive spaces with flexible seating, readily-available edtech tools, and educators on hand to help with research, critical resource evaluation, makerspaces. Some digital resources for school libraries are a virtual reality field trip.

Libraries 89

Libraries Social Media Handbook eBook 89

TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 18, 2015

For better or worse, thinking is now social, and the traction an idea receives in chosen communities will act as a form of assessment—not so much of truth or innovation, but accessibility and even popularity. Personalized learning will disrupt how we think of curriculum. See also, “ Chloroforming the Unit.”).

Maker Movement 40

Maker Movement Academic Standards Education Elementary 40

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

She could start by honoring the federal government’s historic role in promoting educational equity and access. For them, she needs a more balanced message around resources, technology, distance learning, personalized learning and teacher quality. From land-grant colleges to Brown vs. Board of Education , the G.I.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Advocacy Academic Standards Secondary 40