The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2017

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. But training programs are doing little to prepare teachers; Fair’s experience is typical. Educators say little has changed since then.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

They spoke of teachers inadequately trained to support special education students. In some cases that means being given more time on tests or being offered the option of using technology for written assignments; in other cases it means having an aide in the classroom working with them individually. Who is in Special Education?

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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. Garcia and the scientists wanted to study conditions on the 300-foot-deep lakebed where the frogs live to see if changes there were responsible for the species’ dramatic decline. “We

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2017

So our daily greeting provides a positive interaction before they get into their classroom.”. When kids perform poorly in the classroom, it’s the schools that are held accountable, but those who work with low-income students said that academic struggles are often the least of a child’s problems. “We

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 10, 2016

They most likely believe someone in the building will have some sort of degree relating to early childhood and that teachers will be supervised and supported by a director who is well trained and well versed in the best practices of child care. That means that if a center is open from 8 a.m.

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MindShift

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Research has shown that a majority of the educators who teach English-language learners (ELLs) are creating their own instructional materials — often with little oversight — that don’t necessarily match the student’s grade level or the rigor required by state academic standards.

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MindShift

APRIL 27, 2015

Carlsson-Paige is professor emerita of education at Lesley University and co-author of the study “Reading Instruction in Kindergarten: Little to Gain and Much to Lose,” which criticizes the Common Core standards for kindergarten. Education standards have always been implemented in a variety of ways.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 30, 2021

It was designed to let students identify–on their own– what to learn as the critical core for understanding how to learn, while also requiring them to design when and with and through what means –learning strategies, technology, alone or together, project-based learning vs academic study, etc. Learning Frameworks.

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EdNews Daily

OCTOBER 22, 2019

If so, are you also a classroom work foreman, logistics manager, guide, drill sergeant, disciplinarian, cheerleader, data entry clerk, cultural advocate, or analyst? to guide the studies of. Definition #2 – Guiding the Studies. By LeiLani Cauthen. Are you a teacher? Maybe you are all of these things and more.

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Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2019

In fall 2007, Larry Berger, CEO of Wireless Generation (now Amplify) was invited to submit a paper to an “Entrepreneurship in Education” working group led by Rick Hess, the director of Education Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute. I’d recently moved to Washington, D.C. and he asked me to co-author the piece.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2019

Cambridge Street Upper school math teacher Stephen Abreu is also a trained facilitator for weekly discussions among teachers about race and bias. Black kids need to know they’re not being singled out,” says another, during a conversation about making sure that her students see she isn’t playing favorites when it comes to classroom discipline.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2017

He chucked an orange at Mason, who grabbed it and threw it back across the classroom. The adult in this high school classroom, teacher Bridget Shingleton, did not start shouting. The goal is to offer an alternative for kids who struggle in standard classrooms. Zak, who’d been in a funk, started laughing.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 1, 2015

This short book offers 4 standards for prioritizing in your classroom: Rigor, Thought, Diversity, and Authenticity. It defines each, and offers a helpful rubrics to begin measuring how each standard does or does not function in your classroom. The Classroom Management Book by Harry Wong. Silver , Matthew J.

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MindShift

APRIL 29, 2019

“Black kids need to know they’re not being singled out,” says another, during a conversation about making sure that her students see she isn’t playing favorites when it comes to classroom discipline. But even advocates for such trainings caution that all they can really do is raise awareness of educators’ personal biases.

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Edsurge

JULY 16, 2018

We reflected and determined we had an opportunity to change the way we assess students to look and feel more like the in-classroom experience,” says Michelle Gough, a senior vice president for Project Lead the Way and its chief legal and assessment officer. Is it important to measure those skills? Their goal?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

But a few months ago, its CEO, Matt Siegelman, hopped on the Amtrak Acela train from Washington, D.C. Frank Britt, CEO of Penn Foster, commented that progressive companies align recruitment with training budgets rather than silo them to provide a comprehensive workforce solution. But I don’t think classroom teachers think that way.

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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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Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2017

Avera would teach them the tools in the morning, then take over one of the teacher’s classrooms in the afternoon to demonstrate the lesson. For each session they start with the academic standards, then get creative with devising projects that can bring the lessons to life. Not every teacher was initially onboard.

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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. Early education sets the train in motion for where children are going to end up.”. ?. QUITMAN, Miss. — Sarah Warnock/Clarion Ledger.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

We work with teachers and administrators to create life-long learning patterns in students, whether that’s by curating resources for classroom research projects or by coming into the classroom to teach a lesson on how to do research themselves. What does a modern library look like?

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 18, 2015

In 2013, most elementary schools are simply diminutive high schools, with a balance of reading, writing, mathematics, geography, and other “core” skills, while character training supplements academic work. Math, science, social studies, and literacy have been the pillars of modern education for over a century.

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Hack Education

MAY 4, 2018

” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “George Mason’s President Says Some Donor Agreements Fell ‘Short’ of Academic Standards.” ” That’s Inder Verma at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. The Business of Job Training. Digital training company QuizRR has raised $1.3

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