Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

The tools and resources required don’t come cheap: 92 percent of educators said information about grants were somewhat or very important. Another challenge for teachers is the need for more professional development and help in connecting maker activities to curriculum and academic standards.

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Academic Standards Education Common Core Survey 60

eSchool News

APRIL 6, 2021

I have devoted my 44-year career at the Council to improving education for children in the nation’s cities and fighting for equity and the critical resources our urban schools need to help the students they serve meet the highest academic standards and become successful and productive members of society.

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Common Core Academic Standards Education Instructional Materials 68

Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2019

Growth of specialist teams dedicated to supporting second-language learners, students with special needs and technology implementation can also be seen as resources put at the disposal of the classroom teachers that help them to do their jobs more effectively. But the success of such improvement efforts have proven elusive.

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Policies Trends Common Core Training 106

eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2017

In this ever-dynamic landscape, “common” standards for education seemingly get a bad rap, but they’re useful, particularly for the development and distribution of open education resources (OER). When OER curation was in its infancy, there were few common standards in place for vetting and cataloging this content.

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OER Academic Standards Policies Common Core 58

Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2019

Sphero has acquired littleBits , a New York City-based company best known for its electronic kits and instructional resources that introduce kids to building and programming by hand. “We Today, the robotic toymaker is following through by adding a big building block to its educational offerings. Students making and tinkering with littleBits.

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Robotics Company Common Core Academic Standards 121

Marketplace K-12

MAY 18, 2016

Among the factors the department is considering in the selection of a new vendor for next year are an assessment provider that can: Develop quality content aligned to the state’s academic standards; Track records of administering large-scale assessment via paper and an online platform, and.

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Pearson Common Core Assessment Academic Standards 75

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. It’s why I have understood the power of video and digital resources to help me get better. But we’re not there yet.

Academic Standards 40

Academic Standards Case Study Common Core Policies 40

The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2018

It’s how we recruit, how we use resources, how we conduct business in the district.”. Although Illinois adopted Common Core standards in 2010, Berwyn North, a kindergarten through eighth-grade district with 3,084 students , had not yet incorporated the standards when Ayala and her new assistant superintendent, Amy Zaher, were hired in 2012.

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How To Common Core Elementary Report 81

Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Seesaw Skills view allows users to keep track of student proficiency on any given skill or academic standard. Teachers can also tag student work with Common Core or TEKS standards, for example, and create a color-coded three- to six-star assessment system. How can teachers use Google Docs with Seesaw?

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Google Android Video Accessibility 98

eSpark

JANUARY 5, 2016

have expressed frustration with No Child Left Behind, an educational policy that has been derided by educators as placing too much emphasis on standardized testing and failing to address racial and socioeconomic achievement gaps. For over ten years, districts across the U.S. educational policy: College and Career Readiness.

Policies 40

Policies Blended Learning Education EdTech 40

MindShift

JULY 9, 2018

It’s how we recruit, how we use resources, how we conduct business in the district.”. Although Illinois adopted Common Core standards in 2010, Berwyn North, a kindergarten through eighth-grade district with 3,084 students , had not yet incorporated the standards when Ayala and her new assistant superintendent, Amy Zaher, were hired in 2012.

How To 39

How To Common Core Elementary Survey 39

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. Those statistics recently prompted the U.S.

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Instructional Materials Survey Dropout Common Core 28

MindShift

MAY 25, 2015

Read more about Common Core. Arts advocates argue that music, drama and art classes are critical for a well-rounded education (and Brown says music should be considered an academic course). Soulsville tries to buck that trend, even in the age of new standards. By Alan Richard, The Hechinger Report.

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Common Core Academic Standards Course Report 28

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2018

All 50 states have standards for their students to meet — most use, at least in part, the Common Core standards. COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS Academic standards in English language arts and math, created by a national task force and based on the best state curriculums and input from experts.

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Competency Based Learning Common Core Personalized Learning Study 74

Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2016

MORE SEL RESOURCES FROM KIDDOM. Webinars to learn more about using Kiddom A guide to standards-based grading to make grades meaningful Content integrations for teachers to save time Infographic illustrating how Kiddom inspires Personalized Learning Socio-emotional learning infographic.

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Resources How To Academic Standards Personalized Learning 60

TeachThought - Learn better.

AUGUST 30, 2015

Among the biggest changes the Common Core Standards require is the shift in the burden of general literacy. And handing those same graphic organizers out when other content area teachers ask for resources. Writing Is Still How We Communicate. by Terry Heick.

Common Core 40

Common Core Academic Standards STEM Industry 40

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2019

I’m glad that we’ve been able to put in the resources that we have.”. Many recited numbers up to 30 by memory, meeting a new academic standard that Mississippi adopted for kindergarteners amid the rollout of Common Core Standards. I’m glad that we’ve been able to put in the resources that we have.”.

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Elementary Data Training Report 58

The Hechinger Report

JULY 23, 2016

The new language supports the rights of parents to opt their children out of standardized tests, demand more oversight of charters and oppose evaluating teachers using their students’ standardized test scores. The grand bargain with Republicans has always been accountability for more resources.”.

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