Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2018

From IBM’s test scoring machines in the 1930s to the Speak & Spells of the 70s, innovators and educators have been trying to improve education with technology for decades. Teachers need help planning lessons that meaningfully contextualize academic standards.

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EdTech Academic Standards Social Media Technology 155

The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2016

It’s unfair these students – about 98,000 across the state with conditions ranging from dyslexia to severe cognitive impairments – are entering society unprepared, said former Kentucky Education Commissioner Gene Wilhoit, a longtime supporter of the Common Core standards. Reframing expectations. But we do.”.

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Common Core Education Tablets Academic Standards 55

Edsurge

MAY 9, 2017

more and more schools recognize the importance of SEL curriculums —and with the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) now allowing schools to choose a non-academic accountability measure —the question is being raised: Do we need to measure these competencies, and if so, how the heck do we do it? So what’s a whole child educator to do?

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Survey Assessment Report Academic Standards 105

Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

Educational technology (edtech for short) can play a significant role in mitigating and solving this growing dilemma. These tools help us identify and then address -- through intervention or enrichment -- individual students' needs around each of the major academic standards.

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Edsurge

MAY 17, 2017

You know that old interview question: What would change in education if you had a magic wand? So how to reap the benefits of competency-based education and make sure parents, teachers and other stakeholders are on board? We’re doing things that are a little radical but still grounded in academic standards. .

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How To Common Core Academic Standards Outcomes 109

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

In my work as an education researcher and product manager, I’ve observed dozens of schools and interviewed hundreds of teachers. Our nation’s employers report that creativity and critical thinking are the most valuable skills an employee can have. Most educational apps and games are meant to be used independently by students.

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Technology Differentiated Instruction Broadband Academic Standards 118

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Most state child care regulations do not require educational activities like reading aloud. Lillian Mongeau/The Hechinger Report. The series was produced by The Hechinger Report and Columbia Journalism School’s Teacher Project , nonprofit news organizations focused on education coverage, in partnership with Slate Magazine.

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Guidelines How To Report Policies 74

Marketplace K-12

MAY 18, 2016

over glitches in implementing the test, the state department of education announced this week. Pearson, a global education company that counts assessments as less than 10 percent of its total revenues , will score about 1.8 The contract covers only scoring and reporting Part I for grades 3-8 and Part I and Part II for high school.

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Pearson Common Core Assessment Academic Standards 75

eSchool News

JUNE 25, 2015

Tracking features in integrated SIS and LMS platform enable educators to plan and modify curriculum and instruction in real time. The tool supports the growing trend toward standards-based grading in schools and districts across the country. Alma’s Standards Tracker was designed based on the standards-based grading model.

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Edsurge

MARCH 19, 2019

We intentionally select and educate young adults, we give them time and space to observe mental health professionals in action and ask questions and then we set them free to work with their peers in an authentic, unscripted way. That is not how we approach peer mentoring at Westgate. So, what makes our peer mentor program so different?

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Meeting Training Academic Standards Social Media 154

The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2018

Photo: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report. In the last decade, educators have focused on boosting literacy skills among low-income kids in the hope that all children will read well by third grade. Duncan of the University of California Irvine’s School of Education, whose research examines child poverty and education. “It

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

OCTOBER 15, 2022

All of this created a spiral of stress for both the educators and students. At its core, the issue was resolving one of the toughest situations in education: effective co-teaching. While students may "level up" as they successfully complete lessons, there is no real individual assessment grades to report.

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Assessment Course Khan Academy Blended Learning 59

edWeb.net

JANUARY 12, 2021

In order to address education equity, administrators must first recognize the common barriers. A holistic approach to child development, education, and differentiated support – This is a chance to make classrooms developmentally conducive to learning. without really looking for the root cause of the issues. Noguera, Ph.D.,

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Secondary Policies Professional Learning Outcomes 62

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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Training Elementary Report Course 40

Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2017

The state of New Hampshire has been gradually shifting toward competency-based education (CBE) for two decades. Two recent state initiatives are defining a set of non academic work habits that contribute to student success , and developing a statewide performance-based assessment system.

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Assessment Elementary System Academic Standards 78

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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Edsurge

JULY 12, 2021

While no two educators ever face identical challenges, I heard the same refrains over and over. But what’s more concerning is what these educators said next: Over the past year, remote higher ed didn’t get much better. If so, we’ve failed our students—not to mention the future of higher education.

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Online Learning Learning Academic Standards Survey 210

TeachThought - Learn better.

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

10 Ways Technology Has Changed Education: The Iconic Actions #edtech Should Disrupt. You may dislike standards-based reporting, using labels like “proficient,” or grading with a 1-3 scale. Of more pressing concern is the signage on the walls that focuses on learning strategies and digital citizenship.

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Technology Gamification Digital Citizenship Academic Standards 40

MindShift

JULY 9, 2018

This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. In the last decade, educators have focused on boosting literacy skills among low-income kids in the hope that all children will read well by third grade. BERWYN, Ill. —

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How To Common Core Elementary Survey 39

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 28, 2021

There is also a related but largely unseen crisis: the number of underemployed and underpaid educators who can’t become full-time teachers because of systemic barriers. In traditional models of teacher education, teacher candidates largely cover the cost themselves.

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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.

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Learning Industry Academic Standards Study 116

eSpark

APRIL 18, 2022

As educators have come to realize that differentiation is an essential component of effective instruction, it’s become increasingly difficult for districts to settle upon a fixed curriculum that’s both engaging and leveled to each student’s individual needs for maximum student progress. Want to introduce curated curriculum to your classroom?

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Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

MAY 19, 2023

Earlier this year , I wrote that 2022 seemed to be the year that ungrading really took hold in higher education, and that we can expect its prevalence and influence to increase through 2023. Call one of us back once you have talked to a few of your own and can report to us what they said. Why would an instructor use ungrading?

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Course Report Academic Standards Policies 73

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2018

The district is at a pivotal moment now that a federal court has released it from decades-long supervision of its policies for educating students of color. It has made progress to topple the barriers still holding black and Hispanic students back from the same academic success as white students. Board of Education decision.

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Policies Data Elementary Academic Standards 57

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2018

The New York Times has a new education supplement, called Learning, and The Hechinger Report is collaborating with the Times to produce Bulletin Board, a collection of noteworthy ideas and trends in education that will appear on page 2 of the section, which will come out four times a year. Highlights from Bulletin Board follow.

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Competency Based Learning Common Core Personalized Learning Study 80

eSpark

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

From IBM’s test scoring machines in the 1930s to the Speak & Spells of the 70s, innovators and educators have been trying to improve education with technology for decades. Teachers need help planning lessons that meaningfully contextualize academic standards. Watch the Webinar.

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EdTech Academic Standards Chromebook Analysis 52

MindShift

MAY 25, 2015

By Alan Richard, The Hechinger Report. This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. To make sure its students can not only get into college, but also earn a diploma, educators said they had to make math and English the priority.

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Common Core Academic Standards Course Report 28

TeachThought - Learn better.

JUNE 22, 2015

One of the most significant challenges facing formal education in the United States is the chasm separating schools and communities. Until parents have a better understanding of what pure academic work looks like–from the content to the assessment to the reporting–every single bit of this is on the shoulders of teachers.

Academic Standards 40

Academic Standards Game-Based Learning Mobile Learning Assessment 40

eSpark

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

From IBM’s test scoring machines in the 1930s to the Speak & Spells of the 70s, innovators and educators have been trying to improve education with technology for decades. Teachers need help planning lessons that meaningfully contextualize academic standards. Watch the Webinar.

EdTech 40

EdTech Academic Standards Chromebook Analysis 40

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2017

Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. Educators and experts say such programs may engage disengaged students, increase graduation and attendance rates , and help students develop career goals at an earlier point in their lives. “I At Harwood Union High School, students can earn academic credit for work experiences.

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Classroom Report Academic Standards Company 88

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. Holzweiss said she avoids outdated book report questions and formats.

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Libraries Social Media Handbook eBook 88

Hack Education

MAY 4, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. National) Education Politics. ” (State and Local) Education Politics. Immigration and Education.

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