Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2024

What Doesn’t Work A typical school day asks students to sit still for long periods, listen in large groups and follow a strict schedule that dictates when and how long they need to learn certain subjects. But these opportunities are the exception, not the rule.

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Academic Standards Meeting System Groups 212

eSchool News

MARCH 31, 2023

According to the DESE website, all HQIM—across subject areas and grade levels—are curriculum materials aligned to state academic standards that include evidence-based strategies, inclusive practices, and embedded support for teachers. Additionally, high-quality materials consider the needs and experiences of diverse learners.

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Instructional Materials Academic Standards Secondary Assessment 97

Digital Promise

JUNE 8, 2017

Erin Mote and Eric Tucker lead Brooklyn Lab Schools , a group of charter schools in downtown Brooklyn, and are focused on building systems that support an expanded definition of student success. An orchestra has woodwinds, brass, percussion, and strings that are each instrumented to play a specific role.

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Common Core Academic Standards Data Assessment 152

Digital Promise

APRIL 6, 2021

So we—a small group of researchers and educators—decided to collaboratively design our own solution to support teacher-leaders in Appalachian Kentucky. We also wanted to center each districts’ CS mission and vision and integrate the Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Computer Science and the KAS for Technology.

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Analysis Handbook Data Academic Standards 222

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

In 1993, Massachusetts enacted a bipartisan education reform law that gave schools a massive infusion of state money in return for high academic standards and accountability. Academic standards were the next to go. State SAT scores rose for 13 consecutive years.

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Common Core Academic Standards Comparison Report 120

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

It’s also a problem for the research groups whose primary audience are working educators. The groups also surveyed 510 educators about their views on research in the field today. For most of the day, education leaders broke into groups and got to work. During a day-long event on Tuesday in Washington, D.C., Ahead of the D.C.

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Survey Education Social Media Academic Standards 118

Edsurge

AUGUST 10, 2021

And the action is everywhere: an indoor plastic pool awaits student design teams testing their ship prototypes, while in the courtyard, groups of students engage in a game that both explores and challenges their perception of themselves as mathematicians. Embedding a social-emotional learning lens into instruction.

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Learning Strategy Academic Standards Professional Learning 213

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

New Jersey recently adopted academic standards that intentionally place climate science in all the different sciences and also in a bunch of civics classes, because in addition to being a science issue, it’s more importantly a question of ‘What are we going to do about it?’ What would you say characterizes a “good” state?

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Academic Standards Company Report Course 177

Edsurge

AUGUST 26, 2019

“You can’t actually function in a purely academic zone without also developing the sensibilities, orientations, behaviors and strategies that all of us use to navigate our everyday lives.” In response, members of the group hold up a hand sideways and gently wag their fingers in a gesture of affirmation. Hands go up. “So

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Learning Strategy Academic Standards Groups 166

Edsurge

DECEMBER 31, 2018

In an education reform climate that has redefined education as academic standards and success on tests, online pre-K programs are an easy sell. The more recent emergence of online preschool programs opens the door for cyber education businesses to cash in on the estimated $70 billion per year “pre-K market.”

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Education Academic Standards Company System 167

Hubbli

MARCH 29, 2023

Align Curriculum with Standards and Assessments: Curriculum development should also involve aligning the curriculum with relevant academic standards and assessments. It is important to stay up-to-date with current standards and assessments and to integrate them into the curriculum in a meaningful way.

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Differentiated Instruction Academic Standards Outcomes Blended Learning 40

Edsurge

MAY 20, 2019

Freckle can group students of similar learning levels for small group activities. The tool also offers educators reports on how students perform across various academic standards and skills. Students in one class see different versions of the same material depending on their proficiency.

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Education Company Academic Standards Learning 91

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2021

While many preschool programs are private and operate under the same conditions as any other child care program, Biden is proposing to vastly expand publicly funded preschools, which are typically free, pay their teachers more and follow a certain set of academic standards. Related: Four ways to rebuild a better early ed system.

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Academic Standards System Report Groups 138

eSchool News

JANUARY 7, 2019

Be sure all students meet rigorous academic standards. A new generation of state standards has been designed to ensure that all students graduate from high school ready for college and a career. We use these common assessments to identify the skills and standards where students are either struggling or excelling.

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Differentiated Instruction Academic Standards Assessment Meeting 111

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Educational stakeholders, according to Ferrero, fall into three categories: “Professionals” (which include teachers, researchers, entrepreneurs and reformers), “Provocateurs” (including journalists, politicians and advocacy groups), and “People” (including students, parents and taxpayers), all of which interact in complex and dynamic ways.

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Technology Education Academic Standards Advocacy 133

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 94

Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2021

And today she’s a senior advisor to Jobs for the Future and a staff consultant for the Youth Transition Funders Group. Her book doesn’t dive into what academic curriculum is better, or whether or not kids need to learn to code. Louis, and was president of an educational foundation working for disengaged nontraditional students.

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Academic Standards Robotics Technology Strategy 182

Edsurge

MAY 17, 2017

Rather than a traditional GPA, the group imagines a credit-based transcript , with links to artifacts that demonstrate students’ mastery across different competencies. When undergoing any departure from the norm, families are perhaps the most difficult group to persuade. “They just make sense.”. First and Foremost: Families.

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How To Common Core Academic Standards Outcomes 110

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Researchers also asked respondents to share how many students in their maker clubs or classes hail from underrepresented groups in STEM fields. 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

The Hechinger Report

MAY 20, 2021

One included academic standards for my state. The other was filled with the English language development (ELD) standards. My job was to ensure that my students, all of whom were categorized as English learners (ELs), met these grade-level and proficiency standards by the end of the year.

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Academic Standards Secondary Policies System 109

User Generated Education

AUGUST 18, 2018

The Problem with Grouping Learners by Age. Grouping students by age or manufacturer date is a contrived sorting mechanism. Academic standards used by almost all schools are based on the false and incorrect belief of the average student. Grouping by Interests Rather Than Age. I wouldn’t have it any way.

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Groups Academic Standards Robotics System 282

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 26, 2019

Learning is aligned not just with Common Core and Next Generation Learning Standards, but with many state standards like Ohio’s Learning Standards, Michigan Academic Standards, and Illinois Learning Standards. It works with Google Classroom–now that’s exciting.

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Learning Chromebook Common Core Digital Citizenship 172

Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Note: These are for mixed age groups so preview them first and select those that work for your students: BrainPOP Human Body video. There are also lots of teacher resources to help in using this unit such as lesson plans, training, and academic standards met. Click to view slideshow. BrainPOP Jr.

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How To Digital Citizenship iPad Academic Standards 150

Kitaboo on EdTech

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Technology has seeped its way into classrooms, streamlined academic standards, and transformed the pedagogical landscape to a large extent. It includes several collaborative learning platforms like platforms that facilitate collaboration among students and teachers, foster group projects, and encourage shared learning experiences.

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Software eBook How To Classroom 52

Edsurge

MAY 18, 2019

A study by the International Workplace Group estimates that 50 percent of people globally work outside their headquarters for at least 2.5 We also conducted multiple interviews using one-to-one and group video conferencing calls, which not only allowed us to see the candidate but also gave us a good indication of how tech-savvy they were.

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Company EdTech How To Meeting 132

Doug Levin

JULY 7, 2016

From textbooks to tests and from research papers to group projects, public education is in the midst of a sea change in how it provides learning opportunities to its students, in the tools it offers, and in what it expects its educators and students to use. There simply is no room for instructional black boxes in public education.

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Instructional Materials Education Academic Standards Software 150

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 28, 2017

Online support groups like #educolor and #hiphoped can provide advice from teachers and educators across the country. Because local unions can reflect the racial attitudes of the confined geographic area, leadership and involvement from the national-level group is almost always necessary. Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter.

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Policies Academic Standards Groups Report 78

Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2023

Recognizing the importance of building community among educators of color, Illinois launched a $2 million initiative supporting identity-based affinity groups. In Illinois, only 18 percent of public school educators are of color. While that example may not apply to us, much of the work educators do daily is under threat.

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Learning Elementary Academic Standards Policies 167

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 13, 2018

The advocacy groups are calling for greater state oversight of these facilities, which were the topic of an investigation last month by The Hechinger Report/HuffPost. It also cites lack of compliance with special education laws and other concerns.

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Report Education Academic Standards Advocacy 80

The Jose Vilson

JANUARY 20, 2020

We can name those and build activities around those that elicit discussion among pairs and groups. I expect them to acclimate to these academic standards while sympathizing with their hunger and growing pains. Let’s make a rule, call it an equation, and find points that aren’t represented on the graph yet.

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Classroom Academic Standards Guidelines Social Media 162

Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2019

Additionally, Sphero says it has more than a thousand lessons and activities that are aligned to Common Core and other state academic standards for math and computer science. Students making and tinkering with littleBits. Source: littleBits) Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Robotics Company Common Core Academic Standards 128

eSpark

APRIL 14, 2022

Your class could volunteer and summarize their experience in a group presentation. Most teachers simply don’t have enough time or energy to write rigorous lessons that both engage students and meet a diversity of academic needs. Examples: Students poll their classmates to create a graph for a research project.

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Student Engagement How To Academic Standards Examples 52

Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2016

MasteryConnect aims to help teachers plan lessons and track how students perform against academic standards. Both groups, he observes, want to see evidence of profitability before investing more dollars or making an acquisition offer.

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EdTech Company Academic Standards Industry 114

Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2017

a dozen entrepreneurs from Camelback’s third fellowship shared ambitious social ventures to support literacy, speech therapy, incarcerated youth, Black male educators, restorative justice programs and media content that feature underrepresented groups in a positive light. Minority groups make up only 5.5 So what’s left?

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Insight Education Group

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Rigorous academic standards, as well as the levers and wrap-around supports within the "develop" column above, are the core of each partner districts efforts to improve teaching by leveraging current human capital. E3 prioritizes stakeholder engagement and local control. weights for overall educator effectiveness scores).

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Education Academic Standards System Video 79

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Elsewhere in the classroom, an instructor knelt to chat with two boys engrossed in playing with blocks, while a second teacher supervised a group of five students as they completed worksheets. Every 4- and 5-year-old in this transitional kindergarten classroom was doing something different, tailored specially to their academic development.

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Online Learning How To Competency Based Learning Learning 130

techlearning

AUGUST 28, 2018

Each lesson includes facilitation suggestions, materials lists, center setup, and academic standards alignment. Each lesson plan provides specific setup suggestions, facilitation tips, and information on addressing cross-curricular connections and academic standards.

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