Edsurge

MAY 18, 2019

Once we were ready to hire the candidate, we contacted references and used online services like Accufax for criminal background checks. We learned this lesson early on when we had employees with dogs barking in the background, kids running up to them to sit on their laps, and, yes, even a parrot on screen.

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Gradelink

MAY 13, 2021

Maybe you’re looking for new frames of reference that convey students’ performance in areas of work habits or specific skill sets in addition to core subjects like science and math. Or perhaps you want a more user-friendly aesthetic that allows parents to check their child’s progression using grade-level standards and expectations.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2018

Unruly Studios (Boston) revolutionizes learning by combining coding and STEM education with physical play. In order to attract educactors to such a tool, these potential buyers have to be able to experience it to understand it, given that they have no point of reference for what it’s doing or how it’s doing it.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2016

But to expect that the Common Core – or any standards – alone will move the needle is overreaching, he said. For us to really reach the students with disabilities, we’re going to have to change the way in which we interact with them around the learning process,” he said. Reframing expectations. But we do.”.

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Common Core Education Tablets Academic Standards 55

Marketplace K-12

MARCH 25, 2016

The digital resources in the Knovation repository—including videos, games, podcasts and articles—have been selected, evaluated, tagged and aligned to academic standards. “I see it as a great contributor to that array of learning resources that’s going to help kids move toward outcomes.”

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OER Education Company Academic Standards 40

The Hechinger Report

MAY 16, 2016

Ron Smith (left), a middle school network superintendent in Oakland, speaks to Jaime Aquino of New Leaders during a “learning walk” at a local middle school. What’s the learning objective today?” What were kids learning?” Why do you think I’m showing you this, in the context of the learning walk?” Photo: Jackie Mader.

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Training How To Survey Academic Standards 76

TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 1, 2015

Even in today’s age of standardized testing and emphasis on academic standards, perhaps even because of this recent emphasis, educators are increasingly aware of the need to nurture students’ complete development. Some students might come to believe that academic work is something to slog through—to endure.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 9, 2015

This requires rethinking of learning models, or encourages corner-cutting. (Or This can mean that it’s often easier to assess something other than an academic standard than it is knowledge of the standard itself. If it’s not married to curriculum and learning models, it’s just another assignment.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 9, 2015

Meeting these standards can be done by doing less, not more. In this post, we’ll look at three effective ways to do this: integrating curriculum, combining test prep into daily learning, and cutting topics. First, let’s look at what the standards mean by more “depth.” Combine Assessment Prep Into Daily Learning.

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Common Core Strategy Elementary Assessment 40

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2017

But in those early days, Fair had no idea how to handle her students with disabilities, whose educational challenges ranged from learning deficits to behavioral disturbance disorders. Calling out a child with a behavioral disability in front of the class usually backfired, and made the situation worse. No one taught her these strategies.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 28, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Picture a classroom full of students excited to learn about money. Want to learn more? Register now for their FREE virtual LearnOn conference on Monday, October 9, and learn the best practices in using their lessons. Check out their course list.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2016

Slamming the test’s reading questions as being inappropriate for fourth-graders, the unnamed teacher added that “the high-stakes accountability system has deformed teaching and warped learning in many public schools across the United States.” When I started teaching, we had standards, but they weren’t broken down as they are now.

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Common Core Elementary Assessment Academic Standards 40

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Students are referred by residential drug-treatment programs, school districts, or parents desperate for help. Drug use, suspensions and expulsions have put many students here far behind academically. The standard is what’s appropriate,” Mr. Kain says. “If Related: More grandparents are raising grandchildren.

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Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

MAY 19, 2023

So I’m writing this article as a “read this first” guide for journalists and anybody else wanting to learn about ungrading, and all forms of alternative grading, and tell its story. This typically happens when the student does not produce evidence of learning that rises above a minimum threshold. What is ungrading?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

From left: Kelly Fuller (BMO), John Rogers (The Rise Fund), Elizabeth Chou (Leeds Equity Partners), Waseem Alam (Weld North Education), Adriel Sanchez (Newsela) “Before, you used to concede 90 percent of the market to the Big Three,” said Scott Kinney, president of K-12 Education at Discovery Education, referring to Pearson, McGraw-Hill and HMH.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

Students have at least 40 minutes a day to play during what’s called “Play to Learn” time. On a sunny winter morning in Sara Stevens’ kindergarten classroom at Pathfinder Kindergarten Center, 5- and 6-year olds spread out across the classroom learning about colors, shapes, engineering and design. EVERETT, Wash. —

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Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

APRIL 15, 2022

How it traditionally works In traditional, points-based grading systems, the evidence that students present about their learning is almost always in the form of one-and-done assessments: Tests, exams, homework, presentations, and the like. One-and-done assessment is clearly a terrible way to measure student learning. Not really.

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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. The April issue’s theme was “Nontraditional learning.”

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Competency Based Learning Common Core Personalized Learning Study 73

TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 11, 2015

Digital learning content. Learning materials and resources that can be displayed on a digital device and shared electronically with other users. Digital learning content includes both open and or commercial content. Personalized learning plan . Turning around our lowest-achieving schools. On-track indicator .

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Education Secondary Assessment Data 40

TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 18, 2015

Ed note: 2 Pieces for Context– 30 Incredible Ways Technology Will Change Education by 2028 and Curriculum is More Important Than Learning Technology. The focus of that piece was technology, and how it might impact the way students learn in the coming decades. ” (1). ” (1).

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