Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

In a study of 140,000 classrooms in K-12 schools across 39 states, more than half showed no evidence of students using technology to gather, evaluate, or use information for learning. The problem is that many schools haven’t figured out how to leverage technology to accelerate and enrich learning. Tackling these challenges pays off.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

And we're serving more and more students who are just learning English. These tools help us identify and then address -- through intervention or enrichment -- individual students' needs around each of the major academic standards. We're "detracking" students previously sorted by ability.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

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. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. Choose as many as you like. Weekly Update.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education, in partnership with the Huffington Post. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. He said he never had to study or actually learn anything to get an A. Weekly Update.

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Edsurge

MAY 17, 2017

We’re doing things that are a little radical but still grounded in academic standards. . He says at Two Rivers, they’ve rooted evaluations in standards—Common Core, Next Generation Science Standards—and that helps gets teachers invested. “We’ve always felt like it works,” he explains of Berthold’s assessment model.

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Edsurge

MARCH 19, 2019

Many schools operate within rigid structures often driven by strict academic standards and tight schedules packed with instructional time focused on math and literacy, which simply leaves less time for authentic human interaction. We launched the mentoring program as a strand of our existing service learning course at our high school.

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eSchool News

JUNE 25, 2015

Alma Technologies, a provider of a holistic student engagement platform for K-12 schools, has added a standards tracking tool intended to empower educators more effectively teach to proficiency against any set of academic standards. The Standards Tracker is available for the 2015-16 school year.

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

OCTOBER 15, 2022

The staff fully recognized the need to provide the students with a richer learning environment than simply watching videos that led to multiple choice quizzes and eventual unit tests. While students may "level up" as they successfully complete lessons, there is no real individual assessment grades to report.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2018

Photo: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report. In a district where almost 30 percent of the students are learning English, these goals have meant a radical change in how math is taught in the early grades. Photo: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. BERWYN, Ill. —

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 12, 2021

Disconnection between teaching and learning: Teachers often confuse covering the material with teaching to the kids—if they teach to understanding, then the classroom becomes a different environment. They need to develop relationships with each student, learn about their individual situations, and help them as needed. Noguera, Ph.D.

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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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Edsurge

JULY 12, 2021

After a challenging and unique year of emergency remote learning, I recently spoke with a group of faculty members new to online teaching to learn more about their experiences. Is the prevailing takeaway from this brutal, oppressive year a shared aversion toward online learning? Remote learning is here to stay.

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Edsurge

JULY 2, 2019

Progress reports go out on Thursday and the teachers are up in arms because they can’t enter scores into their online gradebook. Empower Learning , a Utah-based developer of a learning management system (LMS), understands this pressure well. In technical parlance, this is an issue of interoperability—or rather, the lack of it.

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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. No one taught her these strategies. They saw it as “an attack and a disrespect issue,” Fair said. “You’re going to have those students.”.

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Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2017

This story is part of a series from EdSurge Research on how schools are redefining student success using MyWays , a framework created by Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC). Within the first five years of the transition, Sanborn schools also built a competency-based curriculum and performance-based assessments based on those standards.

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MindShift

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Craig Brock teaches high school science in Amarillo, Texas, where his freshman biology students are currently learning about the parts of a cell. Many reported that they did not have enough time or money to access quality materials, while others stated these materials simply don’t exist.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 30, 2021

What Is Me Learning? A Student-Centered Learning Model. Years ago, I developed a kind of self-directed learning model. At the time, I thought of it as a way to support students in understanding how to learn. Teaching students to think and learn isn’t simple–nor is it a matter of process.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Tacked-on learning technology can do this. But deep integration of technology–real at-the-marrow fusion of learning model, curriculum, and #edtech? You may need appreciate the way gamification can improve the visibility of the entire learning process. Where the learning happens. That changes everything.

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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 a district where almost 30 percent of the students are learning English, these goals have meant a radical change in how math is taught in the early grades. BERWYN, Ill. —

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 28, 2021

Teacher residencies, while not a panacea, can provide a way to address these problems, by: Embedding teacher candidates in paid positions where they can earn a salary while learning how to teach. Better preparing candidates for licensure exams and rigorous academic standards. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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eSpark

APRIL 18, 2022

Rather than relying on a static curricula built on textbooks and worksheets, many districts are taking a more dynamic approach to teaching students academic standards and essential real world skills for student progress. School B uses a standard, packaged curriculum that is augmented with a few teacher created resources.

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Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

MAY 19, 2023

So far, that prediction seems to be right, especially if you gauge it by the number of media reports on ungrading beginning to percolate into our news feeds. This typically happens when the student does not produce evidence of learning that rises above a minimum threshold. I (Talbert) was grateful to be interviewed for both articles.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2018

In 1970, an East Texas-based federal court mandated Longview ISD tackle a long list of tasks designed to make sure its black students were learning and playing in the same classrooms and playgrounds as their white peers — including closing four all-black schools and busing black students to formerly all-white schools throughout the district.

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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. By 5W Infographics with Peter D’Amato.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JUNE 22, 2015

While schools (hopefully) work to update themselves and the way students learn within them, many parents have to work with what’s available to them. Armed with some kind of answer–even a basic one–parents can then decide which non-superficial actions they can impart to truly support the learning of their child.

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eSpark

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

But these efforts have fallen short of meaningfully transforming learning. Edtech initiatives that reduce teachers to the role of facilitator often overlook the important role the teacher plays in activating rich learning experiences for students. Teachers need help planning lessons that meaningfully contextualize academic standards.

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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. News & World Report , based on criteria such as teacher-student ratios and college-admission scores. Read more about Common Core.

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eSpark

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

But these efforts have fallen short of meaningfully transforming learning. Edtech initiatives that reduce teachers to the role of facilitator often overlook the important role the teacher plays in activating rich learning experiences for students. Teachers need help planning lessons that meaningfully contextualize academic standards.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2017

Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. Thanks to a work-based learning program offered through nearby Harwood Union High School, Woods has been able to earn math and science credit by working 15 hours a week at the garage, instead of sitting in a classroom. “I’m Silas Woods works on a car at Duxbury Auto Shop. Duxbury, Vt. —

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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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Hack Education

MAY 4, 2018

.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “The Department of Education told a federal judge Thursday that it would terminate a January contract award to two debt collection firms as it reassesses its strategy for serving borrowers in default on their federal student loans.” Steve Kolowich is such a great reporter. “Soon.”

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