The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

As students return to the classroom this fall — many for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic that upended their access to quality, in-person learning — we have an opportunity to enact standards to ensure that teachers’ instruction methods are effective and backed by science. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

Policies 145

Policies Assessment Outcomes Instructional Materials 145

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, known as the “nation’s report card,” last month revealed the extent of the learning decline during the pandemic. Idaho started a $50 million program so that eligible families can buy education-related items, from online instructional materials to tutoring services.

Education 103

Education Instructional Materials System Policies 103

edWeb.net

MAY 1, 2019

If the workday of an adult typically requires seamless broadband access, then it’s reasonable that today’s students need the same access during their school day. The key is the state leadership to make broadband accessible to all. More important, states are starting to recognize the need for equitable access off site.

Broadband 41

Broadband Accessibility E-rate Mobility 41

MindShift

OCTOBER 27, 2016

And while the materials he uses match his students’ level of English proficiency, Brock said he sometimes feels like he’s insulting their intelligence. A nationwide survey of ELL educators by McKinsey & Company during the 2012-13 school year revealed 70 percent created their own materials. He isn’t alone.

Instructional Materials 28

Instructional Materials Survey Dropout Common Core 28

Doug Levin

APRIL 27, 2017

A day late perhaps, but here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. That we go through elaborate theater to suggest that this is NOT true of online testing says more about education policy than technology.

EdTech 150

EdTech Chromebook Policies Student Data Privacy 150

eSchool News

APRIL 7, 2016

A new report details the importance of state advocacy in connecting schools, students to broadband internet. A new report from SETDA and Common Sense Kids Action focuses on K-12 broadband and wi-fi connectivity, state leadership for infrastructure, state broadband implementation highlights, and state advocacy for federal broadband support.

Report 40

Report Broadband E-rate Advocacy 40

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 22, 2020

A team of students from INCubatoredu, a high school entrepreneurship program based in Illinois, reworked their business Trashbots to make robotics and coding accessible and provide hands-on STEM education at home. Virtual tools give students alternative ways to grasp material, and to complete and submit their work.

Online Learning 145

Online Learning Robotics Learning Instructional Materials 145

Edsurge

MAY 24, 2023

Just because a mandate has been passed, it doesn’t mean there’s necessarily a plan for implementation, access to training or a repository of resources, all of which are necessary to put it into practice with fidelity. It’s not even guaranteed that district- and school-based staff are aware of the mandate at all.

Training 153

Training Advocacy Resources Instructional Materials 153

EdTech Magazine

APRIL 5, 2019

Some digitally enabled K–12 schools find it difficult to provide appropriate lesson plans that can be accessed by all students, said Tim Clark, director of curriculum, instruction and digital learning at Chicago Public Schools. . CoSN 2019: K–12 Schools Address Digital Equity with Curriculum Framework. eli.zimmerman_9856.

Twitter 219

Twitter Instructional Materials Blended Learning Chromebook 219

Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2023

Administrators are the go-to problem-solvers for students, staff and parents, and they’re responsible for reporting to district leaders. A report published in Transforming Education in 2019 examined what happens when school leaders establish a culture of trusting relationships. The role of a school administrator is demanding.

Classroom 153

Classroom Instructional Materials Meeting Report 153

edWeb.net

JUNE 16, 2017

Access to online resources including digital content, interactive education apps and websites, videos, experts and peers is no longer a “nice to have” but rather a necessity. Christine Fox, Deputy Executive Director, SETDA, noted the importance of having safe WiFi access.

Equity of Access 40

Equity of Access Accessibility Elementary Instructional Materials 40

Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

I’m imagining a school environment where students get to bring their own device, and they have access to different learning resources over the internet. Blended classes greatly benefit from BYOD scenarios because most of the class instructional materials are on the cloud and all students need to do is to sync them on their devices.

BYOD 150

BYOD Classroom Khan Academy Policies 150

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Ten years ago, when we began building equitable, offline-first education technology for the 2/3 of the world who didn’t have internet access, many people told us to just wait and the gap would close naturally. Lindsay Dworkin, SVP of Policy & Government Affairs, NWEA The pendulum has swung quickly toward the Science of Reading.

Trends 144

Trends EdTech Industry Data 144

eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2017

Access to online resources including digital content, interactive education apps and websites, videos, experts and peers is no longer a “nice to have” but rather a necessity. States, districts and schools are also uniquely positioned to share reduce cost or no cost out-of-school access options for families. Out-of-School Access Chart.

Resources 87

Resources Equity of Access Instructional Materials Elementary 87

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 15, 2020

“ While having more options for students to access higher education is good, these hasty shifts to online teaching may become an excuse to further inject privatization into U.S. Faculty should review carefully any contract their institution has with OPMs and revisit their institution’s instructional Intellectual Property policy.

Course 88

Course Education Company Instructional Materials 88

eSchool News

MAY 3, 2022

The partnership will provide educators and students with instant access to high-quality assessments aligned to the curriculum already being used in their classrooms. CenterPoint welcomes this opportunity to expand student and teacher access to our one-of-a-kind assessments,” said LJ Sylvester, Vice President of Growth at CenterPoint.

Assessment 52

Assessment Education Data Instructional Materials 52

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2019

Rivera Pichardo for The Hechinger Report. It is not good policy to keep Puerto Rico economically on a downturn in what feels like an endless loop of economic underperformance. The only way I know that this can be changed is when there’s access to higher education.”. Rivera Pichardo for The Hechinger Report.

Dropout 111

Dropout Report Accessibility Study 111

The Hechinger Report

MAY 27, 2020

For example, the principal of a school in a Washington juvenile detention center reported that youth do work they come with or the teacher creates something for them. It’s wrong that Jeremiah cannot access the same educational opportunities as his peers because he is in detention. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

Education 68

Education Instructional Materials Report Analysis 68

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

It will provide more support for students who are struggling in the online environment, it will take some of the burden off of the teachers, and it will help schools support educational equity by creating greater access to services that previously were only available to families that could afford it. – Collin Earnst, CEO, LearnWell.

EdTech 145

EdTech Digital Divide Broadband PresenceLearning 145

Marketplace K-12

MAY 24, 2016

Teachers around the country also complained that they lacked the instructional materials and professional development necessary to use the standards effectively in their classrooms. . ” The letter goes on to say that all teachers need access to high-quality materials.

Common Core 70

Common Core Instructional Materials Study Report 70

ExcelinEd

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

In honor of Labor Day earlier this week, we are diving into our blog archives to revisit a post on XQ Institute’s report High School & the Future of Work. State policy can be a powerful driver and support for local innovation in education. There’s more in the report to chew on – it’s well worth a read.

Instructional Materials 31

Instructional Materials Policies Report Survey 31

eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Ten years ago, when we began building equitable, offline-first education technology for the 2/3 of the world who didn’t have internet access, many people told us to just wait and the gap would close naturally. Lindsay Dworkin, SVP of Policy & Government Affairs, NWEA The pendulum has swung quickly toward the Science of Reading.

Trends 52

Trends EdTech Industry Data 52

Edsurge

APRIL 15, 2018

There is no more powerful lever one can pull to transform a person’s life than to provide access to quality education. But for education entrepreneurs to reach students at scale, they need access to people, systems and capital. Schools were unhappy with both the cost and the quality of the instructional materials available.

Outcomes 71

Outcomes Education Company Broadband 71

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2018

The support ranges from help creating and aligning instructional materials or assessment resources to providing social and emotional learning opportunities. The Tennessee Rural Education Association reports that 49 percent of school districts in Tennessee are located in rural communities. Sign up here for our newsletter.

Education 87

Education Instructional Materials Report Meeting 87

The Hechinger Report

MAY 13, 2018

As recent investigations have shown, too many public schools lack clear conflict-of-interest policies to ensure that decisions about whether and when to use specific technology products or services are being made in the best interests of students. appeared first on The Hechinger Report. Sign up for our newsletter.

Software 48

Software Student Data Privacy OER Data 48

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Instead of traditional report cards, though, students assemble digital portfolios to show their progress. Grace believes it is the teacher’s job is to inspire them, educate them, give them access and help them use technology safely. Developing digital portfolios and personalized learning plans: Every student at St. About the Host.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Learning OER Broadband 40

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Less clear was how deeply the disruption to traditional instruction would impact children who lacked access to learning technology and appropriate resources. Across equity lines, students were left without access to reliable wireless internet and technology, an issue that leaders have not fully resolved.

Data 211

Data LMS EdTech Accessibility 211

techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

This program adds full home access for students, custom curriculum alignment, performance reporting, professional development, and more. Principals can access unique data insights on how teachers, parents and students are using FreshGrade through monthly reports. Schools can join until September 2018. Illuminate 11.0

Tools 54

Tools Robotics Software Microsoft 54

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

These one-time gifts from billionaires and multinational corporations are welcomed by most schools, but they are not enough to close gaps in access to learning technologies nor ultimately a sustainable financing solution for technology infrastructure. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

Technology 169

Technology E-rate Laptops Digital Divide 169

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

While teachers may understand the need to collect the information, they resent inputting the same data over and over again in every learning management system, educational application, and state and federal accountability report. More important, the data entry can seem pointless when the outcomes aren’t applicable to the students.

Data 40

Data Report OER Policies 40

The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Maybe you’re ready to verbally spar because of genuine concerns you have about the content being pushed to young children in the wide range of media accessible to them. The Collaborative Trust for Research and Training in Youth Health & Development released a report in 2019 for the Broadcast Standards Authority of New Zealand.

Libraries 93

Libraries Handbook Policies Study 93

Edsurge

JULY 31, 2020

According to an EdSurge/Social Context Labs analysis of 196 school district policies published during spring 2020, nearly two-thirds offered printed instructional materials to families to use for schoolwork, a figure that was higher among high-poverty districts than low-poverty districts.

Elementary 154

Elementary Analysis Guidelines Instructional Materials 154

Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 29, 2016

A growing number of peer-reviewed studies and other research reports are demonstrating that when faculty who previously used commercial products as their core instructional materials replace them with OER, student learning either stays the same or increases. But who chooses the core instructional resources students will use?

OER 60

OER Instructional Materials Pearson Resources 60

edWeb.net

MARCH 15, 2021

What the Pandemic Revealed: Policy-Level Challenges. The 2020 Teaching K-12 Science and Engineering During a Crisis report said 88% of teachers indicated that students spent less time learning science remotely than in a face-to-face situation; only 38% had been involved in experiments and investigations while learning remotely.

Education 77

Education Assessment Professional Learning Policies 77

Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 13, 2017

Now that the book is appearing in print, I’m publishing the full-text chapter here so that there will be an easier-to-access open access version of the chapter available online. The Evolving Economics of Educational Materials and Open Educational Resources: Toward Closer Alignment with the Core Values of Education.

OER 60

OER Resources Education Pearson 60

Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

.” “ Colorado Education Commissioner Rich Crandall announced his resignation Thursday just four-and-a-half months into the job, shocking the state’s education community and roiling the state Department of Education as it embarks on a number of critical initiatives,” Chalkbeat Colorado reports.

Education 46

Education Pearson Report Company 46

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

” The group in question: the Council for National Policy. ” Via Univision : “How White House advisor Stephen Miller went from pestering Hispanic students to designing Trump’s immigration policy.” ” asks The Hechinger Report. Citing Border Policies , Safety.” expands to the U.S.”

Education 45

Education Company MOOC Khan Academy 45