The Hechinger Report

MAY 6, 2019

Before elementary school, the boy was diagnosed with autism, ADHD and anxiety, and in kindergarten he was placed in a small, self-contained class for kids with disabilities. Often, their intelligence masks their disability, so they are never assessed for special education or don’t receive the services best suited for them.

Advocacy 111

Advocacy Elementary Training Report 111

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 28, 2022

18, Richmond received an email from the Jefferson County School District: AJ was suspended while the district evaluated his risk of violence, a formal process known as a behavioral threat assessment. Still, policymakers increasingly see the use of threat assessment teams as a viable way to prevent mass shootings.

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Assessment Report Training Guidelines 106

The Hechinger Report

MAY 8, 2023

Here she is training math teachers on how to teach children to solve word problems at an elementary school in Brooklyn, New York. A majority of students weren’t mastering the subject, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), a test that tracks academic achievement. Sometimes, it’s a simple question.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2023

A majority of states have passed laws that mandate screening early elementary students for the most common reading disability, dyslexia, and countless districts train teachers how to recognize and teach struggling readers. Advocacy focused on math disabilities has been less widespread than that for reading disabilities.

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Report Training Elementary Strategy 132

Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2020

In May, as one school year ended and another began to loom large on the horizon, Danks and the leaders of a handful of other outdoor education advocacy groups— Ten Strands , the Lawrence Hall of Science museum in Berkeley, Calif., The 10th through 12th graders are fully remote as well, save for a weekly advisory meeting.

Learning 218

Learning Analysis Assessment Groups 218

Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Moreover, children who are expelled in preschool or early elementary are 10 times more likely to be incarcerated. The value of the human potential unlocked by early education and social and emotional interventions is more difficult to assess: it is arguably limitless.

Education 192

Education Survey Advocacy Outcomes 192

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 18, 2020

The process of assessing students for special education can be lengthy and often requires a barrage of assessments including classroom observations, a psychological evaluation and academic tests. Not all districts have complied, said Dustin Rynders, a supervising attorney with the advocacy group Disability Rights Texas. “In

Education 133

Education Assessment Advocacy Report 133

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

but the gap between the two scores didn’t meet the cutoff of 15 points, so the girl was not given appropriate reading services in her school. During her first couple of years of elementary school “her nervous system was like a pressure cooker because she wasn’t being given appropriate help,” Chittenden said.

Learning 145

Learning Study Report Elementary 145

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment. Assessment of students has also been transformed in many cases, with a greater emphasis on students’ social-emotional well-being and behavioral characteristics, in addition to their academic achievement. Improving the use of the various types of assessment data is another priority.

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Technology Blended Learning BYOD Assessment 92

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Meeting student needs is crucial to their academic performance, school engagement, and social-emotional well-being. Having students in crisis meet regularly with social-emotional Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) teams. ROX, a girl empowerment program, offered in elementary through high school.

Outcomes 86

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MindShift

MAY 6, 2019

Before elementary school, the boy was diagnosed with autism, ADHD and anxiety, and in kindergarten he was placed in a small, self-contained class for kids with disabilities. Often, their intelligence masks their disability, so they are never assessed for special education or don’t receive the services best suited for them.

Advocacy 53

Advocacy Elementary Training Assessment 53

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 28, 2019

Particularly for educators in early and elementary education, they have a chance to set the course for how families imagine school and family connections. As a parent of young children, I know for sure that I am doing the very best I can to support them for school success. Identify and articulate student strengths.

Advocacy 78

Advocacy Elementary Report Policies 78

MindShift

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Members of the NAACP and an advocacy organization called Oakland REACH , started by Oakland parents whose kids attend the district’s lowest performing schools, have coalesced around a campaign for better reading instruction they’re calling Literacy for All. Today only a third of Oakland Unified students are meeting state reading standards. .

Advocacy 62

Advocacy Elementary Meeting Report 62

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

It’s just been exacerbated by the pandemic,” said Rebeca Shackleford, the director of federal government relations at All4Ed, an education advocacy nonprofit. In May 2021, Think College Now elementary students sit in class after returning to in-person learning. The homework gap isn’t new. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report.

Digital Divide 112

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 112

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 14, 2018

Screencastify is an essential tool for making flipped lessons, student videos and creative formative assessments. Once I was speaking in Virginia and some teachers told me I had to meet Pam, that she was a “teacher’s and student’s superintendent.” Built for Chromebooks, it saves all of your recordings directly to Google Drive.

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Chromebook Study Company Assessment 190

The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

Last year, researchers at NWEA, an independent nonprofit assessment company, published an analysis of data from the autumn 2020 MAP Growth tests of more than 4 million public school students. “It’s not something we’re going to make up in a summer or in a year. It’s a long road of recovery.” Whitney Oakley, Guilford County Schools.

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Study Data Report Elementary 138

The Hechinger Report

MAY 17, 2016

Education reform is often framed as an issue for schools that are failing to meet expectations. Education Reimagined, a reform advocacy program that emerged from an unusual coalition of union leaders and reformers, recently highlighted the Cedar Rapids district’s work, and The Hechinger Report spoke with Pickering to learn more about it.

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Blended Learning Survey Advocacy Meeting 82

ExcelinEd

AUGUST 3, 2020

Last week , Excel in Ed hosted Commissioner Morat h and Jennifer Esterline , founder and director of Educate Texas’ Texas Education Grantmakers Advocacy Consortium , for a deep dive into about the state’s COVID-19 strategy and approach.? ? . Assessing Anticipated Learning Loss. It also : . platform. .

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Digital Divide E-rate Laptops Assessment 28

techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

In addition, Alma will continue to provide its own set of robust reporting tools to meet many needs and budgets. The platform supports balanced literacy programs with integrated tools such as embedded assessments, a student recommendation engine, analytics to demonstrate reading growth, and engaging reading practice opportunities.

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Tools PresenceLearning Edmodo Blackboard 69

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Imperative 5: Create Balanced Assessments. Assessments look far different than 10-15 years ago, but it’s not just the switch to computerized testing. Successful schools look at assessments as a jumping off point to evaluate curriculum, teaching methods, student engagement, etc.

Technology 40

Technology PowerMyLearning Learning EdTech 40

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

After the cyberattack, the crisis response is invaluable to assess why the attack happened and develop new protocols if necessary. “It’s Matt is grateful for his supportive family—son Mason, an aerospace engineer in Florida, and daughter Jessica, an elementary teacher in northern Cincinnati.

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Strategy System Data BYOD 88

MindShift

JUNE 18, 2020

A national survey by the advocacy group ParentsTogether found big gaps by income in the ability to access emergency learning. “I’m in touch with my students two, three times a week,” by text, phone, Google classroom and Zoom meetings, Concepcion says. Use online systems to assess, remediate and individualize learning.

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Khan Academy Survey Dropout Meeting 57

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2017

In 2008, a few years after Hurricane Katrina, school officials in Louisiana asked aspiring charter-school leader Andrew Shahan to consider taking over the failing Dr. Charles Drew Elementary School in New Orleans’ Upper 9th Ward. She expected much more than ‘You’re going to meet state standards,’” he said.

Elementary 69

Elementary Report Meeting Advocacy 69

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

According to the state education department’s report card, the percentages of its middle schoolers meeting or exceeding grade-level expectations was lower, and in some cases far lower, than the South Carolina statewide averages in English, math, science and social studies in both the 2017-18 and 2018-19 academic years.

E-rate 127

E-rate Pearson Company Report 127

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Newsletters Why : Advocacy, community connections, sharing resources, showcasing student work How : Wakelet , Padlet , Smore , Google Slides, PPT “A newsletter is a wonderful way of advocating [for your library], Holzweiss said. Every child deserves a library. Let’s make it happen. How do you modernize a school library?

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Libraries Social Media Handbook eBook 88

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Experts estimate that up to 90 percent should be able to graduate high school meeting the same standards as general education students, ready to succeed in college and careers. Districts recognized the need to assess how the student would do in college or work or the community and then provide services in accordance with what they find.”.

Study 88

Study Advocacy Report Outcomes 88

MindShift

JULY 15, 2021

Last year, researchers at NWEA, an independent nonprofit assessment company, published an analysis of data from the autumn 2020 MAP Growth tests of more than 4 million public school students. When the kids showed up, educators could see even more clearly how uneven their learning has been during the pandemic.

Study 42

Study Advocacy Training Groups 42

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

.” Via Politico : “Partnerships between local law enforcement agencies and federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement led to the displacement of more than 300,000 Hispanic students between 2000 and 2011, with most of those students disappearing from elementary schools.” ” Education in the Courts.

Education 55

Education Chegg MOOC Robotics 55

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2022

Yet Civitareale has paid an average of $2,500 out of pocket each time for “extras” not covered by her family’s already expensive insurance, including classroom observations and expert testimony at school meetings. Why are we not making assessments in the schools better and more comprehensive?” It’s asking parents to know a lot.

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

When Billy Gibson, 18, was in elementary school, he couldn’t spell his own name. ” The Gibsons gave APM Reports an audio recording of the meeting where they discussed the test results with staff at their son Eddie’s school. Students at or above proficient reading level. Disagreements Over Reality .

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Training Report Groups System 78

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2020

O’Neal Elementary School, in Elgin, Illinois, none of the third graders could read and write at grade level according to state tests in 2019. Just nine miles away sits Centennial Elementary School, where 73 percent of third graders met grade-level standards on that same test. At Ronald D. This story also appeared in Daily Herald.

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Data Elementary Trends Analysis 145

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Moreover, per this ideology, without the aid of algorithms and “personalization” technology, human educators and traditional institutions have historically failed to meet the needs of individuals as individuals. ” The agendas of other foundations – big and small – often echo those of Gates.

Technology 40

Technology Education Common Core Company 40

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2022

By 7:30, he was in his office, going through emails, checking for scheduled meetings, and tying up loose ends from the day before. This call was to a relative on a student’s contact list, an attempt to locate a parent who was a no-show for a meeting a day earlier. It helps him focus, he said.

Groups 140

Groups Report Meeting Elementary 140

Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

” Via DelawareOnline : “The first step to reducing violence among young people is to have police officers assigned to elementary and middle schools, says a coalition of state officials, education administrators and police.” “ Amplify Slims Down and Spins Off Assessment Content Provider, Fluence ,” says Edsurge.

Education 48

Education MOOC Company Report 48

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2020

But I gravitated toward elementary education and once I started doing internship experiences in New Britain, it was sealed for me,” he said. I went from 25 kids to 600 at Hanover Elementary School … Now it’s over 530,000, but it’s still service to kids.”. There’s so much promise in young children. They have a voice — right?

Education 122

Education Elementary Common Core System 122

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

She finds the program gives her extra time to meet individual kids’ needs. Shelby Villegas, sixth grade math teacher at Whispering Wind Academy Elementary School in Phoenix. Shelby Villegas, a sixth grade math teacher at Whispering Wind Academy Elementary School in Phoenix, is in her third year with Summit.

Learning 124

Learning Laptops Personalized Learning Data 124

The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2018

In math teacher Danielle Bosse’s classroom, three students take assessments (foreground) while their classmates learn and practice different math skills. And when kids should stop going to elementary school and start attending a middle school across town. Photo: Chris Berdik for The Hechinger Report. HUNTER, N.D. —

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Report Personalized Learning Assessment System 111