EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

As Rachel’s story illustrates, in addition to being outstanding assessment tools, rubrics perform another, equally important function. For rubrics to serve as a teaching tool, as well as a valid assessment tool, they must meet certain criteria. A Tool for Self-Advocacy. Rubrics as Teaching Tools. Rubrics change that.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 23, 2018

Head Start centers make up one-third of the center-based child care programs available in some of Mississippi’s most rural areas, providing critical child care services, access to health care, and early intervention services that children may not otherwise get, according to a new report. Sign up for our Mississippi Learning newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

That’s similar to retention rates in previous years — a report from the Tennessee Education Research Alliance shows that around 1 percent of third graders were held back each school year between 2010 to 2020. Credit: Lily Estella Thompson for The Hechinger Report So, what happened in Tennessee?

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Credit: Lillian Mongeau for The Hechinger Report That’s slowly changing — for some disabilities. This back-to-school season, the Education Reporting Collaborative, a coalition of eight newsrooms, will be documenting the enormous challenge facing our schools and highlighting examples of progress. It’s not the fault of schools.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2021

As temperatures began to dip this fall, Allen Blackwell III says he and his colleagues at Baltimore City Public Schools kept watch on weather reports hoping to see it hit 32 degrees. The organization aims to help students overcome homelessness through education, policy advocacy and practical support to educators. “I It’s school.”

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Digital Promise

APRIL 29, 2019

That means we shouldn’t just use edtech to replace worksheets, run “drill and kill” exercises, or crunch assessment performance numbers. And finding tools and resources to support and supplement learning becomes much easier with the power of an Internet search available to you.

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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. Credit: Valerie Plesch for the Hechinger Report. In 2018 Congress allocated federal funds to train schools on threat assessment.

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Edsurge

JULY 26, 2022

Marshall Plan for Moms also released a new report in May, with McKinsey & Co., The report also offered a four-step process by which businesses can create their own child care benefits and five solution areas for companies to help improve child care options. on the impact of the U.S. Xerox and Macy’s.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The free version gives access to a rich library of resources and caseload management features, including tools for documenting and tracking session notes and student profiles. Clinicians can access thousands of interactive games and activities, customize content for each session, and administer assessments, all in one central location.

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N2Y

MAY 13, 2021

Note that periodically assessing transition needs is important because they can (and probably will) change over time, and related goals and services will need to be adjusted accordingly. Use community resources to assist with transition planning. Unique Learning System resources include: Core materials. Core Rubrics.

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Waterford

JANUARY 14, 2020

According to student stress statistics, nearly half (45%) of the teenagers polled reported that they’re stressed all the time, and 70% report that anxiety or depression are “major problems” for themselves or their peers.[9,11] In fact, one-fifth of all children report that they worry a lot.[14] Lack of participation in school.

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eSchool News

MARCH 16, 2022

Launched in 2019 and established as an independent nonprofit association in 2021, SELPA aims to advance high-quality SEL implementation by bringing together SEL providers for networking, shared learning, collective promotion, and advocacy. I’m proud to serve for a second term on the board of directors for this passionate group of providers.”.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2023

Credit: Lily Estella Thompson for The Hechinger Report This year, Harpeth Valley flagged just 12 third graders as needing extra reading support, but the requirements of the expansive Tennessee law could put far more students at risk of retention. Because it is just one assessment.”

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 6, 2019

Rachel Blustain for The Hechinger Report. Often, their intelligence masks their disability, so they are never assessed for special education or don’t receive the services best suited for them. Rachel Blustain for The Hechinger Report. NEW YORK — To Eva Santiago, her son’s education has always felt like an impossible dilemma.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 22, 2021

The research examined MAP Growth assessment scores from six million U.S. ” The ongoing impact of the pandemic illuminates the urgency for education leaders to leverage data to understand the varied needs of their students and develop plans to spend their significant federal resources aligned with student need to local contexts.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The value of the human potential unlocked by early education and social and emotional interventions is more difficult to assess: it is arguably limitless. He found that 56 percent report children being more aggressive, hyper-active or oppositional than they used to be, and 55 percent report children more shy, withdrawn or anxious.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2020

As the number of candidates balloons while health risks make it hard for hiring managers to meet with them in person, a trend toward “pre-hiring assessments” — already under way before Covid-19 — is getting a huge new push. Now, with far more applicants in the pipeline, “I only see pre-hiring assessment gaining momentum,” Price said.

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Waterford

APRIL 10, 2020

Over 40% of teachers report feeling high stress every day during the school year, which ties teaching with nursing as having the highest stress rate of any career.[13] Self-Care Tools, Strategies and Assessment. National Immigrant Women’s Advocacy Project, June 2014, pp. Retrieved from ucf.edu: [link]. and Molina, M.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Credit: Austin Anthony for The Hechinger Report Speaking comes naturally to most children, being a gift of human evolution, but reading and writing are inventions that must be consciously and painstakingly learned. Dyslexia is now understood to be related to the way the brain handles the connection between letters and sounds, not IQ.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 29, 2017

It has spurred the publication of white papers, launch of incubators and conferences, as well as interest amongst journalists and advocacy groups. Department of Education reports, 50 percent of adult learners who sign up for a federally funded program drop out within 12 hours of their first class — and that is if they can get into a class.

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EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

A recent report on reading performance from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) found that 63 percent of students in 4 th grade are reading at a “basic” or “below basic” level. By Glen Miller. It’s no secret to educators that students are not meeting literacy benchmarks. All they have to do is tap them.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2017

This is one of the principles championed by Future Ready Schools (FRS), a project of the policy and advocacy organization, Alliance for Excellent Education. FRS helps district leaders plan and implement personalized, research-based digital learning strategies to help all students achieve their full potential. What the program offers.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. “We Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report Boxes of #OaklandUndivided devices wait for student pickup at Castlemont High School in May 2021. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. The homework gap isn’t new.

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Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2019

The report posits the need to focus on social-emotional and academic development when educating children. One health teacher recently met with a PIH representative to discuss the wealth of resources offered to educators, including a global health curriculum appropriate for high school-aged students. What is the purpose?

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 10, 2018

So far, MS 2, , as the school is nicknamed, has personalized its core academic courses by using the Summit Learning Platform, an online resource that has replaced traditional whole-group classroom instruction. The post Choosing personalized learning as a strategy for educational equity appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2021

The Los Angeles Unified School District, where Lola was enrolled, reported a 14 percent drop, a loss of nearly 6,000 students. The Los Angeles Unified School District reported a 14 percent drop in kindergarten enrollment for the 2020–21 school year, a loss of nearly 6,000 students. You can’t have one-size-fits all next year.”.

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eSchool News

JUNE 22, 2016

Guide shares best tech practices, insights, and resources from educators, administrators, and technology experts. Plans should include goals and objectives, action steps, who is responsible for each step, and resources that support goals. How to set up a tech committee to evaluate needs and resources. •

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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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MindShift

MAY 6, 2019

This story about twice exceptional students was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Often, their intelligence masks their disability, so they are never assessed for special education or don’t receive the services best suited for them.

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Educator Innovator

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Read the report Transforming Library Services for and with Teens Through Continuing Education. Findings from the year of learning are synthesized in the new report, Transforming Library Services for and with Teens Through CE: Findings and Recommendations. By Linda Braun. Originally Posted/ The YALSA Blog.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 21, 2019

Michael Dougherty for The Hechinger Report. Some places have embraced the shift, but rollout has also been complicated by an abundance of recent major education initiatives, a lack of dedicated resources and concerns in some communities about what new transcripts could mean as seniors apply for college. It’s better than it was.”

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Learning structures are used to guide students into assuming increasing responsibility for their learning progress, supporting them as “conductors-in-training” as they learn to tap the resources within and around them. Learning is always personal, and we each have a drive to be of significance.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 17, 2016

Schools where students struggle – because they tend to have fewer resources and bigger challenges – are most often the target for new school models. We basically took all the traditional assumptions about school – about how we spend our time, space, curriculum, assessment – and we just challenged every one of those assumptions.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

In the report, Social, Emotional, and Academic Development Through an Equity Lens , from The Education Trust, researchers found most families of color don’t think schools are set up for their students to succeed. Are we providing resources to make sure all students are successful in that program?

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Platforms like X/Twitter, LinkedIn, and education-specific websites offer spaces for educators to share experiences, resources, and insights. Organizations like the Clayton Christensen Institute, RAND Corporation, and the Brookings Institution often publish reports and research on educational trends, providing data-driven perspectives.

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NeverEndingSearch

JULY 1, 2016

The program focuses around those seven tenets, or gears, with personalized student learning at the center: curriculum, instruction, and assessment; personalized professional learning; use of space and time; data and privacy; community partnerships; technology and infrastructure; and budget and resources. million learners.

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techlearning

MAY 18, 2018

Walters previously served as chair of GL Education, the leading provider of educational tests and assessments to UK schools; Rising Stars UK, the second largest primary school publisher in the UK; and Book Source, a UK-based book distributor.

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