Digital Promise

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Our new report, Computational Thinking for a Computational World , draws from research and interviews with leaders around the country to answer the essential question: In a computational world, what is important to know and know how to do? Creating computational models that use data and algorithms to simulate complex systems.

Education 270

Education Advocacy Data Report 270

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. Collaboration will create a strong support system for the student as they grow and develop aspirations for life as a productive member of the community.

Advocacy 87

Advocacy System Outcomes Training 87

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.

Assessment 102

Assessment Report Training Guidelines 102

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.

Policies 186

Policies Company Survey Industry 186

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. But that system only works if homelessness liaisons know where these students are. We were in the support area before. It’s school.”

Report 185

Report Advocacy Meeting Resources 185

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. The district collects data through a School Climate Survey, a Getting to Know You Survey, and an MPS Cares self-reporting tool.

Accessibility 334

Accessibility Technology E-rate Data 334

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.”.

Advocacy 57

Advocacy Education Assessment Strategy 57

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.

Education 197

Education Survey Advocacy Outcomes 197

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. But a handful of school systems across the country are searching for better ways to accommodate bright students with disabilities.

Advocacy 111

Advocacy Elementary Training Report 111

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Credit: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. While getting a national picture of the problem is hard, lawyers and advocates in eight of the nine states contacted by The Hechinger Report said they were aware of districts that had put special education evaluations on hold. Credit: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report.

Education 133

Education Assessment Advocacy Report 133

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.

Learning 144

Learning Study Report Elementary 144

eSchool News

DECEMBER 22, 2021

The research examined MAP Growth assessment scores from six million U.S. In addition, states and districts should be setting up data collection and reporting processes to understand which interventions are succeeding in improving student outcomes.

Outcomes 104

Outcomes Education Advocacy Policies 104

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

The project, designed by Tom Sugar, vice president for partnerships at EAB, the education consulting firm that will support colleges in the Moon Shot effort, is an effort to address systemic pitfalls in higher education and eliminate equity gaps in access and completion. Sign up for our higher education newsletter. .

Advocacy 93

Advocacy Policies Training Accessibility 93

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.

Classroom 239

Classroom E-rate Advocacy Report 239

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] Technical Assistance and Training System. Self-Care Tools, Strategies and Assessment. National Immigrant Women’s Advocacy Project, June 2014, pp.

How To 360

How To Handbook Strategy Advocacy 360

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 10, 2018

Just this year, judging from a fall to a winter assessment of student learning, Procope said, students who hadn’t shown growth in academic achievement in prior years are showing it now. This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education.

Personalized Learning 98

Personalized Learning Strategy Education Learning 98

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Photo: Kate Flock for The Hechinger Report. The bad news is we’re not seeing a lot of innovation or discussion around personalized learning,” said Claire Voorhees, national policy director for the Tallahassee, Florida-based Foundation for Excellence in Education, an advocacy group for personalized learning.

Personalized Learning 69

Personalized Learning Policies Advocacy Assessment 69

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Six newsrooms joined together to report on the problem and find solutions for America’s reading problem. The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) showed one-third of fourth graders in the state performing below the basic reading level in 2019. Credit: Ariel Gilreath for The Hechinger Report. Reading Remedies.

Elementary 145

Elementary Report Training Advocacy 145

Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2019

The documentary follows physicians Paul Farmer and Jim Yong Kim and activist Ophelia Dahl in their journey, which began more than thirty years ago in a rural village in Haiti, to treat people who had been abandoned by the traditional health care system in their countries. I think deeply about the “why” and “how” of education.

Advocacy 136

Advocacy System Assessment Resources 136

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Pearson, the parent company of Connections Education, the second largest for-profit online charter operator, reported enrollment growth in its virtual schools division of 20 percent in 2020. Gary Miron, an education researcher who co-authored a National Education Policy Center report on for-profit charter schools. At Stride Inc.,

E-rate 123

E-rate Pearson Company Report 123

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. So systems are really trying to figure out, ‘How do we do that?’ ”. “It’s not something we’re going to make up in a summer or in a year.

Study 138

Study Data Report Elementary 138

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 17, 2017

When Kylie Jones brings home her report card, it doesn’t have any A’s, B’s or C’s. The Windsor Locks High School freshman belongs to the first cohort of students going through middle and high school under a new system. Bell and her last two predecessors have worked for years to get parents on board with the new system.

Common Core 95

Common Core Advocacy System Personalized Learning 95

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.

Digital Divide 111

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 111

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. And they underwrote the cost of intensive trainings for teachers to learn about instruction, social emotional learning and how to assess children’s progress. Educating officials : PRE4CLE has prioritized advocacy at all levels of the government, according to Kelly.

Advocacy 77

Advocacy Report Social Media Training 77

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 21, 2019

Senior Remi Savard is part of the last class at Montpelier High School that experienced the system before the school’s switch to a proficiency-based model. Michael Dougherty for The Hechinger Report. Nellie Mae is among the many funders of The Hechinger Report.). Michael Dougherty for The Hechinger Report. MONTPELIER, Vt.

Learning 84

Learning System Report Outcomes 84

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

How Schools Are preparing – and Not Preparing – Children for Climate Change,” reported by HuffPost and The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. This story was produced as part of the nine-part series “Are We Ready? Are We Ready?

Digital Divide 117

Digital Divide Laptops Accessibility Online Learning 117

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.

Advocacy 53

Advocacy Elementary Training Assessment 53

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

JANUARY 1, 2020

In this blog entry -- the first of a two part series -- I discuss how the limitations of a traditional grading system led us to SBG, and ultimately, Empower Learning. While it's fictionalized, it's based on the reality I have faced in the past as a classroom teacher in a traditional grading system. But it was too little too late.

LMS 52

LMS System Course Assessment 52

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

By embedding student data dashboards within its professional development system, LBUSD’s teacher training evaluates teachers’ needs based on their students’ academic performance data, teachers’ past training, self-evaluations and administrative feedback. Once these needs are assessed, the system helps teachers create a personal learning plan.

Training 40

Training Data Advocacy Policies 40

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Photo: Meredith Kolodner/The Hechinger Report. This story was produced jointly by inewsource San Diego, a data-focused investigative news organization, and The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Sign up for our newsletter.

Report 111

Report Course System Data 111

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2019

Kelly Field, for The Hechinger Report. Toppan, a junior at the high school, was angry that the administration hadn’t sought student input about the change, and worried that a switch to a 1-4 grading system, with a 3 the highest possible grade on some assignments, would hurt her chances of getting into a good college.

Learning 111

Learning Report System Case Study 111

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Students are coached in self-assessment, reflection and self-advocacy through a daily reflective writing process, in which they review their goals for the day, discuss what worked and what didn’t work, and then identify next steps for their academic progress. Learning is always personal, and we each have a drive to be of significance.

Tools 40

Tools Advocacy Personalized Learning Assessment 40

The Hechinger Report

MAY 17, 2016

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. They do no better or worse on the state assessment. We could do way better.”

Blended Learning 82

Blended Learning Survey Advocacy Meeting 82

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 1, 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. Candace Cortiella, the director of The Advocacy Institute. It’s a system that has generally worked well for Devin. Here’s why they’re not.

Dropout 79

Dropout Advocacy Outcomes Report 79

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Organizations like the Clayton Christensen Institute, RAND Corporation, and the Brookings Institution often publish reports and research on educational trends, providing data-driven perspectives. This includes video conferencing, learning management systems, and interactive content creation tools.

Trends 52

Trends Education Robotics Blended Learning 52

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 10, 2017

When such a system works, it’s meant to offer students clarity about what they have to learn and how they are expected to demonstrate they’ve learned it. It should be clear to students which skills will be assessed on any test or project and how those skills will be graded. It was a systems design problem.”.

Education 0

Education Report System Course 0

edWeb.net

JANUARY 12, 2021

He has published over 250 research articles in academic journals, book chapters in edited volumes, research reports, and editorials in major newspapers. Public Schools, the 12th largest school system in the nation with 168,000 students. About the Hosts. Dr. Daniel A. Dr. Daniel A. In addition, Domenech has served on the U.S.

Secondary 59

Secondary Policies Professional Learning Outcomes 59