Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2023

It’s 7:00 am, and I’m on my second trek from my car to our centralized district meeting space, lugging snacks, supplies and chart paper as I prepare to lead a workshop on best practices for technology integration for a group of 15 elementary teachers in my district.

Professional Learning 198

Professional Learning Elementary Meeting Survey 198

EdTech Magazine

APRIL 24, 2018

Makerspaces — a key element of STEM education — are popping up in classrooms and libraries across the U.S. Research from School Library Journal indicates that maker activities at elementary and middle schools increased by 4 percent from 2014 to 2017. CDW VV2 Strategy. The independent private school in Medina, Wash.,

STEM 397

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

While the online curriculum has recently been successfully received and implemented by 200 elementary school teachers in a pilot study in the southeastern region of the United States, the researchers hope that, with additional federal funding, the online curriculum can be soon accessed by teachers nationwide.

Advocacy 135

Advocacy Case Study Study Elementary 135

Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2022

Bringing together more than 100 organizations across the fields of disability advocacy, special education, civil rights and K-12 nonprofits, the Educating All Learners Alliance (EALA) is one such network formed to ensure equity and support for students with disabilities and learning differences across education environments. percent to 22.5

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 31, 2022

This is likely due to several factors: increasing involvement from parents as schools moved online; advocacy from groups like Decoding Dyslexia; social media conversations and coverage in the popular press; and a push by state legislatures toward improving our nation’s stagnant and dismal reading scores.

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Instructional Materials Training Advocacy Elementary 115

Edsurge

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Yet she never would have incorporated them into her classroom if she hadn’t experienced the power of these exercises herself. Rose picked up a couple of breathing strategies as a student in Breathe for Change, a 200-hour wellness and yoga teacher certification program for educators.

Exercises 167

Exercises Education Learning Advocacy 167

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2022

Kids in about two dozen elementary schools across Dane County and Waukesha County in Wisconsin empty out of classrooms at the end of the day and make their way to gyms, cafeterias or media centers. According to the Afterschool Alliance, an advocacy group for after-school programming , 7.8

Company 113

Company Elementary Advocacy Report 113

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. Before kindergarten, Jennifer Choi’s son was denied special education services despite a diagnosis of ADHD. Rachel Blustain for The Hechinger Report.

Advocacy 111

Advocacy Elementary Training Report 111

EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 11, 2016

Being raised in a bilingual Finnish/English home and having attended elementary school in Finland for several months at a time, I chose to apply to teaching positions in my mother’s native country of Finland. In 2003-2004, I taught a first grade English immersion classroom for the City of Espoo’s Jalavapuisto elementary school.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

A critical topic for schools, communities, and most importantly, our students, is what teachers do in the classroom to nurture ALL students, create a sense of belonging, and keep educational standards high. Only then can students, especially immigrant students and students of color, meet their potential and succeed in school and beyond.

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eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2022

The initiative will include the development of collaborative strategies with school districts and educational leaders to enhance the number of PK-12 teachers to meet the needs of today’s students. . About Saint Louis University. Saint Louis University — located in St.

Advocacy 52

Advocacy Education Elementary Policies 52

eSchool News

APRIL 14, 2022

classrooms continue to address the immediate needs of students while prioritizing academic progress for all. It showed that ELs had lower test scores than their non-EL peers through their elementary years, but they also made academic growth similar to or at greater levels as their non-EL peers. Portland, Ore. public schools.”.

Advocacy 56

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eSchool News

JANUARY 20, 2022

sales strategy for the brand’s educational sales division, Osmo Education , as well as expand its sales team, targeting the Pre-K to Grade 5 education market. He was also closely involved in STEM-related product launches and liaising with industry advocacy groups. million homes and 50,000 classrooms, respectively.

EdTech 56

EdTech Advocacy Education Company 56

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2021

At first glance, the binders incorporating a whole year of learning at the Parker-Varney elementary school in Manchester look a little like Candy Land, the beloved game of chance where players navigate a colorful route past delicious landmarks to arrive at a Candy Castle. Lillian Pace, vice president of policy and advocacy, KnowledgeWorks.

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Competency Based Learning Personalized Learning Report Advocacy 140

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. They launched a website , an advocacy group and an auxiliary group for teachers. Credit: Jill Barshay/The Hechinger Report How does a revolution start? Sometimes, it’s a simple question.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 17, 2023

This past winter, she attended a precursor event to the camp in Philadelphia, at which students got an introduction to the Sunrise Movement and climate advocacy. Rajbhandari said he’s witnessed a big shift in the level of advocacy for schools and climate since he attended his first Sunrise event in 2019, a protest at the Idaho state capitol.

How To 75

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Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

K-12 system, the context for OER will vary across states and districts, across institutional types (regular public schools, charter schools, and private schools), across school levels (elementary, middle and high school), and across technological reliance and sophistication of schools (online/blended programs versus more traditional classrooms).

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OER Instructional Materials Advocacy Meeting 170

edWeb.net

MAY 1, 2020

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, schools across the country struggle to move their brick-and-mortar classrooms to remote online learning environments. As students enter upper elementary and middle school, the focus on executive function strategies declines, so students show up to high school, and don’t know how to take notes or study.

Schoology 53

Schoology Advocacy LMS Strategy 53

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. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter. NEW YORK — To Eva Santiago, her son’s education has always felt like an impossible dilemma.

Advocacy 53

Advocacy Elementary Training Assessment 53

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

King, consultant for research, policy and advocacy at the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. Some institutions are even cutting teacher degree programs, such as Oklahoma City University, which has suspended its elementary education and early childhood education tracks. “We Why are they leaving?

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Training Trends Social Media Policies 148

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 25, 2021

Instead, schools must support and address these issues in the classroom. It did, however, create a behavior intervention plan, which is meant to outline the behavior challenges a child is having, why they’re happening and the strategies school staff should use to address them. The district, at first, resisted, McBride said.

Pearson 145

Pearson Education Learning Report 145

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2023

When the session ends, Bennett returns the boys to their classrooms, and picks up the student who the teacher had called about. Rural districts tend to have a harder time recruiting school psychologists, said Kelly Vaillancourt Strobach, director of policy and advocacy for the National Association of School Psychologists. Bennett asks.

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Training Meeting E-rate Groups 98

edWeb.net

AUGUST 26, 2019

A recent edWebinar led by Bobbi Bear, Director of Customer Advocacy for Achieve3000, identified effective ways to integrate SEL with reading instruction, through classroom conversations about nonfiction and fiction texts. Additionally, Bobbi served as a learning facilitator, encouraging students to take ownership of their learning.

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Differentiated Instruction Secondary Advocacy Dropout 43

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 2, 2019

in elementary education from the University of Virginia. Tim’s passion is helping educators and administrators integrate modern practices and digital-age, instructional strategies into their classrooms and schools in meaningful ways. Jamie holds a B.A. in psychology and an M.T. About the Host.

Broadband 54

Broadband Accessibility Advocacy Elementary 54

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2018

Katherine Cribbs, a second-grader at Discovery Elementary School in Arlington, Virginia, explores the online “energy dashboard” that tracks her school’s energy consumption and production. With a flurry of touch-screen taps, she explored the “energy dashboard” of Discovery Elementary in Arlington, Virginia.

Elementary 107

Elementary Learning Data Report 107

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2017

Thousands of Mississippi’s third graders will sit in front of computers later this month to take the statewide reading test, but the eyes of teachers and administrators at Finch Elementary School will be intensely focused on a dozen students at this Wilkinson County school. Sharon Robinson, principal of Finch Elementary.

Elementary 77

Elementary Training Advocacy Strategy 77

edWeb.net

APRIL 14, 2021

To meet these goals, they start with the perspective of advocacy for all, especially BIPOC, high-poverty, LGBTQ, religious, and other populations within their schools. Culturally relevant pedagogy is “good teaching” that must be implemented in each classroom. Each student should have mirrors and windows. About the Host.

Differentiated Instruction 79

Differentiated Instruction Professional Learning Meeting Advocacy 79

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2019

She interacts with children, observes teachers and meets with staff members to help them develop strategies for dealing with difficult behaviors without resorting to yelling, time-outs or suspension. They found another child in the classroom who spoke his home language to provide more comfort. One student started crying.

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Training Report Survey Strategy 111

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

In Albany, for instance, administrators said that they have focused on putting a variety of strategies in place, such as training teachers on trauma-informed care and de-escalation and putting counselors, nurses and psychologists in each school building. That’s not what happens.”

Report 95

Report Survey Data Comparison 95

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Across the nation, district equity discussions include how schools must examine current biases from bus stops to classroom materials to educator and staff expectations. The district is using multiple measures from the classroom to district level across internal and external categories to determine if students are college and career ready.

Education 65

Education Secondary Policies Professional Learning 65

The Hechinger Report

JULY 7, 2019

Now, some school districts are pushing this job exploration into middle and even elementary school, convinced that helping students connect what they are learning to careers will not only deepen their engagement but also help them make more informed decisions about their educational paths. “In When Kathleen Koerner, a counselor at A.

Robotics 112

Robotics Elementary STEM Training 112

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2017

“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. Related: In one state, students are ditching classrooms for jobs.

Personalized Learning 70

Personalized Learning Policies Advocacy Assessment 70

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

JULY 13, 2021

“Frankly, students didn’t lose anything, they just never had the opportunity to learn it,” said Allison Socol, an assistant director at The Education Trust, a nonprofit education research and advocacy organization. Both Obimma and VonSeggen tutored remotely, but some tutors have come back into the classroom along with the students.

Study 138

Study Data Report Elementary 138

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

They soon realized that their strategy for letting teachers put together their own math instruction was part of the problem. However, there were still 25 elementary schools in the district without access to Hazel’s mental health resources. Johnston County district leaders made it a priority to find out where they were going wrong.

Education 130

Education Advocacy EdTech Elementary 130

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

In a survey conducted by Educators for Excellence, a teacher-led advocacy group, gun violence ranked as teachers’ No. Some told us about the classroom supplies they’ve transformed into tools of survival: a cement hall pass ready to be used as a bludgeon, a ball of yarn that can double as a tourniquet band. 1 school safety concern.

Elementary 47

Elementary Survey Report Advocacy 47

MindShift

DECEMBER 21, 2017

It’s a really hard thing to teach within the space of everything else that you need to teach in a classroom,” Joyce said. Many of these critical thinking concepts are not difficult but need to become habits adopted early in life, which is why Oxman first tried them out in his children’s elementary school classrooms.

Digital Citizenship 75

Digital Citizenship Study Social Media Report 75