Edsurge

MAY 28, 2019

Institutions have access to more student data than ever before—but it's hard to really grasp what that means, since many of the digital tools that colleges use are from third parties or companies that keep their algorithms private. You had some experience in research and advocacy for privacy before you started there, while you were a student.

Data 142

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2022

According to national data, schools are not facing greater teacher vacancies this year than in years past. But if you’re reading this article—if you’re engaged enough in education to be reading EdSurge—you probably don’t believe that data. At elementary schools, we’d have to get rid of the 1 teacher/1 class/5 days equation.

Elementary 218

Elementary Secondary Education Advocacy 218

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 2, 2023

Her two youngest, both attending Vancouver’s Washington Elementary School, had struggled with remote learning and still lagged their peers in basic math and reading. million kids as homeless in 2020-21, the most recent school year for which data was available. Washington state’s eviction moratorium was set to expire the next month.

Elementary 117

Elementary Education Report Secondary 117

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2022

Collins Elementary School, in southeastern Mississippi, paddled students more times than almost any school in the country in 2017-18, the last year for which there is national data. Johnson is the principal of Mississippi’s Collins Elementary School, where the paddle remains a staple of the educational experience.

Elementary 141

Elementary Handbook Policies Report 141

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2021

This year, the Green Lake Parent Teacher Association paid about half that much to cover the cost of the elementary school’s vocal teacher and a portion of a full-time counselor’s salary, among other supports for students. About 3 in 4 students at Rising Star Elementary qualify for subsidized meals. Double click image to enlarge.

Education 143

Education Elementary Groups Report 143

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The Yale survey of more than 300 undergrad and graduate students ages 18 to 35 found that students who participate in “collective action” — like involvement in advocacy groups or educating others about climate change — report lower levels of climate anxiety than those who only take part in individual actions like recycling or saving energy.

Education 175

Education Survey Elementary Study 175

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2021

On April 20, Kentwood Elementary in Los Angeles opened its doors to students. At Creekside Elementary in Durham, North Carolina, kindergarten enrollment is down by 35 students. I’ll want to look at academic data and the age of the child. It was news Lauren Phillips, 37, had been waiting for. Credit: Carla Suarez-Capdet. “We

Learning 118

Learning Elementary Education Report 118

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2023

More than a quarter of students missed at least 10 percent of the 2021-22 school year, making them chronically absent, according to the most recent data available. Taken together, the data from 40 states and Washington, D.C., Most states have yet to release attendance data from 2022-23, the most recent school year.

Classroom 78

Classroom Online Learning Elementary Education 78

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.

Instructional Materials 108

Instructional Materials Elementary Education Training 108

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Yet the scope of that practice is largely hidden: The federal government doesn’t collect detailed data on why schools suspend students, and most states don’t, either. Arizona collects limited discipline data from its districts. Related: How the pandemic has altered school discipline – perhaps forever. million public school students.

Dropout 100

Dropout Elementary Policies Education 100

eSchool News

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Achievement was lower for all student groups in fall 2021; however, as our data have illuminated before , historically marginalized students and students in high-poverty schools were disproportionately impacted, particularly in the elementary grades studied.

Education 90

Education Outcomes Classroom Elementary 90

eSchool News

APRIL 14, 2022

The research used MAP Growth assessment data and revealed that while students with disabilities, English learners, and rural students make gains at rates equal to or faster than their grade-level peers during the school year, these students also experience greater learning loss in the summer, leading to persistent achievement gaps.

Advocacy 56

Advocacy Classroom Policies Education 56

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

Related: Some kids have returned to in-person learning only to be kicked right back out Rosalind Crawford moved her five young boys, all in elementary and middle school, to Jennings, just north of St. Without formal data, we can’t speak to that directly and address that problem, and it’s a huge issue.” Louis, in the spring of 2022.

Learning 98

Learning Online Learning Classroom Education 98

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Last year, a similar data breach of the Los Angeles school district led to thousands of students’ psychological records uploaded to the dark web. In 2020, Baltimore County Public Schools was hit with a cyberattack that disrupted the district’s remote learning programs, froze its operations and cost the school system nearly $10 million.

E-rate 103

E-rate Education Libraries EdTech 103

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Everybody is yearning for a return to normalcy, and yesterday offered hope after a major drug company announced that early data suggest its coronavirus vaccine is more than 90 percent effective. We’re in this together; it’s everybody’s first year.

Education 204

Education Elementary System Learning 204

Edsurge

APRIL 20, 2021

Yet when I went in search of data to see if he had ever been identified as a student in need of assistance or intervention, the issue was more than clear. There were no records beyond state standardized testing data available for me to review. It is important to note that secondary and elementary assessment systems will be different.

Education 160

Education Assessment System Handbook 160

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2022

Over the past few months, Nathan Roberts has witnessed dozens of substitute teachers stumble through their first days at Penny Creek Elementary School. Nathan Roberts, a full-time substitute at Penny Creek Elementary School, teaches a class of kindergarteners how to count. EVERETT, Wash. This story also appeared in The Seattle Times.

Elementary 122

Elementary Classroom Education Training 122

NeverEndingSearch

JUNE 19, 2020

Plans should be flexible and change fluidly as new data is provided. From Kim Borden’s Plainfield Elementary School Library Reopening Plan and COVID Response. Kim shared that she and her colleagues often describe advocacy in the context of the neverending burden of Sysyphus. Being proactive feels so much better.

Libraries 118

Libraries Elementary Classroom Academic Standards 118

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.

Education 145

Education Elementary Groups Study 145

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Despite universal concerns about student data privacy, communicating school policies can quickly overwhelm school leaders. CoSN has stepped in with guidance for superintendents and principals to help them with several aspects of student data privacy, including best practices for informing the community. Then, start with the basics.

Student Data Privacy 40

Student Data Privacy Data Policies Education 40

The Hechinger Report

JULY 14, 2020

Simón López, the Coordinator of Special Education at the Sarah Greenwood Elementary School for Dual Languages, is calling attention to the failure of Boston Public Schools’ dual language programs to accept students with certain types of disabilities – a violation of the spirit, at least, of state and federal laws.

Elementary 142

Elementary Education Classroom Secondary 142

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

As I begin the new school year, I make a list of all my priorities: Lesson planning, grading, classroom setup, data analysis and new teacher mentorship. Many of the advocacy groups that filed challenges did so multiple times in different school districts. Building relationships with parents is at the top of the list.

Classroom 124

Classroom Advocacy Policies Education 124

Tom Murray

AUGUST 21, 2016

Prior to my role as the Director of Innovation for Future Ready Schools ® , I spent 14 years in a public school in Pennsylvania as an elementary and middle school teacher, middle school and elementary principal, and district level technology director. Data and Privacy and Security. Organization: Data Quality Campaign (DQC).

EdTech 100

EdTech Future Ready Education Advocacy 100

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.

Learning 104

Learning Elementary Education Classroom 104

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

.' Tagged on: September 20, 2017 Hackers Lock Down Entire School District With Threats: 'We Are Savage Creatures' | Gizmodo → As I've reported on the K-12 Cyber Incident Map, an entire school district in Montana shut down for three days following a data breach of student and faculty records.

EdTech 150

EdTech Education Elementary Laptops 150

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Building a shared understanding of incident data. ROX, a girl empowerment program, offered in elementary through high school. Tracking student behavioral data has been a struggle for the district because cumulative data come at the end of the school year. The district’s goal is to get data more readily and quickly.

Classroom 79

Classroom Outcomes System Education 79

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

.' Tagged on: September 20, 2017 Hackers Lock Down Entire School District With Threats: 'We Are Savage Creatures' | Gizmodo → As I've reported on the K-12 Cyber Incident Map, an entire school district in Montana shut down for three days following a data breach of student and faculty records.

EdTech 150

EdTech Education Elementary Laptops 150

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. In August 2020, they launched a “Tech Check” survey to collect that data.

Digital Divide 106

Digital Divide Chromebook Broadband Elementary 106

Edsurge

AUGUST 2, 2021

“Between cooking meals to feed my children throughout the entire day, keeping up on household duties, ‘mommying,’ doing my own college courses, and teaching … there was never enough time,” says Memoree Skinner, an elementary special education teacher, graduate student, and mother of three. Student Mother Struggles Nearly 10 percent of U.S.

Education 180

Education STEM Policies Strategy 180

Edsurge

JULY 2, 2018

This story is Part I I of a two-part lo ok at parents and school data. Goya Diaz can’t pretend that school data is the first concern that comes to mind when she thinks about issues ailing her community in southwest Detroit. Data] is sometimes bringing us down, unfortunately.”

Learning 92

Learning Libraries Elementary Data 92

Hapara

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Cameron noted that not all learners have a personal device that can disconnect from Wi-Fi and use cellular data to keep their browsing history private. While many of the websites are still blocked in middle schools and elementary schools, high school learners in Katy ISD can now access the much-needed online resources.

Hapara 130

Hapara Education Resources Accessibility 130

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 29, 2018

I was over in one of the elementary schools the other day, and three years ago we were all in awe and kind of gaga about a high school student who was all in with drones, and sort of building and flying, and learning about aviation and drones with his high school peers. Drones in the Classroom. He’s actually been back, He’s taking a gap year.

Elementary 192

Elementary Education Learning Assessment 192

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).

OER 170

OER Instructional Materials Education Classroom 170

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2019

Approximately 77 percent of the more than 3,827,000 teachers in public elementary and secondary schools in the U.S. Women are overrepresented in the lowest paying jobs, and women in high-paying professions are paid less than their male counterparts, according to data from the U.S. during the 2015-16 school year were women.

Elementary 87

Elementary Secondary Education Advocacy 87

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2021

It is too soon to have firm data on suspensions, expulsions and school-based arrests during the pandemic, but some experts working directly with children of color say police are now just being sent to kids’ homes. In a recent survey drawing responses from 1,219 teachers and conducted by the charter schools advocacy organization the Thomas B.

Elementary 135

Elementary Classroom Education Report 135

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 25, 2021

For the most part, however, schools are not required to justify their decisions to send students home early, nor is any significant data collected on this practice, allowing the problem to remain largely hidden. Instead, schools must support and address these issues in the classroom.

Education 145

Education Pearson Learning Elementary 145

Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2023

Soon, employees from one of the world’s most influential companies will arrive to teach these students about computer science: how to program computer games, how to work with data and how to found and run a business. It's like kids are already getting knocked out for the count in elementary school.”

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Education Industry STEM Classroom 127