The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

And eighth-grade co-teachers Abby Jolma and Toni Giebel let kids sit on wobbly chairs — short stools with a curved base — yoga balls, or traditional chairs while they learn math and science. Related: The Science of Learning Column — When body beats mind in learning. A student leaps during a game at Horizons Elementary School.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 26, 2019

As the importance and benefits of social-emotional learning (SEL) have become more widely recognized, many teachers have struggled to combine this type of learning with their required curriculum. And, the goals for students engaged in this type of learning include self-esteem, empathy, motivation, and commitment.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Related: Sent home early: Lost learning in special education. Related: Some kids have returned to in-person learning only to be kicked right back out. Peter Mosby is principal at Rock Ridge Elementary School in a suburb of Denver. Peter Mosby, elementary school principal, and parent of a student with a disability.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2017

His school and his state are trailblazers in personalized learning, a method that tailors instruction to students’ individual interests and learning speeds. Personalized learning advocates had big hopes for ESSA, enacted in 2015. About 20 other states sprinkled elements of personalized learning into their plans.

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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. It’s stuff that we learned.”. It’s stuff that we learned.”. But that wasn’t a thing then.

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Reading By Example

AUGUST 26, 2017

When I first became a principal at an elementary school, I thought I had the requisite knowledge to be a literacy leader. During my first school year as a principal, I did engage in monthly professional learning with the faculty, also around literacy. My misconceptions were many.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

What Tom Learned when he quit high school his junior year. I heard the quote that, “No significant learning occurs without a significant relationship.” I think it goes back to where the pacing of our teaching has to be determined by the learning of our kids, not by a calendar. Shownotes: www.coolcatteacher.com/e151.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Students with attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) or specific learning disabilities often have weaknesses with executive function, which makes it harder to organize their time and problem solve. Skills like knowing how to ask for help or organize a study group “are as important as anything else you’re going to learn,” said Tudisco.

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Study Advocacy Report Outcomes 90

Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Nine other elementary schools in our district also read the book. My students connected with Angie Pendley’s students at Gaines Elementary. We learned how the title of the book started out as “Metallic”, but the publisher changed it to the title we see today.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

These students are increasingly the children of parents who helicoptered them through elementary, middle and high school or who didn’t go to college themselves and can’t provide much help with it. Those are not necessarily skills that they’re learning in K-12 education.”. That should not shock anyone. That should not shock anyone.

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Reading By Example

APRIL 12, 2017

He had to locate an item that is a part of our family’s history and culture, learn about its significance through interviewing family members, and then communicate his new knowledge through speaking. My daughter has elected to bring home learning. These examples are, by definition, homework.

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Policies Secondary Analysis Examples 37

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2019

It’s help teachers need: In 2016 , about 50,000 preschoolers were suspended at least once, and at least 17,000 were expelled, according to the Center for American Progress, a Washington-based liberal research and advocacy institute, which arrived at the estimate based on data from the 2016 National Survey of Children’s Health.

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Training Report Survey Strategy 111

edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

The 2021 Driving K-12 Innovation report released by CoSN selected the most critical Hurdles (challenges), Accelerators (mega-trends), and Tech Enablers (tools) that school districts are facing with personalized learning, innovation, and digital equity. Kelley reflected that tech enablers and system thinking would drive the following year.

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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.

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Elementary Education Report Groups 145

EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Every single child who enters our buildings deserves the right to learn and have the opportunity to succeed. Provide a Rigorous Learning Environment. Those needs are best met when you and your faculty provide students with a rigorous learning environment. Let us be clear about our definition of rigor.

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Strategy Differentiated Instruction Advocacy Elementary 168

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 18, 2019

Today’s educators realize learning has as much to do with academics as how students get along with themselves and others. This is called “Social Emotional Learning” or SEL. These capabilities are critical foundations for academic learning and for a person’s long-term personal and professional success.”

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Education Exercises Digital Citizenship Advocacy 201

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

They’re experiencing trauma, and trauma has a pretty significant impact,” said Darla Bardine, executive director of the National Network for Youth, a policy and advocacy group focused on youth homelessness. And then there’s the gulf between what people commonly think of as homeless and the more expansive definition Congress uses for students.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Hayden, 12, had been having panic attacks about school even before a letter arrived at his home last month, threatening legal action for his alleged absences from distance learning. Hayden, typically an A or B student, has had difficulty making the transition from elementary school to middle school online.

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Policies Schoology Elementary Report 143

MindShift

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Sure, she learned the ABCs, but making sense of how these symbols we call letters combine to form the sounds that make up the English language – that part stumped her. I never learned how to spell my middle name,” she told me as she struggled to spell out ‘LuVenia’ and turned to her driver’s license for help. . Struggles in Adulthood.

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Advocacy Elementary Meeting Report 62

Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

” She posits gaming as the new site for “modern learning,” with an emphasis on skills training and data-driven self-improvement. There is much to learn from the Meeker report. There may be no better example of this in 2017 than “personalized learning.” It’s just not what you think.”

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Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

(From left to right) Sixth graders Mia DeMore, Maria DeAndrade, and Stephen Boulas make a number line in their math class at Walsh Middle School in Framingham, Massachusetts, one of 132 “Basecamp” schools piloting the Personalized Learning Platform created by the Summit charter school network. Photo: Chris Berdik. FRAMINGHAM, Mass.

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Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

The Hechinger Report

JULY 16, 2018

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — By the end of the school year, the playground at Pre-K 4 SA North Education Center looked like a dreamscape of “DIY Outdoor Learning Spaces.” The playground is part of a deliberate approach to early learning designed by San Antonio’s city-funded pre-K initiative, Pre-K 4 SA. Denise Ojeda, parent.

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iPad Data Report Outcomes 66

edWeb.net

AUGUST 6, 2020

It requires educators to deeply understand how institutional racism comes to be and manifests in environments where young students learn. Those things are intentional and are things we can definitely correct within the system.”. This discovery can lead to learning environments that embrace all students.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation.

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Graphite Blog

JANUARY 10, 2020

Teaching and learning happen within cultural, political, and social circumstances. We must learn to negotiate those differences to better understand each other and our worlds, and to advocate for a better, more equitable future. As much as we want to deny it, we all have biases based on our life experiences.

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Resources Classroom Video Strategy 98

The Hechinger Report

MAY 8, 2020

The extreme scarcity of counselors in Arizona, especially in elementary schools, puts students there at particular risk. Just before this crisis began, Arizona was poised to spend millions more on boosting its thin roster of counselors, thanks in part to the advocacy of students like Kumar. My job was mostly reactive.”.

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Survey Report Elementary Exercises 145

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

For those that closed buildings or turned to a hybrid of in-person and remote learning, it meant buying one-to-one remote learning technology so that every student had a laptop or learning device. Schools are now tasked with making up for those kinds of learning losses. Credit: Phoenix Union High School District.

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Laptops System Policies Meeting 132

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 5, 2016

But she was relieved of the duty when Jacob graduated from his Head Start preschool program and enrolled in a Durant Public School District elementary school. That’s definitely been one of the challenges for the families using the education scholarship account, is finding a school that will admit their child,” she told the Jackson Free Press.

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Advocacy Elementary Report Training 82

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

At the meeting, a special education teacher had recommended taking the boy out of Martin Elementary School, in a town 10 miles southwest, and placing him in Georgia’s Network for Educational and Therapeutic Support, or GNETS, a statewide system for children with “emotional and behavioral disorders.”.

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Education Assistive Technology Advocacy System 81

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

Fed up with what they see as obstinate parents who don’t agree to special education services for their child, or disruptive kids who make learning difficult, schools sometimes use the threat of a child-protection investigation to strong-arm parents into complying with the school’s wishes or transferring their children to a new school. “If

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Report Training System Data 111

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2022

Rodrigues had been traveling the country for weeks, meeting with parent advocacy groups in city after city, and working with them to get their grievances heard and addressed by local school boards. She didn’t see parents angry about culture war issues, but parents who were worried about their kids learning in a safe and inclusive classroom.

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Advocacy Groups Meeting System 108

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2021

Samantha Tran, senior managing director of education policy at Children Now, a nonpartisan research, policy and advocacy organization, noticed. “I There definitely seems to be an openness to that, and in my experience, it is different.” I find the process more accessible. A lot has changed. A lot still needs to change.”

Policies 142

Policies Education Report Advocacy 142

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.” “Learning Designers will have to adapt or die.

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Education Chegg MOOC Robotics 55

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Sitting beside her, Candy Turner , a retired elementary school teacher who had brought Ziploc bags of pear slices and dried cranberries for the hours ahead, agreed. “I But far-right activists objected, complaining that it included aspects of social emotional learning. I think we are in trouble based on what I saw.”

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Elementary Report Meeting Policies 138

Hack Education

DECEMBER 17, 2017

” I’ve looked at how for-profit colleges , MOOCs , and learn-to-code companies have tapped into these narratives in order to justify their products and services. For a complete look at who funded learn-to-code companies this year, visit funding.hackeducation.com.). These have all been separate articles in each series.

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Robotics MOOC Training Industry 59

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2017

The New York Times tried to keep track of all the 45th President’s falsehoods this year, but it seems to have abandoned its “ definitive list ” some time in July. ” Sites of indoctrination , not learning. It is now a key feature of his presidency. ” Their reporting should not be trusted.

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