The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2023

Melissa Knapp is Harpeth Valley Elementary School’s only literacy coach. It’s her job to guide teachers on how to help struggling readers at the 600-student school. The retention policy is part of a state law passed in 2021 that was meant to boost long-lagging reading scores and stem pandemic learning losses. NASHVILLE, Tenn.

Elementary 105

Elementary Policies Advocacy Report 105

Edsurge

MAY 24, 2023

The state partnered with Asian Americans Advancing Justice Chicago (AAAJ Chicago) — a local advocacy organization focused on advancing civil rights and racial equity, which advocated for the passage of the TEAACH Act — to support implementation. After facilitating each PD session, Hurh sends out a survey to attendees.

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Training Advocacy Resources Instructional Materials 153

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

Report 145

Report Groups Study Advocacy 145

techlearning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

It’s an economic concern, as schools consider how they can ensure equal access for all. And it raises questions about gender and race: How can schools inspire more girls and students of color to pursue STEM? Amesse Elementary at Denver Public Schools. Amesse Elementary. Palmer High School in Colorado Springs.

Accessibility 91

Accessibility STEM Robotics Elementary 91

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. Related: How to build an engineer: Start young.

Robotics 112

Robotics Elementary STEM Training 112

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2021

Schools’ struggles to engage English learners’ families during the pandemic partly stem from another pre-pandemic inequity — gaps in access to digital learning devices and the internet. If schools aren’t sure how to begin, they should work harder to connect with English learners’ families — in linguistically and culturally competent ways.

Education 130

Education Digital Divide Advocacy Report 130

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 29, 2018

We’ve had some kids in the county that have co-created curriculum with teachers around things that are of interest to them, such as how to create music in a sound studio, and building an elective for that. And their job is to teach all the other kids how to fly this drone.”. Drones in the Classroom. He actually ran for school board.

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Elementary Assessment Company Maker Movement 188

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. So it’s easy for me to show them how to do it, show them my way,” said Obimma. It’s just gotten worse.”. I love math.

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Study Data Report Elementary 138

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 106

Elementary Learning Data Report 106

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2022

Her tenure began just a few months into the pandemic when coronavirus cases were surging across the nation and education officials were grappling with whether and how to reopen schools. As hard as those first months were, the gradual return to in-person learning in fall 2020 was harder. 15, 2021, in Elko, Nevada.

Meeting 145

Meeting Advocacy Report STEM 145

MindShift

JULY 7, 2019

Williams Middle School in Charleston, South Carolina, demonstrates soldering used to build a SeaPerch, an underwater remotely controlled vehicle, to students in a summer camp program aimed at piquing their interest in the school’s STEM programs. Charleston County School District). On a recent weekday, J.

Robotics 44

Robotics Elementary Training STEM 44

MindShift

DECEMBER 21, 2017

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. One way to teach how science is made is to let the children experience and figure it out for themselves. START EARLY.

Digital Citizenship 75

Digital Citizenship Study Social Media Report 75

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

However, there were still 25 elementary schools in the district without access to Hazel’s mental health resources. Cleveland successfully secured funding to expand to these 25 elementary schools, bringing Hazel services to more than 25,000 additional students in the district. Through persistent efforts, Ms.

Education 131

Education Advocacy EdTech Elementary 131

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 14, 2018

How to Get Buy-in For Transformational Change from Teachers. Dr. Moran has appeared on the cover of Education Week’s Digital Directions magazine as a “National Mover and Shaker” for her advocacy of a curricular digital integration model, which will be featured in an upcoming profile by Edutopia.

Chromebook 190

Chromebook Study Company Assessment 190

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 23, 2020

As budgets get cut, special education advocacy must be paramount. SHOW LINK BIO: Rebecca’s dedication to exceptional learners started in elementary school when she was a “special friend” to the mainstream class. This work drove the importance of advocacy for education programs for all children.

Classroom 36

Classroom Advocacy Learning Conference 36

techlearning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

We want to know how safe and welcome students are feeling. We take a team approach, but our mindfulness initiative stems from the top. It was run by our elementary school guidance counselor. We want to embrace the diversity students bring to schools and help them feel comfortable. We even had them do some yoga.

Survey 45

Survey Advocacy Training Exercises 45

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Thomas Röhlinger, MBA Founder & Editor in Chief of Radijojo World Children''s Media Network Take Your Classroom Global!

PLE 57

PLE Conference Advocacy Case Study 57

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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Industry STEM Education Survey 128

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 5, 2022

She arrived as an elementary teacher in 2008, drawn by the school’s racial diversity and stellar record in academics and the arts. Because I was speaking my mind—and not white—they didn’t know how to work with me in a way that made them feel comfortable,” Gleghorn adds. A principal weighs in.

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Report Meeting Groups Data 143

Fractus Learning

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

But I don’t see my advocacy as a zero-sum game. More women than in the past are graduating from college in the STEM fields, and for the first time, women make up the majority of law school students. People often question me on why I’m not advocating for girls and empowering them instead. Males as Reading Role Models.

Advocacy 40

Advocacy Knowledge Base Accessibility Report 40

Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

JANUARY 23, 2016

My name is Andy Plemmons, school library media specialist at David C Barrow Elementary in Athens GA @barrowmediacenter I will take over the DOE account this week. gadoeteachertakeover #makered #stem #steam #makerspace #librariesofinstagram #teachersofinstagram #teachersfollowteachers #collaboration #uga #projectspark #technology #creativity.

Robotics 28

Robotics Libraries Social Media Education 28

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2019

Of those who do enroll at universities on the island, fewer than half earn degrees, even after six years , the advocacy group Excelencia in Education reports, compared to more than 58 percent of college students nationwide. I can count with my hand the times he actually gave us information about how to apply to college.”

Dropout 111

Dropout Report Accessibility Study 111

MindShift

JULY 15, 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. So it’s easy for me to show them how to do it, show them my way,” said Obimma. It’s just gotten worse.”. I love math.

Study 42

Study Advocacy Training Groups 42

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.

Policies 180

Policies Strategy STEM Advocacy 180

Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2020

In May, as one school year ended and another began to loom large on the horizon, Danks and the leaders of a handful of other outdoor education advocacy groups— Ten Strands , the Lawrence Hall of Science museum in Berkeley, Calif., And she hopes educators and families all across the country will try it and see that for themselves.

Learning 218

Learning Analysis Assessment Groups 218

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2021

“I like building stuff,” said 11-year-old Isabella Lagunas, describing the appeal of her science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) after-school program, Girlstart. “In For Hudgins, who runs Girlstart, the pandemic meant she and her team had to re-think how to expand access to the sciences for under-represented populations. “[Pre-pandemic]

Survey 138

Survey Laptops Accessibility Report 138

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2022

Students, their parents and guardians, and educators continue to grapple with the stress, depression, frustration and grief stemming from closed schools, lost jobs and wages, death of loved ones and prolonged uncertainty caused by Covid. The pandemic has thrust student mental health into the spotlight.

Groups 139

Groups Report Meeting Elementary 139

edWeb.net

MARCH 5, 2021

But since the tech keeps upgrading and evolving, teachers need to receive ongoing training on how to best use the resources to support their students. Dr. Kristi Wilson has served as Superintendent of the Buckeye Elementary School District in Buckeye, Arizona for the past eight years. Have tech and business offices work together.

EdTech 58

EdTech BYOD Training Advocacy 58

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

.; Paloma Garcia-Lopez - Executive Director, Maker Education Initiative - "Maker Movement: Making More Makers" Jeanne Century - Director of Research and Evaluation and Science Education, Outlier Research and Evaluation, CEMSE, University of Chicago - "Is it STEM or Just Good Practice?"

STEM 47

STEM Maker Movement MOOC Common Core 47

Reading By Example

OCTOBER 10, 2017

As an elementary principal the last seven years, the schools I have had the honor to lead have hosted site visits. – STEM/STEAM. Becoming better teachers of readers and writers may not sound as intriguing as a STEM/STEAM initiative or going 1:1 with technology. – Trauma-based learning. – Mindfulness.

STEM 57

STEM Professional Learning Blended Learning Examples 57

Kathy Schrock

DECEMBER 1, 2018

In addition, besides the informational infographic they can create, they can also make an advocacy infographic for promoting this career. For more on types of infographics and how-to ideas, please see Kathy Schrock’s Guide to Everything: Infographics as a Creative Assessment.) Understand how to make decisions 10.

Handbook 40

Handbook Elementary Data Adobe 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Elementary Years ? Blended Learning ? Brain-based Learning ? Classroom 2.0 ? College Admissions ? Connections ? Creativity ? Defining Success ? Digital Citizenship ? Educational Technology ? Engagement ? Family & Parenting ? Future of Eduction ? Gap Years & Family Sabbaticals ? Global Collaborations ? Grades and the Game of School ?

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Conference Learning OER Blended Learning 34

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Ozelle Stephen, Rev/Director of Education, Miridians Elementary School, Centre of Enabling Support Foundation, Uganda Access to Quality education Opportunities, Good Health + Well-being for all. Dr. Beate W. Nguyen, Principal + Global Scholar-Practitioner, Archdiocese of Los Angeles/St. Kristin Hundt, Teacher. Global Citizen. School + N.D.

Conference 72

Conference Education STEM Secondary 72

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

We work with teachers and administrators to create life-long learning patterns in students, whether that’s by curating resources for classroom research projects or by coming into the classroom to teach a lesson on how to do research themselves. A lesson on how to create a podcast. A lesson on how to create a podcast.

Libraries 98

Libraries Social Media Handbook eBook 98

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

I may need to know how to use this at some point, and I don’t want to go to college or to a job totally clueless.”. Third grade students at Meeker Elementary school share an iPad in a blended learning class in Greeley, Colorado. They also take field trips to area manufacturing firms. Greeley, Colo.,

Laptops 40

Laptops Digital Divide Software Blended Learning 40

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Related: ‘Kids who have less, need more’: The fight over school funding School funding stems from three major sources: federal, state and local. And since these inequalities have origins in funding malpractice, to remedy them, the government must use targeted funding for racial equity going forward. million for a 5,000-student district.”

Report 98

Report Advocacy Case Study Study 98

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

based advocacy organization lobbying for anti-hunger programs. Early in the pandemic, the USDA dropped strict rules dictating how and when meals could be served while allowing schools to hand out a week’s worth of meals at a time and rapidly expanding food support programs. Credit: Levi Pulkkinen for The Hechinger Report.

Advocacy 145

Advocacy Report Policies Data 145