The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

Blaney Elementary School in Elgin, S.C., This disparity in home computer and internet access, dubbed the “homework gap,” was a slow-burning problem for most districts in the days when schools were in session and students could get online at libraries, after-school programs, coffee shops and other community gathering spots.

Learning 67

Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility 67

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Michelle Kruse, Content Lead for Libraries, Roosevelt Creative Corridor Business Academy, Cedar Rapids Community School District Nominated by: Follett Michelle Kruse is the teacher librarian at Roosevelt Creative Corridor Business Academy (RCCBA), a magnet middle school in the Cedar Rapids Community School District (CRCSD). Dr. Dana T.

Edmentum 121

Edmentum Education Libraries Advocacy 121

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. In the spring of 2021, Gleghorn accepted a job at the New Orleans Career Center, a nonprofit that provides high school students and adults access to career and technical training, as well as academic coursework.

Report 143

Report Meeting Groups Data 143

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Kolleen Bouchane, Policy and Advocacy Director Turning Interests into Insights: Using Data Visualizations to Teach Global Issues - Ann Marie Gleeson, Ph.D., Join the movement to all children everywhere access to education.

Conference 71

Conference Education STEM Adobe 71

NeverEndingSearch

JUNE 19, 2020

Pen Argyl school libraries are where you find the pulse of the schools. Eliminating school library programs and certified school librarian positions deprive students of rich learning opportunities, jeopardize academic and reading achievement, and perpetuate educational inequities. Pen Argyl schools are the heart of the local community.

Libraries 118

Libraries Elementary Future Ready Advocacy 118

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. He’s encountered subs in the hallway, looking for the library or a place to make copies of classwork. This story also appeared in The Seattle Times. Even before Covid, the U.S.

Training 131

Training Elementary Survey Report 131

NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 10, 2019

Barbara Stripling, Professor Emerita, Syracuse University, and former ALA President, describes the history and goals of the project that builds on an earlier version developed by school librarians in 2009 under the auspices of the Office of Library Services and its former Director, Dr. Stripling.

Digital Citizenship 76

Digital Citizenship Libraries Secondary Social Media 76

edWeb.net

JULY 22, 2019

Kelley, Superintendent of Oak Park Elementary School District 97, IL, explained, this isn’t about deciding what technology a district uses. For instance, one barrier to access was library cards. The school streamlined the process and included library card registration with overall school registration. About the Presenters.

Libraries 41

Libraries Elementary Accessibility BYOD 41

edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

Dr. Carol Kelley, Superintendent of Oak Park Elementary District 97 (IL), stated, “We were not as prepared as we could have been to have made that shift in terms of our practices and pedagogy.” CoSN provides thought leadership resources, community, best practices and advocacy tools to help leaders succeed in the digital transformation.

Learning 77

Learning Broadband Elementary Professional Learning 77

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

School faculty and staff participate in mock phishing drills and are sent to cybersecurity training. The three-year pilot would provide $200 million to schools and libraries eligible for the E-Rate program to use toward hiring cybersecurity experts and beefing up school network security.

E-rate 111

E-rate Advocacy Data Libraries 111

edWeb.net

AUGUST 3, 2021

Bringing staff, students, and families along required these rural districts to add instructional technology positions, train and support teachers, and educate the local and school communities on the importance of linking their students’ education with their future employment opportunities. Matthew Dillon is a native of Columbia, Mississippi.

Broadband 97

Broadband E-rate BYOD Accessibility 97

edWeb.net

MAY 19, 2020

Normally, many rural districts work with local libraries and businesses to provide students with WiFi hotspots. Dr. Marczak leads trainings across Tennessee in district and principal professional development, SMART goal implementation, professional learning communities, and the impact of social media on the superintendency.

BYOD 54

BYOD Broadband EdTech Elementary 54

edWeb.net

MARCH 5, 2021

Show stakeholders that when investing in technology, you need to examine all costs from the impact on bandwidth to teacher training and student-home access. 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.

EdTech 58

EdTech BYOD Training Advocacy 58

edWeb.net

APRIL 23, 2020

Online training is useful to get staff up to speed on current legislation and trends, but face-to-face meetings, like working with a technology coach, are imperative to ensuring each student’s needs are met. Kelley is superintendent of Oak Park Elementary School District 97, a PreK–8 public school system in Oak Park, IL, with 6,150 students.

Accessibility 55

Accessibility Digital Badges Elementary BYOD 55

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2020

A lot of our kids don’t have internet access,” said Coe, who knows students who routinely head to the library or the town’s McDonald’s to get online. Parents across the country are grappling with how to duplicate, on their own, the specialized care their children were receiving in school from trained specialists and therapists.

Accessibility 144

Accessibility How To Broadband Advocacy 144

edWeb.net

JUNE 17, 2020

Enhanced teacher training: Professional development has always been a part of edtech initiatives, but there’s a difference between leading small group projects within the same classroom and coordinating them between students at home. Some are also becoming de facto internet service providers as they try to provide WiFi accessibility.

EdTech 53

EdTech Outcomes BYOD Advocacy 53

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Dr. Schuler noted a decreased need to have everyone come to a single location for a meeting or training session, which in turn decreased the need to pay for substitute teachers. CoSN provides thought leadership resources, community, best practices and advocacy tools to help leaders succeed in the digital transformation. Dr. Carol L.

Technology 88

Technology Blended Learning BYOD Assessment 88

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

All of the presenters said that due to the growing sophistication of attacks, they include cybersecurity training as part of professional learning. In 2017, the district opened MOSAIC, a personalized learning elementary school, and created the MyPath program, which allows high school students to create their own class.

BYOD 95

BYOD System Data Advocacy 95

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

And, administrators shouldn’t neglect privacy training for non-classroom staff. Next, schools need to develop that same training for parents. In 2017 the district opened MOSAIC, a personalized learning elementary school, and created the MyPath program, which allows high school students to create their own class.

Student Data Privacy 40

Student Data Privacy Data Policies BYOD 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Gary Bass Meaningful STEM-Based Learning in a University/Elementary School Partnership - Maria D. Assistant Professor of Elementary and Early Childhood Education) Using Scratch and Picoboards to teach "x", Maths and Science - Martin Levins, Director IT What''s The Connection? Cantwell, Instructional Services Librarian (Asst.

STEM 47

STEM Maker Movement MOOC Common Core 47

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2023

Now she only attends school one day a week for two hours, and hasn’t attended a full day in over two years, instead spending much of her time at her mother’s bakery or at the local library. But schools receive federal and state money for kids with disabilities that they should use for training and staffing, advocates say.

Advocacy 97

Advocacy Elementary Training Report 97

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Key points: School libraries have evolved to offer students and teachers everything they need See article: Modern students need modern librarians See article: 10 reasons we love school librarians For more news on school libraries, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching page What makes an effective school library?

Libraries 98

Libraries Social Media Handbook eBook 98

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2017

She was born and raised in the Mississippi Delta, in Yazoo County, and now teaches there, at Bentonia Gibbs Elementary. This summer, Creel joined a dozen other teachers from across the state at a weeklong training institute at the state’s Department of Archives and History. That was far from the worst grade in the 2011 report.

Study 88

Study Report Analysis Course 88

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. She is passionate about connecting classroom and empowering educators. extra-state jurisdictions.

Conference 72

Conference Education STEM Secondary 72

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

— Inside a high-ceilinged library at Northridge High School here, seniors are typing on 16-year-old laptops donated by a local Rotary Club. We’re doing everything we can,” says Mr. Norton, as the seniors in the library close their balky laptops and head to class. Photo: Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor.

Laptops 40

Laptops Digital Divide Software Blended Learning 40

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. I signed the paper.”.

Elementary 144

Elementary Handbook Report Policies 144

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Taheem Fennel poses for a picture with his mom and stepdad after his fifth-grade graduation ceremony at Bancroft Elementary School. I never rode a bike with training wheels,” he says. The staff at Bancroft Elementary School suggested counseling, and his mother eagerly accepted the help. WILMINGTON, Del. He had angry outbursts.

Elementary 120

Elementary Report System Training 120

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

It hit us like a ton of bricks,” said Laura Foster, a local mother who helped create the progressive advocacy group the Ridge Network to fight the right-wing dominance of Pennridge’s schools. There, another school board had unsuccessfully attempted to contract it to review curricula, teacher trainings, union contracts, and more.

Policies 141

Policies Education Elementary Advocacy 141

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2017

A study by George Washington University’s Center on Education Policy found that between 2001 and 2007, 36 percent of districts decreased elementary classroom time spent on social studies, including civics – a drop that most affected underfunded schools serving working-class, poor, rural, and inner-city kids."

Technology 71

Technology Education Facebook Social Media 71