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.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 16, 2023

School and district leaders will be actively seeking innovative approaches, leveraging data, and collaborating with advocacy organizations and policymakers to bring about meaningful changes in how we educate English Language Learners. Older children have access to these solutions, so why not offer the opportunity for young learners?

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Robotics Industry Elementary Training 98

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.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Subscribe today! Historically, there just hasn’t been enough interest among qualified candidates.

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Elementary Advocacy Trends STEM 111

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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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 6, 2020

Tasha Ring is a licensed early childhood and elementary educator specializing in multisensory-based methodologies. She received an early childhood credential from the American Montessori Society, one of the premier Montessori advocacy organizations. She has tutored and taught students of all ages with varied gifts and abilities.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Our sense from our members is that this has exacerbated the trend we had already been seeing of declining student interest in going into teaching,” says Jacqueline E. King, consultant for research, policy and advocacy at the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. It got to the point where it was unsustainable.

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NeverEndingSearch

APRIL 7, 2015

Studies show test scores trend higher in schools with full-time, certified school librarians. activism advocacy twitter' Using the hashtag #getESEAright, ALA joins forces with NEA’s planned Twitter storm on Thursday, April 9 th from 7:00 till 8:00 PM Eastern. billion student visits a year! getESEAright with the SKILLS Act.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2021

For example, the focus of last summer’s global virtual camp was leadership and advocacy through the power of storytelling. 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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Learning Advocacy Report Google 144

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2019

Since 2006, the share of California Hispanic 19-year-olds with a high school diploma has increased from 74 percent to 86 percent, according to the Campaign for College Opportunity, a California advocacy group. There’s still work to be done. Related: As more Latinos go to college, schools vie to become Hispanic-serving institutions.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 24, 2021

Indeed, many advocacy groups, including the Learning Policy Institute and Ed Trust , are recommending extending learning time next year. The findings in the literature indicate that simply adding time is insufficient,” the authors at Child Trends, a nonprofit organization, concluded. (

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Study Comparison Advocacy Report 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.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 7, 2019

The Fab Lab is one way the Charleston County School District is trying to build career planning into curricula for children at earlier and earlier ages, a trend unfolding in school districts around the country. A few school districts are even testing career-readiness programs at the elementary level.

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Robotics Elementary STEM Training 112

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

A student leaps during a game at Horizons Elementary School. Florida and Rhode Island now mandate 20 minutes of recess time a day for elementary school students. At least we’re at the table now,” said Carly Wright, advocacy director for SHAPE. “It Related: The Science of Learning Column — When body beats mind in learning.

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Exercises Elementary Report Study 106

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Richard Labbe Johnston County Public Schools Nominated by: Savvas Learning Company While recent statistics from NAEP (The Nation’s Report Card) show significant declines in math scores across the country, Johnston County Public Schools in North Carolina has defied that trend. Through persistent efforts, Ms.

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Education Advocacy EdTech Elementary 125

NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 15, 2017

This year, a couple of very clear trends emerged. Andy Plemmons and the Barrow (GA) Elementary faculty and staff are talking with their Barrow Buddies about what inspires them, how they hope they inspire you, and a few special pieces of trivia on this Flipgrid board. Engagement. Gamification.

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Libraries Gamification iPhone Advocacy 54

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.

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MindShift

JULY 7, 2019

The Fab Lab is one way the Charleston County School District is trying to build career planning into curricula for children at earlier and earlier ages, a trend unfolding in school districts around the country. A few school districts are even testing career-readiness programs at the elementary level.

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Robotics Elementary Training STEM 44

eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Using data for advocacy Increasing funding to expand our collection of audiobooks is just one example of the many ways we’re using data for advocacy. Usage trends inform purchase decisions—for example, we track usage of materials and content packages to calculate our return on investment and validate specific funding requests.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2020

O’Neal Elementary School, in Elgin, Illinois, none of the third graders could read and write at grade level according to state tests in 2019. Just nine miles away sits Centennial Elementary School, where 73 percent of third graders met grade-level standards on that same test. At Ronald D. This story also appeared in Daily Herald.

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Data Elementary Trends Analysis 145

Reading By Example

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

This post is a newsletter I am sending home to our elementary school families. Schools are being called to action to reverse the trend of Americans not participating in civic duties, for example a decline in people voting. Let me know what you think in the comments! It is hard to believe that November is already here!

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Examples Trends Study Elementary 32

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Webinar #2: The Elementary-School Years Webinar #3: What Will We Do Now That We’re Learning at Home? EPISODE 9: How Do I Navigate My Family’s Fall Homeschool Options? hours a day. Monica Cochran: SelfDesign Learning Pat Farenga: The Legacy of John Holt Jerry Mintz: The Importance of Alternative Education THE JUDY L.

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Learning Conference Libraries Broadband 36

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2017

Placing children with and without disabilities in the same classroom, instead of segregating them, was a growing national trend, spurred on by lawsuits by special education advocates. . — When Mary Fair became a teacher in 2012, her classes often contained a mix of special education students and general education students.

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Training Elementary Report Course 40

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Her advocacy resulted in $1.5 Her commitment and advocacy drove the expansion of Hazel services to include both in-home and at-school mental health support, plus the addition of elementary schools to the program. million in ESSER funds being allocated to school libraries to complete a three-year collection redevelopment project.

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Edmentum Education Libraries Advocacy 100

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2019

The disparity serves as an extreme example of similar trends across the United States, where the children of higher-income families go to better colleges than those from lower-income ones. A handful of mainland institutions have teamed up with Puerto Rican ones on programs that include student exchanges.

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Dropout Report Accessibility Study 111

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2016

The arrests at Terry High School, in a suburban district on the outskirts of Jackson, Mississippi, are part of a growing trend across the U.S. Four states — Mississippi, Indiana, Florida and Pennsylvania — passed such legislation in 2013, in the months after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut. .

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2023

Since the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, Negrón, who grew up in Puerto Rico, had become convinced mainland American schools were dangerous. Based on the few that have shared figures, it seems the chronic-absence trend may have long legs.

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Analysis Report Data Advocacy 76

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 10, 2022

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. Subscribe today! Related: How one city closed the digital divide for nearly all its students.

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Digital Divide Advocacy Policies Report 129

Edsurge

MAY 16, 2023

That slow, organic trend accelerated earlier this year. In February, about six months after the CHIPS and Science Act was passed to strengthen research and manufacturing of semiconductors and other technologies in the U.S., Momentum there is really important.

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Company Policies Advocacy Accessibility 130

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. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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Learning Broadband Elementary Professional Learning 81

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2017

“I am overwhelmed with joy for my students because I know now they each stand a better chance of being a successful student,” said Regina Trout, who teaches the second-year kindergarteners at Maple Hill Elementary School in Middletown. ” Regina Trout, kindergarten teacher at Maple Hill Elementary School in Middletown, N.Y.

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Trends Study Knewton Personalized Learning 40

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.

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Accessibility Digital Badges Elementary BYOD 56

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 14, 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. We’ve been saying this is a five-alarm fire for the last two years,” he said.

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E-rate Advocacy Data Libraries 115

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. Advocacy groups and researchers , too, have surfaced examples.

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Analysis Policies Report Advocacy 70

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 20, 2021

This trend is also reflected in Dr. Schuler turning his districts’ problem-solving teams into solution-finding teams, as part of an effort to “catch kids when they start to lean rather than when they fall.”. About the Presenters. Dr. Carol L. Kelley is Superintendent of Princeton Public Schools, NJ.

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Technology Blended Learning BYOD Assessment 91

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2020

Justin Lofton, director of Youth Engagement and Advocacy for the group, said a large percentage of applicants said their parents hadn’t yet received unemployment benefits after losing their jobs as a result of coronavirus closures, increasing the financial strain on their families. “It It can’t be this piecemeal approach,” Crenshaw said.

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Advocacy Groups Trends Report 103

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

The change is part of a nationwide pilot program Walsh joined this year, one that could indicate just how deeply and how quickly the personalized-learning trend will penetrate the average classroom. Related: Must a classroom be high-tech to make personalized learning work?

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Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40