The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Four meta-analyses conclude that it’s more effective to teach phonemic awareness with letters, not as an oral-only exercise. A new meta-analysis confirms that the answer is no. Twenty years after the reading panel’s report, a second meta-analysis came out in 2022 with even fresher studies but arrived at the same conclusion.

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Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2020

The federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, for example, limits the use of school-improvement funds to interventions that benefit student learning as documented by at least one well-designed and well-implemented research study. But that’s likely to change when budgets get tight.

Policies 109

Policies EdTech Program Evaluation Outcomes 109

Knowledge Avatars K-12

JULY 9, 2019

One summer, when I was in elementary school, I was terrified! Our teacher, to her credit, tried to help students to review and learn last years' concepts, but alas had to abandon the effort because the of the pressure to cover new material. For each concept, you need to have instructional materials to teach and to test the concept.

Instructional Materials 40

Instructional Materials Elementary Exercises Analysis 40

Knowledge Avatars K-12

JULY 9, 2019

One summer, when I was in elementary school, I was terrified! Our teacher, to her credit, tried to help students to review and learn last years' concepts, but alas had to abandon the effort because the of the pressure to cover new material. For each concept, you need to have instructional materials to teach and to test the concept.

Instructional Materials 40

Instructional Materials Elementary Exercises Analysis 40

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Elementary students can participate with activities that track and map noise levels across schools, or predict and study migration patterns of animals. Middle and high school students can engage using exercises to explore Darwin’s observations on the Galapagos islands, or learn more about the battles fought during the Civil War.

Learning 41

Learning Exercises Policies Software 41

Edsurge

JULY 31, 2020

According to an EdSurge/Social Context Labs analysis of 196 school district policies published during spring 2020, nearly two-thirds offered printed instructional materials to families to use for schoolwork, a figure that was higher among high-poverty districts than low-poverty districts.

Elementary 142

Elementary Analysis Guidelines Instructional Materials 142