The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Blue dots represent the 75 schools that were eligible for the right-to-read settlement program of training and funds. The state initially agreed to give an extra $50 million to 75 elementary schools with the worst reading scores in the state to improve how they were teaching reading. I wouldn’t call the results super large.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The National Reading Panel conducted a comprehensive meta-analysis involving 52 peer-reviewed studies that examined the efficacy of phonemic awareness (PA) instruction (Ehri et al. ’s meta-analysis strongly validates the indispensable role of PA instruction in fostering reading skills, with increased efficacy under certain conditions.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Black elementary students in North Carolina tended to score higher on annual math tests when they were taught by an HBCU-trained teacher, but not necessarily a Black teacher, according to an unpublished study from a Stanford University graduate student. Though not a large number, a quarter of these HBCU-trained teachers were white.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 26, 2020

With little to no training or preparation, they have stepped up to keep learning going. More than half of those surveyed teach in public schools (66 percent) and more than half are elementary school teachers (60 percent). There is so much pressure on teachers as more and more schools close for the academic year as a result of COVID19.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

It didn’t matter that he’d likely never have to teach the geometry concepts that kept tripping him up (Anderson hoped to teach elementary school). Latiker points out, “but he couldn’t teach elementary education because of his performance on the Praxis math exam.” That was in 2017. “It It began to become emotionally draining.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

CHICAGO — In July, in a packed classroom in downtown Chicago, a group composed mostly of early elementary teachers and child care workers read a story about “Wendi,” a fictional preschool teacher who loves reading but struggles in math. They built large 10-sided shapes out of colorful blocks.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2023

Generative AI algorithms, like those used to create ChatGPT, train on large language datasets. Since 2011, national math test scores from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP, fell by 17 points for eighth graders and 10 points for fourth graders in data analysis, statistics and probability.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Learning to read well in elementary school matters. A separate December 2022 analysis calculated that if recent academic losses from the pandemic were to become permanent, it would add up to $900 billion in lower lifetime earnings for the 48 million students in public schools. After children learn to read, they read to learn.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 20, 2020

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library was one of the book giveaway programs that obtained “impressive” results for early childhood literacy in a May 2020 analysis by international researchers. An analysis of 44 studies of book giveaway programs concludes that free stuff does work.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

We based our research on an analysis of gifted placements in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study , which tracked a nationally representative sample of kindergartners throughout elementary school. The Black-White Gap in Gifted Identification. This is a startling finding.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 12, 2023

Whittenberg Elementary School of Engineering groaned in disappointment when they saw the runny mess. Whittenberg Elementary School of Engineering prepare to drop a paper bag with an egg inside off a railing at the school during engineering week. . — The brown paper bag hit the ground with a smack. The third graders at A.J.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

Jenna Gros jangles as she walks the halls of Wyandotte Elementary School in St Mary’s Parish, Louisiana. She’s also a teacher-in-training. Brusly Elementary School has 595 students, ranging from ages two to seven. MORGAN CITY, La. The “apprenticeship degree” model costs students $75 dollars a month.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 20, 2023

The district is also planning to hold several professional development training sessions to help educators learn how to use AI in the classroom, he added. This is why providing educator training on how to incorporate generative AI tools, especially for her high school teachers, is a priority for her district this year, she said.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Martin said that the survey showed that high schools should stress “reasoning and critical thinking skills, decrease the emphasis on specific mathematical topics, and increase the focus on data analysis and statistics.” A diversion to data analysis risks putting students at a disadvantage. Understanding statistics was high on the list.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

And in 2022, 36 states enacted policies promoting career training for high schoolers, college students, and adults, according to Advance CTE , a professional organization for state CTE leaders. For example, a 2020 analysis found that only 18 percent of the credentials CTE students earn are sought by employers in job postings.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 10, 2022

At least seven states, from Arkansas to Wisconsin, now require teachers to be trained in the Orton-Gillingham teaching approach and use it to help students with dyslexia read and write better. Orton-Gillingham involves very expensive teacher training, she said, which many schools cannot afford.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2023

But a June 2023 analysis of college students in Michigan highlights a particularly leaky part of the teacher pipeline: teacher preparation programs inside colleges and universities. They’re just not completing their teacher training. Condition of Education. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 11, 2023

She credits a training program through the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan for preparing her to do so. Each year, the Manhattan-based museum trains roughly 4,000 teachers on subjects like the human body, evolution and climate change in a variety of professional development programs.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 15, 2024

billion program will be fully implemented by the 2025-26 school year across the nearly 900 districts in the state that include elementary grades. But like the children in these two classrooms — some of whom are ready for school and others who aren’t even potty-trained — some districts are on schedule and some are not.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

In the research literature, the tutors are specially trained and coached and adhere to a detailed curriculum with clear steps on how to work with one or two students at a time. Sometimes tutors weren’t properly trained and there wasn’t a clear curriculum. Related: PROOF POINTS: Research evidence increases for intensive tutoring.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 13, 2022

As schools across the South grapple with vacancies, many turn to those without teaching certificates or formal training to serve students. In Oklahoma, lawmakers expanded an “adjunct” program that enables schools to hire applicants without teacher training if they meet a local board’s qualifications. 11, 2022, in Athens, Ala.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 2, 2018

However the failure to adapt to, and embrace, new learning technologies as well as other advanced technologies such as AI, data analysis and machine learning will undoubtedly be the death-knell for most colleges. It seems that technical training is less relevant here than e-learning course design. Read more: Will AI replace teachers?

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Waterford

MARCH 4, 2021

This framework recognizes the barriers that prevent families and educators from building strong relationships, like poor previous experiences and minimal training.[12] Analysis of Parental Involvement and Self-Esteem on Secondary School Students in Kieni West Sub-County, Nyeri County, Kenya. Karen Mapp.[1] Wairimu, M.J., Macharia, S.M.,

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techlearning

MAY 1, 2018

BEAVERTON, Oregon, May 1, 2018 — This summer, Vernier Software & Technology will host 21 full-day, hands-on training institutes to help science educators learn how to integrate data-collection technology into their curricula. Both include training, lunch, and one Vernier digital lab book or sensor.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

A group of economists found a clever way around this problem by studying 24,000 elementary and middle school students who were diagnosed with a specific learning disability from 2006 to 2012 in New York City, the largest school district in the country. Only five percent learned separately in a special-needs only environment.

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Education Analysis Study Outcomes 133

Edsurge

MARCH 22, 2023

Over the past year, we’ve been unlearning some of the restrictive practices of formulaic writing that students have been taught since elementary school. This format has trained our students to write in standardized formats, and we shouldn’t be surprised that a robot has suddenly turned into one of our most consistent students.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 24, 2019

Data collection and analysis are cornerstones for many STEM and STEAM programs but they’re not just about math. You can also visit PASCO website’s Digital Library for hundreds of free labs and experiments that can be sorted by age group (elementary, MS, HS, AP, or University) or subject. Training and Workshops.

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Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2023

Our recent analysis of teacher representation in edtech leadership revealed that former educators held a variety of top roles in the companies we sampled, heading teams that handled pedagogy, curriculum, product, marketing and sales. They’re going to need to ask about training offered by their target companies.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

It’s not clear whether music training sharpens the learning mind or if smarter and self-motivated kids are more likely to start (and stick with) music training in the first place—the classic causation versus correlation conundrum. People always want a yes or no answer. But it depends,” she said. “It

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 31, 2024

A Hechinger Report analysis across 20 states found that these types of categories are cited as justification in nearly a third of all suspension and expulsion records. So we offer culturally responsive training, to help our teachers understand how to build relationships and students across cultures.”

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techlearning

APRIL 17, 2018

The need to increase the number of fully-trained special education teachers led the U.S. A central feature of the training program will be the use of video analysis of classroom practice, powered by the Edthena video coaching platform. The grant money will cover all technology costs for the teachers, including a new iPad.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2021

Another improves reading comprehension among older elementary school students. This analysis didn’t point fingers at which education software hasn’t been properly evaluated or which education technology has been proved in studies to be ineffective or harmful. One helps middle schoolers with math homework.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The measure restricts instruction on topics that might leave students feeling inferior or superior based on race, gender, ethnicity, or another attribute, and also applies to training done by state agencies. Teaching them this sort of thing trains them to be.”

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Thirty-five colleges and universities shut down in 2021, a 70 percent decrease from 2016, when a peak of 120 colleges shuttered, according to an analysis of federal data by the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO). But the numbers may spike again as declining U.S. First, the numbers.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2023

Dixie Ross has taught every level of math offered in Texas public high schools and trained hundreds of AP calculus teachers in summer institutes. Fears that teachers are insufficiently trained in math and that poor math skills harm America’s competitiveness and weaken our ability to fill critical jobs came up often in our survey.

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ExcelinEd

MARCH 11, 2020

The following year, the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) identified a training system that would build the capacity of teachers to teach students to read. In 2016, SB 2572 went into effect and focused on Initial Elementary Education Licensure in teacher preparation programs. How has this paid off?

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2022

High quality after-school programs sometimes produce reading or math gains for students who do show up, but many programs operate with poorly trained teachers and lessons that are disconnected from what students are learning in their regular classes. The Afterschool Alliance gave me a draft brief about its view of the evidence.

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