EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

As Rachel’s story illustrates, in addition to being outstanding assessment tools, rubrics perform another, equally important function. They are an excellent medium for teaching and learning, particularly in writing, STEM, and other subjects that require critical thinking and analysis. . Rubrics as Teaching Tools. Rubrics change that.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Related: Inside the middle school math crisis I sat through other new simulations at the summit as well, including Dreamscape Learn, something I’d heard and read about from a colleague who took a trip through its virtual Alien Zoo ) and YouTube Player for Education , which is creating virtual lessons, content and assessments.

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N2Y

JUNE 10, 2022

Polaris is an individualized education program (IEP) development solution that guides teams throughout the entire IEP process‑planning, writing, executing, and reporting — while promoting seamless collaboration that gives each member a voice for the best student outcomes. For more information, visit EdTechBreakthrough.com.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2023

This back-to-school season, the Education Reporting Collaborative, a coalition of eight newsrooms, will be documenting the enormous challenge facing our schools and highlighting examples of progress. The post AI might disrupt math and computer science classes – in a good way appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 14, 2017

Indeed, news reports document that school districts across the country – including Spring Lake Park Schools (MN) , Bigfork Public Schools (MT) , Horry County Schools (SC) , Rhinebeck Central School District (NY) , and Swedesboro-Woolwich School District (NJ) – have been victimized by ransomware attacks.

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ExcelinEd

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Another study reported that students who received tutoring outperformed peers who did not receive tutoring by 200 percent on the same state assessment. States could stem the projected student learning loss due to school closures by providing individualized instruction, via tutoring, for the most affected students.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 23, 2016

It’s often described as a way to incubate STEM skills or drive technical innovation — and it is probably both of these. But as a new report from Project Zero ’s Agency by Design concludes, the real value of maker education has more to do with building character than with building the next industrial revolution.

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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. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) offers an approach to price transparency to consider.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 13, 2019

It’s a cross between a project management system, like those used in the business world but customized for classrooms, and a learning documentation system, which gives students a central place to articulate what they learn at each stage of the project and build a portfolio of their accomplishments. Sign up for our newsletters.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 21, 2020

million to NWEA in 2019-20 for students in kindergarten through eighth grade to take the assessments. Another 8,000 had a documented exemption, such as no internet access or an inability to leave home to pick up academic paper packets. The MAP tests, however, weren’t free: Clark County paid about $1.9 Students at B.

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Educational Technology Guy

OCTOBER 29, 2015

Here are some tips and links to web apps: Remember - we shouldn’t teach software (ie Word, Excel) we should teach skills, like writing, using spreadsheets and graphs, etc. Here are some tips and links to web apps: Remember - we shouldn’t teach software (ie Word, Excel) we should teach skills, like writing, using spreadsheets and graphs, etc.

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techlearning

AUGUST 30, 2018

What’s New: New Tools for Schools ] Teachers and students who adopt the program can now access variety of digital media: Phenomena videos, interactive simulations, interactive eBooks, and formative and summative assessments (scored electronically).

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 8, 2018

That decline, recently documented in a survey of math and statistics departments by the Conference Board for Mathematical Sciences (CBMS), is great news for students. Twelfth-graders’ scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress have barely budged over the last 10 years. million to around 780,000.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

Peggy Barmore for The Hechinger Report. Only, rather than sending health care or social service providers to support parents and assess young children’s readiness for school, McDowell is sending teachers directly to kids’ homes — including high schoolers’ — to counsel, persuade and cajole them to graduate on time and plan for their future.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education, in partnership with the Huffington Post. Since then, the department has eliminated 72 guidance documents that dealt with the rights of special education students. But he still struggled.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 7, 2018

Photo: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report. “We In the mid-2000s, Louisiana implemented high-stakes tests known as Louisiana Educational Assessment Program, or LEAP, which required fourth and eighth graders to show that they were grade-level proficient.

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Educational Technology Guy

JANUARY 12, 2015

srcid=0B6dF7rWxc-5aMGMyanRsMW5DbzQ&pid=explorer&efh=false&a=v&chrome=false&embedded=true Find Apps for Chromebook - great resource to find apps to use with Chromebooks [link] A great list of Apps and Extensions for Education https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xDrYNfAPlLY-2Y7kbL_ADBfVePYmREbNXXV_fyTh5LM/mobilebasic?pli=1

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 23, 2019

Tammy Kim/Hechinger Report. One part of the campus is not open to all: since 2016, a small section of LA High has been occupied by a selective, STEM-focused charter school, Girls Academic Leadership Academy. Tammy Kim/Hechinger Report. Tammy Kim/Hechinger Report. Tammy Kim/Hechinger Report. At 7 a.m.,

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Organizations like the Clayton Christensen Institute, RAND Corporation, and the Brookings Institution often publish reports and research on educational trends, providing data-driven perspectives. Integrating arts into STEM subjects fosters creativity and innovation, preparing students for careers in a rapidly evolving technological landscape.

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Connecting 2 the World

APRIL 29, 2016

The framework, based on a variety of learning theories and subjects (Social Sciences, Humanities, Business, and STEM), includes identifying student soft skills, identifying the instructor’s role (and changes needed by the instructor), and situational learning strategies to meet the student/workplace gap. References: Bersin, J., Agarwal, D.,

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edWeb.net

JULY 22, 2019

Noakes: She recommended a needs assessment, as Diamond outlined, but said schools often look at the curricular content or internal infrastructure only. Noakes emphasized that the process must include an equity assessment—can all of the students and teachers access the tech outside of school?

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MindShift

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Excerpted from Making Science: Reimagining STEM Education in Middle School and Beyond by Christa Flores, published in 2016 by Constructing Modern Knowledge Press. Assessment is real time and authentic. By Christa Flores. They act, think and work as real scientists and inventors. Benefit No. Benefit No.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. STEM Workshop – If you are at Pete and C in Hershey, Pennsylvania check out the STAR Educator Discovery Preconference Workshop. I will have a session on STEM to STEAM to MAKERS.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 28, 2015

Designing NGSS Scope and Sequences” is a 15-page PDF that contains a series of scope documents that provide options for schools looking to implement the NGSS. Material from a press release was used in this report. The guide provides a list of key terminology to enable educators to understand what is being required of them.

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techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

COM ) Achieve3000 Pro offers a patented instructional model that combines summative and embedded formative assessments to differentiate content and instruction, so students always see lessons at their just-right reading level. The Flat Panel also features an upgradable built-in Android Module and wireless AVer document camera integration.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2017

EDU tokens are so far only listed on EtherDelta, an exchange platform with a history of reported hacks—one as recent as Wednesday. The idea is to offer schools a method of verifying and storing documents such as diplomas or test scores without the risk of hacking or degree fraud. Sony says it is working towards a 2018 rollout.

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Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

MARCH 30, 2022

Now that it's week 11 and we're starting to put the landing gear down on this semester, I wanted to report back on how it's gone the good, the not-as-good, and observations I've made about ungrading in general. One of the changes I decided to make was to make a full-throated leap into ungrading.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Photo: Lillian Mongeau/The Hechinger Report. Sam, 15, brandished the list of rules for the Cardboard Canoe STEM Lab. STEM is short for science, technology, engineering and math.) In addition to the college-level math classes and the STEM labs like this one, the students had been paintballing, hiking and out for fro-yo (twice).

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Reading By Example

MAY 3, 2016

By stripping away formal observations and replacing them with instructional walks, we acknowledged that instruction is not simply a list of indicators to be documented and scored. Assess whether we are learning more and getting better. One approach I like and utilize annually is collaboratively assessing student work.

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Reading By Example

MAY 3, 2016

By stripping away formal observations and replacing them with instructional walks, we acknowledged that instruction is not simply a list of indicators to be documented and scored. Assess whether we are learning more and getting better. One approach I like and utilize annually is collaboratively assessing student work.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

It’s a major pain point in the education system: Between 40 percent to 60 percent of college students now need some form of remedial math, or English, or both, and the United States ranks 36th out of a comparison group of 79 countries in math proficiency, according to the 2018 Programme for International Student Assessment.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The A30 is a multi-functional classroom tool that enhances the teaching experience by combining a document camera, web camera, microphone, and speaker. For The Win Robotics focuses on fostering critical thinking and lifelong curiosity through the power of experiential STEM and computer science education through drone technology.

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techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

This program adds full home access for students, custom curriculum alignment, performance reporting, professional development, and more. Principals can access unique data insights on how teachers, parents and students are using FreshGrade through monthly reports. No bubbles required. Illuminate 11.0

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 18, 2023

This back-to-school season, the Education Reporting Collaborative, a coalition of eight newsrooms, will be documenting the enormous challenge facing our schools and highlighting examples of progress. The experiment convinced Reed that detracking math classes could be a key component in narrowing achievement gaps between student groups.

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techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

It includes a variety of assessments, multiple-choice and claim-evidence-reasoning assessments, along with extensive support for teachers such as embedded professional development and instructional resources to support a differentiated learning experience for each student. to streamline workflows for assessment and data analysis.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MARCH 17, 2016

I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. I plan on providing sessions that integrate PBL with STEM, Makers, Differentiated Instruction, Inquiry, Deeper Learning, and Technology Integration. Create a word cloud of famous documents and treaties in history.

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MindShift

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Sam, 15, brandished the list of rules for the Cardboard Canoe STEM Lab. STEM is short for science, technology, engineering and math.) Children with his ethnic background are much more likely than their white peers to grow up in poverty , fail standardized assessments of math proficiency and skip college. That’s by design.

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