The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2018

Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. Holmes County Central High School is one of eight rural schools participating in a new, blended learning AP Physics program. Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. million online courses in 2014-15. Department of Education, students took 317,000 online courses.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 25, 2020

Witnessing how many students lacked access to the most basic components of online learning—devices and internet access—LEANLAB and their partners across the metro region took immediate action. million in funds to provide 1,528 laptops, tablets, and devices, as well as 869 hotspots for local students.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2020

More than 99 percent of schools nationwide have access to speedy and reliable internet, making online learning an option for their students. School buildings are closed because of coronavirus, and the bandwidth that powered digital learning for kids is going unused. schools is effectively closed. Only, now it doesn’t matter.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

BRUNSWICK, Maine—Like many school districts, Brunswick School Department in Maine suddenly has a lot more laptops and tablets to manage than it planned for. School officials in the seaside town scrambled to purchase enough devices for all their students to learn online last year after the pandemic hurtled kids out of buildings.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

Ramos would connect to the library’s Wi-Fi — sometimes on her cellphone, sometimes using her family’s only laptop — to complete assignments and submit essays or tests for her classes at Skyline High School. Ramos, used to texting quickly, was able to do simple assignments online, so at first her schoolwork was very easy.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 6, 2022

For the rest of her junior year and most of her senior year, she learned from a laptop in her family’s living room, with her younger sibling taking Zoom classes down the hall in their shared bedroom. Credit: Erika Rich for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Erika Rich for The Hechinger Report. “It

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Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

Summer and transitioning to a new day-to-day computer (Linux laptop). ” that by 2019 half of all high school classes will be taught over the internet ; Raised questions about a new study on personalized learning ; Added four new incidents to the K-12 cyber incident map ; and. Not that I’ve been twiddling my thumbs exactly.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

How Schools Are preparing – and Not Preparing – Children for Climate Change,” reported by HuffPost and The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. We don’t have a distance learning plan that is operating on all cylinders,” he said in April.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Personal hotspots, which allow students to connect a laptop or tablet with a cellular data connection, have been the most popular solution because they are relatively inexpensive and easy to use. We have to do something about that, especially now that so many of our students are learning remotely,” Muri said. Subscribe today!

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MindShift

MARCH 6, 2018

A 2015 report found that the lack of AP classes may increase the financial burden on college-bound rural students: Students who don’t take AP classes don’t earn college credit that could enable them to graduate more quickly, and such students are “more likely to pay for additional remedial coursework when beginning college.”.

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Online Learning Learning Course Report 31

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 21, 2020

Although Khan Academy was one of the first online learning organizations to promote the idea that kids could learn at home at their own pace, Khan denied the suggestion that working with traditional schools was a significant change in direction, instead calling it “a natural evolution of our work.”. Students at B.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 24, 2021

Credit: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report. Leaving behind his Audubon laptop, work cellphone and office keys, he pulled his office door shut, jiggled the knob to make sure it was locked, set the school alarm and strolled out the front door. Credit: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report. Then, in mid-June, it was over.

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Fractus Learning

APRIL 9, 2021

Flipped classroom models empower students to do classroom work at home using multimedia presentations and online learning platform resources. Student engagement in answering questions or testing their knowledge with challenges helps teachers assess the student’s student progress. Docebo Learn LMS.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Over the last several years, we've published a K-12 principals’ assessment report, in which administrators give feedback on the biggest challenges they face in their schools. We have a feedback loop with district administrators, educators, faculty, so we listen and spot trends. Many of these challenges are technology related.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 31, 2021

Credit: Ariel Gilreath/The Hechinger Report. More than 16,000 students in Greenville County Schools had at least one F on their fall report cards this year, or more than triple the number of students with Fs in fall of 2019. Credit: Juliana Giacone for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Lillian Mongeau/The Hechinger Report.

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Elementary Report Groups Personalized Learning 113

The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2018

One of the ways we have accomplished this in our own school district is through technology — not just providing tablets, laptops and connectivity, but also sharing best practices with our educators on how to incorporate technology effectively into our K-12 curriculum. This makes our assessments that much more complete.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 18, 2018

The idea upends the disparaging assessment, attributed to George Bernard Shaw, that teachers are people who have no other useful skills. This gives them experience with a process, known as competency-based learning, that a growing number of primary and secondary schools where they’ll eventually teach are beginning to adopt.

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EdTechSandyK

APRIL 8, 2014

High school library prediction - Librarians will become resources to help students find online courses. Part of function of library will be to become an online learning center. Number one skill for being successful in learning: the ability to self-assess. Example: Working toward self assessment of math.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Eduverse.com is a revolutionary online learning environment providing a safe and secure ‘metaverse’ for K-12 schools. Lenovo announced new hardware, software and services solutions designed to inspire and enable learning anywhere. ClassVR / Avanti’s World ensured that educators know that everyone can come to Eduverse.com.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

million in venture capital from high profile names like LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman and from firms active in ed-tech investing such as Learn Capital. “Facebook Giving Virtual-Reality Kits to Every Arkansas High School,” Education Week reported in August. The company has raised some $77.5 Students will receive iPads.

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

Seven years ago, Walton was the first school in Albemarle County to give every student a laptop. Textbooks have given way to Google Classroom and the Blackboard Learn management system, and lessons are assigned, submitted and assessed online. Photo: Andrew Franco. And that’s what we should be setting our kids up for.”.

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MindShift

JANUARY 18, 2018

The idea upends the disparaging assessment, attributed to George Bernard Shaw, that teachers are people who have no other useful skills. This gives them experience with a process, known as competency-based learning, that a growing number of primary and secondary schools where they’ll eventually teach are beginning to adopt.

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Competency Based Learning Training System Report 39

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

Students at Rhodes Junior High in Mesa, Arizona, spend a portion of their school day working on laptops. Summit Learning’s personalized learning program is a key part of the school’s improvement efforts. Credit: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report. But Logan’s feelings about online learning are common.

Learning 124

Learning Laptops Personalized Learning Data 124

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Credit: Steven Yoder for The Hechinger Report. Test data paints a dire picture: Educational assessment nonprofit NWEA found that seventh and eighth graders’ scores on its math assessments fell in 2022, the only group of kids for whom that was true. Credit: Steven Yoder for The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Over months of reporting, the AP learned of students and families avoiding school for a range of reasons. Some students couldn’t study online and found jobs instead. During the prolonged online learning , some students fell so far behind developmentally and academically that they no longer knew how to behave or learn at school.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

. — On most afternoons, Jeremiah Smith, founder of an afterschool and summer program called the Rosedale Freedom Project, can be found sitting side-by-side with his students as they peer at laptops, trying to get through their assignments. The program he’s referring to is an online learning platform, Edgenuity.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

Credit: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report. Tailoring learning to students’ exact needs takes significant resources, teacher training and, ideally, close collaboration with families — something many schools struggle to pull off. Credit: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2018

In math teacher Danielle Bosse’s classroom, three students take assessments (foreground) while their classmates learn and practice different math skills. Photo: Chris Berdik for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Chris Berdik for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Chris Berdik for The Hechinger Report. HUNTER, N.D. —

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Photo: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report. Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every Tuesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Today’s classrooms generate reams of data. It takes time.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

MARCH 21, 2021

Before starting Listenwise, Monica was award-winning public radio reporter for nearly 25 years, covering news in Kenya, Brazil, Washington DC and Boston for NPR and other audio news outlets. Podcasts based on non-fiction, factual reports from credible news sources can also help build students’ critical thinking skills.

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How To Classroom Differentiated Instruction Assessment 87

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

The centerpiece of Summit’s franchising effort, called Basecamp, is its Personalized Learning Platform, or PLP, a free, open-sourced learning management system that boasts a full curriculum for grades 6 through 12, including projects, online learning resources and tests. Personalized learning is easy to bastardize.

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Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

Evelyn Learning

MAY 14, 2023

I saw students who are performing great and getting good grades in online learning as well as those students who used to get straight A’s, but now, are not getting technology”. Assessing the Curriculum as per the New Age Requirements Currently, a lot of moderation can be seen in the education sector.

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Khan Academy has recently introduced more assessments, so that more of the exercises in their free library can be used in this way. Personalized learning: a cost-effective, efficient way to improve direct instruction through pacing, while giving young people a little more autonomy. .” So there you have it.

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Personalized Learning Khan Academy Learning Software 34

MindShift

JANUARY 26, 2021

This story about IEPs was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report ). Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report ). Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report). Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter here.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 3, 2016

Kent opened her laptop to show the dashboard that tracks her students. Instead of a C+ in algebra, for example, a competency-based report card could show that a student has mastered four algebra competencies but hasn’t yet figured out quadratic functions or basic statistical analysis. We do a lot of road trips,” Danielle said. “We

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. She leaned in toward her laptop and looked at a sentence that read, “Bake me a cake.” Company officials also said students are assessed throughout the program to see if they have mastered preschool-level skills before they move on to more challenging material. JACKSON, Miss.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

Tammy Kim, for The Hechinger Report. Teachers project lesson plans onto interactive screens, and little hands reach for black Chromebook laptops, which are stacked like cafeteria trays in a large box called a Chromecart. Tammy Kim, for The Hechinger Report. Tammy Kim, for The Hechinger Report. PROVIDENCE, R.I.

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