The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Years ago, when Woodfin attended Union Public Schools from kindergarten through eighth grade, she sat in fairly homogenous classrooms. Credit: Shane Bevel for The Hechinger Report Until recently, however, students in Union’s advanced math classes remained mostly white. I don’t know why you’re doubting yourself.”

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2023

The second grader attends SpaRRk Academy, a virtual learning program for elementary students created in 2021 by the Rio Rancho School District in New Mexico. On days when SpaRRk Academy students are learning virtually, the classrooms are empty except for teachers and administrators, who come into the office just about every day.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 20, 2024

And that’s why Tate says these ChatGPT grades should only be used for low-stakes purposes in a classroom, such as a preliminary grade on a first draft. The post PROOF POINTS: AI essay grading is already as ‘good as an overburdened’ teacher, but researchers say it needs more work appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

News reports—and rumors—about the pandemic are inescapable. School leaders trying to make decisions about whether and how to reopen physical classrooms this fall are feeling the absence of useful statistics acutely. It draws on self-reported data, which isn’t always reliable. The sweep of the coronavirus across the U.S.

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EdTechTeacher

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Post by Tom Daccord A recent national report by the Watson Foundation found that teachers are using ChatGPT more than students and are using it to create new lesson ideas. Each post will focus on a practical strategy for using ChatGPT and will include ideas for both elementary and secondary school teachers.

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eSpark

APRIL 8, 2022

The introduction of technology and the transformation to blended learning in classrooms is rapidly growing. However, simply bringing technology into classrooms isn’t going to change education. To truly develop a blended environment, the culture of the classroom setting must radically shift. First, let's define blended learning.

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Waterford

JULY 24, 2020

Then, we’ll provide a few ideas for differentiating your classroom instruction and show you how Waterford curriculum can help you provide personalized reading instruction. 9] Each student enters the classroom with unique experiences, preferences, and conditions that affect how they learn. What is Differentiated Instruction?

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Credit: Kelly Field for the Hechinger Report. Students in elementary school should spend 150 minutes a week in PE while students in middle and high school should receive 225 minutes a week of PE instruction, according to recommendations from the Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE), which represents PE and health instructors.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

That same day, six other students across the district were written up for not wearing their masks correctly (including one who also faked using hand sanitizer), while an elementary school student was assigned three days of “private dining” for sharing food in violation of safety guidelines. This story also appeared in HuffPost.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 12, 2022

Elementary school principals have reported that recess has a positive impact on students’ ability to focus. However, even a brief amount of recess is far from guaranteed in schools nationwide, as I reported in a story published last week on the practice of withholding recess. Kentucky does not have a law protecting recess.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

According to a pre-pandemic report , the average American teen spends approximately seven hours online per day. The Center for Humane Technology provides a set of digital well-being guidelines that teachers can use to introduce this thinking. can spark conversations in classrooms, in faculty meetings and at home.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 27, 2020

and Rosa Parks at her Katy, Texas, elementary school in the Houston area. For Katie Cryan Leary, the principal of the newly opened Magnolia Elementary in Seattle Public Schools, creating an antiracist, anti-bias school can be a messy, uncomfortable journey. Katie Cryan Leary, principal, Magnolia Elementary, Seattle.

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Waterford

OCTOBER 10, 2019

According to school bullying statistics, 37% of children report having been bullied before, but only 31% of this number reported it to an adult.[5] In this article, we’ll explore how you can both prevent bullying in your classroom and handle it when it occurs. What You Can Do to Prevent Bullying in Your Classroom.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 24, 2022

The latest study is part of a series of reports by Farran and fellow researchers at Vanderbilt University about Tennessee’s voluntary pre-K program. Previous research suggests that the quality of the teachers and elementary school that children attend after pre-K may boost or undermine long-term effects of pre-K.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 15, 2020

Thousands of Mississippi children will have access to the software this summer as part of an effort to support incoming kindergarteners during the coronavirus pandemic.Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report Credit: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. The rural district has only one public preschool classroom.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2016

2, 2014 photo, teacher Joy Burke surprises her students with homemade cookies as they leave their fifth grade class at John Hay Elementary school in Seattle. Cookies and math tend to go together in an elementary school classroom. In this Thursday, Oct. Photo: AP Photo/Elaine Thompson.

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User Generated Education

OCTOBER 7, 2017

And low-quality professional development, frankly, feels like detention.” ( New Report Reveals That Teacher Professional Development Is Costly And Ineffective ). What follows are the general guidelines I use to plan and structure my professional development workshops. Models Best Classroom Practices. Weingarten said.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

This supplemental program, which will be used by approximately 12,000 students across 74 schools in the district, helps teachers facilitate lively classroom discourse and engage all students with grade-level content as they build their confidence and master critical reading skills. “A NORTH BILLERICA, Mass.,

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 3, 2023

Thoughtless expansion of tech tools into the classroom can exacerbate the discrimination Black and Hispanic students already face, experts warn. Oftentimes tech companies didn’t really seem to understand the experience of Black and Brown students in the classroom,” Hebbar said. Nidhi Hebbar, co-founder, the Ed Tech Equity Project. “If

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2024

Instead, the educators told Barlow that they wanted her son to attend a classroom across town meant for children who are profoundly impacted by their disabilities. This distinction was codified through a method of evaluating for learning disabilities called the “discrepancy model,” included in 1977 federal guidelines.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 12, 2022

Related: What do classroom conversations about race, identity and history really look like? . Classrooms must embrace racial and cultural diversity, and become spaces where students learn about the ramifications and long-term consequences of hatred. race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender). Use primary sources.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2021

Credit: Lillian Mongeau for the Hechinger Report. Summer camps, many of which remain financially fragile after last year’s closures, could see an influx of cash: The American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund earmarked $1.2 Credit: Jo Napolitano for The Hechinger Report. “It

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Students at a private school in San Rafael, California, are learning in outdoor classrooms created from tree stumps and hay bales. Desks are separated to maintain physical distance in a Stoneham, Massachusetts, classroom. Federal and state guidelines differ on how much distancing is necessary. Credit: Eileen Wood.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 28, 2023

1991/1992) talk about five questions that teachers need to address in order to integrate portfolios in (college level) classrooms. This could range from written assignments, project reports, to reflective essays. How and when the classroom teacher assess student’s works in the portfolio? These questions are 1. Leu & C.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 17, 2020

Photo: Alexandria Neason for The Hechinger Report. The rest of the day was devoted to reviewing the academy’s virtual learning plan and training teachers for the move from classroom to screen. Photo: Alexandria Neason for The Hechinger Report. Families who needed devices for their kids also picked up Chromebooks.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 20, 2020

Des Moines Public Schools custodian Joel Cruz cleans a desk in the classroom at Brubaker Elementary School in Desmoines, Iowa. This story about school staff was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 20, 2016

This week, Education Commission of the States released a 50-State Comparison and Companion Report summarizing state statutes, rules and regulations related to K-3 quality. Teachers need to be trained to provide quality SEL experiences and to work with families in order to provide students with the best chance for success in the classroom. “It

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Insight Education Group

MAY 27, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has left elementary and secondary schools across the country in need of additional resources to operate and support their school communities. billion to the Elementary and Secondary Emergency Education Relief Fund, also known as ESSER ( NCSL, 2021 ). and 31%, respectively” ( CDC, 2020 ).

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Insight Education Group

MAY 27, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has left elementary and secondary schools across the country in need of additional resources to operate and support their school communities. billion to the Elementary and Secondary Emergency Education Relief Fund, also known as ESSER ( NCSL, 2021 ). and 31%, respectively” ( CDC, 2020 ).

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2020

Long before the pandemic upended their classrooms, educators of students with learning differences knew the value of an instructional minute and how to make each one of them count for their students. For example, Dr. Nicole Abera is the director of elementary and middle school programs at the Katherine Thomas School in Washington, D.C.,

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Waterford

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

During the first month of school, send an introduction letter to parents with class guidelines and information about the upcoming year.[12] The earlier you bring parents into the classroom, the more comfortable they’ll feel coming to you with questions. Classroom behavior feedback [17]. Parental involvement in the classroom.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Teacher Travis Olsen has an exercise bike in the back of his seventh-grade science classroom that kids are welcome to use whenever they feel the need. During a group science lab in Giebel and Jolma’s class, Anna Wang, 13, sat on one of the wobbly chairs the school purchased for classrooms this year. “It Some even took action.

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Edsurge

APRIL 29, 2022

Sometimes things get very isolating just because you're in the confines of your own classroom…teachers don't necessarily share things with one another, especially when it involves a traumatic situation such as this,” said Oakland, California elementary school teacher Nikita Gibbs, referring to the upheaval due to the pandemic. “It

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 20, 2016

Because their elementary school teachers do too, says Marc Tucker, president of the National Center on Education and the Economy (NCEE), a policy institute that studies what America can learn from the world’s best-performing education systems. Related: Elementary school teachers struggle with Common Core math standards.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 16, 2018

So I started with her, creating the social media guidelines for the New York City Department of Education. Eileen: They love looking around in a classroom at something that’s relevant and visually appealing. So check out these infographics, and I hope you’ll try it out in your classroom. They wanted to look at things.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

Chris Berdik/The Hechinger Report. and another called “Instigator,” in which two students tried to identify a “leader” surreptitiously chosen by the rest of the crewbies who milled around the classroom aping the leader’s gestures and gait. Chris Berdik/The Hechinger Report. Chris Berdik/The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

Blaney Elementary School in Elgin, S.C., Even in a district that’s able to send every kid home with a laptop, you’re still trying to adapt a model that’s been designed for a classroom situation.” What works for a high school in a major urban area may not fit the needs of a rural elementary school. on March 18, 2020.

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