MindShift

MARCH 16, 2015

This is the second of a two-part conversation with Yong Zhao about standards, testing and other core elements of the modern system of education, and the assumptions that may be standing in the way of meeting the real learning needs of all children. The key to good assessment, says Zhao, is to ask: “Whose purpose does this serve?

Assessment 28

Assessment Learning Common Core Comparison 28

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 23, 2016

By comparison, in the United States, students do not get the same educational experience. At that point, students decide whether to go to upper secondary school for three more years, where they focus on academics, or to vocational school to prepare for a specific career. It is playful but you still have to start learning very early.”.

Secondary 0

Secondary System Survey Study 0

Edsurge

JULY 18, 2016

When I first saw the long list of my classes’ ELA Common Core Standards, I remember feeling overwhelmed and worrying about how I was going to cover all of them in a single school year. The power of visual learning is unleashed if the tool dovetails with standard.

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Common Core Tools Analysis Comparison 60

wwwatanabe

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

I frequently see people use the Internet to look up recipes, movie listings, and news; however, I still don''t see it as a natural source for engaging rigorous learning in the classroom. Those of us who are transitioning to Common Core standards know that text complexity will affect the rigor in our classrooms.

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Common Core Resources Differentiated Instruction Secondary 74

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

“It was really looking yourself in the mirror and saying, ‘Which four in 10 students don’t deserve to learn to read?'” Silva didn’t know anything about how children learn to read or how they should be taught, so he started searching online. “This is the most studied aspect of human learning.”

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Training Elementary Report Study 112

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

However, at each level—middle school, high school, and college—these variations paled in comparison to a stunning and dismaying consistency. SHEG currently offers three impressive curricula that may be put to immediate use in secondary classrooms and libraries. That was certainly the case in our experience. You can now find out.

Assessment 60

Assessment Analysis Social Media Libraries 60

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Here are the areas that have seen the most ed-tech investment activity so far this year: Learning to code : Investments include Galvanize ($45,000,000), Codecademy ($30,000,000), Andela ($24,000,000), Wonder Workshop ($20,000,000), Revature ($20,000,000). Who’s to blame that companies aren’t selling enough stuff to schools?

Technology 40

Technology Education Common Core Company 40