The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Among the 35 industrialized nations that are members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the U.S. The weak math performance was echoed by a second national exam, the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP), on which 8th graders also posted lower math scores on the 2015 test. now ranks 31st.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

The design of any learning space typically sets the stage for the type of experience the students and teachers are going to have, said CDW•G Education Strategist Jennifer Brown at the 2019 Illinois Computing Educators conference in Schaumburg, Ill. We are in the middle of the fourth industrial revolution,” Brown said.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

For over a century, the industrial model of education did a fantastic job of preparing students for careers. With obvious remnants of this system still in place, new changes are being pushed through under the guise of education reform. This control will be the demise of our education system.

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Edsurge

APRIL 29, 2021

to invest heavily in its public education system, and to the passage of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 (NDEA). The Function of K-12 Education College and career readiness is a term frequently used in K-12 education to describe our industry’s goal for all students.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2019

The average performance of the nation’s fourth and eighth graders mostly declined in math and reading from 2017 to 2019, following a decade of stagnation in educational progress, according to the results of a test released on Oct. Carr, associate commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), in a prepared statement. “In

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 20, 2016

She has worked with leaders in the industry to design workshops sharing the best free web-based education resources for K-12 educators. The post 5 Steps for a Successful STEAM Lab appeared first on Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher helping educators be excellent every day.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 26, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. Brought to you by USC Rossier’s Doctor of Education online (EDd). This session is aimed at all teachers K-12.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 5, 2017

At the University of Pennsylvania, the Graduate School of Education is located directly beside the Wharton School, the campus’ business school. The ethics of mixing business and education seems to depend on upon how you define “entrepreneurship.” And if profit is part of the motive, is it okay?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 10, 2016

Teachers have long-known the positive effect industry experts have on students, but the complications of finding the speaker, arranging the event, and preparing the class have made this a daunting task. Select the type of expert you’d like based on occupation, company, or industry (optional if you don’t have a preference).

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

In case you haven’t noticed the education profession has been under attack as of late. In my mind education is the noblest of professions. Without education, at some level virtually all other professions would be non-existent. The sole focus becomes one that emphasizes performing well on a test as opposed to learning.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 22, 2019

The use of AI in writing and education is also displayed through overwhelming employment of various forms of writing checkers powered by AI. –Lisa Griffin is a writer with years of experience in tech ed industry. Common Core and writing –lesson plans. More on technology and writing.

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The 21st Century Principal

DECEMBER 15, 2013

"Since the formation of the United States of America, there has been debate over the roles and purposes of education." Like education-researchers David Berliner and Bruce Biddle, one can''t help but wonder whether or not this is a "Manufactured Crisis" which was the title of their book back in 1996.

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The 21st Century Principal

MAY 27, 2013

“The real role of leadership in education is not and should not be command and control. Sir Ken Robinson, TED Talk "How to Escape Education''s Death Valley" What is ultimately wrong with No Child Left Behind, Race to the Top, and the Common Core State Standards?

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Fennell, a current professor of education at McDaniel College, has provided his endorsement of hand2mind’s Hands-On Standards product line, which helps K-8 educators and parents teach math with manipulatives to build problem-solving skills. Bush, where he helped bring attention to important issues in the education field.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2016

For over a decade, plenty of time and dollars have been poured into encouraging the use of open educational resources (OER). In 2007 the Hewlett Foundation’s funding helped create OER Commons. Yet many teachers still ask: “Why can’t I find the open educational resources I’m looking for?” Last year, the U.S.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2018

Moulton has worked in the field for about 15 years with a small family-run company called Educational Data Systems , which makes exams for local districts and high stakes tests for the state of California. You pick your subject area, let’s say it’s language, and you have a set of standards, like the Common Core standards.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 16, 2015

It quickly became a favorite of lots of tech-savvy educators because it offers a growing number of ways to automate daily tasks that suck the minutes out of already-busy lives. Grammaropolis is aligned with both national Common Core standards and Texas Expected Knowledge and Skills Objectives for grades K-6.

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The Innovative Educator

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

Following the airing of XQ: The Super School Live program m y social media feed blew up a bit with comments from my educator friends on threads like this one. Ali , who served as the Education Department’s assistant secretary for civil rights during the Obama administration. More from the XQ Team here. I get the distrust and suspicion.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2019

In a previous EdSurge piece , I described how economics and technology trends tend to drive educational innovation by providing models that reformers build into their visions, sometimes unconsciously. It has also impacted the role that teachers play in the mind of educational policy makers and reformers—for good and ill.

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Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2020

Thinkster’s math lessons are aligned to state and Common Core standards. Valli says his own interest in education began while volunteering with Asha for Education, a nonprofit focused on education improvement in India. The acquisition comes as COVID-19 has sent industries into panic over a potential recession.

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Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2018

Two national education nonprofits whose school improvement and assessment tools impact millions of students across the country are merging. based group made headlines as one of the vendors that worked with the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium to deliver tests aligned to the Common Core State Standards.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2018

The conversation was guided by our special guest Executive Director of C-BEN (Competency-Based Education Network), Charla Long. Much of the discussion focused on how competency-based education (CBE) could support students in acquiring and demonstrating the knowledge, skills and abilities. The competencies should be additive.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

In terms of my own education, I always felt that I was provided with the knowledge and skills to succeed in life. The bottom line, however, was that I had passionate and caring educators who pushed me to be the best student that I could be regardless of the deficiencies inherent in an industrialized model of education.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Due to the rapid transition from NCLB to ESSA, it is important for educators and vendors to be aware of the key differences between the two. Steve also addressed any confusion regarding the Common Core State Standards. Since the Common Core is not a federal initiative, it is unaffected by ESSA.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 30, 2017

So the company set out to make Kahoot Studio, a curated library of ready-to-play kahoot games for K-12 educators and their students. While using its Series A funds to develop the premium product, the Oslo-based company also announced another potential source of revenue for the future: the entertainment industry (sort of).

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eSchool News

JULY 28, 2020

About Spectrum Industries Inc. Founded in 1968, Spectrum Industries is a premier technology furniture and OEM manufacturer located in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. Spectrum Industries, QUALITY SOLUTIONS by design. Additional information on Spectrum Industries can be found at: [link].

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Those developers, whose company TeacherGaming pivoted sharply after Microsoft took over MinecraftEdu two years ago, are facing tough times—and laying off staff—as they try to craft a niche in a crowded educational gaming landscape that has struggled to attract broad interest from schools. In January 2018, the company raised $1.6

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Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2017

Yet there is clearly a gap between how educators and entrepreneurs perceive “personalized learning” and many other technology-infused terms in education. Few education entrepreneurs today would suggest that technology should or will replace the teacher. (In In fact, Quartz suggests that education services are the.

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The 21st Century Principal

DECEMBER 17, 2011

As education historian Diane Ravitch states eloquently in her book, The Death and the Life of the Great American School System , ”Our schools will not improve if we rely exclusively on tests as the means of deciding the fate of students, teachers, principals, and schools.”

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Marketplace K-12

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

We’re playing a bit of catch-up here, but one of the country’s big consortia of states that sponsors common-core tests, PARCC, recently sought input on how it should reorganize itself to serve states. It offers some fascinating reading, and implications for the assessment industry. Data Recognition Corp.

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Tech Helpful

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

He said his background was in sales when he joined the Instructure/Canvas team and he wished he had access to this post when he started because he felt it would have helped him understand what Canvas can do for educators better. It isn't just educators in this struggle. Discussions. What are Outcomes ?

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Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2017

There are a lot of opinions and fads in education, and they are not serving students well. “In Dr. Vadim Polikov Picks the 5 Most Influential Education Games. The soon-to-be-released study, “ Substantial Integration of Typical Educational Games into Extended Curricula ,” accomplished that. In every district throughout the U.S.,

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Knowledge Avatars K-12

JANUARY 17, 2021

Just as I was beginning to recognize the problem, the late education luminary, Sir Ken Robinson, had already discovered the solution. As early as my first year of teaching, Robinson realized that to encourage greater engagement in schools, the world's Industrial Era teaching model would have to go. And we run our companies like this.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 9, 2017

For you as a job hunting educator, this becomes the best time of year to find a job. Discuss not just your years of experience, but the student groups you’ve taught, the philosophies you’ve followed (such as IB or Common Core), parent needs met, pedagogy you’ve rolled out, teacher groups you’ve led, and more.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

The STEAM Student Set and the Code Kit are designed for students in grades three through eight and are aligned to Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and Common Core State Standards. o Educator resources. products and services at a significant discount along with the longest warranties in the industry.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2016

A few weeks back, EdSurge published a podcast interview with education consultant and commentator Alan November, and Director of Secondary Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment for the Houston Independent School District Mike Dorsey, after chatting with the two education experts at ISTE. Can you elaborate on that, a bit? "If

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 3, 2018

As educational technology continues to proliferate, and as today’s careers demand tech-savvy job candidates who already know how to use devices, the argument over the right amount of screen time is getting louder. To gain some consensus on the issue, EdSurge reached out to a handful of education and industry experts for their opinions.

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