Reading By Example

DECEMBER 24, 2015

For the past five years, our K-5 elementary school has focused on the relationship between reading and writing. The Common Core State Standards were a primary focus. Staff members who have spouses teaching in other schools sometimes mention that the student writing produced is comparable with secondary level work.

Common Core 28

Common Core Elementary Assessment Secondary 28

The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Neuman helped establish the Early Reading First program and the Early Childhood Professional Development Education Program, and was responsible for all activities in Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Act. It’s story time for a group of 5-year olds who are eagerly learning about insects and the world in which they live.

Common Core 40

Common Core Elementary Secondary Study 40

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2016

Measured Progress, the group responsible for creating MCAS, holds thousands of tests waiting to be scored in its warehouse. The nonprofit test development group has worked with the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary education to make and score MCAS for all but four of the 19 years it has been given.

Common Core 40

Common Core Assessment Data Secondary 40

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Elly Eckhoff listened intently as a group of veteran teachers listed what they think rookie teachers need before entering the classroom: more time student teaching and more training in how to communicate with colleagues, parents and students themselves. Elly Eckhoff, cooperating teacher at Paxton Keeley Elementary School. COLUMBIA, Mo.

Classroom 40

Classroom Training Policies Survey 40

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

When I volunteer in my children’s elementary classrooms (1st and 3rd grade), I am struck by how frequently the teacher finds time to work directly with small groups of students to offer additional support, review concepts, assess understanding, and practice skills. At the secondary level scenes like this are less frequent.

Blended Learning 150

Blended Learning Classroom Common Core Secondary 150

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Cardona probably first caught the collective eye of the state’s education and political leaders in 2010 when he was appointed co-chairman of a legislative task force studying the state’s intractable academic achievement gap between racial and socioeconomic groups. The other co-chair was then-Sen. There’s so much promise in young children.

Education 122

Education Elementary Common Core System 122

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Teachers in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, use a curriculum that mixes teacher-directed whole-class phonics lessons with small-group activities. The problem is that many American elementary schools aren’t doing that. ” But this research hasn’t made its way into many elementary school classrooms.

Training 112

Training Elementary Report Study 112

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

About two years ago Houston Independent School District , with its 283 schools and 215,000 students, went in search of an LMS that would help teachers create and use coursework that was both digital and aligned to Texas state standards (Texas pointedly does not use the Common Core).

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LMS Khan Academy Blackboard Moodle 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

events , the real party takes place in the volunteer moderator lounge, where a devoted, energetic, and highly beloved group of volunteer moderators keeps the conference running and humming. Gary Bass Meaningful STEM-Based Learning in a University/Elementary School Partnership - Maria D. Volunteering : as with our other conference 2.0

STEM 47

STEM Maker Movement MOOC Common Core 47

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The group also chose to set out guidance for elementary and secondary school social studies instruction, to emphasize that education in the topic must begin in the early grades, Hedgepeth said.

Study 127

Study Common Core Advocacy Conference 127

Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2016

As a set of policies, accountability was instantiated in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965, reauthorized as the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2002, and reinforced by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) of 2015. It will be able to ascertain which student did what during “group work.”

Data 40

Data Technology Education Software 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

DeVry Education Group got a new CEO." In part, their struggles are a result of controversies surrounding the Common Core State Standards, which were supposed to streamline and procurement the development of curriculum and assessment. .” Dale Dougherty returned as the CEO of Maker Media, following layoffs there.

Technology 40

Technology Education Common Core Company 40

Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

” Via the San Jose Mercury News : “A bipartisan group of lawmakers is calling for a state audit of a profitable but low-performing network of online charter schools following this newspaper’s investigation of K12 Inc., the Virginia company at the heart of the operation.” ” Ugh. Presidential Campaign Politics.

Education 48

Education MOOC Company Report 48

Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Jeb Bush’s lieutenant governor, as assistant secretary of elementary and secondary education, the top post at the Education Department overseeing K–12 policy.” Kaplan Inc has agreed to acquire the College for Financial Planning from Apollo Education Group. Performance on PISA Decline Because of Common Core?

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Kaplan Education Robotics E-rate 50