Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

This is part eleven of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” In May, venture capitalist and former securities analyst Mary Meeker released her annual “Internet Trends” report. Much of what Meeker says in this year’s report about education is placed under her category “gaming.”

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Emily Hanford | APM Reports. This story was produced by APM Reports and reprinted with permission. 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. Emily Hanford | APM Reports.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

Credit: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report. The Hechinger Report has spent a year exploring the elements of the Summit model, the extensive training process for schools that are new to the program and the twists and turns of implementation. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is one of the many funders of The Hechinger Report.).

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Fractus Learning

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Designed by sixth-grader Sam Ritchie during a Design A Game math workshop, Mental Math is a fun mental math game for kids and an exciting way to learn math in 5 th -7 th grade. Known initially as Dice Mania, the math fact game is played in elementary math classrooms across the US and was given the GEI Institute seal of approval.

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MindShift

AUGUST 22, 2019

On a summer afternoon, Ciara Whelan, a teacher at a New York City elementary school, knocks on the apartment door of one of her students in the Bronx. Springboard runs after-school and summer programs with struggling readers in low-income elementary schools in 13 cities across the U.S., “It’s the spirit in the cocktail.”

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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. The post Teaching social studies in a polarized world appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 11, 2018

Teachers and administrators get acquainted at a Border Crossers workshop for educators about discussing race and racism in the classroom. Photo: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report. Border Crossers trainers Ben Howort and Ana Duque are both former elementary school teachers. Photo: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report. “I

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MindShift

JULY 11, 2018

This story about social studies instruction is part of a series about innovative practices in the core subjects in the early grades. It was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report). BROOKLYN, N.Y. —

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

According to excerpts of speeches published by Wikileaks – stolen data – Clinton called the Common Core a “political failure” in a speech she gave to Knewton. Education Politics. ” More on the teacher prep law from The Hechinger Report. More via Inside Higher Ed. More from Quartz.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Remind co-founder Brett Kopf was replaced as CEO by Brian Grey, formerly CEO of the Bleacher Report. These are just the ones that were reported by the press, of course.). Sebastian Thrun stepped down as Udacity’s CEO. Jen Medbery stepped down as CEO of Kickboard. Layoffs at Noodle.com (80% of its marketing and editorial teams).

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Hack Education

JULY 29, 2016

Via Politico : Stolen “emails from the Democratic National Committee show DNC Deputy Communications Director Eric Walker telling his colleagues to avoid mentioning the Common Core in a video. Via Gawker : “ Black Elementary School Teacher Body-Slammed By Cop and Lectured on ‘Violent Tendencies’ of Black People.”

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