Dangerously Irrelevant

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

Two quotes from today’s article in The Des Moines Register , Iowa Poll: Common Core not so radioactive for Iowans : Ah, the good old days. Because we’ve learned nothing about teaching math in 50 years. Law, Policy, and Ethics Leadership and Vision Learning and Teaching Common Core iowa learning policy teaching vision'

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 22, 2016

A burgeoning population in Kentucky of students who are learning English combined with the adoption of more rigorous standards means efforts like Ogbe’s are ever more important. Strong language skills are key as part of the state’s Common Core standards. born and raised. JCPS has earmarked an additional $1.2

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Edsurge

JUNE 22, 2021

Virtual learning may have allowed some of those students to stay connected to their old schools and districts, but the steady reopening of in-person classes, coupled with the upcoming end of the CDC’s eviction moratorium , could contribute to a fall with much more movement. And those changes can disrupt student learning.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 26, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update August 26th, 2014 If a child can''t learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn. Ignacio Estrada The Learning Revolution Project highlights our own "conference 2.0" virtual and physical events and those of our over 200 partners in the learning professions.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Over a decade ago, I learned about a pioneering course at Cabrillo College in California. In it, students collected survey data in their neighborhoods on issues such as youth gangs or discrimination against immigrants, learned statistical methods to analyze that data, and presented their findings to their local community.

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Graphite Blog

APRIL 13, 2020

Privacy policies are notoriously difficult to read, often filled with legal jargon that seems to require a law degree to understand. This is why Common Sense Education, with the help of our Privacy Program and its more than 250 district partners, provides privacy ratings on the learning review pages of hundreds of popular edtech products.

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

JULY 6, 2016

For ed-tech companies, aggregate rankings and reviews mean faster feedback and in turn more effective products and learning solutions. How Federal ‘Open’ Education Plans Are Shaping State Policy. Creators of EngageNY Start New Archive of Free Common-Core Materials. Feedback also informs messaging.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 8, 2021

Four new studies on project-based learning. Project-based learning, a popular practice that uses lots of poster boards and student presentations, is billed as an antidote to boring classrooms where teachers drone on. But it’s an open question whether students can learn every subject this way. 3rd grade science. Curriculum.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The rhetoric and policy of “accelerate, don’t remediate” makes sense when students are a year to a year and a half below grade level. But even the best guides on how to help students complete unfinished learning don’t have advice on how to help math students who are three years behind. Middle school math is uniquely difficult.

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 8, 2022

but should be) – SULS0148 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. In this episode, Kasey chats with Rich Dixon, Senior Director of Innovative Learning at H?para. para We provide teachers with tools to build flexible, personalized digital learning environments so they can power awesome learning. . Learn more about H?para.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 19, 2014

I have not shied away from sharing my opinions on educational technology, leadership, politics, policy, and reform. Earlier this week I saw an article from NJ Spotlight titled THE LIST: NEW JERSEY'S 'EDUBLOGGERS' TALK POLICY, POLITICS -- AND TECHNOLOGY. Time to get back to my point. Whether or not I do is besides the point.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 26, 2015

If you haven’t visited Ask a Tech Teacher regularly, here’s what you’ve missed: What’s a good Technology Acceptable Use Policy? 13 Ways Blogs Teach Common Core. You can find her resources at Structured Learning. 8 Tech Tools to Get to Know Your Students for Back to School.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

While the teachers in my audience will probably know the difference, it does not help that the Common Core Standards are exceptionally vague about the type of digital skills students need to exhibit. So, let’s do a Marie Kondo and declutter the concepts. How computer literacy evolved into digital literacy.

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Edsurge

MAY 26, 2019

Engage Edtech Employees in Extended Learning We call the program Freshman Seminar. The class reads about Common Core and completes a few samples of Common Core assessment questions to understand the student and teacher experience using these materials. Not a bad idea, right?)

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 24, 2023

Hirsch, who developed the curriculum used in these schools and whose 1987 book Cultural Literacy inspired the common core standards movement in American education. Fordham Institute, called it “ compelling evidence ” for the theories of University of Virginia English professor emeritus E.D.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2019

It has also impacted the role that teachers play in the mind of educational policy makers and reformers—for good and ill. Investments in teacher training programs when new state standards or social-emotional learning programs are rolled out are recent examples where statewide decisions shape local choices.

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Marketplace K-12

MARCH 23, 2015

Assessment Common Core E-rate Ed-tech Online Learning ltlf assessment testing' Delisle, a top official at the U.S. Department of Education, said amid a growing anti-testing backlash, state and local officials need to evaluate how their assessments are used.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 30, 2019

What stands out for me is how popular education trends, from social-emotional learning to school discipline, aren’t standing up to scientific scrutiny. This study found that students in gifted classrooms are learning the same topics and curriculum as students in general education classes. school systems separate children by race.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 1, 2016

Is there a school policy on cyberbullying? . What is the school policy on children bringing cell phones and personal devices from home? EdTech is a tool that extends a child’s natural ability and desire to learn. You can find her resources at Structured Learning. What access will the students have to the Internet? .

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 29, 2016

New Hampshire and educator John Martin are at the forefront of the competency-based learning movement. In today’s show, we’ll give you an overview of competency-based learning including some of the benefits and the problems. Even assessment changes with competency-based learning. What is competency-based learning?

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eSpark

JANUARY 5, 2016

have expressed frustration with No Child Left Behind, an educational policy that has been derided by educators as placing too much emphasis on standardized testing and failing to address racial and socioeconomic achievement gaps. educational policy: College and Career Readiness. Blended Learning. Testing and Accountability.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Every system wants to help students with a math interest learn the subject at high levels because students get a leg up when it comes to getting into college and moving into careers in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). All students in the district take Common Core Math 6, 7 and 8. Harold Asturias ?is

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

I’ll explain more on this later but for now… #3 You can “protect” your classroom (kind of…) If you’re still in the camp of “No AI in my class” (whether by choice or by your school’s policy for the next school year), you can somewhat do that. Consider your learning goals, standards, etc. ChatGPT) well.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Teach digital citizenship is easily done either through dedicated platforms like Common Sense Media and Netsmartz , or a full-blown curriculum like this one from Structured Learning. Is it established by district policy or is each teacher encouraged to pick their own? You can find her resources at Structured Learning.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

The sole focus becomes one that emphasizes performing well on a test as opposed to learning. What results is the proliferation of an industrialized model of education that reformers claim they want to get away from, but the policies they support only help to sustain it. For change to be successful it must be sustained.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Twice a week, Rofiat Olasunkanmi, 22, heads back to Brooklyn to her alma mater, Kurt Hahn Expeditionary Learning School. They outlined key factors that can predict non-submission, using data students put into their Common App profiles coupled with community indicators from the American Community Survey administered by the U.S.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Common practice was to assign a chapter to read in a textbook and then a worksheet to assess student knowledge. This placed the responsibility for learning on the students, using teacher-prescribed methods, even though decades of research screamed that lots of kids perform better with images than pages filled with black-and-white text.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Personalized learning lets Champlain Valley Union High School sophomore Bella Curtis study toward a certificate in horse management. New ways of teaching and learning are needed to make sure students prove they’ve mastered topics before earning a diploma, they say. Photo: Austin Haeberle. NASHVILLE, Tenn. –

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Educator Innovator

APRIL 2, 2018

Civic Engagement Research Group (CERG) scholars Erica Hodgin and Joseph Kahne collect resources for deeply and meaningfully assessing students’ civic learning, as part of Teaching Channel’s Educating for Democracy Deep Dive. Are you integrating civic learning experiences into your classroom but unsure whether it’s working?

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eSchool News

MARCH 30, 2016

Today’s business leaders and policy makers frequently call for deeper learning and college and career readiness in pre-college students, and the Common Core State Standards do the same. Next page: How schools can assess deeper learning.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 4, 2023

Our kids participate in the testing, so we should look at their positive results and see how we can apply lessons learned to U.S. Every student deserves a knowledge-rich approach to learning regardless of whether they visit Mount Vesuvius and places like it in person or through other learning experiences. schools more broadly.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2019

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. In those countries, schools are expected to teach all students common content. Subscribe today!

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ExcelinEd

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Combating this literacy crisis would require “political courage, creativity, and commitment on the part of educators, a deep belief that all children are capable of achievement, and an understanding of the science on how youngsters learn to read” (Cowen & Forte, 2019).

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The 21st Century Principal

JUNE 20, 2013

These offerings let educators take professional learning into their hands by selecting desired areas for growth and immersing themselves in targeted learning at their own pace. educators implementing the Common Core State Standards in both mathematics and literacy. Nothing better than Free!

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eSchool News

APRIL 6, 2021

Former US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan presented the Dr. Michael Casserly Legacy Award for Educational Courage and Justice to Casserly during a virtual award ceremony at the CGCS’s Legislative/Policy Conference. To learn more about Curriculum Associates, visit CurriculumAssociates.com. About Curriculum Associates.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Another idea gaining popularity is that students need to learn more about the world around them in order to grasp the meaning of what they are reading. Fordham Institute , an education policy think tank, which directly linked minutes of social studies instruction to higher reading scores.

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Saving Socrates

APRIL 22, 2013

In his post on his blog [link] , Aaron Ross suggests that their are two polar opposite approaches to the neccessity of a common core, those who want to protect and perhaps even popularize it and those who want to totally abandon it. Is there a need for a common set of knowledge that all students must at a minimum possess?

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