The Hechinger Report

JUNE 17, 2021

Lessons meet Common Core and Next Generation Science standards, according to Larson. This story about virtual field trips was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. During the pandemic the program saw users logging in from across the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 26, 2020

Credit: Sarah Garland/The Hechinger Report. We hadn’t even gotten to the tape diagrams and “quick tens” she had to master for her Common Core math lesson yet. It was fun to peek into exactly what they’d be learning in school. The Hechinger Report is an independent unit of Teachers College.). I’m an editor.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 13, 2018

Leave this field empty if you're human: Teachers often spend many hours at night or on weekends searching the internet for good instructional materials – or just good ideas about how to meld online learning into their classrooms. The post How to sort the good from the bad in OER appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2018

Photo: Laura Pappano for The Hechinger Report. What does personalized learning mean to the perennial tug-of-war over content — in higher education’s “great books” debate over whether students should absorb the Western canon or study what they want, and, at the K-12 level, over the Common Core? When Dan D.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 7, 2015

In addition, the team at myON relies on the myON advisory board (which includes several researchers), focus groups (which often zero in on particular research studies to consider), and reports from companies like SIMBA.” Playing educational video games enhances student motivation to learn math. ” The science!

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 30, 2018

We have to engage in a movement,” Susan Patrick, CEO of the nonprofit advocacy group known as iNACOL (International Association for K-12 Online Learning), told the cheering crowd of 3,000 true believers. This walkout is just the beginning,” Ragan Toppan, a student at Deering High , wrote in a Hechinger Report op-ed last week.

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Technology Tidbits

JULY 8, 2018

iPracticeMath is a wonderful FREE (Common Core aligned) site for Math grades K-12. Best of all, is the educational portal which allows educators/parents to manage/track student accounts and generate detailed reports. Also, iPracticeMath covers a wide variety of Math problems.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Photo: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report. The district aligned curriculum, instruction and assessment to meet learning standards recently adopted by the state and modeled on the Common Core state standards. Opportunities for online learning. A student raises her hand in a Louisiana high school class.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 26, 2015

Hobsons has launched Naviance Test Prep, a new online learning platform that is intended to make test prep engaging and personalized for students. The new solution uses game-based mechanics to deliver content from leading publishers, including McGraw Hill, Allen Prep, Cengage Learning, and MasteryPrep.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 12, 2018

Photo: Brenda Iasevoli for The Hechinger Report. The Greenfield model uses some rather commonplace strategies, such as integrating online learning, small-group instruction and greater parental and community involvement. Where the model pushes boundaries is in the addition of learning experiences called “expeditions.”

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Marketplace K-12

JANUARY 21, 2016

Pearson today announced that it is responding to rocky conditions and poor performance in international markets by laying off 4,000 workers and putting a greater focus on adaptive courseware and classroom products, as well as blended and online learning. Ramping Up Online Programs.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 13, 2017

Traditional public schools must ensure continued success in order to compete for students against charter schools, online learning, and other forms of education. More parents reported that they want their child to be engaged at school, while educators reported that the main goal of public education is to prepare students academically.

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eSchool News

JUNE 8, 2015

As the public education system evolves toward supporting students’ personalized needs, online learning tools have emerged that allow teachers to customize instruction. Free online training will be offered to familiarize Activate users with Gooru. Material from a press release was used in this report.

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Marketplace K-12

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

The company offers one-on-one English language instruction with curricula based on the Common Core State Standards. To date, VIPKID reports more than half a million registered users. Headquartered in Beijing, the VIPKID uses a flipped-classroom approach that it says fosters creativity and critical thinking skills.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 18, 2016

edWeb.net has just released a survey on Teacher Professional Development that provides insights on the kinds of professional development (PD) teachers find most helpful to improve their teaching practice and their students’ learning. I’m involved in my school’s efforts to integrate technology.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 19, 2017

Kaswell — now in his tenth year teaching at MS 88 , a large middle school in the South Slope section of Brooklyn — has always been drawn to combining face-to-face instruction with online learning. But now he’s implementing a particularly intense approach to it, known as personalized learning.

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Technology Tidbits

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Grammarly - A terrific site for helping students w/ their grammar, spelling, and more w/ detailed reporting. Students can also work on their STEM skills and learn the basics of programming. Ignite Teaching - An excellent free iPad app for Project Based Learning through collaborative digital presentations/projects.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 20, 2017

Content is mapped to a variety of levels and standards including common core. These chunks can be organized as courses, books, reports, etc. Open Course Library – A collection of high quality, free-to-use courses that teachers can download and use for teaching and learning. It is all possible with CK-12.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MAY 23, 2015

Content is mapped to a variety of levels and standards including common core. These chunks can be organized as courses, books, reports, etc. Open Course Library – A collection of high quality, free-to-use courses that teachers can download and use for teaching and learning. It is all possible with CK-12.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2015

This is coupled with free online learning, career based mentoring and apprenticeship. This is done through the development of skills in ICT, employable skills as well as entrepreneurship. At the end of the program, the youth are empowered to start their own ventures and equipped to thrive in the labour market.90%

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 9, 2015

If we''ve missed a story, send it to blog@learningrevolution.com.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

Summit Learning’s personalized learning program is a key part of the school’s improvement efforts. Credit: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report. He finds it easy to teach himself with online content as his guide. But Logan’s feelings about online learning are common. MESA, Ariz.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 5, 2014

Volunteering to help moderate sessions is a great way to get to know the presenters and to get better connected with our online learning communities. We''ll provide the training and lots of support to those of you who are able to volunteer an hour or two of your time this week. Please sign up to volunteer here.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2018

The New York Times has a new education supplement, called Learning, and The Hechinger Report is collaborating with the Times to produce Bulletin Board, a collection of noteworthy ideas and trends in education that will appear on page 2 of the section, which will come out four times a year. The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2017

The rise of online learning has accelerated it, and school technology providers have been fierce advocates. In a biology classroom, for example, lab reports are evaluated on the student’s understanding of concepts as well as on a command of scientific vocabulary. The students at M.S. Photo: Kyle Spencer. 442, teachers said.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

The Hechinger Report is running 10 excerpts from the project, to give our readers a sampling of what students really think. Photo: Magdalena Slapik for The Hechinger Report. Teachers don’t get that appeared first on The Hechinger Report. Ifetayo Kitwala, an 11th-grade student at Baltimore School for the Arts in Baltimore.

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Evelyn Learning

MAY 14, 2023

I saw students who are performing great and getting good grades in online learning as well as those students who used to get straight A’s, but now, are not getting technology”. The Common Core used to cover content standards only. Many schools are inclining more towards online learning.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

The centerpiece of Summit’s franchising effort, called Basecamp, is its Personalized Learning Platform, or PLP, a free, open-sourced learning management system that boasts a full curriculum for grades 6 through 12, including projects, online learning resources and tests. Personalized learning is easy to bastardize.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 16, 2013

Collaborating with faculty members to teach information literacy in a public health second year seminar: A case of instruction - Xan Goodman 10:00pm Classroom Resources for K12 Educators: Integrating Information Literacy Skills and Common Core and State Standards into Designing Innovative Project Based Curricula - Melda N.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. Advocates of online learning say programs like UPSTART, which is free for most families, may increase access to educational opportunities, which can be critical to ensuring the youngest learners don’t start behind and stay behind. JACKSON, Miss. Source: Waterford Foundation.

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eSchool News

JUNE 6, 2017

Public schools must ensure continued success in order to compete for students against charter schools, online learning, and other forms of education. More parents reported that they want their child to be engaged at school, while educators reported that the main goal of public education is to prepare students academically.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning. Comments Section : Students examine a post from a newspaper comment section and explain whether they would use it in a research report.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

I first heard of OptimaEd through a story that I was reporting on about a college in Michigan called Hillsdale College, which is a conservative school. She's a big school choice advocate going back all the way to the anti-Common Core movement. How did you come to even hear about this school? That’s kind of a surprising contrast.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

“ ESSA Would Handcuff a Trump Education Secretary on Common Core And More,” says Education Week , even though ditching Common Core was one of Trump’s campaign promises. More on the future of Common Core from NPR. regulation,” reports The Washington Post. million total.

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Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

” Via The LA Times : “Trump is ending Michelle Obama’s ‘ Let Girls Learn ’ initiative, CNN reports.” Via the Journal & Courier : “Legislation that set the stage for Purdue's dive into online higher ed also exempts ‘New U’ from state’s open meetings, public records laws.

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Hack Education

JULY 15, 2016

. “Ten more states sued the federal government on Friday over a directive to public schools on bathroom use by transgender students , adding their objections to those of 11 states that brought a lawsuit soon after the directive was released in May,” The New York Times reports. Via The Wall Street Journal : “ U.S.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The Horizon Report. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. But as the ed-tech sector is never willing to let a bad idea die, the report will live on. The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade.

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