The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

But will they actually learn anything? Higher education has found itself under increasing pressure to change that, just as has happened in elementary and secondary schools, where a battery of standardized tests constantly check in on what students know. We’ve never really had to demonstrate our learning,” said McCormick.

Learning 107

Learning Outcomes Survey Assessment 107

Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 24, 2016

In his highly-acclaimed book, Visible Learning: A Synthesis of Over 800 Meta-Analyses Relating to Achievement , he highlighted 138 different factors that can influence student learning success. That extra year is a killer – literally – when it comes to retained students’ secondary school completion rates.

Dropout 0

Dropout Policies Comparison Study 0

Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2017

The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) has always required local agency plans as a condition of getting the federal funding. A brief comparison of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) and ESSA illustrates the point. These plans are beginning to show a magnitude of change that has—so far—gone under the radar.

Education 80

Education Policies Comparison Outcomes 80

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

You could have learned your lesson.” Our mission is really to educate our kiddos, and in order to do that we need them in school,” said Lori McKenna, Albany’s assistant superintendent for secondary instruction. You can’t learn if you’re not feeling safe or nurtured.” Yet the legislation has never made it out of committee. “A

Report 100

Report Survey Data Comparison 100

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Moving away from the pandemic, educators still grapple with learning loss and academic disparities and inequities. In 2023, a new popular kid in town, better known as AI, dominated headlines and prompted debates around how students could abuse–and should use–the generative tool for learning.

Trends 143

Trends EdTech Industry Data 143

Learning with 'e's

JUNE 18, 2014

This is number 17 in my series on learning theories. As usual, this is a simplified interpretation of the theory, so if you wish to learn more, please read the associated literature. Inferential reasoning skills can be developed over time as children learn about new concepts, how they compare, and how to make decisions.

Secondary 59

Secondary Comparison Analysis Outcomes 59

Fractus Learning

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Vygotsky believed social interactions were necessary for learning and development, and Jean Piaget thought even children learned through doing. Children learn by themselves without peers or adults telling them what to do. Children are active learners; they don’t need rewards to motivate them to learn.

Secondary 64

Secondary Examples Study Comparison 64

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 23, 2016

Fifth-graders at Konguta Kool – an elementary school in a small Estonian village – prepare for a math lesson in the computer lab. By comparison, in the United States, students do not get the same educational experience. Photo: Sarah Butrymowicz. But there’s an overlooked member of the list: Estonia. It didn’t work,” Lukk said.

Secondary 0

Secondary System Survey Study 0

Learning with 'e's

JUNE 18, 2014

Image by Steve Wheeler This is number 17 in my series on learning theories. As usual, this is a simplified interpretation of the theory, so if you wish to learn more, please read the associated literature. In my most recent post I featured Hull's Drive Reduction theory and its applications to education. Unported License.

Secondary 28

Secondary Comparison Analysis Outcomes 28

The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2016

A child rides a bike on the playground at Global Connections Learning Center in Jackson. This fall, students at Enterprise Attendance Center in the small city of Brookhaven may get to draw, paint and make crafts in an elementary art class — the first the school has had in 12 years. billion on elementary and secondary education.

Elementary 59

Elementary Advocacy E-rate Accessibility 59

eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Moving away from the pandemic, educators still grapple with learning loss and academic disparities and inequities. In 2023, a new popular kid in town, better known as AI, dominated headlines and prompted debates around how students could abuse–and should use–the generative tool for learning.

Trends 52

Trends EdTech Industry Data 52

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2016

President Bush promotes his “No Child Left Behind” education agenda during a visit to Kirkpatrick Elementary School in Nashville, Tenn., Many states either were not tracking them at all or were using widely disparate formulas that made state-by-state comparisons impossible. Monday, Sept. Photo: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite.

Education 40

Education Policies Learning Report 40

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 25, 2016

“Students who share racial and/or gender characteristics with their teachers tend to report higher levels of personal effort, happiness in class, feeling cared for, student-teacher communication, post-secondary motivation, and academic engagement.”. By way of comparison, white non-Hispanics make up just 31.8 Hispanics account for 21.5

Secondary 40

Secondary E-rate Report Comparison 40

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2020

O’Neal Elementary School, in Elgin, Illinois, none of the third graders could read and write at grade level according to state tests in 2019. Just nine miles away sits Centennial Elementary School, where 73 percent of third graders met grade-level standards on that same test. At Ronald D. This story also appeared in Daily Herald.

Data 145

Data Elementary Trends Analysis 145

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2016

Redcliffe leaders, in the long tradition of English nursery leaders, believe children learn best when they are taking the lead and exploring the world on their own, complete with the risks that independence carries like, say, a bump on the head from a wooden swing. No country can serve as is a perfect comparison to the U.S.,

Policies 40

Policies Study System Groups 40

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

“It was really looking yourself in the mirror and saying, ‘Which four in 10 students don’t deserve to learn to read?'” Silva didn’t know anything about how children learn to read or how they should be taught, so he started searching online. “This is the most studied aspect of human learning.”

Training 112

Training Elementary Report Study 112

The Hechinger Report

JULY 9, 2018

For example, a child from a poor home whose mother works an overnight shift might need more one-on-one attention at school to learn to read. However, the latest data from the federal government, covering the 2014-15 school year, still shows an advantage to the wealthy across the nation’s public elementary, middle and high schools.

Report 89

Report Comparison Elementary Data 89

wwwatanabe

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

I frequently see people use the Internet to look up recipes, movie listings, and news; however, I still don''t see it as a natural source for engaging rigorous learning in the classroom. Here are the new AR scores also in comparison to the Lexile scores : However, it''s not the be-all and end-all for selecting independent reading.

Common Core 74

Common Core Resources Differentiated Instruction Secondary 74

The Cornerstone for Teachers

AUGUST 9, 2020

She shares how her daily classroom work is a reflection of her own learning, identity, and growth, and how she uses that self-reflection to support students in being fully seen and known in her classroom. It’s a really messy process of learning and unlearning through reflection and reading.

Classroom 98

Classroom Groups System Resources 98

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Kline said she’s confident more students will take the end-of-year tests in March and April, when the city’s elementary schools are scheduled to be open to all students. That leaves districts like Columbus, where students in grades 6-12 are still studying online, with an incomplete picture of the pandemic’s impact on student learning.

Education 121

Education Assessment Data Elementary 121

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Here are the areas that have seen the most ed-tech investment activity so far this year: Learning to code : Investments include Galvanize ($45,000,000), Codecademy ($30,000,000), Andela ($24,000,000), Wonder Workshop ($20,000,000), Revature ($20,000,000). Who’s to blame that companies aren’t selling enough stuff to schools?

Technology 40

Technology Education Common Core Company 40