The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 28, 2022

New data released this week from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP, known as the “nation’s report card,” should raise the alarm for America’s high schools. Absenteeism skyrocketed during the pandemic, with more than 70 percent of schools reporting increases in chronic student absenteeism. The post OPINION: U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2024

Wealthy suburbs can have a surplus of qualified applicants for elementary schools at the same time that a remote, rural school cannot find anyone to teach high school physics. On the surface, that sounds like a success and other news outlets reported it that way. Fixing the problem is not easy because those shortages aren’t universal.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Students have told Greenhaus about upsetting experiences they had in elementary school math classes, how embarrassed and anxious they felt when they were confronted with math problems, and how those feelings led some to choose a major in college that did not require extensive math instruction. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Kathleen Gates, a retired teacher who had taught for many years at Brooksville Elementary School in the Hernando County School District, described preparing for that school board meeting as if she were going into battle. One of Robinson’s fellow panelists at the conference, Hayley McCulloch, a U.S.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 8, 2018

Educational research group Pearson reports that there’s increasing awareness and recognition among teachers and administrators that traditional parent-teacher conferences yield limited results , particularly for traditionally marginalized student populations. Let Parents Help Design Your Communication Tactics. by Curtiss Strietelmeier.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Benchmark at regular intervals, such as progress report time, with student led conferences. My elementary students love their Seesaw digital portfolios. Digital Portfolio Tips, Tools and Resources. Start with goals! Find student goal templates for students of any age to fill out here.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 18, 2021

Parent-teacher conferences have always been important, perhaps never more so than now, with many schools across the country closed to in-person teaching since last spring. Conferences that provide an opportunity for parents and teachers to monitor and assess children’s progress, performance and achievement are more necessary now than ever.

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Waterford

MARCH 10, 2022

3,4] In addition, the National Early Literacy Panel reports that a young child’s ability to write their name and to write individual letters upon request is an indicator of future reading success.[3]. Read alouds can be useful for teaching communication skills to elementary students. The connections work in the other direction as well.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2023

It’s 7:00 am, and I’m on my second trek from my car to our centralized district meeting space, lugging snacks, supplies and chart paper as I prepare to lead a workshop on best practices for technology integration for a group of 15 elementary teachers in my district. One of every five requests in the U.S.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 14, 2018

From student-led social media to students calling parents with score reports and student-led conferencing, these three ideas can help empower students in your classroom. You’re an elementary teacher right? Now, you also do student-led parent-teacher conferences, and we’ll show in the show notes to some folks who have talked about this.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Black elementary students in North Carolina tended to score higher on annual math tests when they were taught by an HBCU-trained teacher, but not necessarily a Black teacher, according to an unpublished study from a Stanford University graduate student. Credit: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 13, 2022

This story also appeared in Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting. Lupita Hightower, Arizona’s Superintendent of the Year and head of the Tolleson Elementary School District, sets the tone for five schools serving about 2,900 students, advocating against attendance-related suspensions and expulsions.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Earlier this year, the Highlander Institute, The Learning Accelerator and The Christensen Institute teamed up to bring together a conference on blended and personalized learning in Providence, R.I. We called an all-school town hall the next week to both explain and to provide a traditional report card alongside a more competency-based one.”

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

It’s never surprising to see and hear enormous enthusiasm for technology solutions at conferences: There are always a host of new apps and products on display that come and go. appeared first on The Hechinger Report. Sweden is instead embracing printed textbooks, teacher expertise, handwriting practice and quiet time.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2021

At first glance, the binders incorporating a whole year of learning at the Parker-Varney elementary school in Manchester look a little like Candy Land, the beloved game of chance where players navigate a colorful route past delicious landmarks to arrive at a Candy Castle. Credit: Nancy Walser for The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 8, 2023

Here she is training math teachers on how to teach children to solve word problems at an elementary school in Brooklyn, New York. Credit: Jill Barshay/The Hechinger Report How does a revolution start? The post PROOF POINTS: How a debate over the science of math could reignite the math wars appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

When building a classroom environment, confer openly with teachers about their specific needs to guide more meaningful technology integrations. . We’ve already helped several schools plan alignments that fit under the top three learning space trends reported recently by eSchool News : . Consult Teachers on Classroom Needs.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2023

To help her along, the teacher at her Bay Area elementary school has been showing her the right way to hold a pencil. But the appeal of a suburban school system had brought the family from San Francisco, and when it came time for first grade, Aylah enrolled at Cornell Elementary in Albany. It’s harder. Wednesday, Nov. So does Aylah. “I

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

“When students are given a choice of where to sit, it increases their engagement and overall attentiveness and just creates a more positive environment,” Kara Adams, a teacher at at Belden Elementary School , tells WKYC.com “It goes from 'my classroom,' to 'our classroom,' and then 'total community.'". Photo: Nick Hagen. by Eli Zimmerman.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2022

Over 40 percent of students report that they’re sleeping less, and close to 3 in 5 students say they’re more stressed about school than they were before. He spearheads the Alabama Conference on Grading and Assessment in Learning , an annual event where educators discuss best practices for testing and grading students.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Nevertheless, during the 2017-18 school year, the CRDC reported, 69,492 students received corporal punishment, on top of 92,479 students in 2015-16. The most recent number is much lower mainly because in-person instruction and data reporting were disrupted during the pandemic. Corporal punishment remains expressly legal in 16 states.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 17, 2021

In survey questions that accompany the NAEP test, eighth graders reported how much time they spent reading outside of school. In this survey of elementary school children, parents had even more negative attitudes toward reading than their children. Parents reported reading less for enjoyment in 15 out of 18 countries and jurisdictions.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

But the Nation’s Report Card from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, reported what many feared: student performance declined significantly, with lower performing students seeing a shaper decline than some of their peers.

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User Generated Education

JANUARY 22, 2023

As I always do, I am exploring its use in my classes (elementary-level gifted education). I get frustrated when I see conference presentations about 50 educational technologies in 50 minutes. To use GLTR, a piece of text simply copy and pasted into the input box and anaylze is hit to generate a report.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 18, 2024

Credit: Patricia Kühfuss for The Hechinger Report Neriman is taking part in Kein Abschluss ohne Anschluss (KAoA) — or “no graduation without connection” — a program that has been rolled out across the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia to help students better plan for their futures.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Photo: Caralee Adams for The Hechinger Report. Soft instrumental music played in the background as families walked into the gym at Laurene Edmondson Elementary School around 5:30 in the evening. Photo: Caralee Adams for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Caralee Adams for The Hechinger Report. “I LOVELAND, Colo.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2016

2, 2014 photo, teacher Joy Burke surprises her students with homemade cookies as they leave their fifth grade class at John Hay Elementary school in Seattle. Cookies and math tend to go together in an elementary school classroom. In this Thursday, Oct. Photo: AP Photo/Elaine Thompson. And not always as reward for a correct answer.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

She was selected as the STEM Scout of the Year in 2016-2017 and was selected as one of the 12 delegates to Report to the Nation in the year 2017-2018. She was a “TIME for Kids” Kid reporter for the 2017-2018 school year and wrote articles bringing awareness to Flint crisis. Gitanjali aspires to study genetics and epidemiology.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2024

We also did some live podcast events last year, including tapings of podcasts in front of audiences at SXSW EDU in Austin and at the ISTE Live conference in Philadelphia. So they’re looking for inspiration from other sectors — including video game design and elementary school classrooms — to keep lectures interesting.

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MIND Research Institute

DECEMBER 20, 2022

All eleven of the elementary schools are using the program. The recent NAEP Mathematics Assessment—the Nation’s Report Card—reveals dramatically low math scores and highlights the need to accelerate student learning to get students back on grade level. Ryan Christopher, Elementary Curriculum Coordinator, Waterloo Schools.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2022

Before the pandemic, Akeyla Ragland essentially worked two jobs: The first, as the teacher of record for English language learners at Tussing Elementary School in Reynoldsburg, a suburb of Columbus, Ohio. There were no translators at that time, and she depended on me to do all the interpreting during school meetings and conferences.”.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 30, 2018

I recently read a report that said schools in the UK spend £900mn per year on educational technology. The Achievement Center of Texas that’s currently using Milo reported an improved attention span, a higher response rate, and better results in students. into our curriculum. Erica the News Anchor.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Credit: Austyn Gaffney for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Austyn Gaffney for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Austyn Gaffney for The Hechinger Report. But last February, Ophelia received her first dose; she was excited about starting kindergarten at West Whitesburg Elementary School this fall. Around 8:15 a.m.,

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Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2023

In February 2021, a RAND report that CRPE collaborated on found that one in five districts planned to continue offering some form of virtual learning. In October, the middle schools in the district went remote for one day during parent-teacher conferences. The experiment in October, Law says, was largely viewed as a success.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 15, 2023

Floyd Branch III, a restorative justice specialist for Montgomery County Public Schools, speaks about the practice at an elementary school PTA meeting. ” Whitman’s school paper, The Black and White, reported the students received a month-long suspension from the debate team. Credit: Christina A. Credit: Christina A.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

26, 2023 session of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics annual conference in Washington D.C. This story about high school math was written by Jill Barshay and produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 15, 2021

Most reports about Black students’ experiences during the 2020-21 school year focused on challenges their families faced. What was missing in that previous reporting was the acknowledgment that schools were struggling to serve Black students before the pandemic. We’ve started something new that we can’t go away from.

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