Edsurge

APRIL 19, 2021

During the crises of 2020-21, we clearly saw that our education system needs to innovate to make it more equitable, agile, relevant and responsive. We learned that education conditions are intensely local; they vary dramatically in each and every community, limiting the usefulness of one-size-fits-all solutions. Why local communities?

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Education Libraries System Elementary 217

The Cornerstone for Teachers

AUGUST 11, 2021

Over time, however, especially after the experience of participating in the 40 Hour Teacher Workweek , my wheels started turning about how I could apply Angela’s strategies to my own secondary classroom. What I found was that in making their work more accessible to them, I was empowering my students to take ownership of their education.

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Secondary System Conference Assessment 64

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 31, 2024

Much has been made of artificial intelligence’s potential to revolutionize education. Meanwhile, digital media, heavily reliant on visuals and text, with audio often secondary, is playing an increasing role in education. Audio is often a secondary consideration; particularly once users can read.

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Waterford

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Chief among those is determining how to support students with special educational needs. In the United States, about 14 percent of students in public schools receive specialized education services.[1] Families whose students have an IEP may need extra support in managing distance learning and special education.

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Edsurge

JULY 7, 2022

Schools have been able to hold virtual meetings and use digital documents for parents who are at work, which has helped with parent-teacher conferences and meetings about individualized education programs, or IEPs, for students with a disability.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

It’s critical to document these stories, which range from efforts to close the homework gap and expand virtual learning to increased opportunities for DEIA. The program recognizes the dedicated efforts of education professionals across K-12 departments, including IT, curriculum, instruction and administration.

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Secondary Elementary EdTech System 84

Pair-a-dimes for Your Thoughts

JUNE 13, 2014

To the Citizens of British Columbia, Canada, How important is a good, free, public education system to you and to our society? How much should a collective ‘WE’ spend on creating the best possible public education for ALL of our children? Catalogue-no-81-595-M-No-099-Statistics-Canada ).

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eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2022

2020 and 2021 saw $190 billion in federal relief funds go to schools through the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER). The answer–or, more accurately, answers–offers a glimpse into the complicated state of post- COVID education. But why aren’t schools spending the money?

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Secondary Report Elementary Assessment 79

Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

Secretary of Education Richard W. Yet, understanding this history is crucial to understanding the meandering path we are on with respect to determining the best and appropriate future role for the federal government with respect to educational technology – a task I have set out for myself in a series of posts on this very topic.

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Policies Technology Program Evaluation Education 150

Edsurge

JUNE 22, 2022

The Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER) was approved in three packages in 2020 and 2021. Currently, HR departments spend an inordinate amount of time credentialing their teachers—getting paperwork in order before teachers set foot in the classroom to verify and document their credentials.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2020

That’s a problem because the data don’t lie: Two-thirds of all jobs and 80 percent of all “good” jobs (paying a median wage of $65,000) demand a postsecondary credential, according to research by Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce. Having done farm work as a teen, Ayers agreed. To do this, Ayers spends about $4.7

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How To Education Report Accessibility 140

eSchool News

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Our primary goal is to build a world-class-quality K-12 technology service system, including achieving Level 2 in the ‘process and results’ categories of the National Institute for Standards and Technology’s Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for Education.”. Kristina Stratton, principal, Westside Elementary School, Florida. “In

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EdTech ePortfolio Robotics Elementary 102

Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2020

The federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, for example, limits the use of school-improvement funds to interventions that benefit student learning as documented by at least one well-designed and well-implemented research study.

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Policies EdTech Program Evaluation Outcomes 119

The Hechinger Report

JULY 15, 2019

As the leaders of organizations that advocate on behalf of the disability and higher-education communities, we are committed to working together to continue the progress made in recent years to welcome and support college students with a wide range of disabilities. Ted Mitchell is president of the American Council on Education.

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Learning Advocacy Report Secondary 110

Reading By Example

JUNE 27, 2016

I have the documentation to verify these results. All teachers were expected to document student writing at least six times a year in a digital portfolio tool. Only the writing portfolio process along with the incorporation of digital portfolios to document and share this process was a focus in our faculty trainings.

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Elementary Classroom Survey Assessment 40

Reading By Example

JUNE 27, 2016

I have the documentation to verify these results. All teachers were expected to document student writing at least six times a year in a digital portfolio tool. Only the writing portfolio process along with the incorporation of digital portfolios to document and share this process was a focus in our faculty trainings.

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Elementary Classroom Survey Assessment 40

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Michelle McLaughlin said Michael’s education did not prepare him for college or career. This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education, in partnership with the Huffington Post. Our son’s education was a waste. Higher Education.

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Education Strategy Report Training 111

Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Common Sense Education created this essential guide to help your district or school address the key topics E-rate recipients need to teach students, including internet safety, appropriate online behavior, and cyberbullying. What are the educational requirements for compliance? What are the educational requirements for compliance?

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E-rate Digital Citizenship Broadband Internet Safety 52

Edsurge

JULY 3, 2016

Its roots can be traced back to the 1990s when Congress reauthorized Johnson’s Elementary and Secondary Education Act. But the restricted scope of learning these tests measure—and the untimely availability of their results to educators—makes attempts to link their data to student learning impractical and ineffective.

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Data How To Secondary Assessment 65

edWeb.net

AUGUST 12, 2021

Reg Leichty provided an overview of the two key federal regulations regarding student data and privacy, starting with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). The student data covered by FERPA includes any files, documents, or records in other formats that contain information directly related to a student.

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Data Student Data Privacy Software Internet Safety 96

Edthena

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

What’s been documented less are the reflections of organizations implementing video in their work with teachers on the ground and managing change within the organization. “It is a tool of technology, but more importantly it is a tool of reflection.”

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Video Classroom Secondary Elementary 40

NeverEndingSearch

JUNE 17, 2019

This post looks at a progression of student thinking (and questioning) about the value of Wikipedia as they move across educational stages. Our study examined the behaviors and choices of 175 student participants, across six educational stages, as they engaged in four tasks in response to a grade-appropriate science research prompt.

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E-rate Wiki Elementary Study 111

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 5, 2017

But teaching can be simplified so that the most elementary beginner can acquire the basics. One way teachers can help students acquire these skills is through the process known to language educators as syntax. Higher Education. Related: Rising popularity of dual-language education could leave Latinos behind.

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Secondary Elementary Report Training 50

Bryan Alexander

MARCH 17, 2016

Graduate – Family and Consumer Science,Art Education, Historic Preservation, Adult Basic Education, Curriculum and Instruction, Special Education, Science Education, Educational Leadership – M. Master of Art in Teaching, Applied Chemistry, Mathematics Education, and Physics Teaching.

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STEM Secondary Elementary Resources 40

EdTechTeam

APRIL 11, 2018

From Google Classroom to creating journal entries with Google Draw with Kindergarten, I love immersing my students in the educational amazing-ness provided by Google For Education! You can imagine my chagrin when I found the Applied Digital Skills c urriculum would be geared toward middle, high school, and post-secondary students.

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Google Outcomes Elementary Secondary 41

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

“When you look at college mission statements, they’re loaded with grand pronouncements about the skills and habits of mind they’re going to inspire in their students,” said Alexander McCormick, an associate professor of educational leadership and policy studies at Indiana University Bloomington.

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Learning Outcomes Survey Assessment 101

A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 2, 2023

You can align critical feedback to current research by keeping a document of effective pedagogical techniques found in your readings. Reflect through writing As a connected educator, writing has been a valuable tool for me to process my thoughts and critically reflect on my teaching, learning, and leadership work.

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Personal Learning Network Strategy Conference Assessment 499

wwwatanabe

MAY 13, 2014

I''ve been learning as much as I can about Chromebooks, the Chrome Web Store, and Add-Ons since we are a Google Apps for Education district and have Chromebooks as our One-to-One devices at our high school, and have many carts at our other campuses. Visit the complete list of Educational Apps. How are Chromebooks different?

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Chromebook Google Secondary Software 84

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

But some education experts argue that too much of the burden for training people on the professional skills they need is falling on educators. Department of Education-funded project currently being piloted at nine community colleges that includes a classroom curriculum, workplace learning and a credential.

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Industry Training Survey Company 111

The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 31, 2016

The 40 Hour Teacher Workweek Club provides professional development on productivity to educators who want to focus on what REALLY matters, both in and outside of the classroom. Access to elementary and secondary private Facebook groups where I–and hundreds of other teachers—share ideas and answer questions. Even better?

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Facebook Secondary Video Accessibility 64

iLearn Technology

APRIL 23, 2018

In the science classroom, students can: share each step of an experiment through the scientific method with each step being a new video, document dissection, reflect on failures, show the process of building or designing, make predictions, document process, demonstrate, post wonderings, or class challenges.

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Classroom Edmodo Blackboard Video 55

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 18, 2011

Join us on Wednesday, April 20th, for a very special live and interactive event with educators from Egypt, Tunisia, Lebanon, and Morocco. We''ll be discussing the political changes taking place in the Middle East, the impact of technology on both politics and education, and student-to-student interactions worldwide.

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Secondary Classroom Training Study 74

MindShift

DECEMBER 16, 2018

Looking back at the most popular articles published on MindShift offers an interesting glimpse into the concerns, aspirations and focus areas for educators. Building a strong school culture is at the foundation of many innovative teaching and leadership strategies, so it’s no surprise that educators want to know how school leaders do it.

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Strategy Secondary Social Media System 42

MindShift

MAY 5, 2017

Technically, if one trusts the etymology, the best way for a teacher to confer with other educators would be an educator conference. One district employee was smiling about how there were elementary and secondary teachers connecting and sharing: “Where else do you see this?” He was joking, but sometimes the answer is yes.

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Edcamps Meeting Conference Learning 68

Graphite Blog

MAY 9, 2018

How is this relevant to my elementary school-level classroom? They also have made their approach available to a variety of industries, including education. Then, they used Post-it Notes to document answers to their questions that they found in books and through interviews. I also had a lot of questions: What is design thinking?

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Industry Secondary Robotics Meeting 40

The Cornerstone for Teachers

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

The 40 Hour Teacher Workweek Club provides professional development on productivity to educators who want to focus on what REALLY matters, both in and outside of the classroom. Access to elementary and secondary private Facebook groups where I–and hundreds of other teachers—share ideas and answer questions. Even better?

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Facebook Secondary Video Accessibility 40

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 7, 2018

The proportion of overage students — those who have been retained for at least one grade — hovers around 40 percent for New Orleans high school students, according to an analysis of 2014 data by researchers at Education Research Alliance for New Orleans, which is based at Tulane University. Higher Education. Sign up for our newsletter.

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Analysis Report Data Policies 121