The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

Kathy Neumann’s third graders at Longfellow Elementary School in Columbia, Maryland, struggled to understand fractions during this pandemic-disrupted school year. With remote learning, they couldn’t do their usual classroom activity of cutting strips of construction paper into halves, quarters and thirds.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 5, 2017

The progressive education movement has a number of hallmarks, these include: Learning by doing. Collaborative learning. Personalized learning. De-emphasis on textbooks, rote learning and teacher-led instruction. Critics of constructivist teaching methods claim that many active learning techniques lack focus.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 20, 2023

What schools need to do, he said, is provide teachers with a better understanding of what AI is and share examples of how to use it. Not only does it break down the various types of AI technologies, it provides examples of tools that can be used in schools. Don’t try to make a policy. Don’t try to make a decision.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 11, 2019

One of Brown’s current projects is helping groups of elementary and middle schools in Colorado and New Jersey reconsider their school days. Importantly, focusing on schedules stays away from the baggage certain fads like personalized learning have acquired. Related: OPINION: How 45-minute class periods stall learning.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

That changed when his school district in Fairfield County, South Carolina, switched to online learning during the pandemic. Online, he has no problem asking the teacher a question,” said Woodward. Henry McMaster pushed hard to return all schools to in-person learning this fall, saying remote learning was “not as good.”

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TeachThought - Learn better.

APRIL 1, 2021

Further, 1:1 learning environments (where each student has access to a personal electronic device) are tied to positive outcomes like increased student engagement , more personalized learning experiences, and improved communication between students and teachers. Integrations, for example, are crucial for any use-case.

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2020

It’s an opportunity for the future teachers who are enrolled at the college to apply what they learn in class in a practical setting, testing out lesson plans with real elementary students. McGhee, assistant clinical professor of elementary education at Auburn University. This year, camp is canceled due to COVID-19.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The science of learning and development, enabled by technology, can help us support teachers’ efforts to address their students’ unique learning needs. For example, Quill , which focuses on improving writing skills, is already using AI to deliver true personalization in the classroom.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 3, 2020

In some cases, those students struggled with distractions in the classroom during in-person learning. The challenge of in-classroom [learning] can be the social interaction. Educators say schools can use lessons from remote learning to better serve students when schools reopen in person.

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Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

In elementary school, frequent absences are linked to a higher likelihood of dropout—even if attendance improves over time. In addition to causing learning gaps, absenteeism also has budget implications. Her organization recommends that attendance is taken for every in-person and virtual instructional experience.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2021

Positive parental help could make the difference between students being excited about math or falling behind during the pandemic, said Jennifer Bay-Williams, co-author of “Elementary and Middle School Mathematics: Teaching Developmentally” and professor of education at the University of Louisville. Credit: Michelle Majdoch.

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Hapara

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Teachers may also customize digital textbooks to create a personalized learning experience. There are several online sources for digital textbooks free of charge. Some websites are dedicated to K-12 learning, while others feature textbooks for all learning levels or high school and college. history and writing.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

After that one morning session, Dunlap, a scientist who grew up in Japan, withdrew Annika from kindergarten at her local public elementary school in Fremont, California. Kindergarten, a foundational grade for young children, is typically the first year of elementary school, even in the 31 states where it isn’t required.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

As the struggle continues, a few overarching lessons learned — about equity, expectations and communication — are now helping schools navigate this crisis on the fly. Blaney Elementary School in Elgin, S.C., Related: Teachers need lots of training to do online learning well. on March 18, 2020. Adjusting Expectations.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 10, 2020

Cuomo, who appeared to question this week whether students have to be in classrooms at all , drew immediate fire from many educators and parents, and his secretary later wrote on Twitter that “nothing could ever replace in-person learning.” Children need to apply what they learn, not just regurgitate.”. A RAND Corp.

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Edsurge

APRIL 14, 2017

Take for example how students interact. Through this practice, students who have had a rough weekend at home can shift their mindset and recognize they are appreciated; the values create a stronger social-emotional foundation that enable them to focus on learning. It also helps engage students with their place and culture.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 3, 2023

Hebbar said she’s seen racial biases in some of the personalized learning software available for schools. Products that use voice assistant technology to measure a student’s language comprehension and creation skills are one example. Nidhi Hebbar, co-founder, the Ed Tech Equity Project. “If

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

While some students remain unconnected, Oakland’s effort has emerged as an example of how to tackle a citywide digital divide. “We In May 2021, Think College Now elementary students sit in class after returning to in-person learning. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 5, 2021

The student-to-teacher ratio at her twins’ East Austin elementary school was higher than what state law mandated, she said. Meanwhile, Asian families in New York City opted for in-person learning this spring at the lowest rate of any demographic , a pattern that holds true elsewhere in the country. They want them to be improved.”

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The analysis found the average student lost more than half a school year of learning in math and nearly a quarter of a school year in reading – with some district averages slipping by more than double those amounts, or worse. The district began offering in-person learning in March 2021, but three quarters of students remained home.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 16, 2021

Should math teachers start fourth grade, for example, by reviewing important third grade topics such as multiplication and fractions? Or should they start fourth graders off at the usual beginning, learning place values through millions and billions, as if third grade hadn’t been disrupted? Should they step back or proceed ahead?

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 24, 2020

Learning Gaps. Based on evidence with both elementary and secondary school-aged students, summer slide can typically equate to one month of learning loss. Students from families classified as low socioeconomic status are often more impacted by that summer slide and have more significant learning gaps. Join the Community.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Many schools that dug in on resuming in-person services with no exceptions have been unable to fill vacancies across their special education teams. For example, Newberg-Dundee Public Schools in Oregon embraced teletherapy to assess and address the needs of their students faster and have since seen positive results.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2017

In my visits to elementary, middle, and high schools around the country this past academic year, here are five tips I took away for how educators can get beyond the buzz to implementation. For example, in one English project, teacher ask students to choose a contemporary problem of interest to them.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Under a 2018 law in Missouri, for example, virtual schools are paid a prorated monthly cost based on students’ completion of assignments and assessments. They quickly grew frustrated with the online for-profit virtual charter he attended last year. She wants to see online learning taken out of the hands of for-profits altogether.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

When the boys’ no-fee private school reopened to in-person learning more quickly than Gaddie thought was safe, she enrolled them in the tribally controlled public school she’d gone to as a child. For example, when teaching a unit on telling time, Siddiqui said she would incorporate verses from the Qur’an that talk about time.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

The profiles are part of the school’s embrace of personalized learning, which centers on the belief that a teacher lecturing at the front of a classroom is a bad fit for today’s students. Personalized learning has, in recent years, become one of the most talked-about trends in education.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

And Shayla Savage, a middle school principal, said that when her students returned to in-person learning this spring, she noticed differences beyond just their math and reading progress compared to previous years. “We Even with the physical aspect of school, the learning loss is real all across the board.”.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

Many charter networks here, including Crescent City Schools, Firstline, ReNEW, and KIPP, have embraced an educational philosophy known as “personalized learning.”. Though personalized learning doesn’t have to include technology, many New Orleans charters have put computers at the center of their personalized learning efforts.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 16, 2021

Emily Anne Gullickson, CEO and founder of A for Arizona, said, “There’s a great deal of respect now that learning can happen outside of the four walls.” Tulsa Public Schools is one example of a district thinking about education solutions outside the classroom box. Credit: Nicholas Serpa. Credit: Peggy Barmore for The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

While students ultimately may go back to in-person learning, remote learning will remain a possibility for suspended students “whenever feasible,” he says. Tweaks to services for students, for example, resulted from a more empathetic understanding of individual student needs, says Dr. Robinson in New York. Robinson says.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

School officials in the seaside town scrambled to purchase enough devices for all their students to learn online last year after the pandemic hurtled kids out of buildings. There’s a simmering sense of anticipation about how far educators have come with technology, and its potential to enhance student learning. “I

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2020

I quickly fell in love with learning, inspired to work hard by an amazing math teacher — but, more importantly, also to be kind and compassionate. She led by example, and she pushed me to dream big. Now schools are formulating plans to reopen, most likely with some combination of online and in-person learning.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2021

I have a student, for example, who didn’t want to speak in class at the beginning of the year. He was painfully shy, and using our Microsoft Teams online platform didn’t necessarily help him overcome that. He agreed, and afterward I gently asked him a few questions about his work during a whole-class discussion.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

Abrupt shifts to virtual and hybrid learning laid bare the vast inequities that exist in the U.S. The move to online learning also made people wonder: Are there practices we can continue when the pandemic abates? Elementary students are not immune to serious student safety issues. education system. temperature, lighting).

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

million students without seeing them in person. There weren’t many examples of high performing virtual campuses to look to for inspiration or best practices. A robotics competition might draw iUniversity Prep students to Austin, for example, or a running club might gather for a race in Houston. Kaye Rogers, iUniversity Prep.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Welcome to the latest post in our series on blended learning. Previously, we’ve explored what blended learning is and delved into its strengths and weaknesses. We’ve also looked at practical examples of blended learning and how they are applied in various educational contexts.

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