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APRIL 14, 2022

Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. “We Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report Boxes of #OaklandUndivided devices wait for student pickup at Castlemont High School in May 2021. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. The homework gap isn’t new.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Credit: Magdalena Slapik for The Hechinger Report. Like many schools across the country, Red Bank High School in Chattanooga, Tennessee, gave students a choice between attending classes in person and receiving exclusively online instruction this fall. Credit: Magdalena Slapik for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Corinne Livingston.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 17, 2022

Credit: Lillian Mongeau/The Hechinger Report. Some school leaders have been turning to an innovative solution: allowing children at home to learn remotely along with their in-person classmates. Seven hundred and fifty teachers filled out a Google form saying they wanted to talk about what was happening to them. “We

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EdNews Daily

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

I had the chance to chat with Dr. Jared Scherz, the founder of TeacherCoach , and a former elementary school guidance counselor who became a clinical psychologist in New Jersey. TC is a virtual training medium, providing personal growth and professional development through online learning, coaching, and webinars.

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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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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2020

“A lot of the schools are still doing virtual summer school,” says Sean Gill, a research analyst for CRPE who co-authored the report. “I But blended learning options are few and far between. I think that speaks to the uncertainty even in the states that are reopening.” This is a brief recap of the conversation.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2021

With help from Hameed, the lead instructor, and several teaching assistants, students learn how to use search engines like Google, how to research and verify information, create presentations online, answer emails in a professional manner and use Google products like Google Docs, Google Sheets and Google Drive.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Or they do it in near-empty classrooms, broadcasting over Zoom and Google Meet. During the pandemic, elementary and high school students have still been getting access to quality music education in some cases, as their teachers learn to adapt. Music is about sharing with others. This is an unnatural phenomenon for musicians.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 17, 2018

Growing up, my generation did not use verbs like ‘Google’ or proper nouns such as ‘Siri’. Or better yet, why should we integrate online learning into our classrooms ? Notice that the report articulates the need for proper training for teachers in order for students to experience success. About the Author.

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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. Yet it’s unclear how many students will remain in virtual learning when the pandemic subsides — or whether they should.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Instead of huddling with my students, smiling and giving fist bumps, I sat in my corner of the room, providing feedback on their Google Docs from behind my laptop. Online learning platforms varied by teacher and class. Here’s how we keep that from happening appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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Edsurge

MAY 13, 2020

For this week’s episode of the EdSurge Podcast , we dive into the debate over tuition refunds during this sudden period of mass online education during COVID-19, when it’s simply not safe to do what we all took for granted just a couple of months ago, like sit in the back of a lecture hall with 300 other students. Or read a short recap below.

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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. The Richmond (Va.)

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Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

By comparison, the state of California reported a 12 percent chronic absenteeism rate among students in 2018-2019, representing 676,000 students. Department of Education reported that for the 2015-2016 school year, more than 7 million students —or 16 percent of all students—and 20 percent of high school students are chronically absent.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 14, 2021

The idea, he said, is that students will be inspired “to go on a scavenger hunt through the primary source archives to learn more.”. While the app is open to the public through the Google and Apple app store, Kinfolk is targeted to middle school students and teachers. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

That’s what led me to thinking through school options last year, with the help of a lovely school psychologist at our neighborhood elementary school in Brooklyn. They got him an iPad and they set up a Google Meet. The following week, they arranged for Krishna to be class star of the day on another Google Meet.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 3, 2020

Technologies that became widespread during remote learning could benefit all kids once schools reopen for in-person instruction. Educators say schools can use lessons from remote learning to better serve students when schools reopen in person. The post Remote learning has been a disaster for many students.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Of the 10 most-used K-12 ed-tech tools tracked by management network LearnPlatform since the start of the pandemic, eight are from Google. But half of that went to just six companies, including the celebrity tutorial provider MasterClass, the online learning platform Udemy and the school and college review site Niche.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

A June report by New America Foundation and Rutgers University found substantial progress in home broadband access since 2015. appeared first on The Hechinger Report. We have a much more equitable approach to technology and access to technology than we had in the past.” Shawn Lambert, Brunswick School Department.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 19, 2021

Then she took to Google, researching the virtual homeschool options in her state, trying to suss out the rules and regulations with which she would have to comply. This story about in-person school was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Sometimes a call was as simple as showing a second grade teacher how to organize her Google classroom in a way parents and students could easily navigate. At other times, Leaheey said, her role was to encourage teachers “to think about their goals for student learning, before they worried about what tech they want to use.”.

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EdTechTeacher

JULY 2, 2015

Avra is the newest member to join the EdTechTeacher staff and just completed her first week leading two Google Summer Workshops in Menlo Park, California. With our adoption of Google Apps for Education, we were able to start doing some really incredible things in our classrooms, and it was a super exciting time! Avra: It was amazing!

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 28, 2020

Katie Crook, Newington Elementary School’s only ESOL teacher, didn’t hear back from many of the parents she texted early on, perhaps because of literacy issues. She’s been using Google Classroom, an online resource meant to help teachers manage students’ coursework, since September 2018. This story also appeared in PBS Newshour.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

Photo: Sharon Lurye/The Hechinger Report. NEW ORLEANS — A few years ago, with little fanfare or announcement, the New Orleans education system began a massive experiment that’s reshaping how kids learn across the city. Photo: Sharon Lurye/The Hechinger Report. Photo: Sharon Lurye/The Hechinger Report. Teira Rucker, 11.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Dr. Gonzales’s district is reaching out to local non-profits for help with the shift to 100% online learning, which cannot be done quickly or cheaply, especially at a time when the district is receiving less state funding. Arati Nagaraj is an education consultant, edtech advisor and school board trustee in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

Sabrina Bernadel, legal counsel at the National Women’s Law Center Lawyers and advocates across the country say that the practice of forcing a student out of the physical school building and into online learning has emerged as a troubling — and largely hidden — legacy of the pandemic’s shift to virtual learning. It just depends.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

On one of these towers, the Albemarle County schools have hung base stations that link to broadband internet beamed up from the roof of a nearby elementary school. Would 20 hours of one student logged into Google Classroom, or 20 students logged in for one hour, suffice? Photo: Andrew Franco. Read more about the Digital Divide.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2021

Top reported teachers’ apps have adapted to meet pandemic purposes. All in this Edtech Reports Recap. The new report did a bit of compare and contrast, asking nearly 1,000 K-12 public school teachers in October 2020 the same questions that were asked for the 2018 report while adding a few new ones. Accelerated?

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EdTechSandyK

APRIL 8, 2014

High school library prediction - Librarians will become resources to help students find online courses. Part of function of library will be to become an online learning center. Often, the technology coordinator/director is reporting to the WRONG person. Imagine sharing student presentations to the world!)

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 20, 2020

Along with Rose, I contacted a middle and an elementary school teacher to see how they are faring. Related: Teachers need lots of training to do online learning. Now, during morning meetings via Google classroom, Glick is the one being peppered with questions – and often she can’t answer them. And now it’s all taken away.”

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Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2020

Here are their stories—as told to EdSurge reporter Emily Tate, lightly edited and condensed for clarity. Frazier , a fourth grade teacher who says remote learning reaffirmed the career path she chose. Kristen Stein , an elementary school teacher who enjoyed remote learning more than expected. Meet the First-Year Teachers.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Rubio, a junior at the University of Rhode Island who attended elementary school in Central Falls, had already intervened once this quarter. She’d noticed that Nevaeh was missing a grade in her online grade book for a major science project that the teen said she had completed. Credit: Nancy Walser for The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2022

Credit: Caroline Preston/The Hechinger Report. A growing body of research suggests that Black students are among those most harmed academically by the pandemic and the chaotic shift to online learning; 91 percent of West Philadelphia’s students are Black, compared to a little over half of students in the district as a whole.

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edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

The 2021 Driving K-12 Innovation report released by CoSN selected the most critical Hurdles (challenges), Accelerators (mega-trends), and Tech Enablers (tools) that school districts are facing with personalized learning, innovation, and digital equity. As defined by the CoSN report, accelerators are megatrends that drive change.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 26, 2020

He recommends educators use a single learning management system, like Canvas, Blackboard or Google, so classes can be found on the same website and students and parents only have to keep track of one log-in. Sign up for our Future of Learning newsletter. .

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2021

Clifton was among 30 teachers around the country participating in a new effort, funded by the former CEO of Google, to encourage more teachers to conduct high-quality classroom research, from miniature randomized controlled trials to A/B tests, a type of split experiment often used by online retailers.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2020

But while many districts around the country have moved to remote learning platforms like Google Classroom, Coe was using the school’s copy machine to put together printed packets for his students to take home. In this rural Tennessee county of just 12,000 residents, online learning simply isn’t an option for most families.

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