MindShift

JULY 11, 2017

WILDER, Idaho — Eight years ago, the principal of Idaho’s Wilder Elementary School, Jeff Dillon, made a tough decision: He pulled his children out of the district high school to send them to private school. “I My kids begged me to come to summer school,” said Chantelle Mullins, a mother of two elementary school students. Dillon said.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

As I work with more and more schools in a coaching role, I am beginning to see specific trends emerge. Now, before I go any further, it goes without saying that I see fantastic examples of sound pedagogical practice and innovative strategies that are leading to improved learning outcomes. What was one thing you were unsure of?

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 18, 2020

In my hometown of Houston, bars and restaurants have closed for fifteen days, which has been a trend occurring across the world to limit the spread of the disease. Our youngest learners will need some help and guidance, especially if their elementary schools have not been 1:1 or Bring Your Own Device (BYOD). Thanks @E_Sheninger !

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 5, 2022

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Summer school] actually helped us develop the model for how to bring back all 20,000 kids in the fall,” Smith said. “It

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 12, 2018

It helps explain the step-by-step nature of coding,” says Todd Burleson, resource center director for this Winnetka Public Schools District 36 elementary school. My personal learning network is key to my success with integrating robots into our activities,” Innes says. “I to teach kindergarteners the basics of coding. “It

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2019

When Destiny Reyes started elementary school, she felt highly motivated. Like most young children, she liked learning new things, and she excelled at school. Surveys reveal a steady decline in student engagement throughout middle and high school, a trend that Gallup deemed the “school engagement cliff.” PROVIDENCE, R.I.

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User Generated Education

JANUARY 22, 2023

I still am an early adopter of technologies in that I believe many can benefit students in their learning. As I always do, I am exploring its use in my classes (elementary-level gifted education). What are some suggestions for how to say no if a friend asks to copy my homework? Later, I describe and show the work of my students.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2021

Recently, I had to educate myself on the current trends in helping students who are anxious, depressed, worried, or just need guidance about the future. Research note: As Wall (2021) indicates, there is a definite connection between trauma and student behavior as well as student learning.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Monica Williams remembers the late May day she and first grade teacher Lizette Gutierrez reconnected with the four young siblings from Cable Elementary. No teachers from the San Antonio elementary had heard from the children since schools closed abruptly in March due to the pandemic. Credit: Monica Williams.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

APRIL 4, 2021

On the other hand, Alisa, an elementary school teacher from Massachusetts, says that building outdoor learning spaces in her school lead to a stronger community as everyone came together to make it happen for the kids. Case Study #2: Alissa, 1st Grade Teacher at Leverett Elementary School, Dorchester, Massachusetts.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 20, 2023

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Don’t try to make a policy. Don’t try to make a decision. He anticipates that some teachers will be hesitant.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

In fact, it seems as if all eyes are on Higuera and his classmates as they pioneer what the superintendent of Dysart, Gail Pletnick, calls “the future of education” — a personalized learning environment that puts students in control of what, when and how they learn, with teachers as their guides. Right now, most do not.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 11, 2019

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Sign up for the Future of Learning newsletter. Future of Learning. Subscribe today! Weekly Update.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 11, 2017

In Wilder Elementary School, students not only pick which subjects they want to learn, but they can also spurn their desks and work on the floor if they want. My kids begged me to come to summer school,” said Chantelle Mullins, a mother of two elementary school students. It’s a very strong trend,” said Daniel A.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

because teaching is no longer an isolated profession; it’s a dynamic and interconnected field requiring teachers to work collaboratively and build expansive professional and personal learning networks. It’s a conduit for staying abreast of the latest educational trends, resources, and technologies. Madda et al.,

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EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Vrain is also the only district Learning Counsel has found that is deeply involved in workflow aimed at personalized learning, with 100% digital coverage for core curriculum, 90% for electives, 80% for special needs and 100% for professional development. Katy ISD/ Bear Creek Elementary, Katy, TX. Dallas ISD, Dallas, TX.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2020

A futurist analyzes quantitative and qualitative data from current trends in order to predict the alternative scenarios that could play out in conditions of uncertainty, and Saveri’s work focuses on education mapping specifically. Schools will never return to business as usual,” predicts futurist Andrea Saveri.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. The mentors] love kids, they want to pass on what’s happened, how they got there, their struggles,” Regruth said.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

26, parents from Brooklyn Arts & Science Elementary School (or P.S. 705) flocked to the school for an open house ahead of the fall 2021 semester. SERIES: How to reopen schools safely. Here’s how they did it. At P.S. 705, more students returned to in-person learning (55 percent) than the city average (40 percent).

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Not reading yet or knowing how to use a computer or mouse or knowing how to use a keyboard — everything takes longer and requires my help. I don’t want to pit one grade against another,” said Laura Bornfreund, the director of early and elementary education policy at New America, a progressive think tank. The trend is widespread.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 8, 2023

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Once students had manually created the app, they had to figure out how to prompt an AI tool to duplicate it.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. In Maggie Waldner’s elementary school classroom in downtown Denver, math lessons rarely focus on rote memorization.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 3, 2023

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Hebbar said she’s seen racial biases in some of the personalized learning software available for schools.

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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. You don’t need any expertise in how to manage that. But a small number of students have done unexpectedly well. It’s a simple thing.”.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 28, 2022

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Subscribe today!

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MIND Research Institute

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Another "big" for Texas is education, and when I'm looking to get a pulse on what the current trends and landscape are, I turn to social media! Brian Bushart is an elementary math curriculum coordinator. Yesterday, I was asked how to insert (vertical) fractions in @AppleEDU iWork files. this is how I do it. July 9, 2019.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Leave this field empty if you're human: Elo is a champion of phenomenon-based learning and its value to students. After the elementary grades, when teachers specialize in individual subjects, it can be complicated to coordinate an interdisciplinary project. But some of his colleagues took a while to adopt his enthusiasm.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Audrianna Lesieur, age 11, smiles after demonstrating the strength of “Confidence” with encouragement from classmate William Maestas as her teacher Val Seamons moves on to assist Billy Sabo at Lake Canyon Elementary School. They’re among the 10 “talent themes,” or strengths, used to underpin learning in the school district here.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 16, 2020

Others, though, simply didn’t know how to stay on task without a teacher looking over their shoulder. Tyler Thigpen, co-founder of The Forest School: An Acton Academy in south metro Atlanta, said learning in his school went on mostly as usual after the coronavirus hit. Related: How to unlock students’ internal drive for learning.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Once kids know how to read in English, Malzkuhn says, they can go the library and pick out any book they want.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

Leaders will be looking for new ways to streamline observation to ensure teachers feel supported, connected with colleagues, and aligned on how to have the most impact with students. Regardless of whether students are learning in the classroom, at home, or a combination of the two, students are in need of greater support during this time.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Not long after schools closed because of the coronavirus last spring, a Rhode Island nonprofit launched a hotline for teachers who were struggling to launch new technology for remote leaning and trying to figure out how to teach with it. It was the same kind of thing just on a larger, more formal scale,” said Leaheey. Subscribe today!

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2019

A few years ago, Amy Lopes, a veteran fifth-grade teacher in Providence, Rhode Island, learned that teachers at her school could try a mindfulness and yoga training along with their students. I said, ‘OK, I’ll try it, but it’s not going to work,’ ” recalled Lopes, who teaches at the William D’Abate Elementary School. Chris Berdik.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Educators who enjoyed working remotely last year were invited to apply; most of the elementary teachers at the online school teach virtually full time, while the upper-grade teachers split their time between the virtual and in-person schools in the district. Credit: Image provided by Claudia Fletcher-Lambert.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2017

For example, imagine that you are an elementary school principal who is looking for opportunities to strengthen specific third grade math skills in the new school year. By digging into your grade level data for various discrete skills, you notice a trend—75% of your third grade classes are struggling with number sentences.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 22, 2020

She invested $19 — the cost of hosting a website — and created eLearn.fyi , a database of more than 300 online learning tools, in tables clearly organized by grade level and subject matter, including a civics curriculum founded by former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and engineering lessons on how to build a robotic arm.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2017

They say I’m personalizing learning. We spent a lot of money on devices that we didn’t know how to use. The most critical issue was always the learning gaps. My 16, 17 and 18-year old students were entering my class reading at an elementary level. I came to the Cobb County School District in 2006.

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