eSchool News

JUNE 7, 2023

.– K-12 assessment and research organization NWEA released today a new study that takes a deeper look into instructional practices driving high academic growth. NWEA’s new study followed that research to answer the next, necessary question: what can be learned from high growth schools about teaching and learning?

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Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2020

As an English as an additional language (EAL) support teacher at NIST International School in Bangkok, Thailand, I co-teach in four early elementary classrooms, supporting multilingual students who are developing their academic proficiency in English. To my surprise, people were interested and they voted to meet before school at 7 a.m.

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Edsurge

MARCH 14, 2024

Given the amount of planning time he has each day, along with the assistance of an AI-powered app, Robert can easily turn a hard copy reading passage and questions into an interactive quiz for the students in his elementary classroom. Parsing education data into snack-sized servings. The corresponding bill died in committee.)

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Many people might think the main benefit of a high-quality preschool program is the academic boost it gives young children when they enter elementary school. Researchers at Georgetown University have been studying the impact of Tulsa, Oklahoma’s program for two decades. Test scores aren’t the thing they’re thinking about.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Judging from the emails, calls and tweets I’ve received in the last week, there are few early education studies with more hated results than the multi-year study from Vanderbilt University researchers, which tracks outcomes for children who attended Tennessee’s voluntary pre-K program more than a decade ago.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 17, 2022

Teachers described their challenges in combining in-person and remote teaching in a University of California, Santa Cruz, study published in January 2022. Student failures during the 2020-21 school year prompted three districts in the study to abandon the dual approach and split into separate in-person only and remote only classes. .

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Waterford

JULY 7, 2022

Studies show that a family’s engagement has a direct positive impact on a child’s learning success. You can encourage families to join your school’s family-teacher association or arrange virtual family-teacher meetings for families with transportation issues. Connect with families in person or in regular virtual meetings.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 15, 2023

The early results of her randomized control trial were so extraordinary that her study influenced not only CUNY in 2016 but also California lawmakers in 2017 to start phasing out remedial education in their state. Most importantly, it studied math, often an insurmountable requirement for many students to complete their college degrees.

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N2Y

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Did you know that students with disabilities are allowed to attend their own IEP meetings ? Most special education teachers, leaders, and advocates highly encourage students to participate in and eventually lead their IEP meetings. You may be wondering … how? At what age are children allowed to attend? Here’s how. That’s okay.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2021

Against this political backdrop, a new study raises big questions about whether gifted education benefits the kids who are lucky enough to be in it. The study, “Do Students in Gifted Programs Perform Better? Some studies have shown sluggish learning growth for gifted students. Redding and his co-author, Jason A.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

To meet this need, we must start young. Related: A study on teaching critical thinking in science. The post OPINION: Distrust of science in the coronavirus era reminds us why we must boost elementary science education appeared first on The Hechinger Report. This story about U.S. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

More group work was associated with greater individual gains in a new study. I visited many elementary and middle schools where students, with bulging headphones wrapped over their heads, stared at separate computers, each learning something different at the same moment. Photo: Tara García Mathewson.

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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 3, 2024

At this point in the school year, you have had time to establish classroom routines, nurture your relationships with students, and design and facilitate entire units of study. He uses it when he meets with each member of his team to exchange feedback at the mid-point and end of the calendar year.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2021

A Minnesota study of 18,000 students whose schools switched to a later start time found kids slept more but posted only slightly higher grades. Fewer studies have looked at academic achievement after a later morning bell. A 2018 study reported increases in grades and attendance in one Seattle high school but not in another. “The

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EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 11, 2016

Being raised in a bilingual Finnish/English home and having attended elementary school in Finland for several months at a time, I chose to apply to teaching positions in my mother’s native country of Finland. In 2003-2004, I taught a first grade English immersion classroom for the City of Espoo’s Jalavapuisto elementary school.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

APRIL 4, 2024

Corriveau and Kurkul (2016) administered a study of preschool-aged students about how they choose from whom to learn. The purpose of the study was to see if a preschoolers’ preference in informer is related to SES (Corriveau & Kurkul, 2016). Their study involved 14,049 students across fifty-one middle schools.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Frequently, the media center is also the most public space for the community , where school meetings, board meetings and PTO meetings are held. Cocoon zones: Modern learning environments should reflect the ways students use them, supporting group projects as well as individual study time. That’s a great model to follow.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 8, 2021

Four new studies on project-based learning. 2nd grade social studies. Four new studies released in February 2021 are helping to fill this void. The George Lucas Foundation financed the four studies. Students worked on multi-stage projects over an extended period of time throughout a unit of study. Curriculum.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Plenty of students find social studies lessons a bit dull. Eager to build a career out of his interest in social studies, he thought about museum curation, archival work and practicing law. I did go into an elementary school and I learned that I did not want to be an elementary school teacher. Not Caleb Brown.

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eSchool News

MARCH 15, 2024

Study after study has shown that effective library programs can increase student literacy and test scores and create more equitable student outcomes. As we examine elementary school library best practices, we realize the true purpose of a school library is not limited to one specific idea.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 1, 2019

But in the first multi-state effort to measure textbook efficacy since the implementation of the Common Core, researchers at the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University saw no difference in the average fourth- and fifth-grade math achievement gains of schools using different elementary math textbooks.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Boston – VHS Learning has once again received accreditation from the Middle States Association Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools (MSA-CESS), a worldwide leader in accreditation and school improvement. As part of the reaccreditation process, VHS Learning conducted a self-study before the peer review team’s evaluation.

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eSchool News

JUNE 26, 2023

The findings come from a new study from K-12 assessment and research organization NWEA. Led by Dr. Chase Nordengren, principal research lead for Effective Instructional Strategies at NWEA, the study zoomed into two schools that have historically shown high growth for diverse populations of students, including through the pandemic.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

To best meet the needs of an increasingly diverse student population in the United States and to strengthen the composition and reach of the network, this year’s ambitious application cycle prioritized districts meeting at least one of the following criteria: The district’s free and reduced-price meals rate is 50 percent or greater.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 27, 2018

A study of project-based learning found that social studies scores were higher for second-grade students who learned this way, compared to students who were taught traditionally. studied civics in the fall of 2016, they began by exploring a nearby park in Pontiac. Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 31, 2024

While educators are leaving the field at unprecedented rates , many districts are scrambling to meet the needs of all their students. Professor of public health and African American Studies David R. Navigating school spaces is a journey and students’ needs are ever changing.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 21, 2021

What is surprising is that many teacher programs don’t prepare their graduates well for the rigors of using technology to meet current educational requirements. Without a doubt, the indicators of this study demonstrate that teachers need assistance. The study does not account for the level of experience of the teachers.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Students at Bessemer Elementary School don’t have to go far to see a doctor. According to one study of three rural districts in North Carolina that was released in January , school-based telemedicine clinics reduced the likelihood that a student was absent by 29 percent, and the number of days absent by 10 percent.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 6, 2023

But not just any posters; today, we’re diving deep into the world of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math) posters that can jazz up any learning environment, from the traditional classroom to the home study corner. And if they don’t meet your expectations, there’s a 30-day money-back guarantee.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

In a recent study conducted by InFocus , AVTechnology and Tech & Learning, only 19 percent of the 201 education technology users surveyed use videoconferencing in their schools. . “K–12 Whether teachers or students are out of school, modern video devices can help classrooms meet in the virtual space. . by Curtiss Strietelmeier.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Pittsburgh, PA– Carnegie Learning , a leader in artificial intelligence for K-12 education and formative assessment, announced today that elementary students from Buchanan County, Virginia School District achieved unprecedented reading gains using Carnegie Learning’s Fast ForWord ® reading and language program. That’s major.

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Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2021

Students learn best when they study real ballot initiatives during an election year or work with journalism professors to write their own editorials for the local paper. With an increased emphasis on improving test scores in reading, writing, math and science, social studies fell to the wayside.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

In many cases, the act of being “developed” comes in a variety of standard types such as workshops, mandated PD days, presentations, conferences, book studies, or keynotes. Through a review of 35 studies, we found seven widely shared features of effective professional development. Always make time for feedback.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JUNE 19, 2020

We meet virtually every Monday for a couple of hours, in addition to our other activities. We spent the second half of class deconstructing a couple of race-based educational cases from Gorski’s book, Case Studies on Diversity and Social Justice Education. Coronavirus Chronicles 005 – Mabel Rush Elementary School.

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eSchool News

JUNE 13, 2022

The study’s authors are Linda Darling-Hammond, Marjorie E. The report updates a prior 2007 study, Preparing School Leaders for a Changing World, led by Darling-Hammond. They are also better prepared to meet the needs of diverse learners. Wechsler, Stephanie Levin, Melanie Leung-Gagné and Steve Tozer.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2023

Melissa Knapp is Harpeth Valley Elementary School’s only literacy coach. Melissa Knapp, the literacy coach for Harpeth Valley Elementary School, answers a first grade student’s question. Third graders work through a reading assignment at Harpeth Valley Elementary School in Nashville. NASHVILLE, Tenn.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2019

Drawing clear lessons that are useful to school leaders is challenging but this study could be a potentially influential document in persuading school districts across the country to spend money on this “principal pipeline initiative” and enable them to pay for it with federal funds earmarked for poor students.

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