The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 26, 2020

This story on music education was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. The post OPINION: With many schools choosing online learning, how can we keep the music alive? appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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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. This time, she knew the family.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 24, 2021

If you’re ready to help elementary-aged children understand financial literacy, Vault is the perfect course for you. Grade level: elementary grades. Elementary students can join a ragtag group of superheroes as their commander, on a mission to repair their spaceship by leveling up through interactive literacy games.

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Course Elementary Data Common Core 502

Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Journalists (and others) are failing us when they don’t report out what NAEP levels mean. For instance, the New York Times reported this graph today from NCES : “Appalling,” right?! The National Academy of Sciences report was particularly scathing, labeling NAEP’s achievement levels as “fundamentally flawed.”.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 21, 2020

In the fourth season of the Miseducation podcast, New York City high school students report on how kids’ lives were thrown into disarray and how the inequality already baked into the system worsened. All one million of New York City’s students were thrown into online learning when schools closed back in March. By Titilayo Aluko.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 10, 2022

Since CTE focuses on hands-on learning and postsecondary preparation, it is a key ingredient in career literacy. It nurtures active learning, imparts professional skills and prepares students to transition into the workforce or higher education. In fact, a report by the U.S.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Parents see themselves as responsible for children’s privacy, even though they report feeling ill-equipped” to manage it, says Elizabeth Laird, senior fellow of student privacy for the Washington, D.C.-based The more parents learn about student data privacy, the more concerned they become, the survey found.

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Data Student Data Privacy Survey Online Learning 201

Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2023

It’s 7:00 am, and I’m on my second trek from my car to our centralized district meeting space, lugging snacks, supplies and chart paper as I prepare to lead a workshop on best practices for technology integration for a group of 15 elementary teachers in my district. One of every five requests in the U.S.

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Professional Learning Elementary Meeting Survey 193

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Exposed now are deficiencies of utilizing online learning management systems that school districts face. Moreover, sending teachers into the workforce without adequate training is equivalent to sending doctors out to practice without learning to treat specific ailments. There should be a concerted effort to focus on this area.

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Technology Digital Citizenship EdTech Study 301

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 10, 2024

Credit: Ariel Gilreath/The Hechinger Report But that changed when schools shut their doors and classes went virtual. Other states reported similar trends: Forty percent of English learners in Colorado were chronically absent last year, 10 percentage points higher than the rate for the overall student population.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Entrepreneurs and investors packed Holon’s conference, eager to hear more about the global research and analytics platform’s latest survey results and reports on latest trends and ed tech for teaching and learning. appeared first on The Hechinger Report. Sign up for our weekly newsletters.

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Training Report Online Learning Conference 119

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

Jenna Gros jangles as she walks the halls of Wyandotte Elementary School in St Mary’s Parish, Louisiana. Brusly Elementary School has 595 students, ranging from ages two to seven. Jenna Gros, head custodian at Wyandotte Elementary School in St Mary’s Parish, Louisiana, stops to tie a student’s shoe. MORGAN CITY, La.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 25, 2021

On March 13, Keller, a second grader at Vermont’s Hinesburg Elementary, came home from school and didn’t return for six months. Like 20 million other students across the United States, Keller, with no preparation or warning, abruptly shifted to online learning. The lost generation. Many other kids weren’t so lucky.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 31, 2021

Bethel Elementary School students get a break from reading and math lessons with an engineering activity during summer school in Simpsonville, S.C. Credit: Ariel Gilreath/The Hechinger Report. Students participate in a hands-on activity during summer school at Bethel Elementary School in Simpsonville, S.C. SIMPSONVILLE, S.C.

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Elementary Report Groups Personalized Learning 112

Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

According to the report, the EdTech industry will reach a global value of $252 billion by 2020. The Kudan Elementary School in downtown Tokyo organized the first robot teacher testing as far back as 2009. Online learning. Online learning is an all-encompassing strategy that doesn’t consist of only one tool.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2023

To help her along, the teacher at her Bay Area elementary school has been showing her the right way to hold a pencil. And for many, kindergarten simply is no longer the assumed first step in a child’s formal education, another sign of the way the pandemic and online learning upended the U.S. It’s harder. school system.

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Analysis Elementary Report Data 96

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The researchers found evidence that “despite internet service providers reporting similar technological availability across neighborhoods, access to broadband in the home generally decreases in tandem with historic neighborhood risk classification.” He added that there needs to be better measures of reporting broadband data.

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Accessibility Broadband Digital Divide Policies 133

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2021

Department of Education, called the Institute for Education Sciences, commissioned a report to wade through all the studies on education technology that can be used at home in order to find which ones were proven to work. Another improves reading comprehension among older elementary school students.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 20, 2023

For now, he said he doesn’t think generative AI tools will have an immediate impact in early elementary classrooms, either as an instructional tool or a cheating risk (“You can’t fake knowing your ABCs,” he said). Clarification: This sentence has been updated to clarify the Department of Education’s role in the report.

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Policies Analysis Elementary Report 81

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

No matter whether elementary teachers return to physical or virtual classrooms, this will be a year for the history books. What’s less clear is how prepared elementary school teachers are to put these seismic events into context. What’s less clear is how prepared elementary school teachers are to put these seismic events into context.

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eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2024

Making tough choices Later this year, the final round of federal pandemic funding, known as Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER), will expire, leaving school budgets uncertain in many districts. Funds they have come to rely on for staffing and technology will end in September if not allotted.

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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). According to a report from AASA, superintendents must collaborate with numerous stakeholders as they develop spending plans. But why aren’t schools spending the money?

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Secondary Report Elementary Assessment 102

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

MARCH 11, 2020

State and federal agencies have advised schools to create online learning plans to minimize the disruption to student learning. Their students have internet connections at home, laptops they can work from, teachers who know how to design online lessons and a strong foundation of in-school blended learning experience.

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Broadband Flipped Classroom Online Learning Smartphone 145

The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2021

Relationship over reproach: Fostering resilience by embracing a trauma-informed approach to elementary education. In addition, you’ll create practical tools such as rubrics for teacher observation, surveys for self-assessment reports, and data collection checklists and notes for interviews. Learn More.

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Course Assessment Online Assessments Strategy 486

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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Strategy Elementary Groups Personalized Learning 144

Edsurge

AUGUST 31, 2020

That number is up 9 percentage points from June, when 23 percent of teachers reported having low morale in a similar survey. She notes that teachers tend to report high morale when they have “voice, choice and agency.” In the same survey, conducted in mid-August, about a third of respondents said their morale was “low” or “very low.”

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Survey Report Groups Elementary 171

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

But the depth of this problem was obscured as most states, and thus most newspapers, reported achievement trends by comparing each new year’s eighth graders to the previous year’s eighth graders. The post OPINION: Middle school math is a unique problem that needs more attention appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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Common Core Report Analysis Trends 112

The Hechinger Report

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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Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 111

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 28, 2023

On a breezy July morning in South Seattle, a dozen elementary-aged students ran math relays behind Dearborn Park International School. There are 25 students in the program hosted at the elementary school, and all of them are one to three grades behind. appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 8, 2021

Countless media reports have detailed the struggles that many students of color have had since the onset of the global pandemic. Last November, a nonprofit research group expressed concern that racial inequities already in place prior to the pandemic might deepen as many schools continued with remote learning.

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Report Online Learning Personalized Learning Survey 136

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2021

On April 20, Kentwood Elementary in Los Angeles opened its doors to students. Lola sat in a room with her classmates while her teacher, who was home for medical reasons, taught them online. The Los Angeles Unified School District, where Lola was enrolled, reported a 14 percent drop, a loss of nearly 6,000 students.

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Learning Elementary Data Report 128

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 8, 2019

Here are five online math resources that will turn boring math into a favorite subject: Mathletics. Mathletics is a captivating online learning space that provides students with all the tools needed to be successful math learners both in the classroom and beyond.

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Common Core Digital Citizenship Comparison Report 251

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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Elementary Assessment Report Outcomes 143

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 30, 2023

These reported downturns were not observed in terms of student problem-solving or thought processes, but on standardized test scores. We should also consider the learning gains that our students achieved during the pandemic. The post OPINION: Can we please stop talking about so-called learning loss?

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Learning Data Social Media Study 140

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. The teachers worked in elementary, middle and high schools. teaching work force. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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Personalized Learning Study Laptops Learning 137