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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The Hechinger Report

MAY 11, 2023

Related: Middle school science teachers often have shaky scientific knowledge Down in Florida, in a very different political climate, the Orlando Science Center trains around 3,000 teachers every year in STEM programming on topics such as computer science and design thinking. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

This case study was featured in Chapter 4 of EdSurge's "State of Edtech" report. During 2009, then-Superintendent Darwin Stiffler and Associate Superintendent Duane Sheppard of Yuma Elementary School District One in Arizona had just taken their positions and were trying to figure out how to meet students’ needs.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2017

Related: Pathways to jobs of the future opening via summer STEM programs. North Star is part of the Uncommon Schools network, which has elementary, middle and high schools in Newark. Yet for years, students like McGee had limited exposure to the world of STEM, or science, technology, engineering and math.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Amid STEM Enthusiasm, Stepping Back to Consider the Broader Purpose of Teaching and Learning Science. The push for STEM initiatives — coding workshops for elementary school children, or extended-day science experiments for middle school students — reigns at the forefront of the education conversation today.

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Edsurge

MAY 24, 2023

AAAJ Chicago created a two-hour workshop for educators that overviews the lack of Asian American history taught in schools across the country; where Asian Americans are concentrated in Illinois; tropes to avoid reinforcing in classrooms; and pedagogical practices to respectfully teach Asian American history.

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Digital Promise

JULY 19, 2018

Some of our professional development workshops are geared toward a particular group of educators: those who teach K-12 science, technology, engineering and mathematics, also known as STEM. We all use language,” one STEM teacher recognized, “whether it’s in the directions we give or the handouts we use.”.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 15, 2023

More than two-thirds of all community college students and 40 percent of undergraduates in four-year colleges had to start with at least one remedial class, according to a statistical report from the U.S. The confusion stems from the study design. Department of Education. The majority of these students dropped out without degrees.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2020

After leading a handful of conferences and workshops for public school teachers over the last couple years, Acera is in the first year of a three-year, whole-school partnership with the Joseph G. Besides the hands-on, STEM-focused projects, the Acera team has helped Pyne Arts leaders develop a School Success Dashboard. Now she’s back.

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Edsurge

JUNE 1, 2017

Wonder Workshop offers a free competition so my club signed up, along with 5,300 teams from around the world. Our curriculum is too new to evaluate long-term results, however the classroom teachers report seeing an improvement in their students’ logical thinking, problem solving, persistence, collaboration and communication skills.

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Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2023

In Afterschool Alliance’s “America After 3PM” report released last year, the organization found that between 2014 and 2020, participation in after-school programming decreased and barriers to participation and unmet demand grew. Low-income, Black and Latino households were also more likely to note these barriers, the report found.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2016

Leaders there see fab labs as a natural extension of their hands-on STEM programs, and a way to infuse creativity rather than passive “screen time” into children’s early encounters with technology. The museum became STEM-focused several years ago, but a low-tech mindset pervades its exhibits. Photo: Chris Berdik. “In

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2018

Small-group math work at Prairie Oak Elementary in Berwyn North School District 98 where, two years ago, just 14 percent of third-graders were able to do grade-level math. Photo: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report. Turning this around isn’t something you can do during a couple of workshops,” said Ayala. BERWYN, Ill. —

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2018

Photo: Eveline Chao for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Eveline Chao for The Hechinger Report. Around 2009, Lee learned about the Junior Theater Festival (JTF) in Atlanta, where students from across the country gather for three days to compete, take workshops and nerd out over musical theater. NEW YORK — It’s 3 p.m.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. Check out my Booking Page.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 20, 2016

Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. Check out my Booking Page.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

DECEMBER 5, 2015

Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. How to report content on YouTube.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 23, 2015

Wonder Workshop aims to bridge this gap with its dollar-for-dollar match program for Dash & Dot projects through DonorsChoose.org. Wonder Workshop will match one dollar for every dollar donated towards funding projects that bring the Dash & Dot robots to schools in need. Material from a press release was used in this report.

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My Paperless Classroom

MAY 29, 2014

We are in our second year of a 1:2 iPad program in the middle school, this is our first year of having a cart of iPads available for elementary, and this is our last year of having 2 labs of PC''s for the students to use, next year we will only have one lab. I am happy to report that, much to my own surprise, the first challenge has been met.

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Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2023

Code Next is a free after-school program designed to make tech more accessible to students of color, many of whom lack opportunities to explore STEM fields in middle and high school. It's like kids are already getting knocked out for the count in elementary school.” And that in turn affects people’s career choices.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 24, 2019

Aliah Corona and Dakkota Ryf, both 8 in this photo, check the force it takes to move a bag of potatoes six inches using wheels during their third-grade STEAM enrichment class at Pioneer Elementary School in Quincy, Washington. Lillian Mongeau/The Hechinger Report. Related: Alaska Native students pursue STEM with great success.

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techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

This program adds full home access for students, custom curriculum alignment, performance reporting, professional development, and more. Principals can access unique data insights on how teachers, parents and students are using FreshGrade through monthly reports.

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MindShift

JANUARY 24, 2019

This story about STEM education was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Lillian Mongeau/The Hechinger Report). Black and Hispanic women together claimed less than 4 percent of jobs in science and engineering, according to the report.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 27, 2017

They reported that, since the 2010 survey was given, the percentage of girls who said they felt respected by each other declined 13 points, to 31 percent. Raquel Sheridan, a senior at Pittsfield Middle High School, holds a flower she and classmates made as part of a workshop exercise. Each has a stem, and petals.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Nicholas Garcia of Chalkbeat Colorado reports on the Denver Green School''s improved test results following an intensive project-based learning curriculum implementation. Project Ideas for Student Council on Technology. Thanks for sharing, Karen! Education Revolution Google+ Community Project Based Learning + Green Schools Paving the Way.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 2, 2021

“Between cooking meals to feed my children throughout the entire day, keeping up on household duties, ‘mommying,’ doing my own college courses, and teaching … there was never enough time,” says Memoree Skinner, an elementary special education teacher, graduate student, and mother of three. Student Mother Struggles Nearly 10 percent of U.S.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

But the researcher says he has heard from hundreds of teachers who have reported improvements in test scores. Just think back to the last time you went to a professional development workshop. Well, it turns out that strategically constructing the groups like we see in a lot of elementary schools turned out to be a disaster.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Credit: Danielle Dreilinger for The Hechinger Report. On a crisp day in early March, two elementary school gifted and talented classes worked on activities in two schools, three miles and a world apart. In this series, The Hechinger Report examines racial inequity in gifted classes and what schools are doing to fix it.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 24, 2023

When I’m running workshops for school leaders, one of my favorite opening questions to ask is: “How many of you would say that you are math people?” This story about math identities was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The school recently built a new center for science and arts outfitted with new, cutting-edge Samsung solutions that provide an ideal space for students to foster STEM skills, such as critical thinking, communication, and creativity. Nominee: Link Text Becky Alexander, Morris Elementary Nominated by: Istation.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 6, 2019

Photo: Nick Oxford for The Hechinger Report. The agency, the Oklahoma Energy Resources Board, held a workshop for teachers in Lau’s district a few years ago; she said she salvaged the free lab equipment from the kits that were distributed and threw away the rest.) Related: Will new standards improve elementary science education?

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User Generated Education

JULY 2, 2017

Makerspaces, Maker Education, STEM, and STEAM are gaining lots of traction in Kindergarten though college level education. At one of my recent workshops, one teacher made the following design out of her paper circuit which says, “The moment your realize you can be a maker.” Materials Openly and Easily Accessible.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2018

Photo: Chris Berdik for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Chris Berdik for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Chris Berdik for The Hechinger Report. For testing and student data reporting, Northern Cass will still link students with an expected year of graduation. HUNTER, N.D. — We take the tests. Steiner plans a similar approach.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Electronic Village Online (EVO) has developed as a community of practice that in 2001 facilitated a program of online discussions and workshops that have been held every year since then each January-February. Most sessions have two presentations and then time for participants to ask the questions to the presenter. The conference is FREE.

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Fractus Learning

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Rummikub reinforces STEM skills, improves math abilities, develops strategic thinking skills, and teaches players to play within time constraints. Designed by sixth-grader Sam Ritchie during a Design A Game math workshop, Mental Math is a fun mental math game for kids and an exciting way to learn math in 5 th -7 th grade.

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Diagrams of simple machines — a pulley, an inclined plane, a lever — appeared on the massive whiteboard of a school STEAM lab (STEM subjects plus Art) in South Fayette, a fast-growing suburb of Pittsburgh. Children in fifth grade at South Fayette elementary school collaborate to make their Rube Goldberg machines do what they wish.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 15, 2019

In 2013-2015 he taught 4th and 5th grade STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) at Independence Elementary in Yukon Public Schools in Oklahoma. He leads 3 day iPad Media Camps, STEM camps for teachers and students, and digital oral history workshops with Storychasers. Wesley completed his Ph.D.

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