The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Furthermore, states that have adopted legislation around science-aligned approaches to reading instruction have seen significant improvements in reading achievement. Take Mississippi, for example — a state that had been near or at the bottom of most state education rankings for years. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

Policies 145

Policies Assessment Outcomes Instructional Materials 145

Edsurge

MAY 24, 2023

But district leaders, administrators and teachers have incredible demands placed on them, which were exacerbated by the pandemic and while there are high-quality materials available, they’re not compiled. We are looking to lift up positive examples of districts, schools and teachers who are doing a great job,” Pai says.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 22, 2020

They generally agree that high-quality online resources can support individualized instruction, and most school administrators and teachers think such offerings are more effective for personalizing education than non-digital materials, according to a Gallup and NewSchools Venture Fund report from last year.

Online Learning 145

Online Learning Robotics Learning Instructional Materials 145

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

When combined with other sources, one estimate places this figure as high as $10 billion annually, with $200 million of that spent on digital instructional materials. Highly fragmented, these organizations often serve small numbers of learners and have very limited budgets for instructional materials.

Instructional Materials 162

Instructional Materials Education Company Mobility 162

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

percent of the school-aged population, according to a report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. Because mastery of the English language does not necessarily determine one’s ability to grasp STEM concepts, English learners may in fact be well-suited to more advanced materials in science, math and coding.

STEM 163

STEM Policies Assessment Report 163

Edsurge

MAY 27, 2020

Administrators should take the time to invest in their staff, ensuring that everyone is on the same page and creating a fluid, on-the-fly plan for transitioning from face-to-face instruction to distance learning in the event of a COVID-19 outbreak during the school year, the report suggests.

Blended Learning 218

Blended Learning Online Learning Training Guidelines 218

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Flexible Teacher Support: Embedded teacher support and meaningful professional development are built right into the program, while new, ready-made instructional materials for each lesson make teacher preparation time quick and easy.

Company 96

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2022

This figure makes after-school programs the fourth most popular way to spend federal funds to address learning loss, behind summer school, software and instructional materials. Rinehart highlighted promising examples of how some communities are using their pandemic funds for after-school programs. The post PROOF POINTS: $1.5

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Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2020

The federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, for example, limits the use of school-improvement funds to interventions that benefit student learning as documented by at least one well-designed and well-implemented research study. But that’s likely to change when budgets get tight.

Policies 125

Policies EdTech Program Evaluation Outcomes 125

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Twenty-year-old Asmaa is an example of how constant change and upheaval were hallmarks of the previous school year. But even with that assistance, families reported lack of adequate resources; my student Ismail’s family was issued only one device for seven siblings to share. Just as school terms were ending in the U.S.,

Competency Based Learning 205

Competency Based Learning Learning System Instructional Materials 205

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 17, 2023

Screenshot from Zoom interview with Jill Barshay of The Hechinger Report.). And from there, I would say, well, let’s look at some examples,” he said. But Salvatore is finding that so many students lack basic background knowledge that he sometimes teaches a mini lesson from instructional materials that he discovers online.

Company 95

Company Training Instructional Materials Study 95

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 24, 2022

A December 2021 McKinsey report predicted that an additional 1.7 Journalists discovered cheating scandals and evidence of low-quality instructional materials. And they need examples of how to combine in-person instruction with computer time. million to 3.3 But there was a downside. It’s hard to know what to do.”.

Software 90

Software Course Instructional Materials Blended Learning 90

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

It’s that most conversations about a school’s expenses don’t sync up to what’s happening in the classroom—the instruction, materials, and tools that shape the educational experience for teachers and students. The data are now being gathered and they need to be ready for publication on the 2019-2020 state and district report cards.

Data 108

Data Program Evaluation Report Instructional Materials 108

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Examples include the opportunity for high school students taking health classes to observe and interact with medical personnel as they perform procedures, or a musician in a distant city teaching classes and leading rehearsals while online.

Broadband 60

Broadband Accessibility Instructional Materials Education 60

The Hechinger Report

MAY 27, 2020

For example, the principal of a school in a Washington juvenile detention center reported that youth do work they come with or the teacher creates something for them. This story about youth in detention was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education.

Education 71

Education Instructional Materials Report Analysis 71

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2019

Rivera Pichardo for The Hechinger Report. It’s essentially a vestige of colonialism,” said Roberto Jiménez Rivera, a rare example of a native Puerto Rican from modest means who went to college on the mainland, where he now is an assistant director of admissions at Tufts University. Rivera Pichardo for The Hechinger Report.

Dropout 111

Dropout Report Accessibility Study 111

Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Blended classes greatly benefit from BYOD scenarios because most of the class instructional materials are on the cloud and all students need to do is to sync them on their devices. For example, policies may dictate that sites such as 9gag are not allowed during certain class hours. Sounds easy.

BYOD 150

BYOD Classroom Khan Academy Policies 150

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 16, 2021

This story is a part of Learning from Lockdown , a series about education solutions in the pandemic, produced in partnership with the Education Labs at AL.com , the Dallas Morning News , Fresno Bee and Seattle Times partnered with The Christian Science Monitor , Hechinger Report and Solutions Journalism Network. Credit: Nicholas Serpa.

Elementary 141

Elementary Exercises Meeting Report 141

eSchool News

JULY 26, 2016

Learning List , an instructional materials review service for schools and districts, has formed an alliance with The College Board to provide professional, independent reviews of Advanced Placement (AP) materials to empower educators to select instructional materials that will best prepare their students for success in AP courses.

Instructional Materials 40

Instructional Materials Learning Course Assessment 40

eSchool News

JULY 14, 2016

Today Learning List, the leading instructional materials review service for schools and districts, announces its alliance with The College Board to provide professional, independent reviews of Advanced Placement (AP) materials to empower educators to select instructional materials that will best prepare their students for success in AP courses.

Course 40

Course Instructional Materials Assessment Report 40

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Curriculum Associates , pulling from i-Ready diagnostics data, released reports on what’s happening with unfinished learning related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Educators also can explore Avanti’s World , an educational VR experience split into two lands with learning zones and scenes for students to explore independently.

EdTech 133

EdTech Resources Tools Robotics 133

Edsurge

JULY 20, 2017

A 2016 report funded by the Gates Foundation found that in the U.S. alone, there are 13,000 instructional designers. Instructional design is experiencing a renaissance. For example, look at the examples of host education that Airbnb puts together. Surely a lot has changed! Lesson 5.

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Udemy Course Coursera MOOC 138

Iterating Toward Openness

JUNE 28, 2016

Above all else, this groundbreaking project demonstrated that an institution can openly share it’s core instructional resources without materially harming itself. Inspired by MIT’s example, hundreds of other institutions around the world began openly publishing the resources they created in support of their courses.

OER 61

OER Instructional Materials Course Resources 61

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Schools have relied on those funds for the creation or expansion of summer programs and tutoring services, the purchase of high-quality curriculum and instructional materials, and a plethora of other efforts to address learning gaps students experienced through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Trends 144

Trends EdTech Industry Data 144

edWeb.net

MAY 1, 2019

In a recent edWebinar , Christine Fox, Deputy Executive Director of SETDA, offered highlights from the report, and Ryan Kocsondy, Director of Connecticut Education Network (CEN), gave an inside look at why Connecticut schools don’t worry about running out of bandwidth. Christine’s background includes experience in education and consulting.

Broadband 41

Broadband Accessibility E-rate Mobility 41

Edsurge

JULY 15, 2016

Educators agree that all students deserve access to all instructional materials. View examples shared by CI faculty here.). An asynchronous, multimodal learning environment that invites students to verbally converse with one another has been shown to improve the social and emotional elements of learning.

Accessibility 60

Accessibility Course Learning Company 60

Edsurge

APRIL 15, 2018

Schools were unhappy with both the cost and the quality of the instructional materials available. For example, Tom Davidson at EverFi builds unique partnerships with the business community to subsidize the delivery of their content in public schools. Sometimes a CEO has to take a company in a new strategic direction.

Outcomes 72

Outcomes Education Company Broadband 72

techlearning

APRIL 25, 2018

“These next generation Summit Math courses were developed as part of a digital-first curriculum for schools that want to engage and personalize learning for each student and empower teachers with powerful instructional materials,” said Sean P. Ryan, General Manager of Fuel Education.

Adaptive Learning 40

Adaptive Learning Instructional Materials Course Blended Learning 40

The Hechinger Report

MAY 13, 2018

For example, many of the nation’s largest school systems use Google’s free suite of education tools, which allows teachers to develop their lessons, create assignments and administer assessments online. appeared first on The Hechinger Report. Sign up for our newsletter.

Software 49

Software Student Data Privacy OER Data 49

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

Reporting dashboards should become more student-focused. Reports in edtech products are often created for teachers or school leaders. These reports may provide recommendations for grouping students or next steps for instruction. . – Lupita Knittel, President, 7 Mindsets. Mike Teng, CEO and Co-Founder, Swing Education.

EdTech 144

EdTech Digital Divide Broadband PresenceLearning 144

ViewSonic Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

In 2021, Stateline, the news arm of the Pew Charitable Trusts , reported that the number of cases of mental health struggles, behavioral outbursts, and mild-to-extreme forms of self-harm has been on the rise with some numbers jumping over 31 percent. How is that tracked and reported through data analytics and dashboards? ”.

Learning 392

Learning Outcomes Exercises Survey 392

eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Schools have relied on those funds for the creation or expansion of summer programs and tutoring services, the purchase of high-quality curriculum and instructional materials, and a plethora of other efforts to address learning gaps students experienced through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Trends 52

Trends EdTech Industry Data 52

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Here are some examples the student presenters shared about how they’ve used technology at St. Instead of traditional report cards, though, students assemble digital portfolios to show their progress. Developing digital portfolios and personalized learning plans: Every student at St.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Learning OER Broadband 40

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

While teachers may understand the need to collect the information, they resent inputting the same data over and over again in every learning management system, educational application, and state and federal accountability report. The post Data Interoperability: Beyond Accountability and Reporting appeared first on edWeb.

Data 40

Data Report OER Policies 40

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Savvas is proud to call out Johnston County Public Schools as an outstanding example of K-12 success using enVision — a true “K-12 Hero” using its innovative education technology. For example, in one activity, she supercharges a regular lesson by having students record explanations of what they’ve learned on their iPads.

Education 131

Education Advocacy EdTech Elementary 131

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 30, 2023

Understanding why pandemic learning loss varies so much around the nation is admittedly a “head scratcher,” said Emma Dorn, a co-author of the McKinsey report. They were following what I call the Mississippi playbook of high-quality instructional materials aligned to the science of reading with professional development and teacher coaches.

Instructional Materials 73

Instructional Materials Learning Report Company 73

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2017

public school districts spend a combined $8 billion on instructional materials while trying to ensure that schools receive the maximum value for their money. Because there aren’t many alternatives, they did this despite concerns about the quality of materials. Photo: Jackie Mader. Now is the time of year when U.S.

Resources 93

Resources Instructional Materials OER Elementary 93