The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 17, 2017

Angela Watson is National Board Certified Teacher currently working as an instructional coach and educational consultant based in Brooklyn, New York. She has published four books for teachers and has maintained The Cornerstone For Teachers blog since 2003. To be posted as soon as it is available. Check back soon!

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Edsurge

JANUARY 20, 2021

No wonder, then, that “Montessori education is often seen as niche and elitist,” says Joel Mendes, executive director of Prepared Montessorian, a program that provides training to teachers and parents in Montessori methods. It’s a grand vision—and one that has recently secured big funding from leading education investors.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

Secretary of Education Richard W. Yet, understanding this history is crucial to understanding the meandering path we are on with respect to determining the best and appropriate future role for the federal government with respect to educational technology – a task I have set out for myself in a series of posts on this very topic.

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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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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 14, 2016

Then I ran into Dr. William Morgan on one of the education forums I frequent and was thrilled that he knows a lot about them and was willing to share his expertise to kick-off a mini-seminar in classroom keyboarding. Besides, we want our children to communicate with digital effectiveness in elementary school! Dr. William L.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 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. Experts say much of what we see marketed as the metaverse from education technology companies isn’t actually the metaverse.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2016

The following three sections detail the range of best practices found by researchers to be critical for ensuring educator growth and success: Effective Administrator and Teacher Leadership. 2004; Alliance for Excellent Education, 2011 ). educators, and Catherine Lewis, who conducts academic research on lesson study.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Credit: Cavan Images The research on early childhood education can seem as messy as a playground sandbox. Studies of the Perry preschool in Ypsilanti, Michigan and the Abecedarian preschool in Chapel Hill, North Carolina documented higher levels of educational attainment and higher earnings for children who attended.

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Philly Teacher

AUGUST 15, 2013

I am called in November and am placed at an elementary school in Southwest Philadelphia. The point is, teachers, students, their families and entire communities here in Philadelphia have been on a rollercoaster of education reform for over a decade ever since the State took over in 2001 and put in the School Reform Commission.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 11, 2023

That’s the case with the most recent results from a key global education test, the Program for International Student Assessment or PISA. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona credited the largest federal investment in education in history – roughly $200 billion – for keeping the United States “in the game” during the pandemic.

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Waterford

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

The purpose of this study was to determine how educators can best improve educational opportunity for all children, particularly low socioeconomic status (SES) and marginalized students. Other studies have already proposed that the achievement gap is actually an educational opportunity gap.[4]

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EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

In Closing the Achievement Gap: A Vision for Changing Beliefs and Practices (2003), Belinda Williams identified four needs of students. In elementary school, the classroom teacher often serves that function. We worked with an elementary school that had multi-grade wings for long-term personalization. Needs of Students.

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eSchool News

JULY 3, 2023

DENTON, Texas — In an effort to fill more than 3,500 teaching vacancies, the Virginia Department of Education has chosen iteach as the identified partner for alternative teachers certification in 24 divisions of the Commonwealth. iteach will also help us recruit in our most high-need areas, which include special education and elementary.”

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The elementary teachers in the room solved the problem quickly. But early-childhood and elementary teachers have the daunting task of introducing abstraction to their students: What is a number? Hedges oversees all things math for the Milwaukee district’s elementary and middle schools. I went to the store to buy some fruit.

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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. QUINCY, Wash. — Related: Alaska Native students pursue STEM with great success.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 24, 2023

In this post, I’ve synthesized the wisdom from these papers into actionable insights and examples for educators looking to hone their classroom management skills. They provide structured approaches that can be implemented across various educational settings. offer valuable tools and perspectives for educators at all levels.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 25, 2023

The National Education Association defines teacher burnout as "a more temporary condition in which an educator has exhausted the personal and professional resources necessary to do the job. Demoralization occurs when an educator believes she is unable to perform the work in ways that uphold the high standards of the profession."

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2024

Department of Education’s What Works Clearinghouse for literacy does not contain any study that has a significant positive effect on broad reading achievement for this group. schools collectively spend over $120 billion a year on special education. NOTES AND REFERENCES National Center for Education Statistics. 20k+ per year).

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2023

By many measures, schools here made big gains under Gordon and the ambitious 11-year effort to overhaul the education system that he helped create. The effects of poverty on education make further gains a daunting challenge. Because of the improvements, her first grader attends William Rainey Harper elementary on the city’s south side.

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EdNews Daily

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Everything a New Elementary Teacher REALLY Needs to Know (But Didn’t Learn in College). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2003. Kriegel, Otis. Minneapolis: Free Spirit Publishing, 2013. Perott, Elizabeth. Effective Teaching: A Practical Guide to Improving Your Teaching. London: Routledge, 1982, 2014. Seldin, Peter. Thompson, Julia.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2021

As in most states, would-be educators have to demonstrate their experience, knowledge and moral suitability through recommendations, transcripts, licensure exams and criminal background checks, a multi-step undertaking that can take over a month in the best of circumstances. Credit: Erik Petersen for The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Doris Bergen, a professor at Miami University’s Department of Educational Psychology. Experts say adults, including parents and educators, need more support and encouragement to maximize the benefits of play, but face many challenges. Play is essential to education. Play is education for children.”.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Mississippi’s gains came as students in many states did worse in 2019 than they did in 2017 on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) — to the disappointment of leaders, educators and parents across the United States. Stephen Pruitt is president of the Southern Regional Education Board.

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Waterford

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

For Educators: How to Run a Parent-Teacher Conference. Avoid using educational jargon, which can confuse parents who aren’t as familiar with elementary teaching terms.[7]. Continue holding after-school events, such as talent shows or educational fairs, designed to keep parents engaged with your school.[16]. Stevens, B.A.,

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 23, 2023

Prior knowledge is one of the key concept in educational research that fundamentally reshape our understanding of how learning occurs. This includes specific facts, theories, and principles that they have learned in past educational experiences or through personal pursuits.

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Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2018

Late last month, as Apple revealed its new education-focused iPad to the nation, it coupled its offerings with a battery-powered stylus, called the Apple Pencil, which costs an additional $89 each for schools. But styluses have fans among educators, too. They also showcased the Logitech Crayon, set at a whopping $49.

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eSpark

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

The trajectory of eSpark Learning has been marked by what I like to call “magic moments,” instances in which fearless educators and administrators have aligned with our team to work towards a vision in which every student, regardless of circumstance or background, has the opportunity to set and realize an ambitious dream. Piedmont, Alabama.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 31, 2020

My mother, who had only an elementary-level education, raised us on her own and didn’t have any real desire for us to go further in school, to earn any form of higher-education credential. I dropped out my senior year with the education of a 10th-grader. I wanted a college education and a four-year degree.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 5, 2021

The student-to-teacher ratio at her twins’ East Austin elementary school was higher than what state law mandated, she said. The family switched schools, and at their new school, she felt the educators pushed children, particularly those who are Black, into sports, when she would have liked to see them encouraged in math and science.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2018

Thousands of kids across the country, from elementary through high school, spend weeks or months coaxing seedlings to grow, building devices to harness solar energy and carefully mixing acids and bases. As educational opportunities, science fairs let students tackle the scientific method hands on. Springtime is science fair season.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DECEMBER 3, 2010

She is a frequent national conference speaker and has played an important role in charting the course of virtual K-12 education. She is a member of the Southern Regional Education Board’s Distance Learning Task Force, the Florida Taxwatch Center for Educational Performance and Accountability, and the UT TeleCampus National Advisory Board.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 7, 2018

This story about preschool was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education, in partnership with the USA TODAY NETWORK-FLORIDA and the Naples Daily News. million from the foundation since 2003. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter. NAPLES, Fla.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 8, 2023

Editor’s note: This story about education in Nepal was produced by Global Press Journal and is reprinted with permission. Bikram Mani Tripathi, education expert Consequently, many non-Nepali speakers send their children to schools across the border in neighboring India. were non-Nepali speakers.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 26, 2011

As a former elementary principal, she helped her school earn state and national recognition as a model professional learning community and a Blue Ribbon School. He has received numerous state and national awards for distinguished educational service and scholarship.' DuFour , M.Ed., Richard DuFour , Ed.D, Richard DuFour , Ed.D,

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2019

In 2003, before the Great Recession, Whitmore Lake was like thousands of other school districts across the country. Even in states that allocate education funding for capital construction the money is typically a limited pot of funds rather than a guarantee. In the elementary school, art classes were cut. million annually.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 30, 2021

The disruptions and changes during the past year have made a return to the industrial education model of the 19th and 20th centuries problematic for school districts committed to preparing diverse students for 21st century careers. By Robert Low. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST. Creating a Framework for Innovation.

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edWeb.net

MAY 19, 2021

It looks like COVID-19 has one in the education sphere. COVID’s impact on schools was so substantial that Congress established the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER). ESSER II has encouraged educational leaders to creatively and strategically design programs to support school communities over the long term.

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