Digital Promise

JUNE 18, 2019

In my nearly 15 years of teaching in Philadelphia, I have seen technology introduced into schools and classrooms in myriad ways. When I first started teaching in Philadelphia in 2004, teachers were lucky if they had one desktop computer in their room for students to use, and students attended weekly computer lab classes.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 12, 2016

30+ ideas to improve learning with awesome classroom design From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. A well-designed classroom boosts student learning by as much as 16% (Barrett, Zhang, Davies, & Barrett 2015), but overdecorating is a distraction. Classroom Design Resources.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 7, 2014

My father was an elementary principal for 30 years and I always admired how he was able to inspire his staff to focus on student learning. As a classroom teacher I felt that my impact was limited based on the number of students I had contact with on a daily basis. To say that he was beloved by all would be a significant understatement.

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Waterford

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Classrooms in the United States are more diverse—culturally and linguistically—than ever before.[15] Culturally responsive teaching encompasses little steps like adding diverse books in your classroom library , as well as larger ones like adjusting your curriculum to include voices from marginalized communities.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 4, 2019

A Smile is the Teacher’s Game Face This summer, I met Rob Brown , elementary school principal at Southside Christian School in South Carolina. Rob Brown, Elementary School Principal Southside Christian School, South Carolina In brief, I realized this important fact: A teacher’s smile is a teacher’s game face. 32) Ingersoll, R.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 13, 2024

We should care about this troubling shift because many researchers say that children learn best in integrated classrooms. The long-term assessment format changed in 2004, which is why you’ll notice some spikes or kinks for that year in the graphs below.) The gap between white and Black students hasn't improved much since 2008.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 7, 2022

In a 2004 paper, economist Jonah Rockoff, now at Columbia Business School, tracked how teachers improved over their careers and noticed that teachers were getting better at their jobs by leaps and bounds at first, as measured by their ability to raise their students’ achievement test scores. The science has evolved.”.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2016

Teaching quality has been defined as “instruction that enables a wide range of students to learn” ( Darling-Hammond, 2012 ), and it is the strongest school-related factor that can improve student learning and achievement ( Hanushek, 2011 ; Nye, Konstantopoulos, and Hedges, 2004 ; Rivkin, Hanushek, and Kain, 2005 ).

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Edsurge

JULY 7, 2016

Over one-half of participating school districts allowed students to take home their laptops by 2004; a second RFP was issued in 2006; and the MLTI program expanded into high schools in 2009. Self-training apps on the iPad allow students to practice outside of the classroom and increased the amount of time students spend practicing.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

A small group of teachers in Milwaukee are trying to return to math strategies the district used from 2004-2014. First, there was a hierarchy of university professors, district administrators, teacher leaders and classroom teachers that bridged the needs of educators in the field and the latest research surrounding math pedagogy.

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Essentialists argue that classrooms should be teacher-oriented. through using project-based and inquiry learning, cooperative learning, global learning projects, Skype in the classroom, and shared wikis, blogs and other social networking in the classroom. With Education 2.0, Retrieved from [link]. Schachter, R. 2013, December).

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

MILWAUKEE — On a muggy afternoon in late June, about 20 kindergarten through second-grade teachers sat in a classroom on the third floor of Milwaukee’s North Division High School. The elementary teachers in the room solved the problem quickly. Hedges oversees all things math for the Milwaukee district’s elementary and middle schools.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2018

Two studies on elementary schools published in June 2018 point to the importance giving teachers and students plenty of time to form relationships. Fryer convinced the Houston school district to randomly assign 23 elementary schools to adopt specialized teaching for two years, from the fall of 2013 to the spring of 2015.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

CHICAGO — At first glance, it looks like your standard recess: Elementary school students, bundled up in warm jackets, hats and mittens, laugh and play outside on a crisp, cloudy fall day in the Windy City. But can resolving the broad range of elementary school conflicts be as simple as learning to play fair?

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Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

For each of the three primary (equity-focused) federal educational technology programs authorized by Congress since the passage of the 1994 revision to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), below I provide details on the programs’: legislative authorization (i.e., the more detailed program rules, as determined by the U.S.

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Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2018

Amani Ghusein Ghusein, who teaches science to grades 3 through 8 at Dawes Elementary School, caught the surprise announcement made on the The Late Show with Stephen Colbert that cryptocurrency and finance company Ripple had made a huge donation to fund every project on education crowdfunding site DonorsChoose.

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Edsurge

APRIL 20, 2021

Special education services often included classes separate from the regular classroom. Yet it wasn’t until RTI was funded through the reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act in 2004 that more districts seriously began to consider adopting the framework.

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eSchool News

JULY 3, 2018

How is this relevant to my elementary school-level classroom? Founded in 2004 by a few Stanford professors including faculty director David Kelley, the d.School offers courses to all students at Stanford, no matter their major. Its main driver is empathy, a skill you can build and foster in your classroom.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 9, 2017

A long-time staple of Montessori schools, multiage classrooms spread to progressive elementary schools in the 1990s, although their use was always just one ingredient in a mix intended to provide more personalized instruction. Today, multiage classrooms remain an anomaly in America.

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Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2017

In 2016, our Anna Reynolds Elementary School was the recipient of the National Blue Ribbon Award for high performance , and every school in the district routinely outperforms the competing magnet school on standardized assessments. The program started with 1:1 iPads in two first grade classrooms in 2010.

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Learning in Hand

MAY 16, 2018

The last time I taught fifth grade was in 2004 , and I am so incredibly excited about spending an entire school year with my own group of young learners again. My adorable twins, Connor and Ellie, are starting kindergarten at College View Elementary School in the Council Bluffs Community School District. It's going to be amazing!

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eSchool News

AUGUST 10, 2023

Established in 2004, all 11 schools across the state are accredited by the Arkansas Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Following their successful debut in LISA Academy classrooms, the charter district renewed the following Discovery Education services for the 2023-2024 school year: Discovery Education Experience.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 7, 2019

One part of that collaboration — ensuring smooth transitions for students from home to preschool and preschool to kindergarten — is what brought Daniel’s teachers from Alderson Elementary, lead teacher Audrey Persinger and assistant teacher Terri Webb, to his home in early May. Audrey Persinger, lead pre-K teacher, Alderson Elementary.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 23, 2023

Example: Before initiating a conversation about race, discuss and agree on classroom rules such as not interrupting others, using respectful language, and keeping shared information confidential. Example: Have regular classroom meetings to discuss current events related to race, diversity, and inclusion.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 15, 2019

But a large survey of 2,000 elementary schools in three states found that not much advanced content is actually being taught to gifted students. One classroom in one school might be offering a very different education than another gifted classroom down the hall. Higher Education. Mississippi Learning. Proof Points.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Nadia I interviewed Jen Manly in person this summer, and I’ve been following her Strategic Classroom account on Instagram ever since. (We So Babb’s book wasn’t published until 2004. He knew better than anyone what it was to be laid low but his heart never stopped singing: “There’s a better world that’s a-coming / I’ll tell you why.”

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

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. And even though the district made it easier to apply for gifted classes, Olmsted gifted classrooms still don’t look like the rest of the district. BUFFALO, N.Y. —

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2019

Glenn Gustafson, CFO of the Colorado Springs School District, talks to Christina Butcher, the interim principal of Queen Palmer Elementary School. In 2004, school districts around the country were paying an average of $530 per pupil to teacher retirement benefits. The school was built in the 1940s and is in need of repairs.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 17, 2021

This includes the use of case studies, starting at the elementary level, which are standards-based, transdisciplinary, and give young people “voice and choice” in what and how they are learning. Lily, an Ithaca native, served as Principal of Northeast Elementary School from 2015 to 2018. Anti-Racist Implementation. Deborah Ptak.

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Philly Teacher

AUGUST 15, 2013

I am called in November and am placed at an elementary school in Southwest Philadelphia. My role is to support classroom teachers whose classrooms have gone over the legal limit. We survive a poor school climate with fights breaking out regularly and many unruly classrooms. February 2009.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 13, 2023

Potential barriers to reversing language loss include striking a balance between honoring Native elders and implementing professional standards for language teachers and creating classroom materials and dictionaries without sacrificing tribal ownership of language; and even public relations.

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EdNews Daily

OCTOBER 20, 2016

To put it in the words of an elementary student at the 2004 Serious Games Summit, “Why read about ancient Rome when I can build it?”. But by analyzing a game’s strengths and weaknesses, and by matching it to course content, educators can take advantage of the many games that are suitable for the classroom. Definitions.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The second illustrated book in this series introduces elementary students to 26 energy careers and shows how heroes around the world are powering our planet from the national labs to large renewable energy farms. “I Since 2004, KidWind has held more than 800 training events for more than 50,000 teachers all over the world.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2024

Instead, the educators told Barlow that they wanted her son to attend a classroom across town meant for children who are profoundly impacted by their disabilities. An IQ test can look beyond assumptions and capture abilities that are not assessed in the classroom.”

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Graphite Blog

MARCH 25, 2019

What lesson plans and classroom resources are available to address cyberbullying? Here are a few ways to approach cyberbullying prevention in the classroom: 1. Promote a positive and safe classroom culture. Find ways to demonstrate that your classroom is a safe, emotionally caring environment. What is cyberbullying?

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Fractus Learning

APRIL 15, 2022

Phonological awareness is essential for reading and spelling skills because spoken words correspond to written words (Ehri, 2004; Rath, 2001; Troia, 2004). Most parents, kindergarten teachers, and elementary school teachers are already doing rhyming activities with the kids. Read poetry with alliteration. Rhyming Words.

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Tech Helpful

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

This is the progression of technology integration at CCS lower school since I came on staff in January of 2004 as a part-time related arts computer teacher. Sometimes we would type letters to people, create poems, etc that integrated with the classroom all to also learn the needed skills I was trying to give our students in computer class.

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