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. On a recent spring day, Maritza Cleary’s third-grade class at the district’s Prairie Oak Elementary School tackled math pictographs. BERWYN, Ill. —

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How To Common Core Elementary Report 92

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 3, 2012

In addition, she has been honored as one of the National School Boards Association Technology Leadership Network “20 to Watch” 2010, Tech and Learning’s 100@30: Future Leader; her library program was also honored as the 2010 Georgia Exemplary High School Media Program. Harada, 2012).

Libraries 71

Libraries Blackboard eBook Common Core 71

ExcelinEd

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

The reform efforts included a state-funded commitment to a pre-kindergarten pilot program, a comprehensive reading policy featuring a promotion/retention component at third grade, and a required assessment of the knowledge and skills needed to teach the science of reading for aspiring elementary teachers.

Common Core 62

Common Core Assessment Elementary Policies 62

Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2018

curriculum market shifted towards purchasing materials aligned materials to Common Core and state academic standards, the organization began building new offerings based on these U.S. Founded by former Kaplan executive Jonathan Grayer, Weld North has purchased 16 companies since 2010. Later, as the U.S. and Russia.

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Kaplan Common Core Education Company 73

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2018

population and more than 13 percent of New York City’s population, per the 2010 census. Each year since, they have won numerous awards, including the trophy for Outstanding Production for the best overall elementary school performance three years in a row, from 2013 to 2015, and again in 2017. percent of the U.S.

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Dropout Elementary Report Common Core 85

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2017

The approach traces its origins to the ideas of Maria Montessori , inventor of the Montessori method used in preschools and elementary schools globally, who encouraged children to do self-directed projects based on their interests. The adoption of the Common Core standards led many other schools to try the model , too.

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Personalized Learning Laptops Elementary Groups 105

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2020

He partly blamed the 2010 Common Core requirements, which had toughened middle school math at all levels and raised the cost of moving too quickly. He once loved teaching ninth grade geometry, a class for kids who’d completed accelerated eighth grade math.

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Exercises Groups Report Meeting 143

ExcelinEd

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), “Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey,” 2000-01, 2010-11, 2014-15, and 2015-16. **Percent of public school students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. SOURCE: U.S.

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Common Core Secondary Survey Elementary 31

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

He brought in more than $15 million in federal and state funding for Race to the Top projects, magnet elementary themes and preschool. After TFA, she joined the KIPP charter network at KIPP Delta in Helena, Arkansas; when the network opened an elementary school, she became its leader. Amanda Johnson, Clarksdale Collegiate’s principal.

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Report Libraries Elementary System 109

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2016

As rain poured outside on the chilly evening of February 24, a group of Arlington elementary school parents was imagining a sunnier place — Dorothy’s trip down the yellow brick road. But the shift to the Common Core State Standards meant it would have to go. Related: Common Core testing showdown in Massachusetts.

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Common Core Assessment Report Groups 40

MindShift

JULY 9, 2018

Although Illinois adopted Common Core standards in 2010, Berwyn North, a kindergarten through eighth-grade district with 3,084 students , had not yet incorporated the standards when Ayala and her new assistant superintendent, Amy Zaher, were hired in 2012. It’s not just about teachers teaching.

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How To Common Core Elementary Survey 39

MindShift

JANUARY 8, 2016

McGee teaches kindergarten at Walker Jones Elementary in Washington, D.C. The authors chose to compare teachers’ responses from two years, 1998 and 2010. Among the differences: In 2010, prekindergarten prep was expected. That figure jumped to 80 percent by 2010. “They like to eat cake,” says one girl.

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Common Core Trends Study Elementary 28

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 3, 2016

Second-graders at Dunn Elementary in Kentucky. From 2000 to 2010, the demographics in the Bluegrass State shifted dramatically: the number of English learners grew a whopping 306 percent. Related: Closing gap for immigrant students under Common Core in Kentucky is a moving target. Photo: Luba Ostashevsky.

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Policies Data Common Core Comparison 40

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2016

When she became superintendent in 2010, one of the first decisions to cross her desk was whether to join a new suit against the state. The district also embraced the new Common Core standards, despite controversy elsewhere. Kansas City became one of the lead plaintiffs. Our kids need these initiatives,” Smith said. Fair funding.

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Common Core Report Groups Meeting 40

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

So it was with parents at one of the first Basecamp schools, Marshall Pomeroy Elementary in Milpitas, a small city off the southern tip of San Francisco Bay. Pleasant View Elementary in Providence, Rhode Island, for instance, started Summit with fifth-graders in 2015, and this year introduced a few aspects of the approach to fourth-graders.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

MindShift

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

She was the new principal of the O’Keeffe School of Excellence, an elementary school on Chicago’s South Side that had been struggling for years. Before that, he was an elementary school teacher in Japan. Two, they were thinking about the Common Core. It was 2013. That’s when Bankhead was hired. There’s no official count.

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Study Learning Common Core Groups 28

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Cardona probably first caught the collective eye of the state’s education and political leaders in 2010 when he was appointed co-chairman of a legislative task force studying the state’s intractable academic achievement gap between racial and socioeconomic groups. The other co-chair was then-Sen. There’s so much promise in young children.

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Education Elementary Common Core System 133

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2018

Over the last three years, the proportion of students passing Common Core-aligned national math and reading tests has inched up, growing from 3 percent to 6 percent. Leave this field empty if you're human: At Gordon Bush Elementary School, pass rates on state tests more than tripled last year. In 2010, East St.

Industry 90

Industry Training System Company 90

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

But it appears that the massive growth that the sector has experienced since 2010 stopped this year. In part, their struggles are a result of controversies surrounding the Common Core State Standards, which were supposed to streamline and procurement the development of curriculum and assessment. Funding has shrunk.

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Technology Education Common Core Company 40

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

Tulsa Public Schools Superintendent Deborah Gist visits a first-grade class at Penn Elementary School. Along with her strong support for charter schools and the Common Core curriculum, Gist was convinced that great student outcomes could be directly tied to teaching excellence. Related: LA’s school counselors strike back.

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Common Core Data Report Blended Learning 102