The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 3, 2012

Formerly, she was an elementary school librarian, professional development facilitator, and secondary English teacher. In 2011, she edited two eBooks: School Libraries: What''s Now, What''s Next, What''s Yet to Come (co-edited with Buffy Hamilton) and Information Literacy in the Wild , a compilation of graduate student essays.

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ExcelinEd

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

In 2011, 78% of 4th graders scored below proficient in reading on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). In addition to this legislation reform, the Common Core State Standards had been adopted as the Mississippi College and Career Readiness Standards in 2010. Go big or go home. One thing was certain.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2018

When the fledgling club first traveled to Atlanta in 2011 for JTF, it was invited to perform on the festival’s main stage, in front of 6,000 people, and as iTheatrics founder Timothy Allen McDonald put it, “they got a standing ovation and brought down the house.” Yung Wing School’s panda mascot adorns the lobby of the school.

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Learning in Hand

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

However, what does that look like for early elementary grades (K-3)? Technology Integration and the Common Core by Andrew Miller The CCSS call us to integrate technology in intentional and meaningful ways to have students meet rigorous standards. Unfortunately they are frequently used solely as word processors and for research.

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eSpark

APRIL 5, 2022

In 2011, Utica Community Schools decided to transform how students learn, starting with their first day of elementary school. With this funding and the new adoption of Common Core State Standards, UCS began exploring blended learning models. million for technological improvements.

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eSpark

APRIL 5, 2022

In 2011, Utica Community Schools decided to transform how students learn, starting with their first day of elementary school. With this funding and the new adoption of Common Core State Standards, UCS began exploring blended learning models. million for technological improvements.

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Blended Learning Case Study iPad Learning 52

MindShift

JULY 22, 2018

Reader Pants,” reports a 36% increase after she genrefied a middle school library in Fort Worth, Texas in 2011. That’s a move others who genrefy say better aligns libraries with the Common Core curriculum. Librarians wield circulation statistics to support their claims of genrefication success.

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The Daring Librarian

SEPTEMBER 7, 2015

Longtime Flocabulary Fangirl I've been a Flocabulary & Week in Rap fangirl since they came on the scene and have blogged about them back in 2009 and 2011.and Share with your teachers of all subject areas and see how cool hip-hop rhymes engage kids and inspire them to learn all ALIGNED to the Common Core State Standards !

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Another notable area of growth: the size of the report itself, which has expanded from 66 slides in 2011 to 355 this year , with the number of slides almost doubling in the last year alone. Among the major trends Meeker identified for 2017: mobile advertising, gaming, and healthcare. She also noted the growth of markets in China and in India.

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Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 57

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 19, 2017

They have created their own vegetable gardens and raised funds to bring plant beds to local elementary schools. A 2011 study of two EL middle schools and one EL elementary school in New York State found that they fared better at reducing race and income achievement gaps, particularly in English, when compared to similar schools.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

Derrick Fields, 9, works on his assignment during a Spanish-language history lesson at Sherman Elementary School in San Diego, California. Last spring, Derrick Fields, 9, sat in his social studies classroom at Sherman Elementary School, learning about the creation of the telegraph. Photo: Lillian Mongeau. SAN DIEGO, Calif.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2016

Derrick Fields, 9, works on his assignment during a Spanish-language history lesson at Sherman Elementary School in San Diego, California. Last spring, Derrick Fields, 9, sat in his social studies classroom at Sherman Elementary School, learning about the creation of the telegraph. Photo: Lillian Mongeau. SAN DIEGO, Calif.

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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. Sign up for our newsletter.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Background and Experience Prior to being appointed as Connecticut’s education commissioner in August 2019, Cardona spent two decades at Meriden Public Schools—the same school system he attended himself—first as an elementary school teacher, then for 10 years as principal and more recently in district leadership.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2016

As a set of policies, accountability was instantiated in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965, reauthorized as the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2002, and reinforced by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) of 2015. It’s weaponized already, of course. None of this surveillance plays out equitably.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

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. According to Edsurge , changes to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act will soon be another “ win for ed-tech vendors.”

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Hack Education

JULY 29, 2016

Via Politico : Stolen “emails from the Democratic National Committee show DNC Deputy Communications Director Eric Walker telling his colleagues to avoid mentioning the Common Core in a video. Via Gawker : “ Black Elementary School Teacher Body-Slammed By Cop and Lectured on ‘Violent Tendencies’ of Black People.”

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