The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 14, 2018

Students in the Math, Engineering and Science Academy earn an average of $24,000 per student in academic scholarships; the Health and Medical Sciences Academy became a Governor’s Regional Health Academy in 2013 and in 2015, a new Environmental Studies Academy began operations. Congress to accelerate innovation in education.

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Chromebook Study Company Assessment 281

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

The model stems from an idea laid out in a paper almost a decade ago by Emily Ayscue Hassel and Bryan Hassel, co-presidents of Public Impact, an education advocacy organization. One of Edgecombe’s elementary schools created three teacher-leader positions to focus on improving literacy among students in third grade and younger.

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Elementary Advocacy Trends STEM 111

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2019

Approximately 77 percent of the more than 3,827,000 teachers in public elementary and secondary schools in the U.S. Approximately 77 percent of the more than 3,827,000 teachers in public elementary and secondary schools in the U.S. It’s because we’re mostly women,” she explained. Women’s work in general is undervalued.”.

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Secondary Report Advocacy Elementary 104

eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2024

Other advocacy groups have laid out different priorities for reading instruction. An analysis by Education Week found that 32 states and the District of Columbia have adopted new reading laws since 2013, but NCTQ found many of these states still had major gaps in teacher preparation or curriculum.

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Training Groups Guidelines Policies 120

Tom Murray

AUGUST 21, 2016

Prior to my role as the Director of Innovation for Future Ready Schools ® , I spent 14 years in a public school in Pennsylvania as an elementary and middle school teacher, middle school and elementary principal, and district level technology director. Organization: Code.org ®. URL: code.org.

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Future Ready EdTech Advocacy Data 100

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

A student leaps during a game at Horizons Elementary School. Florida and Rhode Island now mandate 20 minutes of recess time a day for elementary school students. At least we’re at the table now,” said Carly Wright, advocacy director for SHAPE. “It Related: The Science of Learning Column — When body beats mind in learning.

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Exercises Elementary Report Study 108

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 25, 2021

One Oregon advocacy organization reported receiving calls from nearly 280 parents about shortened school days from September 2016 to December 2018. One advocacy organization reported receiving calls from nearly 280 parents about this issue from September 2016 to December 2018, according to the complaint.

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Pearson Education Learning Report 145

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2022

The Afterschool Alliance – an advocacy group – was instrumental in securing the 1 percent set aside for afterschool and making sure that after-school programs would qualify for learning loss. The Afterschool Alliance also cited an unpublished conference paper from 2013, which tracked 1,000 elementary school students over time.

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Analysis Advocacy Instructional Materials Examples 98

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

She became an educator in 2007 and has spent most of her career teaching special needs students at a majority-Hispanic public elementary school in the Bronx. According to a 2013 study , just 1 in 5 California primary care physicians offered Spanish-language autism screening. There’s such stigma around the label.

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Advocacy Study Report Groups 102

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2019

From 2007 to 2013 the district’s taxpayers had approved several bonds, totaling more than $46.6 In 2013, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority fined a Missouri-based underwriting firm $200,000 for “improperly gifting” more than 2,000 tickets to sporting events. Some firms have gotten in trouble for going even further.

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Report Industry Company Conference 86

edWeb.net

AUGUST 3, 2021

He received his bachelor’s degree from The University of Southern Mississippi in elementary education. Dr. Dillon has taught in elementary and junior high schools and coached on the high school level. Matthew Dillon is a native of Columbia, Mississippi. He received his M.Ed. from The University of Mississippi in educational leadership.

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Broadband E-rate BYOD Accessibility 98

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2017

In 2008, a few years after Hurricane Katrina, school officials in Louisiana asked aspiring charter-school leader Andrew Shahan to consider taking over the failing Dr. Charles Drew Elementary School in New Orleans’ Upper 9th Ward. They completely made sense to me.” Related: When a hyped school model proves difficult to replicate.

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Elementary Report Meeting Academic Standards 78

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

It’s just been exacerbated by the pandemic,” said Rebeca Shackleford, the director of federal government relations at All4Ed, an education advocacy nonprofit. In May 2021, Think College Now elementary students sit in class after returning to in-person learning. The homework gap isn’t new. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report.

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Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 120

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

In 2017, the district opened MOSAIC, a personalized learning elementary school, and created the MyPath program, which allows high school students to create their own class. CoSN provides thought leadership resources, community, best practices and advocacy tools to help leaders succeed in the digital transformation.

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BYOD System Data Advocacy 98

edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

Dr. Carol Kelley, Superintendent of Oak Park Elementary District 97 (IL), stated, “We were not as prepared as we could have been to have made that shift in terms of our practices and pedagogy.” CoSN provides thought leadership resources, community, best practices and advocacy tools to help leaders succeed in the digital transformation.

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Learning Broadband Elementary Professional Learning 90

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Prior to joining PPS, Dr. Kelley spent six years as Superintendent of Oak Park Elementary School District 97, IL, and three years as Superintendent in the Branchburg Township School District, NJ. CoSN provides thought leadership resources, community, best practices and advocacy tools to help leaders succeed in the digital transformation.

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Technology Blended Learning BYOD Assessment 96

edWeb.net

MAY 19, 2020

Ann also attended the 2014 White House Connected Superintendents Summit and was named a 2012-2013 NSBA Technology Leadership Network 20 to Watch Educator. McGavock Elementary, where Dr. Marczak served as principal, earned Reward status by being one of the top 10% elementary schools in the state of Tennessee in 2012.

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BYOD Broadband EdTech Elementary 56

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2020

In recent years, the group’s advocacy has led to changes in the district’s graduation requirements, to align them with admissions requirements for California’s university systems, and an expansion of funding for an after-school meal program that had been cut by the school board. Every year the group chooses an issue to focus on.

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Kaplan Policies Report System 143

The Hechinger Report

JULY 16, 2018

Since 2013, the program has served almost 8,000 students in its four education centers and awarded $8.5 The first two centers opened in 2013 with 750 students between them. That’s why the program was designed to offer professional development to kindergarten and elementary school teachers in San Antonio’s 19 public school districts. “We

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iPad Data Report Outcomes 84

edWeb.net

APRIL 23, 2020

This is really for all learners—adults as well as students—not just for those students with disabilities,” said Dr. Carol Kelley, Superintendent of Oak Park Elementary District 97 (IL). Kelley is superintendent of Oak Park Elementary School District 97, a PreK–8 public school system in Oak Park, IL, with 6,150 students. Dr. Carol L.

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Accessibility Digital Badges Elementary BYOD 58

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Matt is grateful for his supportive family—son Mason, an aerospace engineer in Florida, and daughter Jessica, an elementary teacher in northern Cincinnati. Ann served as Executive Director for Educational Technology in Klein ISD near Houston, Texas until September 2013, when she and her family moved to Los Angeles, California.

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Strategy System Data BYOD 94

edWeb.net

MAY 1, 2020

As students enter upper elementary and middle school, the focus on executive function strategies declines, so students show up to high school, and don’t know how to take notes or study. Fostering a Culture That Promotes EF. Join the Community.

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Schoology Advocacy LMS Strategy 55

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

In this role, she works to fill current gaps in research, policy, and advocacy to ensure that schools holistically support the well-being and development of students, and especially for low-income students and students of color. Nancy is a P-12 Research Associate and leads the Social, Emotional, and Academic Development work at EdTrust.

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Education Secondary Policies Professional Learning 73

edWeb.net

JUNE 17, 2020

She is also a 2013 Leadership Loudon graduate and a 2019 representative for Loudon County in the Tennessee Regional Leadership Class. In 2017 the district opened MOSAIC, a personalized learning elementary school, and created the MyPath program, which allows high school students to create their own class.

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EdTech Outcomes BYOD Advocacy 54

Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

NOVEMBER 25, 2017

In 2013, I started brainstorming with several dynamic librarians across the country a way for us to celebrate the close of the month. Jenny Lussier, Cathy Potter, Shawna Ford, Kathy Kaldenberg, and I created the very first Picture Book Smackdown which was held via Google Hangout on November 21, 2013.

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Social Media Libraries Elementary Twitter 46

edWeb.net

MARCH 5, 2021

Dr. Kristi Wilson has served as Superintendent of the Buckeye Elementary School District in Buckeye, Arizona for the past eight years. Ann served as Executive Director for Educational Technology in Klein ISD, near Houston, Texas until September 2013, when she and her family moved to Los Angeles, California.

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EdTech BYOD Training Advocacy 64

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 5, 2022

She arrived as an elementary teacher in 2008, drawn by the school’s racial diversity and stellar record in academics and the arts. They have not spent a second thinking about what kind of environment they are recruiting people to,” says El-Mekki, who invokes Martin Luther King Jr.’s

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Report Meeting Groups Data 145

edWeb.net

JULY 22, 2019

Kelley, Superintendent of Oak Park Elementary School District 97, IL, explained, this isn’t about deciding what technology a district uses. Kelley is superintendent of Oak Park Elementary School District 97, a PreK–8 public school system in Oak Park, IL, with 6,150 students. Create a Common Vision : As Dr. Carol L. Dr. Carol L.

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Libraries Elementary Accessibility BYOD 42

NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 15, 2017

Check out Orientation Inspiration (2013) and Orientation Attitude (2016). Andy Plemmons and the Barrow (GA) Elementary faculty and staff are talking with their Barrow Buddies about what inspires them, how they hope they inspire you, and a few special pieces of trivia on this Flipgrid board. Engagement. Gamification.

Libraries 54

Libraries Gamification iPhone Advocacy 54

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2016

The result was a tool called Learning Lists, which was prototyped by one of the school’s math teachers in 2013 using spreadsheet features on Google Sheets. Photo: Al Seib/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images. LPS set out to develop a home-grown ed-tech tool to make this personalized learning system more efficient.

Technology 40

Technology Blended Learning iPad Advocacy 40

edWeb.net

APRIL 19, 2021

Over the past 30 years, he has held leadership positions at the high, middle, and elementary levels in Salem City Schools and is currently in his 15th school year as Division Superintendent. CoSN provides thought leadership resources, community, best practices and advocacy tools to help leaders succeed in the digital transformation.

Learning 56

Learning Blended Learning BYOD Professional Learning 56

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 6, 2020

Launching “Mindful Technology Consultants” in 2013, she continues to train teachers at the masters level on the use of digital portfolios as alternative assessments, and on bringing mindfulness practices into the classroom. Tasha Ring is a licensed early childhood and elementary educator specializing in multisensory-based methodologies.

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Trends Handbook Kaplan Company 36

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 3, 2016

A hallway at Franklin Elementary school lined with tiny lockers and student art. Katrina Allen, principal at Franklin Elementary School in Syracuse’s Washington Square neighborhood, has watched her city transform from manufacturing boomtown to bust. Joseph Pirozzi at Franklin Elementary in Syracuse, N.Y., Photo: Emmanuel Felton.

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Common Core Elementary Examples Comparison 40

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

During her time with CVUSD, Michelle opened a new department called the “iCenter” which was charged with rolling out 18,000 iPads for the 2013/2014 school year with the focus of supporting nine 900 teachers with the California Computer Science Standards and technology integration/instruction.

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PowerMyLearning Mobile Learning BYOD iPad 41

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2016

Between the fall of 2013 and late March 2016, Terry High School reported 53 arrests by school police officers, most for disorderly conduct. There were six arrests at Terry High School during the 2013-14 school year. Its 2014-15 arrest rate of 1.5 percent compares unfavorably to the national referral rate of.06 06 percent.

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Report Training Handbook Study 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

He was founding chairman of the Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband Coalition, founded in 2009, as a DC-based advocacy organization promoting government policies and programs to assure gigabit fiber to libraries and other community anchor institutions(CAI’s). Her community elected her to this position at the beginning of this year.

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Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 48