The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2020

O’Neal Elementary School, in Elgin, Illinois, none of the third graders could read and write at grade level according to state tests in 2019. Just nine miles away sits Centennial Elementary School, where 73 percent of third graders met grade-level standards on that same test. At Ronald D. This story also appeared in Daily Herald.

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Data Elementary Trends Analysis 145

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 2, 2023

Her two youngest, both attending Vancouver’s Washington Elementary School, had struggled with remote learning and still lagged their peers in basic math and reading. At Washington Elementary School, in the Vancouver school district in Washington state, 16 students were identified as homeless in 2021-22.

Elementary 136

Elementary Report Advocacy Secondary 136

Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2019

In 2015, Vanessa Ford’s 4-year-old came out as transgender. In March, at ASCD Empower, which is a conference for educators with a focus on equity, she presented with Becca Mui, an education manager at GLSEN , an LGBTQ advocacy group focused on schools. Even though she had spent 14 years as an educator at D.C.

Policies 155

Policies Advocacy Conference Survey 155

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. during the 2015-16 school year were women. 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.

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Secondary Report Advocacy Elementary 102

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2017

Thousands of Mississippi’s third graders will sit in front of computers later this month to take the statewide reading test, but the eyes of teachers and administrators at Finch Elementary School will be intensely focused on a dozen students at this Wilkinson County school. Sharon Robinson, principal of Finch Elementary. In 2015, 52.4

Elementary 90

Elementary Training Advocacy Strategy 90

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Mississippi held back 8 percent of third graders in 2015, the first year its retention policy was in place. Literacy coach Melissa Knapp works in a first grade classroom at Harpeth Valley Elementary in Nashville. That includes some students held back for other reasons.

Policies 119

Policies Report Advocacy Elementary 119

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Share of new college students in the fall of 2015 who were still in high school and taking a dual enrollment class. asked Kristen Hengtgen, a policy analyst at EdTrust, a nonprofit research and advocacy organization that lobbies for racial and economic equity in education. Dual enrollment is exploding.

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Analysis Report Data Course 143

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2023

A majority of states have passed laws that mandate screening early elementary students for the most common reading disability, dyslexia, and countless districts train teachers how to recognize and teach struggling readers. Advocacy focused on math disabilities has been less widespread than that for reading disabilities.

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Report Training Elementary Strategy 139

The Hechinger Report

MAY 24, 2021

Indeed, many advocacy groups, including the Learning Policy Institute and Ed Trust , are recommending extending learning time next year. The program was studied in 27 schools in seven states between 2010 and 2015. Academically, the extended day seemed to be a bust. There were no overall academic benefits in reading or math, on average.

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Study Comparison Advocacy Report 141

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2018

Katherine Cribbs, a second-grader at Discovery Elementary School in Arlington, Virginia, explores the online “energy dashboard” that tracks her school’s energy consumption and production. With a flurry of touch-screen taps, she explored the “energy dashboard” of Discovery Elementary in Arlington, Virginia.

Elementary 110

Elementary Learning Data Report 110

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 16, 2021

Across the country, some state lawmakers have begun to respond to the demands of student activists and Native advocacy organizations. “It is not a place that allows us to embrace who we are.”.

Policies 145

Policies Advocacy Report System 145

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.

Exercises 109

Exercises Elementary Report Study 109

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 28, 2022

A review by The Hechinger Report of complaints to the Colorado Department of Education found that district threat determinations appeared to flout disability law in at least four other cases since 2015. Peter Mosby is principal at Rock Ridge Elementary School in a suburb of Denver.

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Assessment Report Training Guidelines 123

techlearning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Amesse Elementary at Denver Public Schools. Amesse Elementary. He likens these practices to taking away students’ encyclopedias, through which they find knowledge and begin to make choices that will lead to advocacy for others and for themselves. Amesse Elementary: A Montbello Children’s Network School at Denver Public Schools.

Accessibility 92

Accessibility STEM Robotics Elementary 92

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.

Education 94

Education Secondary Policies Professional Learning 94

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Personalized learning advocates had big hopes for ESSA, enacted in 2015. The bad news is we’re not seeing a lot of innovation or discussion around personalized learning,” said Claire Voorhees, national policy director for the Tallahassee, Florida-based Foundation for Excellence in Education, an advocacy group for personalized learning.

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Personalized Learning Policies Advocacy Assessment 83

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.

Learning 98

Learning Broadband Elementary Professional Learning 98

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

Related: Some kids have returned to in-person learning only to be kicked right back out Rosalind Crawford moved her five young boys, all in elementary and middle school, to Jennings, just north of St. In the 2015-2016 school year, Black students lost 103 days of learning per 100 students, 82 more days than their white peers.

Handbook 98

Handbook Learning Online Learning Data 98

NeverEndingSearch

APRIL 7, 2015

Here’s how you can help: On Thursday, April 9, 2015, between 7-8pm , post one or all of the tweets below, or create your own: School libraries receive over 1.3 activism advocacy twitter' Using the hashtag #getESEAright, ALA joins forces with NEA’s planned Twitter storm on Thursday, April 9 th from 7:00 till 8:00 PM Eastern.

Libraries 40

Libraries Advocacy Secondary Social Media 40

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

But a 2015 study by a Stanford University research team compared academic outcomes of students at 158 online charter schools in 17 states with those of students in brick-and-mortar schools in their states who were matched on numerous characteristics, including prior test scores.

E-rate 135

E-rate Pearson Company Report 135

edWeb.net

APRIL 19, 2021

He was recognized as CoSN’s and AASA’s 2019 Empowered Superintendent, a 2015 Education Week Leaders to Learn From, and as one of the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce’s Ten Outstanding Young Americans. Benigni has presented at national conferences, taught doctorate classes, and published a book and numerous articles.

Learning 75

Learning Blended Learning BYOD Professional Learning 75

edWeb.net

APRIL 14, 2021

To meet these goals, they start with the perspective of advocacy for all, especially BIPOC, high-poverty, LGBTQ, religious, and other populations within their schools. In August 2015, Dr. Helen Nelson Grant became Richland Two’s first Chief Diversity and Multicultural Inclusion Officer. Dr. Helen Nelson Grant. About the Host.

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Differentiated Instruction Professional Learning Meeting Advocacy 98

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.

Kaplan 143

Kaplan Policies Report System 143

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. Related: A new movement to treat troubled children as ‘sad, not bad’. “The

Elementary 76

Elementary Report Meeting Academic Standards 76

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

The researchers created 56 tasks for students in 12 states, and collected 7,804 student responses from January 2015 until June 2016. And that work must begin early, the authors say – in elementary school, ideally. They measured the ability of students to accurately gauge the validity of information they encounter online.

Social Media 40

Social Media Blended Learning Advocacy Study 40

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

A decorated educator of 21 years, Monica has received honors and awards from a wide variety of organizations for her leadership, advocacy, and classroom instruction. She is a 2015 Milken Unsung Hero Fellow and a 2015 NEA Foundation Global Fellow. Kelisa Wing has been an educator for 12 years. Kelisa honorably served in the U.S.

Strategy 45

Strategy Policies Advocacy Secondary 45

Reading By Example

AUGUST 19, 2015

Instead of a Reader’s Digest version of this book, I’d like to highlight five of the articles I found that most impacted me as an elementary principal in a high-poverty public school. With the current climate in education, Kohn’s book could not have been published at a better time.

Guidelines 28

Guidelines Outcomes Elementary System 28

edWeb.net

APRIL 22, 2019

While the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) was last reauthorized in 2004, with amendments in 2015, and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) were updated back in 2008, the demand for accessibility and equality in education continues to grow.

Accessibility 49

Accessibility PowerMyLearning Guidelines Policies 49

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2017

India’s education system has long lagged behind others, despite the country’s enactment of the 2009 Right to Education (RTE) ACT , which was supposed to give every child in the country the right to a full-time elementary education “of satisfactory and equitable quality.”. India has also had long had a problem with keeping girls in school.

Blended Learning 40

Blended Learning Learning Tablets Training 40

MindShift

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

When Billy Gibson, 18, was in elementary school, he couldn’t spell his own name. Avoiding the word was such a problem in schools across the country that in 2015 the U.S. Most of these laws have passed in the past few years partly due to parent advocacy groups pushing for change. Disagreements Over Reality .

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Training Report Groups System 78

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 16, 2018

the national movement to redefine what it means for students to be college, career and life ready while serving as the 2015-2016 President of AASA, The School Superintendents Association. CoSN provides thought leadership resources, community, best practices and advocacy tools to help leaders succeed in the digital transformation.

Technology 45

Technology PowerMyLearning Learning EdTech 45

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

Nineteen pilot schools participated in 2015; this year, the number skyrocketed, with 113 more joining the Basecamp ranks. 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. More than two-thirds of them are district-run schools.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

Fractus Learning

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

But I don’t see my advocacy as a zero-sum game. Girls have easier access to same-gender reading role models (moms, pre-school and elementary teachers, school librarians and children’s librarians are typically female), and now they also have access to role models in male-dominated fields and professions. Ripley’s findings.

Advocacy 40

Advocacy Knowledge Base Accessibility Report 40

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Since 2015, the state has made $775,387.82 Kunesh, a descendant of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, has authored two bills that returned state land to tribes, each with a decade or more of advocacy behind it. from logging that area. The legislation that included the Montana-CSKT land exchange passed in 2020 , but progress has been slow.

Policies 83

Policies Resources Data Accessibility 83

Reading By Example

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

. — NCTE (@ncte) November 22, 2015. As an elementary principal, I cannot remember the last time I attended a conference for administrators. This will be a short post, because the answer to this question/hashtag is simple: All educators need to know literacy. It all comes back to literacy.

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Conference Elementary Meeting Study 28

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Elementary Years ? Starting to Homeschool : Webinar #2: The Elementary-School Years Starting to Homeschool : Webinar #3: What Will We Do Now That We’re Learning at Home? Blended Learning ? Brain-based Learning ? Classroom 2.0 ? College Admissions ? Connections ? Creativity ? Defining Success ? Digital Citizenship ? Engagement ?

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Conference Learning OER Blended Learning 34

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2016

By March of the 2015-16 school year, school officials had reported 27 arrests, more than four times the number they recorded during the entire 2013-14 school year. Four states — Mississippi, Indiana, Florida and Pennsylvania — passed such legislation in 2013, in the months after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut. .

Report 40

Report Training Handbook Study 40