Edsurge

APRIL 17, 2019

He had the money, at least $13 million raised by July 2016. Esther Wojcicki, the esteemed journalism teacher at Palo Alto High School, joined in 2016 as the company’s chief learning officer. In the agreement with Clark County School District, nine middle schools agreed to the Planet3 pilot program from August 2016 to May 2017.

Education 98

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Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2017

Rethinking Success in a Supportive Climate As a first step, Sanborn ditched its traditional, letter-based grading system and instead adopted a set of rubrics that reflect a student’s competency on state and district academic standards. The rubrics use descriptors such as: limited, in-progress, meeting and exceeding.

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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. According to the nonprofit’s most recently available 990 form , the organization took a net loss of $4 million in fiscal year 2016 (ending on Aug.

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Edsurge

JUNE 24, 2019

In early 2016, it launched Co-Pilot to give schools free 30-day trials of edtech software built by other companies. For instance, a curriculum director may decide that one math program does not align with the district’s academic standards, while another one does.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Among them: better teacher preparation and professional development for elementary reading; higher academic standards; state assessments aligned with NAEP’s expectations for students; and steady, consistent work toward the state’s strategic goals. Third, involve other stakeholders.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

From 1998 to 2010, the time spent on nonacademic subjects in kindergarten, including free play, decreased in favor of more time on academic subjects, such as conventional spelling and writing simple equations, a 2016 study found. Related: Opinion: Kindergarten is more than preparation for first grade, and we need to take it back.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Fifth graders Davonayshia Hollis, left, and Denaya Rippey, review a group entrepreneurial project for a parent-approved music device, developed in a mentorship program, Thursday May 19, 2016, at Brooklyn’s P.S. 307 in New York.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2016

April 27, 2016 Photo: By Michael Clevenger, the Courier-Journal. Most educators agree the Common Core standards are rigorous enough that students who meet these guidelines will be adequately prepared to pursue a career or a college degree after they graduate from the public school system. But we do.”.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 9, 2018

states adopted new, more demanding academic standards in the 2010s, and there have been widespread reports about the difficulties in changing instruction in the classroom. More than 40 states embraced the “Common Core” while additional states adopted similar standards.). Policy changes may play a role too.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2017

A robot built by students to research endangered frogs in Lake Titicaca, in Peru, being tested in June, 2016, by Lindsey Hamblin (left), then a Skyline High School senior, and Callie Meyers, then a Skyline junior. Photo: Courtesy of Jeffrey Sylvester. LONGMONT, Colo. — But school officials are prouder to point to other achievements.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2017

While seven of those 27 schools were able to reach 70 percent student proficiency in either English or math in 2016, none had attained 80 percent. At Arise, the school whose name begins with Achievement, not even 40 percent of students were proficient in 2016, based on composite scores for English and math.

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Elementary Report Meeting Academic Standards 78

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

In 2016, Lindsay Unified, a school district in California’s Central Valley, asked the city of Lindsay if the district could locate antennae on the community’s tallest buildings to expand its own network in order to provide free community Wi-Fi. “I came from a grades-based system,” he said. Then they installed hotspots on 500 homes in Lindsay.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Since 62 percent of 2-year-olds had working mothers in 2016, according to U.S. The lack of clear standards helping to shape what that care should entail has created an uneven system of care based on a fairly low bar for quality. . • We know how to provide good child care, we just don’t insist on it.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2017

According to data provided by district officials, in spring 2016 (the most recent year available), Webster graduated 75 percent of its seniors, a 22-point increase in just three years. The results have been impressive. Related: Rural schools join forces to make college the rule rather than the exception.

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2016

Under this initiative, children who will be starting kindergarten in fall 2016 will receive a free summer subscription to Smarty Ants®, an effective, research-based literacy program designed specifically for young learners. Smarty Ants is not the only Achieve3000 solution currently implemented at Virginia Beach.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

What might be considered a kind of basic standard for education technology in 2016. In theory, it’s not necessary to have any degree of education technology at all, though even that depends on your content area’s academic standards.

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techlearning

AUGUST 28, 2018

Each lesson includes facilitation suggestions, materials lists, center setup, and academic standards alignment. Each lesson plan provides specific setup suggestions, facilitation tips, and information on addressing cross-curricular connections and academic standards.

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Robotics Academic Standards Education Libraries 40

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

The new policy stands to degrade academic standards and exclude students based on race, she argued, calling it “a backdoor attempt to dismantle the exam school system altogether.” ” “Covid is a fake cover story for those who want to kill the exam.”

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

That was in January 2016. In 2016, unintentional overdoses claimed 1,465 lives statewide, up from 613 in 2011. A tainted batch of heroin hit the streets in January 2016, causing 40 overdoses in just two days. Drug use, suspensions and expulsions have put many students here far behind academically.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 21, 2016

” The final accountability ratings for the 2015-2016 school year reflect a new scoring system MDE put in place in September. “Superintendents, principals and teachers have all worked diligently to implement higher academic standards and help students achieve better outcomes.

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eSpark

JANUARY 5, 2016

have expressed frustration with No Child Left Behind, an educational policy that has been derided by educators as placing too much emphasis on standardized testing and failing to address racial and socioeconomic achievement gaps. For over ten years, districts across the U.S. educational policy: College and Career Readiness.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2018

They are roughly half of the students enrolled at Longview’s specialized elementary school, which has higher academic standards. percent of white students graduated ready for college English and math in 2016, according to state data, compared with a dismal 23 percent of Hispanic students and 16 percent of black students.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 10, 2016

A fall 2016 Hechinger Report survey of 145 child care centers in 65 counties across the state found directors absent at half the centers. Since January 1, 2016, 35 facilities have been found in violation of this regulation by failing to have a qualified director or designee present, Craig added.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In addition to their focus on reading, library teachers are responsible for promoting information and digital literacies, which help democratize academic standards and provide students access to learning resources otherwise unavailable. But this simply isn’t true in the modern educational climate.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 23, 2016

The new language supports the rights of parents to opt their children out of standardized tests, demand more oversight of charters and oppose evaluating teachers using their students’ standardized test scores.

Education 40

Education Policies Common Core Academic Standards 40

Edsurge

MAY 1, 2019

Age of Learning has plenty of the latter, thanks in part to a $150 million fundraise in 2016. Most of the content is aligned to state and national academic standards for grades 3 to 6, according to the company. Creating a game that is both educational and entertaining is not for the faint of heart—or capital.

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Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2023

Gariecia was in my Sociology of Class, Gender, and Race elective during the 2016-2017 academic year. This is her second year in the profession, and the Illinois State Board of Education recently recognized her as the 2023 Outstanding Teacher of the Year ! Paula Katrina, Victoria & Gariecia are all Golden Apple Scholars.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

Leave this field empty if you're human: In 2016-17 alone, Premier schools enrolled more than 10,000 students across nine states along the East Coast who brought with them $65 million in federal funding, according to federal data. The only job offer she got was for $10.50 an hour without benefits. Premier has denied the allegations.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

AUGUST 27, 2015

To generate interest in the Design Challenge, The Mind Trust will host a national innovation symposium in Indianapolis in April 2016 to explore new school models. In exchange for this freedom, the schools are held to the highest academic standards. For more information on both fellowships, please visit: themindtrust.org.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 27, 2017

There’s a difference between the promises of “personalized learning” and the policies that school leaders enact—whether through changing academic standards, testing tools, teacher accountability and technology implementation—to make them a reality.

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Technology Policies Education Academic Standards 102

Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

The Obama administration released a regulations package in December 2016 that they called Equity in IDEA. Another important guidance letter that came out in August 2016 was on supporting students who have behavioral issues associated with their disabilities, ensuring that those students have behavioral supports in school.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2017

Between September 2016 and June 2017, the number of licensed work-based learning coordinators in Vermont increased from 38 to 53. Potts said it’s also important to make sure the work experience is meaningful and relates to academic content.

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