Educational Technology Guy

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

The $26-million school opened in 2017 with a central goal: to make kindergarten here more playful and joyful. They had taken out all the fun to make it more academic,” Turtzo said. A state law mandated full-day kindergarten starting in the 2017-18 school year. She said half-day kindergarten is partly to blame.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

On a morning this fall at Washington Elementary, a young boy, sitting at a table with five of his peers, held a tablet while he built a digital snowman — a cool proposition given the 85-degree heat just outside his air-conditioned classroom. Drawings in a fourth grade classroom at Washington Elementary, a K-8 school in Lindsay Unified.

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Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2018

K-12 education market in 2017. Still, Brendan Kelly, an Apple Distinguished Educator who teaches at Wilson Elementary School in West Allis, Wisc. Unfortunately these ideals are not always aligned with the realities of an education system that still emphasizes standardized testing and compliance to rigorous academic standards.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2018

Multiple former Reasoning Mind employees however confirmed to EdSurge that the nonprofit underwent several rounds of layoffs throughout 2017, which affected several dozen staff. As the layoffs began in spring 2017, former employees say it became clear that finding a buyer was likely the best way to keep Reasoning Mind’s products alive.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Mississippi’s gains came as students in many states did worse in 2019 than they did in 2017 on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) — to the disappointment of leaders, educators and parents across the United States. Mississippi is delivering, and its students are the beneficiaries. Third, involve other stakeholders.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2019

I think we took for granted before what 4-year-olds were capable of doing,” said Quitman Lower Elementary Principal Amanda Allen, listing some skills the youngest learners are impressing her with: advanced vocabularies, number recognition, self-motivation. The Manuel Goff Head Start center is a mile away from Quitman Lower Elementary.

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