The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 20, 2022

Her daughter, whose name is being withheld to protect her privacy, learned from the living room couch or dining room table, and there was no chance for altercations with her peers in the hallway or on the bus. But in October, less than two months after returning to in-person learning in Sacramento, California, she was suspended again.

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Personalized Learning Learning Data Report 141

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

Kathy Neumann’s third graders at Longfellow Elementary School in Columbia, Maryland, struggled to understand fractions during this pandemic-disrupted school year. With remote learning, they couldn’t do their usual classroom activity of cutting strips of construction paper into halves, quarters and thirds.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

But as her youngest child’s school district sought to return to in-person learning in 2021, Butterworth felt something of a call to service. My two older kids, who were in private school, had been back since the fall [of 2020], and the public schools weren't going to be opening back up until mid-March [of 2021].

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

School officials in the seaside town scrambled to purchase enough devices for all their students to learn online last year after the pandemic hurtled kids out of buildings. There’s a simmering sense of anticipation about how far educators have come with technology, and its potential to enhance student learning.

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Digital Promise

MAY 23, 2023

Many districts invested in edtech platforms and tools to facilitate online learning and to build a hybrid infrastructure that would support the return to in-person learning, all with the goal of creating equitable learning experiences for students.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2023

The second grader attends SpaRRk Academy, a virtual learning program for elementary students created in 2021 by the Rio Rancho School District in New Mexico. On days when SpaRRk Academy students are learning virtually, the classrooms are empty except for teachers and administrators, who come into the office just about every day.

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Elementary Online Learning Report Personalized Learning 110

The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 28, 2023

With built-in student differentiation and support, every student gets a personalized learning experience designed for their unique needs. 2023), TEACHING WRITING IN SMALL GROUPS (March 2021), A TEACHER'S GUIDE TO READING CONFERENCES (2019), and UNDERSTANDING TEXTS AND READERS (2018). And the best part?

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

A Tech Exchange employee works in the nonprofit’s warehouse in May 2021. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report Boxes of #OaklandUndivided devices wait for student pickup at Castlemont High School in May 2021. In May 2021, Think College Now elementary students sit in class after returning to in-person learning.

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Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 126

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

In Port Orford, Oregon, it’s a quick walk from the elementary and middle school building to the town library—the two buildings are right down the street from each other. contracted COVID-19 between the start of the pandemic and early August 2021.). Those younger students “needed that stability” of in-person learning, Nieraeth said.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

As students return to the classroom this fall — many for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic that upended their access to quality, in-person learning — we have an opportunity to enact standards to ensure that teachers’ instruction methods are effective and backed by science.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

26, parents from Brooklyn Arts & Science Elementary School (or P.S. 705) flocked to the school for an open house ahead of the fall 2021 semester. contracted Covid-19 between the start of the pandemic and early August 2021.). COVID-19 stats for Brooklyn Arts & Science Elementary School (P.S.

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2021

BOSTON (June 8, 2021) – Lexia Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company, announced today that Florida’s Commissioner of Education has approved Lexia® Core5® Reading (Core5) as curriculum in elementary intervention courses. K-12 English language arts materials were the focus of the 2020-2021 year.

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Course Differentiated Instruction Blended Learning Education 105

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 3, 2022

One week into the semester, the district shut down in-person learning for two weeks in order to get the situation under control. contracted Covid-19 between the start of the pandemic and early August 2021.). P.S. 705, an elementary school in Crown Heights, Brooklyn , also communicated extensively with parents.

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Report Elementary Data Policies 137

Edsurge

JANUARY 25, 2022

So when schools called us during the summer of 2021, they often asked whether they should stick with the schedules they created for distance, hybrid or safer in-person learning or return to a more traditional format. Our consistent answer is: “Don’t go back!” The truth is, some do and some don’t.

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Course Strategy Secondary Meeting 162

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Amanda Amtmanis, an elementary physical education instructor in Middletown, Connecticut, handed out cards with QR codes to a class of third graders, and told them to start running. Amanda Amtmanis, the PE instructor at Macdonough Elementary, hands a fifth grader a card with a QR code for tracking her mileage. Whoa, look at Dominic!”

Elementary 144

Elementary Learning Report Exercises 144

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Linda Dickinson, Media and Educational Technology Instructor, Abbotts Hill Elementary School How does the Vanguard Team mobilize when you start working with a new tool or technology partner like Adobe? We have additional learning opportunities coming up that are available to anyone. They made designs for bookmarks to hand out.

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Adobe Classroom Education Libraries 159

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The tool was supposed to enable teachers to tailor their instruction to individual students’ learning needs, but even the kids who had strong math skills weren’t doing well. A student works on a computer at Freedom Preparatory Academy on February 10, 2021 in Provo, Utah. School districts will have to make choices.”

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Software Company Training STEM 132

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2022

Surgeon General issued an advisory warning of a youth mental health crisis in December 2021, following a declaration earlier that fall of a “national emergency in child and adolescent mental health” by a coalition of pediatric groups. The report card grades states on eight policies identified by the campaign as solutions to the crisis.

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Analysis Policies Report Survey 136

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

As parents fearful of coronavirus’s spread and frustrated with their schools’ forays into remote learning seek other options, they are increasingly turning to virtual for-profit charter schools like the one Nemergut chose. At OHDELA, enrollment more than doubled to about 5,200 students in the 2020-2021 school year, according to state data.

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E-rate Pearson Company Report 135

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2022

Close to 700 days after her youngest children last set foot in a school classroom, Monica Rodriguez faced a decision she dreaded: Should she let them return to in-person learning? Her family, including her husband, David Rodriguez, suffered through a bout of Covid-19 in late 2021. LANHAM, Md.

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Elementary Report Personalized Learning Trends 107

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Total enrollment: 3,600 students 1 In-person enrollment: 86 percent after reopening for a four-day week in March 2 Total cases, 2020-2021 school year: 5 cases in the fall (identified by the state in two elementary school outbreaks) 3 17 cases in the spring (15 rapid test positives, 2 PCR test positives); none identified by the state as outbreaks 4.

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Elementary Data Accessibility Tablets 92

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2022

As hard as those first months were, the gradual return to in-person learning in fall 2020 was harder. Robinson concluded they weren’t and resigned in June 2021. 14, 2021, in Elko, Nevada. 28, 2021, in Las Vegas, Nevada. 15, 2021, in Elko, Nevada. 15, 2021, in Elko, Nevada.

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Meeting Advocacy Report STEM 145

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 23, 2021

That’s because the only “in-person” learning that was offered in the fall was to sit still in a classroom for six hours, your movement restricted, while logged on to the same Zoom classes you could do at home — with no opportunity to socialize. What about outdoor learning? Would March 2021 look different from November 2020?

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Learning Personalized Learning Report Online Learning 145

eSchool News

AUGUST 16, 2021

16, 2021) – Lexia® Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company, announced today that all schools throughout Alabama can now boost literacy instruction via LETRS® (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling) professional learning. About Cambium Learning Group. BOSTON (Aug. showed growth in knowledge.

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Professional Learning Course Learning Differentiated Instruction 111

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

In the COVID-19 Data Dispatch’s “Opening” series , we profiled five school communities that successfully reopened during the 2020-2021 school year. What’s even more important than regular testing is it’s not biased testing,” meaning the tests are required for all in-person students. Require masks, and model good masking for kids.

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Data Examples Strategy Policies 137

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

23, 2021) – Lexia® Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company, today released new research titled “Using Lexia Core5 Reading to Address Learning Loss and Accelerate Learning: Insights from a 2020-21 Nationwide Study.” About Cambium Learning Group. BOSTON ( Sept.

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Differentiated Instruction Report Learning Company 98

Edsurge

JULY 12, 2021

From December 2020 through May 2021, EdSurge followed seven early childhood educators from across the country. In addition, children who attend the elementary school across the street join for afterschool care. During the pandemic, Magdaleno supervised elementary-aged children during their remote learning as well.

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Education Guidelines Survey Classroom 191

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Lampkin blames the year and a half his sons were away from school buildings from March 2020 until the fall of 2021. The district began offering in-person learning in March 2021, but three quarters of students remained home. The pandemic brought other challenges unrelated to remote learning. years of school.

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Analysis Learning Data Report 111

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

After that one morning session, Dunlap, a scientist who grew up in Japan, withdrew Annika from kindergarten at her local public elementary school in Fremont, California. Kindergarten, a foundational grade for young children, is typically the first year of elementary school, even in the 31 states where it isn’t required.

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Elementary Assessment Report Outcomes 144

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2020

I don’t want to pit one grade against another,” said Laura Bornfreund, the director of early and elementary education policy at New America, a progressive think tank. But the foundational knowledge, the skills to be able to learn and do well in school later are so important. Kindergarten matters a lot.”. They are doing just fine.”.

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Survey Elementary Personalized Learning Report 144

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 16, 2021

As students return to school for the 2021-22 year, educators are thinking about how to teach children who have missed months of instruction because of the pandemic. Or should they start fourth graders off at the usual beginning, learning place values through millions and billions, as if third grade hadn’t been disrupted?

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Education Software Data Company 134

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Alongside four other school communities, it was selected because the majority of the district’s students returned to in-person learning during the 2020-2021 school year — and under 5 percent of the student population was identified as a Covid-19 case. Covid-19 stats for Scott County School District 1, 2020-2021.

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Elementary Report Data Policies 93

The Hechinger Report

MAY 20, 2024

Bellevue Elementary is one of three school buildings in the Northgate School District, a district of 1,100 students two miles from downtown Pittsburgh. Students from Avalon Elementary school’s after-school Kindness Club created buttons advocating kindness to pass out in their community.

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Elementary Report Groups Secondary 126

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Alongside four other school communities, we selected it because the majority of the district’s students returned to in-person learning during the 2020-2021 school year — and officials identified Covid-19 cases in under 5 percent of the student population. According to the CDC, about 5 percent of school-aged children in the U.S.

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Elementary Data Report Policies 86

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 16, 2021

However, U-46 created a separate, 100 percent Hispanic, elementary program that allowed those students to study the gifted curriculum. One day last fall in U-46, Ed Chau’s Horizon Elementary gifted fifth graders met on Zoom to discuss their “Genius Hour” projects — investigations into topics of their own choosing.

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Elementary Policies Data Report 132

MindShift

JANUARY 26, 2021

The profiles are part of the school’s embrace of personalized learning, which centers on the belief that a teacher lecturing at the front of a classroom is a bad fit for today’s students. Personalized learning has, in recent years, become one of the most talked-about trends in education.

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Personalized Learning Education Learning Training 45

edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

The 2021 Driving K-12 Innovation report released by CoSN selected the most critical Hurdles (challenges), Accelerators (mega-trends), and Tech Enablers (tools) that school districts are facing with personalized learning, innovation, and digital equity. By Eileen Belastock. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST.

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Learning Broadband Elementary Professional Learning 98