The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Historically, wealthier students have had greater access to enriching out-of-school experiences, compounding their privilege. The Chicago Learning Exchange supports out-of-school programs that are trying to change that, particularly those using technology to offer innovative opportunities for kids in Chicago who historically haven’t had them.

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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.” That disparity in access to high-quality elite education is deeply concerning.” In January, the Rev.

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techlearning

MAY 24, 2018

At the IMS Global Learning Impact conference this week (#LILI2018), there were dozens of sessions covering the many ways interoperability is helping data play well together to create more user-friendly digital ecosystems.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Teachers push [academic] standards into these projects,” and schools don’t “want projects where kids are just an extra set of hands.”. The desire to do this causes some really interesting conversations between schools and project partners,” Boss said.

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eSchool News

MAY 1, 2024

By combining a social media-style interface with academically rigorous content, TeachTap makes learning more fun, efficient and accessible than ever before. The app offers a personalized feed of entertaining and educational videos, images, questions, and memes, ensuring that students remain engaged while mastering the material.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 12, 2021

Punitive mindset in grading and providing feedback: The key is to look at the staff culture and think about changing teachers’ mindsets so they are focused on not just grading assignments but truly helping students learn. They need to develop relationships with each student, learn about their individual situations, and help them as needed.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Technology has seeped its way into classrooms, streamlined academic standards, and transformed the pedagogical landscape to a large extent. Today, students are blessed with interactive platforms, personalized education, online learning, and educational software that have been designed to enhance the learning experience.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2020

Staff say that they try to be strategic with locations, setting up shop within strip malls and sites that are easy for students to access and that are close to other resources like the public library. The organization also has established partnerships with local businesses and other community groups.

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2016

Achieve3000 is the leading literacy solution in blended learning programs today, specializing in cloud-based, differentiated learning solutions for school-aged youth as well as adult learners. Smarty Ants is a foundational literacy program for grades PreK-1 that teaches children how to read in an engaging, online environment.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 1, 2015

While it has been derided by educators for decades as incapable of truly measuring understanding, and while performance on such exams can be noticeably improved simply by learning a few tricks, the multiple choice question may have a larger, less obvious flaw that disrupts the tone of learning itself. Uncertainty.

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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. Blended Learning. Find out how your district can transform student learning with edtech:

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 15, 2015

These are astoundingly important questions–ones that must be answered with social needs, teacher gifts, and technology access in mind. Most modern academic standards take a body-of-knowledge approach to education. This, to me, seems to be a dated approach to learning that continues to hamper our attempts to innovate.

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Digital Citizenship Academic Standards Tablets Mobile Learning 40

TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 20, 2015

As most educators know, the Common Core is a set of high-quality academic standards in mathematics and English language arts/literacy. Simply put, the standards outline what a student should know and be able to do at the end of each grade to be prepared for success in school, college, career and life.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 11, 2015

In order to comply with the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, any digital learning content used by grantees must be accessible to individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use screen readers. Personalized learning plan . On-track indicator .

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 1, 2015

While digital content is handy and accessible, many of the issues we face as educators are deeper than any single post–or series of posts–can adequately address. Visible Learning & The Science Of How We Learn by John Hattie and Gregory Yates. Ed note: This post has been updated from a 2013 post.

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Learning Case Study Data Training 40

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. District purchases of hardware and software continue to go up.

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Technology Policies Education Academic Standards 111

TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 18, 2015

This could also be accomplished through adaptive learning software, smart apps, and a blended approach to learning that mixes precise decoding instruction driven by personal learning algorithms, mixed with “human” teaching of the art and science of media design. .” (1). See also, “ Chloroforming the Unit.”).

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Hack Education

MAY 4, 2018

” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “George Mason’s President Says Some Donor Agreements Fell ‘Short’ of Academic Standards.” Via Techcrunch : “Thousands of academics spurn Nature ’s new paid-access Machine Learning journal.”

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

She could start by honoring the federal government’s historic role in promoting educational equity and access. For them, she needs a more balanced message around resources, technology, distance learning, personalized learning and teacher quality. From land-grant colleges to Brown vs. Board of Education , the G.I.

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Personalized Learning Academic Standards Advocacy Secondary 40