The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

” The one-year change in admissions policy was prompted by the pandemic and a desire to diversify the selective schools, in which Black and Latino students are underrepresented. A group called the Boston Parent Coalition for Academic Excellence is suing Boston Public Schools in U.S. He said the lawsuit made him angry. “We

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

with highly selective admissions and academic standards, are failing to enroll the best and brightest students from poor and middle-class families. The fact that wealthy students dominate enrollments at elite colleges is an insult to one of America’s most deeply held values: meritocracy.

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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. educational policy: College and Career Readiness. For over ten years, districts across the U.S.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The tool offers a free version for teachers with access to its basic features. A paid upgrade to Seesaw Plus gives teachers access to more privacy options and other features. You don't have to sign up to get access to see what's on the site, but registration is necessary for full access and exploration.

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Google Android Video Accessibility 98

PlagiarismCheck

MAY 8, 2023

Access to billions of scientific research has never been easier, academic journals and the latest discoveries available online and can be analyzed right from mobile phones. Strict adherence to the policy of academic integrity, following academic citation rules and guidelines, to provide proper credit to the sources used in research.

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EdNews Daily

AUGUST 27, 2019

Then a re-write of academic standards that had to be mapped to teaching and learning, constantly in revision. Then massive numbers of testing requirements to disrupt and create heights of anxiety for all involved in a political appeasement move by higher policy makers.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

As librarians, our job is to not only give students and teachers access to resources they need to succeed, but to be their guide when choosing these resources. Prioritizing equitable library access for students As school libraries evolve and best practices shift accordingly, there is one constant to solve for: equity.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 12, 2021

Unequal access to external support: Staff can’t just assume students will have access to the same resources at home or that they will willingly talk about what they have and don’t have. Noguera was recently appointed to serve as a special advisor to the governor of New Mexico on education policy. About the Hosts. Dr. Daniel A.

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eSchool News

MAY 31, 2016

The need for more practical and effective professional learning opportunities for teachers is especially important right now, with new academic standards being introduced and adapted in schools across the country. The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards has a vision for how that can happen.

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Academic Standards Case Study Common Core Policies 40

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Regardless of income level, access to quality care for 2-year-olds is tight. 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. . • Could we improve America by treating 2-year-olds better? What’s it like to be two years old?

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2019

“There’s no evidence to show that a one-day training for teachers and staff will foster change,” says Circe Stumbo, president of West Wind Education Policy, an Iowa-based group that provides analysis of school equity policies. Related: Access does not equal equity. Viewing education through a racial and cultural lens is not new.

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Training Report Meeting Groups 111

techlearning

OCTOBER 25, 2018

EDSBY UPDATES ( edsby.com/edsby-k12-dataaggregation-analytics/ ) Edsby announced that it has built sophisticated data aggregation and analysis capabilities that allow states, provinces and countries to optimize their education investments and policies. The webinars are led by teachers and come pre-recorded and live on the Center.

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Chromebook Pearson Student Data Privacy Data 58

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.”. As employees, students must comply with the district’s human resources policies and undergo performance evaluations led by a student project leader and an Innovation Center staffer.

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EdNews Daily

APRIL 1, 2019

Texas State academic standards, for example, are different than all other States so those lesson products showing in search should be biased by geo-location (optional, obviously, and could be statewide or region rather than pinpoint geolocation.)

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 23, 2016

In most policy areas the Democratic Party and the Clinton campaign want to be seen as the inheritor of the popular sitting president’s legacy, but perhaps no area has divided the party more than K-12 education. The Obama administration embraced much of the testing and accountability policies of the George W.

Education 40

Education Policies Common Core Academic Standards 40

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2017

A 2009 study by the Washington Family Policy Council found that counties using such methods in their schools and social services saved $1.4 And students now had access to software and worksheets that allowed them to earn course credits on their own time. The academic standards were low, the structure lacking.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Standards Several – Vendors produce tools that correspond with the Competencies and Academic Standards Exchange (CASE) , specifications that define how systems exchange and manage information about learning standards and/or competencies in a digitally-referenceable way (goodbye PDFs!). Do vendors use CASE?

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Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

MAY 19, 2023

In most universities, every instructor is required to assign a letter grade to every student in the course, and David and I don't know of any university actively removing such a policy. This is not “letting students pick their grade” as though they were given access to the registrar’s database.

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Course Report Academic Standards Policies 73

TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 21, 2015

These aren’t single tools to “try,” but news ways to think about how learners access media, how educators define success, and what the roles of immense digital communities should be in popularizing new learning models. None of it is really complicated—it just requires new thinking. Digital & Research Literacy. Spaces and places matter.

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Classroom Game-Based Learning Social Media Trends 40

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. A good school makes technology, curriculum, policies, and other “pieces” invisible.

Digital Citizenship 40

Digital Citizenship Academic Standards Tablets Mobile Learning 40

TeachThought - Learn better.

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

WiFi signal, outlets, access to frequently move around the class, ways to not disrupt other classrooms with “noise.” But deep integration of technology in learning should–ideally anyway–make learning mobile–always-on, asynchronous and self-directed access to both content and collaborators. Also to fret?

Technology 40

Technology Gamification Digital Citizenship Academic Standards 40

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Through the new system the plan is to raise and unify standards, creating a single statewide network that ends the fragmentation and ensures “easy access to high-quality options,” according to the Louisiana Department of Education, the entity overseeing the reform.

Education 40

Education System Academic Standards Policies 40

MindShift

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Research has shown that a majority of the educators who teach English-language learners (ELLs) are creating their own instructional materials — often with little oversight — that don’t necessarily match the student’s grade level or the rigor required by state academic standards.

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Instructional Materials Survey Dropout Common Core 28

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. Metadata about content alignment . On-track indicator .

Education 40

Education Secondary Assessment Data 40

The Hechinger Report

JULY 20, 2021

When I was a charter school leader, I constantly heard reformers justify district takeovers, teacher firings, ineffective voucher programs and abusive “no excuse” discipline policies by saying, “It’s all about the kids.” Poverty is linked to hunger, homelessness, crime and lower academic achievement.

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Policies Academic Standards Report Outcomes 145

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2018

Alana Wolf was accepted to Cornell University, which told her to go somewhere else as a freshman and come back as a sophomore under a little-known policy called conditional admission. Most require that the students meet minimum academic standards and earn a predetermined number of credits. campus as sophomores.

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Policies Report Academic Standards Meeting 93

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 27, 2020

To watch the live show at 4:00 pm US-EDT, or to access the recordings afterward, please go to [link] (or [link] ). Her extensive background in education and public policy includes a role as Assistant Secretary of Education and Counselor to Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander under George H.W. Department of Education.

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Policies Academic Standards Company Assessment 36

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. ” Yet he argues consistently for using many of the most controversial elements of schooling, including the widespread application of academic standards.

Learning 40

Learning Case Study Data Training 40

Edsurge

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Anyone interested in improving schooling through digital tools has to distinguish between what the media hypes and what policies are actually adopted. Then, one has to further distinguish between the hyperbole and adopted policies and programs before determining what teachers actually do in their classroom lessons.

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Technology Policies Education Academic Standards 108

Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Federal policy has transformed the education of students with disabilities in the United States. We spoke with Laura Schifter , an expert on special education policy and a lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education , about what districts can expect, and how schools can continue to support their most vulnerable students.

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Education Guidelines Academic Standards Policies 210

eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2025

Others said they disagreed with Biden administration policies that required schools to allow transgender students to access restrooms that aligned with their gender. More than 150 educators wrote in. Many said they feared what would happen to their immigrant and transgender students. Schools are built on a mass production concept.

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Elementary Policies Academic Standards Social Media 101