NeverEndingSearch

JUNE 19, 2020

After seeing Cathi’s message on the Future Ready Librarians’ Facebook Group , librarian Kim Borden, from the Penn Argyl (PA) School District, responded to the call. From Kim Borden’s Plainfield Elementary School Library Reopening Plan and COVID Response. Being proactive feels so much better.

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Libraries Elementary Future Ready Academic Standards 118

eSchool News

MARCH 31, 2023

The Arkansas Department of Education’s Division of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) recently named Curriculum Associates’ Magnetic Reading Foundations to its list of high-quality instructional materials (HQIM) for foundational skills in English language arts. NORTH BILLERICA, Mass.—

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Instructional Materials Academic Standards Secondary Assessment 97

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

More recently, widespread changes in academic standards, like the adoption of the Common Core standards and concern over low reading scores , further increased the rigor of kindergarten to the point that it has been referred to as “ the new first grade.” They had taken out all the fun to make it more academic,” Turtzo said.

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Common Core Report Elementary Study 145

The Hechinger Report

JULY 16, 2017

Since earning my undergraduate, Master’s, and Education Specialist degrees in elementary education, and working toward board certification, at Delta State University, I have observed students who have come from a variety of backgrounds. Kindergarten is not just about students mastering a set of academic standards.”.

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Academic Standards iPad Report Elementary 85

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 28, 2021

When Marie Lewis applied to the Nashville Teacher Residency (NTR), she was earning $18,000 per year as a paraprofessional, supporting students with special needs, one-on-one or in small groups. Better preparing candidates for licensure exams and rigorous academic standards. Just seven percent of our country’s teachers are Black.

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Dropout Training Academic Standards System 110

Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2018

Still, Brendan Kelly, an Apple Distinguished Educator who teaches at Wilson Elementary School in West Allis, Wisc. Students can create ibooks and use built-in collaboration features that allow them to work in groups. There were rumors leading up to the event that Apple would reduce the price of its iPads to as low as $259.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2018

Small-group math work at Prairie Oak Elementary in Berwyn North School District 98 where, two years ago, just 14 percent of third-graders were able to do grade-level math. On a recent spring day, Maritza Cleary’s third-grade class at the district’s Prairie Oak Elementary School tackled math pictographs. BERWYN, Ill. —

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How To Common Core Elementary Report 92

Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2017

But at Memorial Elementary School , one of two elementary schools in New Hampshire’s Sanborn Regional School District , administrators and teachers are given the freedom to experiment with cutting-edge ideas not in spite of district and state guidelines, but because of them.

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Assessment Elementary System Academic Standards 95

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Today the group has swelled to 13 members and includes girls.). “We It’s made me realize how a small group can do such big things.”. A fourth-grader makes a puppet while his teammate works on writing a script at Mountain View Elementary School in Longmont, Colo. We were just four guys, we really didn’t know anything about it.”

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STEM Report Robotics Company 108

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. The group brought in Gregg Fleisher to take over as CEO on Jan. Much of this work was done by a team in Moscow, while those in the U.S.

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Kaplan Common Core Education Company 74

The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2016

Field Elementary teacher Jessica Rockhold works with Remy Campbell on a smart board in her classroom. But to expect that the Common Core – or any standards – alone will move the needle is overreaching, he said. Field Elementary teacher Jessica Rockhold works on reading with Tyler Howard, left, and Anthony Diaz, right.

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Common Core Education Tablets Academic Standards 61

The Hechinger Report

MAY 16, 2016

Dressed in suits and armed with pens, notebooks, and laptops, the superintendents had one specific goal as they fanned out across the classroom, interacting with students: to look for evidence that a geometry lesson was aligned to the new state math standards. one superintendent asked a group. You’re all working together?” Smith asked.

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Training How To Survey Academic Standards 76

Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Seesaw is used by primary grade-level teachers, middle school subject area teachers, elective teachers, and after-school program teachers, but it's most often used in elementary schools. Seesaw Skills view allows users to keep track of student proficiency on any given skill or academic standard.

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Google Android Video Accessibility 98

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Hatharasinghe-Gerschler had been diagnosed with a reading comprehension disability in elementary school. Back in Anchorage in the early 2000s, Michelle McLaughlin started doing research on her own to determine why her son, Michael, was falling further behind in elementary school. But he still struggled.

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Education Strategy Report Training 111

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

DECEMBER 5, 2018

They are roughly half of the students enrolled at Longview’s specialized elementary school, which has higher academic standards. And they are more likely to take classes and tests meant to prepare them for college. They believe in educating their kids, not your kid,” Simmons said.

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Policies Data Elementary Academic Standards 69

The Hechinger Report

MAY 22, 2016

As is often the case, there was singing going on in Room 2 of Kenwood Elementary one Friday afternoon. Unlike groups based on race or disability or other factors, English learners are, by definition, a transient group. That makes it difficult for schools to close the achievement gap for the English learner group.

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Common Core Data Elementary Groups 41

MindShift

JULY 9, 2018

One way the district is applying this standard is via “number talks,” a math practice that encourages students to discuss and critique math solutions, helping kids develop into flexible and creative mathematical thinkers. That push for a common, connected curriculum also includes what happens before, and during, kindergarten.

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How To Common Core Elementary Survey 39

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2017

Although she earned a bachelor’s degree and teaching certificate in math instruction for both elementary and middle school, she never had to take a class about students with disabilities. No one taught her these strategies. She was left to figure it out on the job. Educators say little has changed since then.

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Training Elementary Report Course 40

TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 11, 2015

Schools that are in the bottom 10 percent of performance in the State, or who have significant achievement gaps, based on student academic performance in reading/language arts and mathematics on the assessments required under the ESEA or graduation rates (as defined in this document). Low-performing schools . On-track indicator .

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Education Secondary Assessment Data 40

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

A group of parents sued last month to stop the change; a trial kicked off in federal court this week. 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.”

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Policies Groups Report System 133

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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Elementary Data Training Report 78

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 96

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. “We

Education 40

Education Policies Common Core Academic Standards 40

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

Pro-reform teacher organizations , civil rights groups , women’s rights activists , students , centrist think tanks , reform leaders , evangelical Christians , special education advocates and even some choice proponents have lined up against her. Board of Education , the G.I. Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images.

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Personalized Learning Academic Standards Advocacy Secondary 40