The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Photo: Wayne D’Orio for The Hechinger Report. Teachers push [academic] standards into these projects,” and schools don’t “want projects where kids are just an extra set of hands.”. Photo: Wayne D’Orio for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Wayne D’Orio for The Hechinger Report. Madison Reed, a high school senior.

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STEM Report Robotics Company 108

Digital Promise

APRIL 6, 2021

We also wanted to center each districts’ CS mission and vision and integrate the Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Computer Science and the KAS for Technology. A bit of Appalachian ingenuity. Have you integrated CS/CT in your classroom? The post Adding a Computational Boost to Your K-8 Lessons appeared first on Digital Promise.

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Analysis Handbook Data Academic Standards 241

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

In 1993, Massachusetts enacted a bipartisan education reform law that gave schools a massive infusion of state money in return for high academic standards and accountability. Academic standards were the next to go. State-by-state NAEP comparisons are available in this Hechinger Report table.)

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Common Core Academic Standards Comparison Report 133

Edsurge

JULY 12, 2021

The tangled web of grading, posting assignments, and communicating with students—plus maintaining an engaging and supportive instructor presence, much less high academic standards—often turned confusion into chaos.

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Online Learning Learning Academic Standards Survey 216

Edsurge

JUNE 15, 2022

It’s not just us noticing these trends—recent research reports and surveys from a number of organizations reveal alarming statistics on teacher well-being. And only 12 percent of teachers report that they are very satisfied in their roles. The educational climate is rapidly deteriorating, the ripples of which we have yet to fully feel.

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Academic Standards Policies Exercises Report 198

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Hair has nothing to do with academic standards or college readiness. Except hair has nothing to do with academic standards or college readiness. He has been in at-home suspension since late January, according to news reports. Like DeAndre, Kaden wears his hair in locs. Read more about education in New Orleans.

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Academic Standards Policies Report Data 145

eSchool News

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Of the more than 1,000 people surveyed in McGraw-Hill Education’s 2018 Social and Emotional Learning Report , 96 percent of administrators, 93 percent of teachers, and 81 percent of parents overwhelmingly say SEL is as necessary as core academic subjects.

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Academic Standards Survey Report Learning 111

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Chamber of Commerce report released that year highlighted a 71-point gap between the percentage of fourth-grade students who scored proficient or above on the state’s reading exam in 2005 and those who scored proficient or above on the 2005 NAEP reading exam. Most students rated “proficient” by the state were anything but.

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Academic Standards Assessment Report Trends 93

Edsurge

MAY 25, 2021

News and World Report ranking of public high schools. And last fall, the Fairfax County Public School Board proposed a radical change to the TJ admissions process: Scrapping the admissions test to replace it with a lottery of students who meet a minimum academic standard. But one school just outside of Washington, D.C.,

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Education Academic Standards Robotics System 164

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

That’s one thing Katie Worth, a former reporter for the PBS show Frontline, found while researching her new book, “ Miseducation ,” about how schools teach climate science. A third of teachers self-report that they tell students that many scientists believe that climate change is natural. But many kids in the U.S.

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Academic Standards Company Course Report 189

eSchool News

JULY 1, 2024

This approach seeks to strike a balance between leveraging technological advancements and maintaining academic standards. Allow for AI generation of materials but require human review In this scenario, students can use generative AI to produce complete materials, such as essays or reports, which then undergo human review.

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Education Academic Standards Tools Assessment 131

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 31, 2022

Tests should support high-quality instruction in the classroom: Modaffari said that well-designed tests do one of three things: “predict student performance, inform instruction, or evaluate learning and they should be aligned to the state’s academic standards.”. An opt-out movement to protest the tests was gaining steam.

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Assessment Academic Standards Instructional Materials Report 143

The Hechinger Report

MAY 20, 2021

One included academic standards for my state. The other was filled with the English language development (ELD) standards. My job was to ensure that my students, all of whom were categorized as English learners (ELs), met these grade-level and proficiency standards by the end of the year.

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Academic Standards Secondary Policies System 128

Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

They received excellent ratings from EdReports , a leader in evaluating textbooks and curricula for rigor, usability and alignment to academic standards. A growing body of research names curriculum as a critical factor in academic success.

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Common Core Digital Citizenship Academic Standards LMS 176

Edsurge

AUGUST 26, 2019

“You can’t actually function in a purely academic zone without also developing the sensibilities, orientations, behaviors and strategies that all of us use to navigate our everyday lives.” That project explored the opportunities and barriers for educators and decision-makers looking to thread SEL throughout their work.

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Learning Strategy Academic Standards Groups 167

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Each lesson, Murphy shares, will “break down academic standards around literacy into discrete subskills.” (For A report from LEAP Innovations, a Chicago-based nonprofit, found ThinkCERCA to be one of two literacy products that demonstrated “encouraging” results in a pilot involving more than 50 schools.

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Instructional Materials Academic Standards Company Industry 258

Gradelink

MAY 13, 2021

This moment might just be the perfect time to rethink your school’s report cards. Or perhaps you want a more user-friendly aesthetic that allows parents to check their child’s progression using grade-level standards and expectations. What Elements Make Up A Report Card? Traditional and Standards-Based Report Cards.

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Report How To System Academic Standards 52

Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2016

MasteryConnect aims to help teachers plan lessons and track how students perform against academic standards. Its core offerings include formative assessment products such as Socrative (a startup acquired in June 2014), grading tools and reporting services. See our report on edtech venture capital for more details.)

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EdTech Company Academic Standards Industry 119

Edsurge

MAY 9, 2017

At Nueva, when it comes to assessment, standards-based grading is king. They include not just academic standards, but several teacher-selected “habits”: responsibility, curiosity, creativity, and self-improvement. Panorama for Social-Emotional Learning offers SEL progress reports based on student and teacher surveys.

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Survey Assessment Report Academic Standards 121

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 12, 2018

According to the Chicago Learning Exchange’s report , prepared by Outlier Research and Evaluation, based at the University of Chicago, young people are most commonly using digital media technology and tools for collaboration, creation and active engagement in out-of-school programs. Tweet at @TaraGarciaM.

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Study Tools Social Media Academic Standards 100

Edsurge

MAY 17, 2017

We’re doing things that are a little radical but still grounded in academic standards. . He says at Two Rivers, they’ve rooted evaluations in standards—Common Core, Next Generation Science Standards—and that helps gets teachers invested. “We’ve always felt like it works,” he explains of Berthold’s assessment model.

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How To Common Core Academic Standards Outcomes 127

Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2020

Focus group participants reported that they often received pushback from classroom teachers and administrators who suggested that making delegitimized the teacher, failed to advance student achievement, was faddish, and could not be used in service of developing knowledge around traditional academic subjects.

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Groups Academic Standards Secondary Robotics 171

The Hechinger Report

JULY 16, 2017

Second, they have been exposed to academics such as letter names, sounds, number recognition, number fluency, and patterning with hands-on, meaningful learning tasks that take into account their physical and cognitive development. 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

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. While students have lots of time to play, they also learn traditional and rigorous academic material during the school year. Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. EVERETT, Wash. —

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Common Core Report Elementary Study 145

Edsurge

MAY 20, 2019

The tool also offers educators reports on how students perform across various academic standards and skills. Students in one class see different versions of the same material depending on their proficiency. Freckle can group students of similar learning levels for small group activities.

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Education Company Academic Standards Learning 112

The Hechinger Report

MAY 26, 2019

Chris Berdik for The Hechinger Report. With scarcely a month left in the school year, why was it worth spending time making videos rather than covering the next academic standard? Chris Berdik for The Hechinger Report. Chris Berdik for The Hechinger Report. Chris Berdik for The Hechinger Report.

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Assessment Education Academic Standards Video 111

Edsurge

MAY 18, 2019

Employees report higher productivity , greater efficiency and less stress , while companies can benefit from lower real estate costs and an expanded talent pool. Video worked exceptionally well for us (even dating as far back as 2008) as our employees reported feeling more connected. days each week.

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Company EdTech How To Meeting 152

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Teachers and students can learn by doing place-based projects together, all the while meeting and exceeding required academic standards in authentic and meaningful ways. The post OPINION: Jump in, the water is rising — it’s time to educate students for a sustainable future appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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Education Academic Standards Social Media Report 119

Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2018

Teachers need help planning lessons that meaningfully contextualize academic standards. Challenge: In a groundbreaking study led by The Education Trust, researchers found that “across the country, lessons from the Internet labeled as [standards] aligned are being taught again and again, whether or not they are really worthy.”

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EdTech Academic Standards Technology Social Media 166

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2019

Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. This story about outdoor project-based learning for ninth-graders was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education.

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Kaplan Study Report Academic Standards 102

Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2023

In 2018, a report conducted by the Consortium for Policy Research in Education and the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania found that 44 percent of new teachers left the classroom in five years. Photo courtesy of Winchester. While that example may not apply to us, much of the work educators do daily is under threat.

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Learning Elementary Academic Standards Policies 178

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 28, 2021

Better preparing candidates for licensure exams and rigorous academic standards. This story about teacher residency was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Deferring tuition until candidates are licensed and teaching full time.

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Dropout Training Academic Standards System 110

Edsurge

MAY 8, 2019

The program includes tablets and apps, along with print workbooks, lesson plans and physical manipulatives aligned to national academic standards. There are “several ongoing M&A processes with global potential” in the works, according to the financial report. To date, Kahoot has raised $63 million in investment capital.

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Company Academic Standards Industry Tablets 108

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Our nation’s employers report that creativity and critical thinking are the most valuable skills an employee can have. Even in districts without 1:1 devices, digital content can be used to provide context for academic standards and spark classroom discussion and inquiry. Tackling these challenges pays off.

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Technology Differentiated Instruction Broadband Academic Standards 145

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Credit: Charlotte West for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Charlotte West for The Hechinger Report Washington Elementary is a K-8 school in Lindsay, an agricultural community in California’s Central Valley. Credit: Charlotte West for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Charlotte West for The Hechinger Report.

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Online Learning How To Competency Based Learning Learning 139

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The ultimate objective of CASE (1EdTech’s Competencies and Academic Standards Exchange ® specification) is to make it easier, more accurate, and less expensive for edtech suppliers to align resources and tools with state and district academic standards, therefore allowing educators to find resources that better support their needs.

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Academic Standards Tools EdTech Learning 59

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 28, 2017

Breaking up black school boards has more to do with disrupting black power than implementing a proven strategy to improve academic achievement. In 2011, South Carolina established academic standards for what students should learn in social studies classes, including “the economic necessity of slave labor.”.

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Policies Academic Standards Groups Report 85