eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Our mission within the Office of Information and Analysis is to provide solutions that support more effective teaching and learning. Using data for advocacy Increasing funding to expand our collection of audiobooks is just one example of the many ways we’re using data for advocacy.

Data 111

Data Libraries Advocacy eBook 111

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 2, 2023

Her two youngest, both attending Vancouver’s Washington Elementary School, had struggled with remote learning and still lagged their peers in basic math and reading. At Washington Elementary School, in the Vancouver school district in Washington state, 16 students were identified as homeless in 2021-22.

Elementary 137

Elementary Report Advocacy Secondary 137

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2021

American schools are overwhelmingly English-only environments — and too often, this can make them hostile spaces for English learners and their families. In a spring survey in California, nearly one-third of Spanish-speaking families said that they could not understand the distance learning information sent home by their children’s schools.

Education 140

Education Digital Divide Advocacy Report 140

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2022

The Afterschool Alliance – an advocacy group – was instrumental in securing the 1 percent set aside for afterschool and making sure that after-school programs would qualify for learning loss. The analysis also found no improvement in in social and emotional skills, although there was a tiny boost to student motivation.

Analysis 96

Analysis Advocacy Instructional Materials Examples 96

eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2024

3 Advocacy groups, backed by dyslexia authorities at universities, have pushed for dyslexia legislation across the country with these outcomes: 4 40 states now mandate dyslexia screening, and more than 30 list approved screeners that schools must use. A cost analysis of Reading Recovery and alternative interventions under the i3 Scale-Up.

Differentiated Instruction 119

Differentiated Instruction Training Analysis Assessment 119

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2022

My friends without such advocacy found themselves systematically excluded from certain courses by the invisible hand of adults who did not know them and used the school schedule to cajole them toward courses and pathways that, over time, calcified and shaped their identities — and aspirations. In Washington State, leaders took a similar tack.

Course 132

Course Accessibility Advocacy Outcomes 132

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2022

But a first-of-its-kind analysis by The Hechinger Report and the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting has found that attendance-related suspensions are pervasive, in some districts accounting for more than half of all in-school suspensions. Arizona collects limited discipline data from its districts. Credit: Isaac Stone Simonelli/AZCIR.

Dropout 111

Dropout Analysis Policies Report 111

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

As I begin the new school year, I make a list of all my priorities: Lesson planning, grading, classroom setup, data analysis and new teacher mentorship. Many of the advocacy groups that filed challenges did so multiple times in different school districts. Building relationships with parents is at the top of the list.

Advocacy 140

Advocacy Policies Analysis Report 140

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

million in the same period last year, according to an analysis for The Hechinger Report conducted by the consulting firm Kantar Media. million in that period, almost quadruple last year’s spending, the analysis showed. Stride spent about $1.8 million on TV ads in just the first quarter of 2021, up from $1.2

E-rate 137

E-rate Pearson Company Report 137

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2017

Thousands of Mississippi’s third graders will sit in front of computers later this month to take the statewide reading test, but the eyes of teachers and administrators at Finch Elementary School will be intensely focused on a dozen students at this Wilkinson County school. Sharon Robinson, principal of Finch Elementary.

Elementary 90

Elementary Training Advocacy Strategy 90

The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

Last year, researchers at NWEA, an independent nonprofit assessment company, published an analysis of data from the autumn 2020 MAP Growth tests of more than 4 million public school students. “It’s not something we’re going to make up in a summer or in a year. It’s a long road of recovery.” Whitney Oakley, Guilford County Schools.

Study 141

Study Data Report Elementary 141

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2023

Absences were more prevalent among Latino, Black and low-income students, according to Dee’s analysis. Absences worsened in every state with available data — notably, the analysis found growth in chronic absenteeism did not correlate strongly with state COVID rates. Taken together, the data from 40 states and Washington, D.C.,

Analysis 85

Analysis Report Data Advocacy 85

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

She became an educator in 2007 and has spent most of her career teaching special needs students at a majority-Hispanic public elementary school in the Bronx. The nonprofit offers workshops, one-to-one advocacy, and a monthly Spanish-speaking support group for families. There’s such stigma around the label. Where you live also matters.

Advocacy 98

Advocacy Study Report Groups 98

eSchool News

APRIL 14, 2022

Our research analysis revealed reasons for both optimism and concern. It showed that ELs had lower test scores than their non-EL peers through their elementary years, but they also made academic growth similar to or at greater levels as their non-EL peers. public schools.”.

Advocacy 59

Advocacy Policies Study Data 59

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 3, 2024

In fact, Pennsylvania has quietly become the “cyber charter capital of the nation” according to a report from the education advocacy group Children First PA. According to a Chalkbeat analysis of 2023 Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) test score data, 36.8% That is a huge problem.”

Advocacy 90

Advocacy Laptops Report Online Learning 90

techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

CURRICULUM ASSOCIATES AQUIRES MOTION MATH ( www.curriculumassociates.com ) & ( motionmathgames.com ) Curriculum Associates has acquired Motion Math to further help elementary students improve their math fluency and number sense in key conceptual areas. These solutions will be offered to school librarians in the U.S.

Tools 75

Tools PresenceLearning Edmodo Blackboard 75

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

A Center for Public Integrity analysis of district-level federal education data suggests roughly 300,000 students entitled to essential rights reserved for homeless students have slipped through the cracks, unidentified by the school districts mandated to help them. Credit: Zoë Meyers for the Center for Public Integrity.

Analysis 83

Analysis Policies Report Advocacy 83

The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2024

Since then, the numbers have slipped to the single digits, with just 5 percent of the class of 2016 finishing within six years, according to a data analysis from the charter school network. The school also tracks college completion rates, with 59 percent of the class of 2012 finishing within six years.

Education 133

Education Report Data Course 133

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2017

In 2008, a few years after Hurricane Katrina, school officials in Louisiana asked aspiring charter-school leader Andrew Shahan to consider taking over the failing Dr. Charles Drew Elementary School in New Orleans’ Upper 9th Ward. At the time, the projection seemed realistic. “I I saw projections like that in other applications,” said Shahan.

Elementary 78

Elementary Report Meeting Academic Standards 78

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

These students are increasingly the children of parents who helicoptered them through elementary, middle and high school or who didn’t go to college themselves and can’t provide much help with it. But for this generation, a surprising new problem is thwarting their success: too many choices. All of this takes a toll on graduation rates.

Course 137

Course Report Policies Study 137

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

Shelby Villegas, sixth grade math teacher at Whispering Wind Academy Elementary School in Phoenix. Shelby Villegas, a sixth grade math teacher at Whispering Wind Academy Elementary School in Phoenix, is in her third year with Summit. Hillman was the principal of Prairie Heights Elementary School during its first two years using Summit.

Learning 134

Learning Laptops Personalized Learning Data 134

eSchool News

JUNE 5, 2024

3 Advocacy groups, backed by dyslexia authorities at universities, have pushed for dyslexia legislation across the country with these outcomes: 4 40 states now mandate dyslexia screening, and more than 30 list approved screeners that schools must use. A cost analysis of Reading Recovery and alternative interventions under the i3 Scale-Up.

Differentiated Instruction 52

Differentiated Instruction Training Analysis Assessment 52

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2016

While effective, these methods were unsustainable, because teachers had to do much of the data tracking and analysis manually, according to the paper. In order to target these deficiencies, LPS launched a new math course to help students who were performing below grade level get back on track.

Technology 40

Technology Blended Learning iPad Advocacy 40

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Teachers Ivonne Kendrick and Milagro Nuñez lead preschool students at Houston Elementary School in a song during a time of “música y movimiento.” In Ivonne Kendrick’s classroom at Houston Elementary School, 3-year-olds sit cross-legged in a circle, listening to their teacher sing about the fall season. Photo: Natalie Gross.

Elementary 40

Elementary Advocacy Study Analysis 40

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

However, due to instances of outdated and inconsistent data from federal, state, and tribal cartographic sources, our analysis may include lands that do not neatly align with some borders and ownership claims. As a result, our analysis may be off by a few hundred acres.

Policies 86

Policies Resources Data Accessibility 86

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

A decorated educator of 21 years, Monica has received honors and awards from a wide variety of organizations for her leadership, advocacy, and classroom instruction. She has 20 years’ experience in strategic communications, writing, and policy analysis, primarily in education. Kelisa Wing has been an educator for 12 years.

Strategy 45

Strategy Policies Advocacy Secondary 45

Reading By Example

APRIL 12, 2017

This seems to fly in the face of research, such as John Hattie’s meta-analysis that homework has a negligible effect in elementary school and a significant one at the secondary. One was assigned, one wasn’t. Both facilitated a unique learning experience in our home. To be fair, homework that I just described is rare.

Policies 37

Policies Secondary Analysis Examples 37

MindShift

JULY 15, 2021

Last year, researchers at NWEA, an independent nonprofit assessment company, published an analysis of data from the autumn 2020 MAP Growth tests of more than 4 million public school students. When the kids showed up, educators could see even more clearly how uneven their learning has been during the pandemic.

Study 42

Study Advocacy Groups Training 42

Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

The report is always a big deal in technology circles – “a tech industry event in its own right,” as Wired’s Steven Levy put it in 2012 – and many publications and pundits dutifully cover Meeker’s observations, often adding very little analysis of their own.

Trends 57

Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 57

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Meghan Whittaker, director of policy and advocacy at the National Center for Learning Disabilities. I don’t think anyone’s going to say that what we were doing worked or was equitable,” said Meghan Whittaker, the director of policy and advocacy at the National Center for Learning Disabilities. Here’s why they’re not.

Education 145

Education Advocacy Policies System 145

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

“The communities that need the most will face the biggest hits,” said Zahava Stadler, special assistant for state funding and policy at The Education Trust, a nonprofit education research and advocacy organization. “If The impact of Covid could be even more dramatic than that of 2008 without serious and sustained federal intervention.

Laptops 138

Laptops System Policies Meeting 138

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2017

An analysis of Mississippi public school textbooks by the Hechinger Report and Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting shows that, for at least some grades, all of the state’s 148 school districts rely on textbooks published before the model standards appeared as part of their social studies material. In contrast, James K.

Study 99

Study Report Analysis Course 99

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Tyler Wright congratulates one of his 4th grade students with a fist bump at Stono Park Elementary School in Charleston, Friday, Nov. ” Eric Duncan, part of education advocacy organization Ed Trust’s policy team, said Thorne’s story is one echoed by Black male educators nationwide who feel perpetually overlooked.

Education 141

Education Elementary Data Dropout 141

The Hechinger Report

MAY 29, 2020

Katherine Gallagher Robbins with the Center for Law and Social Policy, an advocacy group for low-income families, said that while schools aren’t viewed as child care providers in the traditional sense, elementary and middle school campuses do function as a “work support” for parents. The analysis projects $9.6

Industry 144

Industry Policies Advocacy Report 144

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 17, 2018

The guide also noted that starting in elementary school, all students take Spanish, art and music classes. The analysis used federal enrollment data for the 2015-16 school year, the most recent year for which that data is available from the U.S. After a guide pointed out several science labs, the tour paused at the “piano lab.”

Report 112

Report Company Data Meeting 112

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2021

Samantha Tran, senior managing director of education policy at Children Now, a nonpartisan research, policy and advocacy organization, noticed. “I Related: Just 3% of scientists and engineers are Black or Latina women. Here’s what teachers are doing about it. I find the process more accessible.

Policies 143

Policies Education Report Advocacy 143

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 21, 2020

Black children who grew up in low-income households in the county just 15 years after a landmark school desegregation victory were likely to enter their mid-thirties with a household income of $24,000, according to a 2018 analysis of Census Bureau data by a Harvard and Brown team of researchers.

Advocacy 105

Advocacy Report Accessibility Laptops 105