The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2024

Once students are accepted, Sanchez said, Davenport will assess their education and work experience to see what can count toward degree progressions. Latinos are the fastest growing demographic group in the United States , but data shows they are less likely than other racial and ethnic groups to have earned a college diploma.

Advocacy 103

Advocacy Groups Report Data 103

Edsurge

JULY 26, 2022

Business leader associations and advocacy groups are also pushing for child care solutions. The letter reflected the sentiment of a much larger group, says Barry Ford, president and CEO of Council for a Strong America. Among them were current and former business leaders at Pizza Hut, Yahoo!, Xerox and Macy’s.

Policies 187

Policies Company Survey Industry 187

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2022

In some cases, graduates can’t take a job certification exam without a transcript, effectively barring them from employment in the field they went to school to study. Transcript withholding can make it difficult for students to get jobs even if they graduate, since they can’t prove to prospective employers that they have a degree.

Advocacy 93

Advocacy Policies Report Accessibility 93

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2023

Third graders must now pass the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program, or TCAP, at the end of the year to avoid repeating third grade. We don’t just look at one assessment, which is going to be hard with the third grade retention law,” Knapp said. Because it is just one assessment.”

Elementary 109

Elementary Policies Advocacy Report 109

eSchool News

DECEMBER 22, 2021

The research examined MAP Growth assessment scores from six million U.S. Achievement was lower for all student groups in fall 2021; however, as our data have illuminated before , historically marginalized students and students in high-poverty schools were disproportionately impacted, particularly in the elementary grades studied.

Outcomes 104

Outcomes Education Advocacy Policies 104

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 5, 2024

She had a “near photographic” memory and didn’t need to study, she said, so she never learned how to. At the University of California, Berkeley, Lisa García Bedolla, vice provost for graduate studies, convened a task force to identify the needs of neurodivergent graduate students. And so she was always bored in school.

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Report Training System Accessibility 130

EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

A recent report on reading performance from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) found that 63 percent of students in 4 th grade are reading at a “basic” or “below basic” level. Tapping Your Interest Groups. Fortunately, schools have powerful allies and interest groups already built into their community.

Policies 100

Policies Education Advocacy Groups 100

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 28, 2022

18, Richmond received an email from the Jefferson County School District: AJ was suspended while the district evaluated his risk of violence, a formal process known as a behavioral threat assessment. Still, policymakers increasingly see the use of threat assessment teams as a viable way to prevent mass shootings.

Assessment 107

Assessment Report Training Guidelines 107

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

By the end of spring 2023, about 40 percent of third graders achieved a “met expectations” or “exceeded expectations” score on the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program, or TCAP. Education analysts are still studying the effects of Tennessee’s law — the state has not released demographic data on who makes up the 1.2

Policies 106

Policies Report Advocacy Elementary 106

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The teacher dispatched him to a low-skill group. “It he told his mother that the National Institutes of Health had awarded him a postdoctoral fellowship to study dyslexia, a condition he’d long suspected he had. The study described a 14-year-old referred to as Percy F. “He In 2004, as a new Ph.D.,

Learning 145

Learning Study Report Elementary 145

The Hechinger Report

MAY 6, 2019

Often, their intelligence masks their disability, so they are never assessed for special education or don’t receive the services best suited for them. Two fourth graders, for example, are already studying with the school’s advanced high school math teacher, according to Busi.

Advocacy 111

Advocacy Elementary Training Report 111

Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2020

She is the vice president of advocacy and engagement at the Mozilla Foundation, which today released a new report examining the privacy and security policies of 15 commonly used video-conferencing apps. Many did not have the time to put a lot of diligence and time into assessing the tools before using them.”

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Report Video Schoology Microsoft 166

Shake Up Learning

JULY 5, 2022

Every day more schools and districts are switching to Lumio – it’s truly a flexible, time-saving tool that makes it easy to turn your PDFs, Google Slides, PowerPoint, and Notebook files into engaging lessons with interactive activities, games, group workspaces, and formative assessment ALL built right in.

Assistive Technology 100

Assistive Technology Learning Strategy Resources 100

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

“I don’t think my research is saying [other measures] don’t matter, but I don’t think they capture the whole picture,” said Nathaniel Anderson, who explored the disconnect between measures of child well-being and young people’s views on their mental health as part of his doctoral studies in public health at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Smartphone 55

Smartphone Social Media Trends Report 55

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. And another study found that intensive tutoring had major positive impacts on math gains among high school students. Read the stories.

Study 136

Study Data Report Elementary 136

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 14, 2018

Screencastify is an essential tool for making flipped lessons, student videos and creative formative assessments. Pam: One of the things that’s pretty interesting since the last time we talked, Vicki, is that I was part of a group originally in 2010 that started lobbying of superintendents. Update on Testing Reform in Virginia.

Chromebook 197

Chromebook Study Company Assessment 197

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2020

As the number of candidates balloons while health risks make it hard for hiring managers to meet with them in person, a trend toward “pre-hiring assessments” — already under way before Covid-19 — is getting a huge new push. Now, with far more applicants in the pipeline, “I only see pre-hiring assessment gaining momentum,” Price said.

Company 145

Company Assessment Report Gamification 145

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 1, 2023

She has written articles on these topics for Knowledge Quest, American Libraries Magazine , The Library Assessment Conference, and ALA’s Office of Intellectual Freedom Blog. in Information Studies from Dominican University School of Library and Information Science in River Forest, Illinois.

Libraries 76

Libraries Conference Policies Advocacy 76

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2017

“The bad news is we’re not seeing a lot of innovation or discussion around personalized learning,” said Claire Voorhees, national policy director for the Tallahassee, Florida-based Foundation for Excellence in Education, an advocacy group for personalized learning. Photo: Kate Flock for The Hechinger Report.

Personalized Learning 73

Personalized Learning Policies Advocacy Assessment 73

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 10, 2018

A few have begun giving students more control over what they learn, believing that this will get them more engaged in their studies. So far, MS 2, , as the school is nicknamed, has personalized its core academic courses by using the Summit Learning Platform, an online resource that has replaced traditional whole-group classroom instruction.

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Personalized Learning Strategy Learning Education 101

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 29, 2020

Advocacy in the home, school, community, state, and country.” This week of legislative advocacy with CEC has me revved up for more grass-roots advocacy in the home, school, community, state, and country. Host Rebecca Muller, Special Educator and Advocate. Let's get together and discuss how we all CAN make a difference!

Advocacy 36

Advocacy Classroom Conference STEM 36

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) showed one-third of fourth graders in the state performing below the basic reading level in 2019. Jenny Muñoz does a small-group reading session in her second grade dual-immersion Spanish class at Southwest Primary School in Hickory, N.C. It sounds complicated because it is.

Elementary 145

Elementary Report Training Advocacy 145

MindShift

MAY 6, 2019

Often, their intelligence masks their disability, so they are never assessed for special education or don’t receive the services best suited for them. Two fourth graders, for example, are already studying with the school’s advanced high school math teacher, according to Busi.

Advocacy 53

Advocacy Elementary Training Assessment 53

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 3, 2023

She has written articles on these topics for Knowledge Quest, American Libraries Magazine , The Library Assessment Conference, and ALA’s Office of Intellectual Freedom Blog. in Information Studies from Dominican University School of Library and Information Science in River Forest, Illinois.

Libraries 68

Libraries Conference Policies Advocacy 68

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 22, 2023

She has written articles on these topics for Knowledge Quest, American Libraries Magazine , The Library Assessment Conference, and ALA’s Office of Intellectual Freedom Blog. in Information Studies from Dominican University School of Library and Information Science in River Forest, Illinois.

Libraries 67

Libraries Conference Policies Advocacy 67

Reading By Example

JUNE 22, 2020

As educators, we are part of a collective , responsible to arm our students with tools of agency and self-advocacy. By naming what she noticed, she reflected the collective knowledge back to the group. Part of being a learning community includes collectively thinking about how the group is working and how it can continue to improve.

Advocacy 51

Advocacy Social Media Online Learning Strategy 51

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 6, 2020

This week, REINVENTING SCHOOL focuses on the spectacular rise in interest in pod schools--small groups of students studying with one or more teachers in an environment that is both similar to, and different from, traditional school. Mara is the international two-time best selling author of HELP!

Trends 36

Trends Handbook Kaplan Company 36

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 5, 2023

She has written articles on these topics for Knowledge Quest, American Libraries Magazine , The Library Assessment Conference, and ALA’s Office of Intellectual Freedom Blog. in Information Studies from Dominican University School of Library and Information Science in River Forest, Illinois.

Libraries 56

Libraries Conference Policies Advocacy 56

edWeb.net

JANUARY 12, 2021

Prior to being appointed Dean of the USC Rossier School of Education, Noguera served as a Distinguished Professor of Education at the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. About the Hosts. Dr. Daniel A. Domenech. In addition, Domenech has served on the U.S.

Secondary 90

Secondary Policies Professional Learning Outcomes 90

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

But high schools often neglect to teach these students the soft skills that will help them in higher education — like how to study, manage their time and self-advocate. Skills like knowing how to ask for help or organize a study group “are as important as anything else you’re going to learn,” said Tudisco. It’s a crisis.

Study 87

Study Advocacy Report Groups 87

MindShift

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Now the advocacy group Everytown For Gun Safety is joining with the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association — the nation’s largest education unions, with several million members — in calling for schools to reassess the use of lockdown drills.

Industry 44

Industry Advocacy Training Groups 44

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

But a 2015 study by a Stanford University research team compared academic outcomes of students at 158 online charter schools in 17 states with those of students in brick-and-mortar schools in their states who were matched on numerous characteristics, including prior test scores. No ratings were issued in 2019-20 because of the pandemic.).

E-rate 127

E-rate Pearson Company Report 127

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 21, 2019

If you brought a pencil to class or not, that would be factored into your grade,” the high school senior said during a study period in the library. In the four-column rubric for precalculus assessment, Machnik explained what it would take to be “emerging,” “developing,” “proficient” and “exemplary” in trigonometric equations.

Learning 87

Learning System Report Outcomes 87

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. And another study found that intensive tutoring had major positive impacts on math gains among high school students. It’s just gotten worse.”.

Study 42

Study Advocacy Groups Training 42

EdTechSandyK

MARCH 9, 2011

Join onTRACK Advocacy Group in Epsilen for announcements about onTRACK roll out: [link] OnTRACK overview Online learning tools (lessons) for students in math, science, ELA, and social studies developed to increse student preparedness and performance on STAAR high school assessments leading to a higher degree of College and Career Readiness.

Resources 45

Resources Tools Advocacy Course 45

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 4, 2020

Jennifer’s background includes over 10 years working for OCLC where she honed her skills in library advocacy, marketing and public relations. While at OCLC Jennifer helped to develop and then manage the Geek the Library advocacy program. She and staff continually work with community members to assess and improve PYPL programming.

Libraries 56

Libraries Conference Advocacy Pearson 56

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Rodriguez was forced into remedial math by the community college’s placement test, which assesses a student’s ability to succeed in for-credit, higher education classes. A statewide study by an independent nonprofit found that the most powerful predictor of success in college was grade-point average. The results have been promising.

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Report Course System Data 111