The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Moreover, the movement has yet to form an advocacy arm that calls for specific changes and a reform agenda. This is a broader set of concerns than the usual explanation that parents opt out as a reaction to the Common Core State Standards or to the pressure that standardized tests put on teachers and students.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

school system is a “mess.” I also definitely want to be heavily involved in advocacy for young black youth, or, for youth in general, and just promoting student leadership. Do they feel that way? Magdalena Slapik has been asking them. I want to use my master’s degree to change that. But, I still want to be president, too.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2016

schools: The system simply is not set up for kids who have both an intellectual disability and a sharp intellect. The system works hard to limit their dreams —which is a message they hear loud and clear.”. schools: The system simply is not set up for kids who have both an intellectual disability and a sharp intellect.

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Common Core Advocacy Meeting Report 75

TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

University System of Georgia via Coursera. LA101x: Library Advocacy Unshushed. Common Core in Action: Math Classroom Challenges- Using Formative Assessment to Guide Instruction. Common Core in Action II: Exploring Literacy Design Collaborative Tools. COL101x: The Road to Selective College Admissions.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 1, 2020

During her administrative tenure, Dr. Removcik has led professional development trainings on several state initiatives including Common Core Standards, educator effectiveness, and data analysis. CoSN (the Consortium for School Networking) is the premier professional association for school system technology leaders.

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Online Assessments Assessment Student Data Privacy BYOD 53

techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

www.getalma.com ) Alma Technologies has announced it is allowing any SQL-based business intelligence tool, such as Tableau and Jaspersoft, to access data from its modern, student information system and learning management system. Software & Online ALMA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

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Tools PresenceLearning Edmodo Blackboard 75

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

And the lessons about independence and self-advocacy lead to kids who know how and when to ask for help. In Providence, Rhode Island, a damning report by researchers at Johns Hopkins University chronicled a completely dysfunctional school system that has now been taken over by the state. Related: Giving students a say.

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Learning Laptops Personalized Learning Data 132

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Smith, Director of Programs Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for STEM - Revolutionary or Evolutionary? Carmona, Lead Contract English Instructor Student-Generated Apps for Mobile Devices – can they enhance higher levels of understanding? Derek Barkalow, Ph.D.

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STEM Maker Movement MOOC Common Core 43

Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Brennan McMahon Parton, Data Quality Campaign ’s associate director of state policy and advocacy, recently spoke with him about data literacy for teachers. Data breathes life into standards and curriculum, showing a rich picture of student learning to help teachers, schools, and systems meet students’ needs. full size image here.

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Data Analysis Assessment Training 60

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 18, 2016

Half a million, or about one in four, show up on campuses each fall not ready to take college courses in math or English, according to the advocacy organization Education Reform Now. This is how it should be done,” said Alexandra Logue, executive vice chancellor and university provost for the City University of New York, or CUNY, system. “It

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MindShift

JANUARY 25, 2017

The computer system does this by constantly assessing how a particular student answers questions and what kind of lesson most engages that student. But for that concept to work, a child must spend a lot of time on the computer, feeding the system with data that the software uses to improve itself. based education reform advocacy group.

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Personalized Learning Technology Knewton Learning 28

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

The centerpiece of Summit’s franchising effort, called Basecamp, is its Personalized Learning Platform, or PLP, a free, open-sourced learning management system that boasts a full curriculum for grades 6 through 12, including projects, online learning resources and tests. Photo: Chris Berdik.

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Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 27, 2015

This webinar will cover what to look for in a game, where to get good games for learning, and strategies to integrate games into the system of a classroom. We are education leaders from state and system institutions nationwide who represent more than 6 million U.S. Register for free at [link]. students from middle school to college.

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Education Libraries Game-Based Learning Conference 28

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 8, 2016

For this reason, many educational standards, including the Common Core, emphasize the importance of being able to read, write, and interact across a range of media, platforms, and tools. We also know that the present school system is an extremely effective instrument for crushing peak experiences and forbidding their possibility.

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Chromebook Blendspace Libraries Conference 28

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Last month, NCSS updated its definition of social studies as the “study of individuals, communities, systems, and their interactions across time and place that prepares students for local, national, and global civic life.” In those other disciplines, said Lesh, “There was an effort to take the inequity out of what was taught to students.”

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Study Common Core Advocacy Conference 142

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2020

He was very committed to collaborating with people to come up with a statewide solution around the lack of minority young people thriving in our overall urban school system.” You know when we talk about preparing students for the jobs of the future, it’s critical thinking, it’s self-advocacy. That’ll be his main theme.”. “He

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Education Elementary Common Core System 131

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 16, 2013

Expanding Options in the Digital Age - Professor Lesley Farmer 9:00pm All Systems Go! Evaluating Institutional Repository Metadata for Out of This World Access - Lizzy Walker, Metadata and Digital Initiatives Librarian InterPARES Trust: Examining the Benefits and Risks of Storing Records + Information in the Clouds - Patricia C.

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Libraries Conference MOOC E-rate 45

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning. In the November 2016 Executive Summary , the researchers shared: When thousands of students respond to dozens of tasks there are endless variations.

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Assessment Analysis Social Media Libraries 60

Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

The Gates Foundation has backed a variety of education reform initiatives : charter schools, the Common Core State Standards, “small schools,” inBloom, teacher evaluations, and yes, “personalized learning.” Absorb (learning management system) – $59 million. Kaltura (video) – $166.1

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Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 57

Hack Education

APRIL 3, 2017

An advocacy for libertarian politics – think Peter Thiel (a Stanford graduate) now advising Donald Trump. In education, that’s the learning management system (the VLE) perhaps. “We are building the world’s biggest private school system. A belief in technological utopia. A fierce embrace of the new.

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Trends Company MOOC Edmodo 66

The Hechinger Report

JULY 29, 2016

Absent were specific policy proposals about the K-12 education system. Almost no speaker, including Clinton, addressed such contentious issues as charter schools, excessive testing, the achievement gap, the technology-access gap, Common Core standards and the current racial segregation in so many of the nation’s schools.

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Common Core Policies Advocacy Report 40

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Most notably, the foundation funded the American Federation for Children, an advocacy group focused on supporting school-choice initiatives and supporting candidates who back school choice. Opposition to the Common Core. A lot of rhetoric about choice, and advocacy for state voucher plans.”.

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Common Core Advocacy Education Meeting 40

Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Historically black universities have been dropped from a controversial North Carolina bill slashing tuition at certain institutions to $500, but worries about the legislation’s effects remain high at two universities still facing tuition cuts – and across the state system.”

Education 49

Education MOOC Company Report 49

Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2016

“Anti- Common Core Groups Unhappy About Trump Ed Secretary Pick Betsy DeVos ,” says the Sunshine State News. ” The Autistic Self Advocacy Network issued a statement on the nomination of Jeff Sessions as US Attorney General. Common Sense Media looks at education applications’ use of encryption.

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Education Report Android Libraries 40

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

” I’m a little surprised that either of these women – both Democrats, both Common Core supporters, if nothing else – would be under serious consideration. is disappointed in Common Core. Via Education Dive : “K–12 system is failing to leverage data.” ” Good.

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Education Company Data Pearson 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

.” The Gates Foundation is perhaps the best known organization for furthering political advocacy through its funding mechanisms. In part, their struggles are a result of controversies surrounding the Common Core State Standards, which were supposed to streamline and procurement the development of curriculum and assessment.

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Technology Education Common Core Company 40

Hack Education

AUGUST 26, 2016

Testing, Testing… Common Core test scores released and California ’s scores were up a little bit, Connecticut ’s were up a little bit more, and Maryland ’s were better in math. ” More lawsuit news in the sports section below. Here’s the latest one for the Class of 2020.

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Education Khan Academy MOOC Company 40

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 3, 2025

They wanted to use a different number, Woodworth said, because they were arguing that the education system was failing. That’s why the statistical system is supposed to be apolitical. Trump officials, he said, wanted him to say that U.S. academic performance was worse than reported on international tests.

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Data Education Report Assessment 140

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

There was some talk that, despite being vociferously anti-union , Michelle Rhee’s support for the Common Core was allegedly a deal-breaker. Of course, DeVos has supported groups that back the Common Core in the past, including Jeb Bush ’s Foundation for Excellence in Education. She serves on its board.)

Education 40

Education Pearson Common Core Report 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Clickers” are definitely not new — indeed, in my research for Teaching Machines , I found examples of classroom response systems dating back to the 1950s. In 2011, Barber went to work for Pearson as its Chief Education Advisor, continuing his advocacy for competition, data collection, measurements, and standards-based reforms.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Technology is a system. The Common Core. Since 1970, DeVos family members have invested at least $200 million in a host of right-wing causes – think tanks, media outlets, political committees, evangelical outfits, and a string of advocacy groups. Liberia outsources entire education system to a private American firm.

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Technology Education Facebook Company 40