eSchool News

APRIL 11, 2024

principals said their elementary or middle school offered algebra in eighth grade, but only to certain students. The report also details the extent to which students are separated based on their perceived math abilities, starting as young as elementary school. Are a lot of students of color, for example, in the lower track?

Survey 101

Survey Elementary Policies Report 101

EdTech Magazine

APRIL 24, 2018

Research from School Library Journal indicates that maker activities at elementary and middle schools increased by 4 percent from 2014 to 2017. It’s a creative space where students not only can build things, but also create things, such as a new advocacy program on a social issue. For its part, St.

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STEM Education Advocacy Libraries 402

Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2022

For instance, we just know that students spend their days in groups of about 25: not 5, not 50. At elementary schools, we’d have to get rid of the 1 teacher/1 class/5 days equation. Without hiring more teachers, we’d have to abandon the idea that kids spend their entire learning time in groups of 25.

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Secondary Elementary Advocacy Meeting 218

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 9, 2024

Department of Education shows — and the Women Leading Ed survey results verify — that women are predominantly funneled toward elementary school leadership and instructional leadership pathways that keep their trajectories below the top jobs in the district or state. Data from the U.S. The time for change is now.

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Survey Education Elementary Data 109

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

And the group found that in the fall of 2020-21, 20 percent of undergraduate teacher-education programs had seen enrollment drops of 11 percent or more because of the pandemic. Such outreach might be especially important to draw teachers from groups that are underrepresented in teaching. “As So how are teacher prep programs responding?

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Advocacy Robotics Training Elementary 138

The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 22, 2020

Fortunately, TGR Foundation and Discovery Education are partnering to help STEM teachers reach a more diverse group of learners and generate student interest in STEM. Summer is a great time to learn how to do that as you prepare for fall and back to school. This post is sponsored by TGR Foundation and Discovery Education.

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STEM Strategy Advocacy Course 354

eSchool News

JUNE 7, 2023

” The two schools in the study are an elementary school and middle school in Schiller Park, Illinois, which reflect similar demographics to many schools across the country. Mix whole group, small group, and individual activities 3. Adjust student groups in real time 4. Differentiate tasks within a unit 6.

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Study Strategy Advocacy Assessment 77

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2023

Melissa Knapp is Harpeth Valley Elementary School’s only literacy coach. Melissa Knapp, the literacy coach for Harpeth Valley Elementary School, answers a first grade student’s question. Third graders work through a reading assignment at Harpeth Valley Elementary School in Nashville. NASHVILLE, Tenn.

Elementary 109

Elementary Policies Advocacy Report 109

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2022

Kids in about two dozen elementary schools across Dane County and Waukesha County in Wisconsin empty out of classrooms at the end of the day and make their way to gyms, cafeterias or media centers. According to the Afterschool Alliance, an advocacy group for after-school programming , 7.8

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Company Elementary Advocacy Report 115

Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Digital Promise recently started a coding working group for the League as a forum to share best practices and address challenges in implementing computer science. From this group, we’ve gathered insights on what the computer science movement looks like in these districts. Community Engagement and Advocacy.

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Maker Movement Robotics Education Advocacy 197

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 15, 2024

Instead of working in her dream role as an elementary school teacher, she spent her days hauling cow organs for inspection. Then she learned about one group’s effort to expand access to high-quality child care here, specifically for families who speak little English, through free training and help navigating state licensing laws. “The

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Training Advocacy Report Groups 120

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Cleveland relentlessly advocated for equitable access to Hazel’s mental health services in all district schools rather than limiting services to a small group. However, there were still 25 elementary schools in the district without access to Hazel’s mental health resources. Through persistent efforts, Ms.

Education 122

Education Advocacy EdTech Elementary 122

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2021

This year, the Green Lake Parent Teacher Association paid about half that much to cover the cost of the elementary school’s vocal teacher and a portion of a full-time counselor’s salary, among other supports for students. About 3 in 4 students at Rising Star Elementary qualify for subsidized meals. Double click image to enlarge.

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Elementary Education Report Groups 145

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2024

Kathryn Meyer, left, attorney at the Center for Children’s Advocacy, and Christiana Mills, are part of the Yale Child Student Center in New Haven, Connecticut. Dr. Barry Zuckerman, who created the first medical-legal partnership in Boston more than 30 years ago, saw the need for family advocacy first hand during his childhood, in the 1950s.

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Advocacy Report Study Training 99

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. That would add millions of families with no additional funding,” said Steve Berg, the group’s vice president for programs and policy. “It

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Elementary Report Advocacy Secondary 127

The Hechinger Report

MAY 8, 2023

Here she is training math teachers on how to teach children to solve word problems at an elementary school in Brooklyn, New York. They launched a website , an advocacy group and an auxiliary group for teachers. A Science of Math Facebook group, which they started in December 2020, now has more than 21,000 members.

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Report Groups Study Advocacy 145

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 27, 2022

The cause, as activists saw it, was partly “the absence of systematic, cumulative, phonics-based reading instruction in the early elementary classroom,” they later wrote in an open letter. But other district officials say the combined pressure from the groups, and particularly the NAACP, was critical to engendering change. “I

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Elementary Training Groups Report 145

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2021

At first glance, the binders incorporating a whole year of learning at the Parker-Varney elementary school in Manchester look a little like Candy Land, the beloved game of chance where players navigate a colorful route past delicious landmarks to arrive at a Candy Castle. Lillian Pace, vice president of policy and advocacy, KnowledgeWorks.

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Competency Based Learning Personalized Learning Report Advocacy 142

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 31, 2022

This is likely due to several factors: increasing involvement from parents as schools moved online; advocacy from groups like Decoding Dyslexia; social media conversations and coverage in the popular press; and a push by state legislatures toward improving our nation’s stagnant and dismal reading scores.

Instructional Materials 118

Instructional Materials Training Advocacy Elementary 118

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2020

O’Neal Elementary School, in Elgin, Illinois, none of the third graders could read and write at grade level according to state tests in 2019. Just nine miles away sits Centennial Elementary School, where 73 percent of third graders met grade-level standards on that same test. At Ronald D. This story also appeared in Daily Herald.

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Data Elementary Trends Analysis 145

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

That is to say, people who are part of certain racial groups — likely a reference to the outsized impact climate change has on Black and Hispanic people — and low-income people. It makes you feel super helpless, especially when you start acknowledging who gets affected.” Do what you can with what you can.” Photo courtesy of Perkins&Will.

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Survey Advocacy Study Social Media 175

eSchool News

APRIL 14, 2022

Taken collectively, these studies can help education leaders and policymakers identify interventions needed for these student groups to help address the inequitable learning patterns in U.S. public schools.”. public schools.”. English Learners (ELs) — A third research study looked at achievement and growth for K – 4 for ELs.

Advocacy 56

Advocacy Policies Study Data 56

N2Y

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Consider these questions when preparing younger elementary students to attend an IEP meeting: What do you like about school? For older elementary and middle school students, try asking some of these questions to help them learn to lead: Describe some of the challenges you face in school. What are you good at? What is hard for you?

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Meeting Advocacy Elementary Examples 98

Edsurge

MAY 24, 2023

The state partnered with Asian Americans Advancing Justice Chicago (AAAJ Chicago) — a local advocacy organization focused on advancing civil rights and racial equity, which advocated for the passage of the TEAACH Act — to support implementation.

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Training Advocacy Resources Instructional Materials 152

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 28, 2024

asked Kristen Hengtgen, a policy analyst at EdTrust, a nonprofit research and advocacy organization that lobbies for racial and economic equity in education. Asian students were the only group whose participation in dual enrollment matched their share of the student population: 5 percent of each.

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Analysis Report Data Course 138

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Literacy coach Melissa Knapp works in a first grade classroom at Harpeth Valley Elementary in Nashville. Sonya Thomas, co-founder of the parent advocacy group Nashville PROPEL and a supporter of the law, said Tennessee’s renewed focus on reading was a long time coming, though her own children are now too old to benefit from it.

Policies 106

Policies Report Advocacy Elementary 106

Edsurge

MAY 16, 2019

We’ve been very quietly bringing together this incredible group of supporters of #ISeeMe, in whom students can see themselves just as we want them to be able to see themselves in their teachers and their classrooms,” Charles Best, the founder and CEO of DonorsChoose, said during a recent conversation with reporters.

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Classroom Google Advocacy Robotics 159

eSchool News

DECEMBER 22, 2021

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 94

Outcomes Education Advocacy Policies 94

NeverEndingSearch

OCTOBER 12, 2020

A recent press release from the National Coalition for Digital Equity shared: A group of fourteen past-presidents of the American Association of School Librarians has come together to pool their expertise and experience to assist school librarians with strategies and resources helpful in addressing pandemic-exacerbated challenges.

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Advocacy Libraries Broadband System 81

techlearning

MAY 20, 2018

Code.org Advocacy Coalition ?, of more than 60 industry, non-profit, and advocacy organizations working together to make computer science a fundamental part of K-12 education. [ 5 Tools to Teach Coding to Late Elementary Students ] These 20 states passed new laws or initiatives to support K-12 computer science (CS) since January of.

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Accessibility Advocacy STEM Industry 40

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

A greater percentage, 29, said that they were filing on behalf of concerned parents or a local residents group. Many of the advocacy groups that filed challenges did so multiple times in different school districts.

Advocacy 135

Advocacy Policies Analysis Report 135

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2022

Over the past few months, Nathan Roberts has witnessed dozens of substitute teachers stumble through their first days at Penny Creek Elementary School. Nathan Roberts, a full-time substitute at Penny Creek Elementary School, teaches a class of kindergarteners how to count. EVERETT, Wash. This story also appeared in The Seattle Times.

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Training Elementary Survey Report 134

eSchool News

JANUARY 20, 2022

While we’ve seen tremendous support from kindergarten and elementary teachers in the past five years who individually purchased Osmo to use inside classrooms across the country, we’d love to build sales and begin support for the education community at the district level.”.

EdTech 56

EdTech Advocacy Education Company 56

Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Moreover, children who are expelled in preschool or early elementary are 10 times more likely to be incarcerated. If we take a group of 100 children from lower-income backgrounds, only 48 will enter kindergarten fully ready. The reality is that too many kids start already behind.

Education 196

Education Survey Advocacy Outcomes 196

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 10, 2022

A 2019 report from the Stanford History Education Group found that high school students had “difficulty discerning fact from fiction online.”. In 2016, Polites, the state advocacy leader for nonprofit Media Literacy Now, began to contact her state legislators, advocating for an “information literacy” bill being proposed at the time.

Digital Divide 131

Digital Divide Advocacy Policies Report 131

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2023

A majority of states have passed laws that mandate screening early elementary students for the most common reading disability, dyslexia, and countless districts train teachers how to recognize and teach struggling readers. Advocacy focused on math disabilities has been less widespread than that for reading disabilities.

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Report Training Elementary Strategy 133

eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2024

1 Within this larger pool, a core group is considered to have a reading disability or dyslexia. This group makes up at least 20 percent of the general population. Department of Education’s What Works Clearinghouse for literacy does not contain any study that has a significant positive effect on broad reading achievement for this group.

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Differentiated Instruction Training Analysis Assessment 95