The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2016

At Dunn Elementary, kids who are struggling get extra time with second-grade teacher Sarah Bowling. The second-graders in Sarah Bowling’s class at Dunn Elementary were on a scavenger hunt to find “arrays.”. Related: Common Core ignores underprivileged students — and testing will lead to more achievement gaps.

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Common Core Elementary Groups Meeting 82

User Generated Education

AUGUST 14, 2022

Because my learners are elementary age, they don’t (or shouldn’t) have their own Instagram account. Common Core State Standards – ELA. REASON EFFECTIVELY • Interpret information and draw conclusions based on the best analysis • Reflect critically on learning experiences and processes. Fake Instagram Account.

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Adobe Common Core Examples Game-Based Learning 391

User Generated Education

JUNE 8, 2017

Design thinking is an approach to learning that includes considering real-world problems, research, analysis, conceiving original ideas, lots of experimentation, and sometimes building things by hand. Many of those same qualities are goals of the Common Core State Standards. Video Game Design with Elementary Learners.

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UDL STEM Tools Guidelines 276

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 1, 2025

But a Hechinger Report analysis of federal data shows Minnesotas law hasnt worked out as planned. California mandated its plan in 2008 but reversed course in 2010 after a court-ordered postponement and pressure to adopt the Common Core standards, which recommended that eighth graders take pre-algebra, not algebra.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 26, 2015

Most elementary age kids I know love math, but that changes when they matriculate to middle school. DimensionU is a collection of engaging interactive multiplayer fantasy games for grades 2-10 (some can be played solo) that focus on core skills in mathematics and literacy. And that opinion doesn’t improve in high school.

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Common Core Khan Academy Gamification Digital Citizenship 150

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Fordham Institute found that elementary school students who studied more social studies, including geography, history and civics, scored higher on fifth grade reading tests. Education journalist Emily Hanford has argued that the failure to teach phonics in the early elementary years may be the problem. Credit: Jason Bachman/Flickr.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

The study, the second in a series of three examining the relationship between NAEP and the Common Core State Standards in math, was conducted by 18 math educators, supervisors and mathematicians convened by the NAEP Validity Studies Panel (NVS), an independent panel charged with examining issues related to the validity of the NAEP assessments.

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wwwatanabe

MARCH 15, 2014

What type of thinking does the Common Core ask of students when it comes to Craft and Structure? Analyzing the author''s craft and structure is a shift for students to do, and a shift for teachers to design tasks and questions that require analysis. Shifts The big shift in this is the analysis.

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Common Core Analysis iPad Training 78

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 30, 2015

sequencing–knowing what happens when; mentioned in Common Core standards for grades 1 through 5. No surprise the United Kingdom took the bold step of adding coding to the core school curriculum. As they improve, they level up, adding if-then analysis to their decision matrix, and the course gets more complicated.

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iPad Common Core Digital Citizenship eBook 150

Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Several teachers in New York started the effort around a decade ago, and Zearn is now used by a quarter of elementary school students and more than a million middle school students around the country, according to sign-on figures tracked by the group. And previous attempts by the foundation haven’t been all smooth sailing.

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Common Core Data Analysis STEM 152

Graphite Blog

MARCH 16, 2020

Core Subject Resources ELA Tools Aligned to Common Core Standards : Find tools for a range of learning needs, from phonics, grammar, and vocabulary to advanced skills textual analysis and supporting arguments with evidence.

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Resources Common Core How To Learning 98

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

If elementary and middle school students don’t learn these subjects well, the steady ramp up from arithmetic to algebra becomes a ninety-degree wall, according to Hung-Hsi Wu, emeritus professor of mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley. First, let’s take a closer look at middle school learning loss.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 22, 2016

As is often the case, there was singing going on in Room 2 of Kenwood Elementary one Friday afternoon. Strong language skills are key as part of the state’s Common Core standards. “I would buy a plane with my two dollars,” said one girl, whom Ogbe congratulated for putting together a nine-word sentence.

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Common Core Data Elementary Groups 41

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2023

So did worries that high schools are placing too much emphasis on calculus and not enough on practical skills like data analysis and statistics for an increasingly high-tech world.

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Survey Common Core STEM Education 142

Edsurge

JULY 21, 2018

The boom and bust of Common Core standards have left their mark, just as new concerns over media literacy and privacy are doing currently. As a director for Common Sense Education , I’ve enjoyed something of a ringside seat, having edited close to 1,000 edtech reviews written by expert educators.

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EdTech Tools Examples Common Core 150

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

A decade ago, Common Core math was introduced to emphasize understanding over rote learning, but the delivery of standards varies across schools, classrooms and teachers, depending both on who is being assessed and who is doing the assessing. Related: Just 3% of scientists and engineers are Black or Latina women.

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Common Core System Assessment STEM 142

Graphite Blog

APRIL 13, 2020

Clever animated videos, activities, and games for elementary and middle school Price: Free through the end of the 2019-2020 school year due to the coronavirus pandemic Platforms: Web Grades: K–3 (BrainPop Jr.) Magically easy way to create and publish digital books and multimedia Price: $4.99 BrainPop and BrainPop Jr. Khan Academy.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Soft instrumental music played in the background as families walked into the gym at Laurene Edmondson Elementary School around 5:30 in the evening. Second grade teachers Amy Hart (center) and Alina Turner (right), with her dog, Mello, meet with Karen Shutt (left), instructional coach for a planning meeting at Edmondson Elementary.

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Elementary Meeting Report Survey 145

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2017

For example, imagine that you are an elementary school principal who is looking for opportunities to strengthen specific third grade math skills in the new school year. In doing so, you accentuate the strengths of individual teachers and expose other teachers to new styles and ideas in bite-sized chunks.

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Data Blended Learning LMS Knowledge Base 119

MIND Research Institute

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

The very first Standard for Mathematical Practice in the common core speaks of helping students be able to "make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.". Additional Resources: Core Competencies of Social Emotional Learning. SEL in Elementary Mathematics. Productive Struggle in Mathematics.

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Common Core Analysis Study STEM 74

wwwatanabe

JUNE 26, 2012

The Collaboration Coach training presents an opportunity for Apache Junction Unified School District teachers to explore coaching as an effective model for providing ongoing professional learning with classroom teachers focused on 21st century learning, Common Core, technology integration, and best teaching practices.

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Common Core Training Microsoft Differentiated Instruction 52

EdTechTeacher

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

WriteWell for Google Docs is a Google Docs Add-on that includes a series of templates for elementary school, middle school, and high school classrooms. These templates can be incorporated into a wide range of student writing activities and are well suited to Common Core writing tasks. Literary Analysis. Five-Part Essay.

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Google Common Core Elementary eBook 60

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.

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Marketplace K-12

MARCH 17, 2016

An analysis from Measured Progress published last summer found that just 37 percent of Nevada students completed Smarter Balanced tests , while 76 percent of Montana and 88 percent of North Dakota students did so. The 2014-15 school year was the first time most states administered tests aligned to the Common Core State Standards.

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Edsurge

JULY 11, 2016

They had limited impact on professional learning, says Epps, principal of the Mancos Early Learning Center and Elementary School. From there, a small team of district leaders and teachers can conduct a “ data and tech analysis.” The district shifted its PD focus to peer coaching a few years ago.

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Saving Socrates

JUNE 13, 2013

The current movement towards a common core is evidence of this belief brought into action (albeit dumbed down). The promise immersion education holds in elementary school foreign language acquisition is limited only by imagination. My "skill acquisition goal" is critical reading and analysis.

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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.

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Learning Laptops Personalized Learning Data 132

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2016

As rain poured outside on the chilly evening of February 24, a group of Arlington elementary school parents was imagining a sunnier place — Dorothy’s trip down the yellow brick road. But the shift to the Common Core State Standards meant it would have to go. Related: Common Core testing showdown in Massachusetts.

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Common Core Assessment Report Groups 40

Saving Socrates

MAY 28, 2014

Let''s begin to utilize more data analysis. Why not consider introducing real labs and inquiry based lessons in elementary school? I will confess this is the impetus behind my next big project- aligning the Common Core and Bloom''s Taxonomy to Judaic studies skills rubrics. However, could we be doing more? And we will.

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Study Course Common Core Analysis 74

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 3, 2016

Second-graders at Dunn Elementary in Kentucky. Related: Closing gap for immigrant students under Common Core in Kentucky is a moving target. Janie Carnock is a program associate in the education policy program at New America, where she provides research and analysis on policies related to dual language learners.

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Policies Data Common Core Comparison 40

MindShift

APRIL 25, 2019

The “reality of human-caused climate change” is mentioned in at least 36 state standards, according to an analysis done for NPR Ed by Glenn Branch, the deputy director at the National Center for Science Education. Pamela Tarango teaches third grade at the Downtown Elementary School in Bakersfield, Calif.

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Classroom Resources Common Core Study 50

The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 13, 2017

Character Analysis in Macbeth / “Macbeth as a Dynamic Character (Act II, Scene i)”. Character Analysis in Romeo and Juliet / “ Romeo and Juliet : Mercutio and the Death of the Festive Clown in Act III, Scene i”. Literary Devices in “The Cask of Amontillado” / “‘The Cask of Amontillado’: Characters Revealed Through Irony”.

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EdTechTeacher

MARCH 23, 2015

At Dayton Hall Elementary School in Charleston, South Carolina, kindergarten teacher and Apple Distinguished Educator, Kristi Meeuwse, chose to pilot Tangible Play by Osmo because it is hands on and manipulative in nature. Have your elementary language arts class play with Osmo for twenty minutes on a Friday.

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Robotics Gamification STEM iPad 60

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.

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Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 57

MindShift

AUGUST 13, 2015

Their teacher, Kate Selkirk, was using this game as a starting point for an eight-week unit on math concepts — data analysis and graphing, proportions, probability and slope. Students fill out games analysis worksheets at the Roll-A-Ball game during a trip to Coney Island in Brooklyn, NY May 28, 2015.

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Learning Laptops Report Analysis 28

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Students spend less time on foundational numeracy compared with what they spend on reading; elementary teachers often receive less training in how to teach math effectively; and schools use fewer interventions for students who need extra math support. Many American students struggle in math.

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Elementary Report Training Strategy 133

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

Tulsa Public Schools Superintendent Deborah Gist visits a first-grade class at Penn Elementary School. Along with her strong support for charter schools and the Common Core curriculum, Gist was convinced that great student outcomes could be directly tied to teaching excellence. Related: LA’s school counselors strike back.

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Common Core Data Report Blended Learning 106