Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 12, 2022

Years ago, I took the lead in writing a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policy for my school site, which was later adopted by my district. It worked until our site eventually became one of the first sites to roll out a one-to-one policy with Chromebooks.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Listen to Elizabeth Iwaszewicz on the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast Listen to the show on iTunes or Stitcher Stream by clicking here.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 19, 2019

In this series, we take a closer look inside our new paper, “ Micro-credentials and Education Policy in the United States: Recognizing Learning and Leadership for Our Nation’s Teachers.”. Questions must be considered when developing policies. Micro-credentials can transform teacher evaluation and compensation.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 8, 2024

Age Group Familiarity : Select someone experienced with teaching children in your child’s age group, as pedagogy varies significantly between elementary and high school levels. Rescheduling Policy : Understand their policies for rescheduling sessions, because life happens, and you’ll need someone adaptable.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2023

I bet “Abbott Elementary” character Janine Teagues will not stay in the teaching profession that long. I am an educator in West Philadelphia, blocks away from the fictional school in the TV show “Abbott Elementary.” Abbott Elementary” is popular because it is palatable. Five years. Last year, I sat down to help a student group.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Options for resources within this page might include schedules, data, professional development requirements, campus and district policies and procedures, and emergency response protocols. Denise Neeb serves as the principal of Williams Elementary School, a STEM magnet campus in Lubbock Independent School District. by Denise Neeb.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 9, 2019

As executive director, Kerns is responsible for the growth, development, and execution of the nonprofit’s charitable investments by creating strategic partnerships, working with policy leaders and implementing an impact-driven grant process.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 11, 2018

When we did this research, we were looking to figure out what are best practices for creating a computer science program at the elementary level. . EDTECH: In Google’s accessibility policy solutions included in Hanover’s research, it mentions personal devices as a possible solution to accessibility. Photo courtesy of Hanover research.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 12, 2020

Nancy Frey with Doug Fisher – Bio as Submitted We are professors at San Diego State University in Educational Leadership and focus on policies and practices in literacy and school leadership. If you don’t have Google Docs, just use this PDF.

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EdTech4Beginners

MAY 20, 2020

Let students know you have an “open door policy”, although they will be contacting you by email or video call instead. She has taught in elementary schools and tutored students of all ages and has seen first-hand the lack of access to a quality education that many students face.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 9, 2020

Note: This doesn’t discuss the policy issues involving meals, access, and equity but is meant to get you started and prepared. I hope these resources can take you to the educator communities that are collecting and sharing. This is bigger than any of us so we need to work together and help each other. Today it is free.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 21, 2024

This will impact you as you help draft policies for your school or organization or even as you grapple with parenting concerns.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 27, 2019

As RAND senior policy researcher Robert Murphy notes in a post for Education Week , “maybe 10 percent, 20 percent, 40 percent of the time [the system] will get it wrong ,” making AI in schools an excellent supplemental tool, but no replacement for teachers. . Some of the most common concerns are around human bias and overall accuracy.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Here are some essential steps students can take to make data hygiene a continuing part of their lives, throughout their elementary education, through college and beyond: Strive to Use Uncrackable Passwords. Make passwords complex — and long.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

From our conversations with kindergarten through third grade teachers, literacy coaches, and principals in 17 elementary schools across the country, we highlight below three ways schools are reimagining student supports during a year of distance instruction. Teachers are relying on parents to foster consistent home learning environments.

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Hapara

APRIL 28, 2023

Listen to an audio version of this post: [link] Whether you teach elementary, core subjects or electives, making digital citizenship part of your instruction is essential for all of your learners. Read on for digital citizenship activities you can use in elementary, middle school or high school.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 15, 2021

She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education from Morningside College and a Master’s Degree in Educational Administration from the University of South Dakota. She is also a former teacher and principal, leading one of the first elementary STEM schools in Iowa.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

The district now punches above its weight in teacher retention and the policy has proven consistently popular with students and teachers in the years since it was introduced, he argues. But even if some districts were bullish on the policy, the Keystone study found that truncated school weeks were not effective for keeping teachers.

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Edsurge

MARCH 14, 2024

Given the amount of planning time he has each day, along with the assistance of an AI-powered app, Robert can easily turn a hard copy reading passage and questions into an interactive quiz for the students in his elementary classroom. Parsing education data into snack-sized servings.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 24, 2022

See the map below from NCES ( or make your own ), which shows that most states are trying for their children to achieve NAEP’s Basic level, not Proficient: Once again, in the words of Tom Loveless, former director of the Brown Center on Education Policy at the Brookings Institution, “ Proficient on NAEP does not mean grade level performance.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Ever since, elementary and middle school educators have noticed the devices showing up more and more in their classrooms and school buildings. This summer, as schools got to work rewriting their device policies, often resulting in stricter rules around cellphone use, EdSurge decided to dive deep into the world of kids’ smartwatches.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 1, 2024

A group of fifth grade boys trailed into the conference room in the front office of Johnsburg Elementary School and sat at the table, their feet dangling from the chairs. “It In elementary schools across the country, an incident as common as a playground fracas over a football could result in kids being suspended. JOHNSBURG, Ill. —

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Edsurge

MARCH 5, 2024

But Futernick — a longtime educator who has served as an elementary school teacher, a teacher educator and a leader of a national school turnaround center — aims to keep the dialogues as civil and productive as possible. So there's an elementary school in Stockton, California. And he records the conversations.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 4, 2019

In their July 14, 2019 article “ Why Teachers Quit ,” We Are Teachers summarizes, “A recent study by the Learning Policy Institute shows that if a teacher receives mentoring, collaboration, and extra resources, and is part of a strong teacher network, first-year turnover is cut by more than half. 25) Learning Policy Institute. (24)

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Norwood Elementary School. After a 14-year career in student & worship ministry, public speaking, and starting churches, in 2011, Chris began working for Burleson ISD in Burleson, TX as a 4th and 5th Grade Math and Reading Special Education Teacher at J.W.

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Waterford

MAY 11, 2020

8] Before school gets out for the summer, connect parents with guided reading activities and summer learning programs for elementary students. Summer activities may look a little different this year, depending on policies in your area, but encourage families to take advantage of any summer programs available over the summer.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 1, 2020

As director of strategic policy initiatives for CCEA, I have been witness over the past year to plans and projects that were created by either individual educators or teams of educators to cultivate growth.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 18, 2019

Each of those groups could have different permissions and policies , all set up and configured before the devices are distributed. Available tools also support remote troubleshooting through Microsoft System Center and LANDesk — a boon for elementary schools without onsite IT support.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Her two children, however, were students at one of the targeted schools, Pugh Elementary in the city’s northeastern Denver Harbor neighborhood. A former superintendent of nearby Spring Branch Independent School District, he is now a professor of educational leadership and policy studies at the University of Houston.

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Hapara

MAY 23, 2022

Responsible Use Policies. Responsible Use Policies (RUPs) outline how learners and staff across the school or district should use technology and the internet. These policies are created with input from stakeholders across the school community and are focused on digital citizenship and positive expectations. .

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 24, 2024

I ran for the Littleton Elementary School District governing board while I was 17, and was elected while finishing out my senior year of high school. I advocated for clean energy, health services and ensuring that teachers and staff are supported, and I pushed for policies that support teacher retention.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 10, 2024

The education world describes this policy with a business acronym used in inventory accounting: LIFO or “Last In, First Out.” The policy exacerbates the teacher churn at these schools. Source: TNTP and Educators for Excellence (2023) “ So All Students Thrive: Rethinking Layoff Policy To Protect Teacher Diversity.”

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Waterford

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

School districts and state policies might dictate an educator’s next steps when they suspect cyberbullying.[8] 8] Half of US states have laws about bullying in schools, and 12 states have laws specifically targeted at cyberbullying in elementary schools.[13]. Cyberbullying in Elementary School.” Waterford.org. Redmond, Jodee.

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Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2024

Reflecting on his more recent experience as a policy analyst for RAND Corporation, a public policy research organization, Holmes doesn’t think it makes much sense that he had to hunt down the chance to try more difficult math. When America’s math performance is lagging , it could have big consequences.

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Waterford

MARCH 4, 2021

Examples of organizational conditions are wider reaching, like integrated and sustained improvements across a school or district—such as adjusting school policies in ways that offer more opportunities for family engagement.[3] When educators and school policies prioritize family engagement, the whole school benefits. El Nokali, N.E.,

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

It features national and state-level policy and implementation data, focusing on high school data. The annual report comes from Code.org , the Computer Science Teachers Association , and the Expanding Computing Education Pathways Alliance and offers a comprehensive analysis of national progress in providing computer science education.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2024

Wealthy suburbs can have a surplus of qualified applicants for elementary schools at the same time that a remote, rural school cannot find anyone to teach high school physics. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis.

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