NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 15, 2017

And there seem to be a few go-to digital tools to support engagement, discovery and setting a fun and participatory tone for what library (and the librarian) looks like. Using GoosechaseEDU scavenger hunt platform for iPhone or Android , you can create a new game or copy and adapt games from templates in the Game Library.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Photo: Maria Alejandra Cardona for The Hechinger Report. These students are increasingly the children of parents who helicoptered them through elementary, middle and high school or who didn’t go to college themselves and can’t provide much help with it. Photo: Maria Alejandra Cardona for The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

Blaney Elementary School in Elgin, S.C., This disparity in home computer and internet access, dubbed the “homework gap,” was a slow-burning problem for most districts in the days when schools were in session and students could get online at libraries, after-school programs, coffee shops and other community gathering spots.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund follows the same formula as Title I, so it can be used to help bridge the digital divide for students from low-income families. Gentz reports that there has been confusion about deadlines, many of which are federal but some of which are state imposed.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2016

. — This fall, students at Enterprise Attendance Center in the small city of Brookhaven may get to draw, paint and make crafts in an elementary art class — the first the school has had in 12 years. billion on elementary and secondary education. But the opportunity comes at a cost: larger class sizes for third-graders.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 3, 2016

A hallway at Franklin Elementary school lined with tiny lockers and student art. Katrina Allen, principal at Franklin Elementary School in Syracuse’s Washington Square neighborhood, has watched her city transform from manufacturing boomtown to bust. Joseph Pirozzi at Franklin Elementary in Syracuse, N.Y., Photo: Emmanuel Felton.

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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. He’s encountered subs in the hallway, looking for the library or a place to make copies of classwork. Credit: Terra Fondriest for The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Meanwhile, Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel has proposed a pilot cybersecurity program, which would run separately, but in tandem, with the FCC’s E-Rate program, which was created in the early 1990s as a way to provide affordable internet for schools and libraries.

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edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

The 2021 Driving K-12 Innovation report released by CoSN selected the most critical Hurdles (challenges), Accelerators (mega-trends), and Tech Enablers (tools) that school districts are facing with personalized learning, innovation, and digital equity. As defined by the CoSN report, accelerators are megatrends that drive change.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Library of Congress ) The photos, shot in black and white, are from the early 20th century, and the disease in question was tuberculosis. The district is spending another $27,000 to pay the 18 outdoor learning liaisons it has hired to manage materials, sanitize buckets and other supplies and report to Teller. between 1900 and 1920.

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2019

These days we do a lot of workshops and special projects around freedom of information and privacy issues and advocacy work because that act was passed back in 1992. You had some experience in research and advocacy for privacy before you started there, while you were a student. So some updates are in order. Can tell us about that?

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2020

A lot of our kids don’t have internet access,” said Coe, who knows students who routinely head to the library or the town’s McDonald’s to get online. Credit: Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. Reporting contributed by Neal Morton. This story also appeared in NBC News. “A Another low-tech resource schools are tapping?

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2021

“For low-income kids it’s really hard for programs to run in person,” said Jodi Grant, executive director of Afterschool Alliance, a nonprofit advocacy group. “It The Overdeck Foundation is one of many supporters of The Hechinger Report.). Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 3, 2021

According to a CoSN report , more than half of school districts and about one-third of public schools in the United States are in rural areas. He received his bachelor’s degree from The University of Southern Mississippi in elementary education. Matthew Dillon is a native of Columbia, Mississippi. He received his M.Ed.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

The top cybersecurity threats to schools outlined in the CoSN Cybersecurity Report are Phishing, Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS), Data Breach, Ransomware, and IoT (Internet of Things) Attacks. CoSN provides thought leadership resources, community, best practices and advocacy tools to help leaders succeed in the digital transformation.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

In addition, Alma will continue to provide its own set of robust reporting tools to meet many needs and budgets. who are interested in establishing a makerspace in their libraries. Software & Online ALMA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. This follows the company’s recent integrations with Canvas and Schoology and its OneRoster alignment.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2018

Photo: Chris Berdik for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Chris Berdik for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Chris Berdik for The Hechinger Report. For testing and student data reporting, Northern Cass will still link students with an expected year of graduation. Jaguar Academy is often library-quiet. HUNTER, N.D. —

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Graphite Blog

JANUARY 10, 2020

S ocial Justice Books (by Teaching for Change): A highly recommended resource for preschool and elementary school educators, this list of books intersects with all kinds of important cultural and social issues and will help students build perspective.

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Resources Classroom Video Strategy 98

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2023

Now she only attends school one day a week for two hours, and hasn’t attended a full day in over two years, instead spending much of her time at her mother’s bakery or at the local library. Claire Rush is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Across the U.S.,

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 24, 2024

An elementary schooler in the same district couldn’t access a picture of record-breaking sprinter Florence Griffith Joyner to add to a writing assignment. Future-minded reporting Our free newsletter, Future of Learning, features innovative, original stories every other Wednesday. The Markup requested records from 26 school districts.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Key points: School libraries have evolved to offer students and teachers everything they need See article: Modern students need modern librarians See article: 10 reasons we love school librarians For more news on school libraries, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching page What makes an effective school library?

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2017

Photo: Terrell Clark for The Hechinger Report. She was born and raised in the Mississippi Delta, in Yazoo County, and now teaches there, at Bentonia Gibbs Elementary. No fourth-grade classroom in 116 districts that reported data used a book published more recently than 2006. History when they reach high school.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 17, 2023

For two years, the club, known as PRISM (People Respecting Individuality and Sexuality Meeting), gathered in the town’s public library, because its dozen members couldn’t find a faculty adviser to sponsor it. Credit: Lily Estella Thompson for The Hechinger Report Rachelle Ketron at her daughter Meryl’s memorial site.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

— Inside a high-ceilinged library at Northridge High School here, seniors are typing on 16-year-old laptops donated by a local Rotary Club. We’re doing everything we can,” says Mr. Norton, as the seniors in the library close their balky laptops and head to class. After the camp, 63 percent reported an interest in the field.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2022

Meanwhile, in Texas, the governor has directed schools to report students who are receiving gender-affirming care, such as hormone blockers, as cases of child abuse. Lawmakers in at least 20 states have introduced similar bills. Carson helped me figure out how to tell you,’ then I’m possibly going to be sued,” she said.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2022

This story also appeared in Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting. Collins Elementary School, in southeastern Mississippi, paddled students more times than almost any school in the country in 2017-18, the last year for which there is national data. Credit: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report.

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Elementary Handbook Report Policies 144

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Taheem Fennel poses for a picture with his mom and stepdad after his fifth-grade graduation ceremony at Bancroft Elementary School. Photo: Nichole Dobo / The Hechinger Report. The staff at Bancroft Elementary School suggested counseling, and his mother eagerly accepted the help. Photo: Saquan Stimpson for The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

It hit us like a ton of bricks,” said Laura Foster, a local mother who helped create the progressive advocacy group the Ridge Network to fight the right-wing dominance of Pennridge’s schools. The new DEI committee was disbanded in early 2022, as students continued to report racial hostility.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2017

On his first full day in office, the President used a speech at CIA headquarters to call journalists “among the most dishonest human beings on earth,” chastising the media for reports that there had been low turnout at his inauguration. ” Their reporting should not be trusted. Trump claimed that 1.5 Who Do We Trust?

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Technology Education Facebook Social Media 71

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2023

House of Representatives passed the “ Parents Bill of Rights Act ,” which would guarantee parents access to more information online, including curriculum, budgets, reading lists and library books, while requiring them to be notified of student requests to change their gender-identifying pronouns. Last week, the U.S.

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