The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 23, 2023

In this post, I’ll share with you these resources, how I recommend that you use them, and some interesting pointers I’ve learned as I teach students financial literacy. Additionally, students practice real-world scenarios in these seven units as they learn about financial literacy. EVERFI sponsored this post. All opinions are my own.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 27, 2024

Does any of it help students learn more? Some educational materials end up mothballed in closets. One idea for smarter education spending is for schools to sign smarter contracts, where part of the payment is contingent upon whether students use the services and learn more. Much software goes unused.

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Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2021

On a memorable morning in my high school civics class, the students—seniors, full of energy—learned about the formation and function of our legislative branch. But it provided them an engaging way to learn firsthand the difficulties of creating and sustaining a government structure. But they weren’t reading from a textbook. history.”

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 20, 2019

Two years ago, IT Services Director AJ Phillips needed to persuade her school board to purchase new network infrastructure, so she tapped her prior experience as an elementary school teacher and presented a show-and-tell. MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out where K–12 schools can turn to secure funding for personalized learning programs.

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Waterford

JANUARY 23, 2020

While it can be hard to keep up with every trend in educational technology, the mindset you have when it comes to classroom tech matters just as much as which ones you use. By learning to view it as a means of enhancing your lessons and resources, you can provide your students with tools and opportunities they may not otherwise access.

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Waterford

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

The Internet has revolutionized much of modern life, especially when it comes to education. There are benefits when students can learn and socialize in online spaces, but it comes with a dark side. School districts and state policies might dictate an educator’s next steps when they suspect cyberbullying.[8] Sources: 1.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 14, 2023

In recent months, the phrase has been associated with Mississippi’s performance on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), known as the Nation’s Report Card. But, as is true for any complex phenomena, teaching reading and learning to read require knowledgeable practitioners able to adapt instruction to students’ needs.

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 1, 2014

It is titled Experiences in Self-Determined Learning and can be found at [link]. My Own Chapter: M oving From Education 1.0 Through Education 2.0 Towards Education 3.0. Self-determined learning or heutagogy is fast gaining interest from educators around the world interested in an evidence-based approach to learning.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

Both of my parents were public educators; my father an elementary principal in Hackettstown and my mother an elementary teacher in Flemington. They both touched lives and impacted kids like countless other NJ educators. Educators are, and have been, the cultivators of virtually every other profession.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Credit: Cavan Images The research on early childhood education can seem as messy as a playground sandbox. Children who didn’t go to preschool still learn their letters and catch up. About 40 percent of the families took advantage of it and chose to send their children to a pre-K program at a public elementary school.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2022

This single study has renewed the debate about the value of universal pre-K and the need for continued investments in early learning. Better data on pre-K enrollment will help us make better comparisons. We already know that the positive impacts of pre-K are largest when children in the comparison group have stayed at home.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 30, 2017

In this blog post, I’m going to share three things: Comparison with Other Apps – How does Bloomz compare to other tools? See a full comparison of every feature. Features – Learn about the 9 features that I think make Bloomz so special. Getting Started – Learn how to get started with Bloomz.

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EdTech4Beginners

MAY 8, 2017

In spite of the fact that online education has been massively developing over the last decade, we cannot deny the fact that the majority of teaching still takes place in a traditional classroom. As you see, the blending learning has a bunch of benefits, but only when it is applied wisely.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

This is especially true with literacy, where it’s all too easy to lose track of student progress and performance as students make their way through elementary and middle school. Knowing this, we opted to pilot the Lexia Core5 Reading adaptive blended learning literacy program a few years ago. A reading program that everyone loves.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) are down after the pandemic. How many kids, families, and educators were ill, recovering from being ill, or still traumatized from loved ones’ deaths, illnesses, or long recoveries? Secretary of Education, Miguel Cardona, said about these results. emphasis added].

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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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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 11, 2023

In the diverse educational landscape of the United States, the question of “how much do teachers make in the USA?” With a wide array of schools, curricula, and teaching methods, teachers’ salary figures can vary significantly across states and levels of education. is the topic of our blog post today!

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The tool was supposed to enable teachers to tailor their instruction to individual students’ learning needs, but even the kids who had strong math skills weren’t doing well. A lot of times with education, we have to figure things out on our own,” she said. School districts will have to make choices.”

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

This story also appeared in AL.com and The Associated Press Piedmont City schools landed in the top spot among all school districts nationwide in a comparison of math scores in 2019 and 2022. students began long before the pandemic, but the problem has snowballed into an education crisis.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 25, 2024

Students also need adequate training, even in elementary and middle school. That’s why it’s concerning that high-achieving students, who’ve received less public attention than lower achieving students, were also set back by remote learning and pandemic uncertainty. economy, which needs skilled scientists and engineers to grow.

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eSchool News

MARCH 27, 2024

BenQ continuously demonstrates the way it supports today’s teachers and staff while enhancing learning in exciting ways for students,” stated David Gonzalez, Director of Technology at Manor ISD. After rigorous evaluation and comparison against other smart board vendors, Manor ISD chose BenQ to bring its schools into the future.

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MindSpark

JUNE 7, 2022

Anzer As a minority in America, I always felt that my public school education wasn’t created with me in mind. Anzer As a minority in America, I always felt that my public school education wasn’t created with me in mind. There are too many baby books and thought leaders with their spin on creating more equitable education.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 16, 2019

Code.org has created a great compilation of resources for how students can continue learning. There are a number of excellent online learning opportunities designed specifically for educators. include: Computational Thinking for Educators from Google (15-30 hours). Scratch educator meetups. Take an online course.

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Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

By comparison, the state of California reported a 12 percent chronic absenteeism rate among students in 2018-2019, representing 676,000 students. Distance learning began March 23. In elementary school, frequent absences are linked to a higher likelihood of dropout—even if attendance improves over time.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2022

The good news, according to the latest achievement data, is that learning resumed at a more typical pace during the 2021-22 school year that just ended. The big picture takeaway is that learning mirrors pre-pandemic trends,” said Karyn Lewis, a researcher at NWEA, which sells assessments to schools to track student progress.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The first report, The State of Student Learning in 2022 , analyzes reading and mathematics data gathered from nearly two million Grades 1–8 students during the 2021–2022 school year via the edtech company’s i-Ready Assessment tool. Students in upper elementary and lower middle school grades showed the greatest persisting setbacks in 2022.

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Edsurge

MAY 30, 2017

Like gaming, learning math requires grit and persistence—cornerstones of growth mindset—and is grounded in problem solving, flexible thinking, and pattern recognition. The same kind of tenacity is crucial when learning math. At New Mexico’s Farmington Heights Middle School , teachers use game-based learning to personalize instruction.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Kline said she’s confident more students will take the end-of-year tests in March and April, when the city’s elementary schools are scheduled to be open to all students. That leaves districts like Columbus, where students in grades 6-12 are still studying online, with an incomplete picture of the pandemic’s impact on student learning.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 15, 2019

You can take courses on helpful topics like classroom management, teacher wellness, education technology, special education classes and more. With respect to school change, he describes himself as a “catalyst for creative engagement and collaborative learning.” Plus, you can save 20% of your order the code COOL20.

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MIND Research Institute

MARCH 9, 2021

I had a fascinating conversation with MIND Research Institute's Education Research Director, Martin Buschkuehl, last week. Traditional math education, or "Old Math," fails to appreciate this notion and instead focuses on instant recall of rigid procedures. The learning gains observed from consistent ST Math usage are palpable.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 13, 2024

And for many Black students now, 70 years since the nation’s highest court held unanimously that separate is inherently unequal, educational resources and access remain woefully uneven. By comparison, Black students make up about 15 percent of public school enrollment. That figure is down from 23 percent in 2000. One legacy of Brown v.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 16, 2018

On April 26, celebrate PowerofEcon on Twitter with Discovery Education, CME Group, and their Econ Essentials Program. Infographics in Education with Eileen Lennon. She had spoken to a bunch of the students in the city system and asked what would speak to them, what they would want as material to learn about digital citizenship.

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Neo LMS

APRIL 9, 2019

In my previous post we explored the origins and definitions of digital humanities and covered a few examples of how the techniques are being applied in higher education. There are a number of analogue printables aides online that will help elementary school teachers bring a new dimension to story-time.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 20, 2016

In the world of early learning policy, the disconnect between pre-K and K-3 policy is a popular topic of discussion. This week, Education Commission of the States released a 50-State Comparison and Companion Report summarizing state statutes, rules and regulations related to K-3 quality. Alyssa Auck. Little to nothing.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 26, 2023

The school year ended at Washington Elementary at 2:35 p.m. Malaysia Robertson, 9, outside of the closed Washington Elementary School in Kenner, La., Washington Elementary School in Kenner, La., The lobby of Washington Elementary School in Kenner, La., Dee, a professor at Stanford’s Graduate School of Education.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2024

Silence may be golden, but when it comes to learning with a tutor, talking is pure gold. Those are the moments when learning happens. Its tutors are in India, but many of its clients are American families with elementary school children. The results show how teaching and learning is a two-way street.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 30, 2024

What kinds of behavior do educators say constitute defiance or disorder, anyway? When possible, we downloaded the data from the state’s department of education website. Yet because of discrepancies in discipline definitions in each state, direct comparisons between states are not advisable. Was the data uniform?

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