The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Revere hosted a learning tour for other schools last year, to share its experiences with personalizing learning. Blended learning was the gateway to personalized learning in the Natick Public Schools, about 20 miles west of Boston. Grace Magley, director of digital learning, Natick (Mass.)

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eSchool News

AUGUST 4, 2023

an accredited private school specializing in blended learning and providing personalized learning experiences. Schools use VHS Learning to provide their students with high-quality online courses. This helps schools to better meet students’ interests, while combatting teacher shortages.”

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2022

School board meetings that more closely resemble a playground brawl than an exercise in democracy. After two years of immeasurable strain from the pandemic’s impact on teaching and learning, public schools are at a breaking point. The challenges facing school communities are dire. Historic teacher and staff shortages.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Education Elements , which builds and supports school systems that meet the needs of every learner, will partner with Fairbanks North Star Borough School District to design and implement personalized learning across all its elementary and secondary schools over the next three years.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

In 2015, we opened the doors of Roots Elementary to 100 kindergarteners and first graders in the neighborhood. Roots Elementary. Before that I had worked at the Charter School Growth Fund with several of the early visionaries who supported the movement toward personalized learning. We needed to make a change.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Our online school and EdOptions Academy, Edmentum Services, has really provided us with the flexibility to meet the needs of families as soon as they arrive. She has spent numerous hours advocating for school libraries at the state level with many trips to the state capitol to meet with lawmakers. Dr. Dana T.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 25, 2022

So when schools called us during the summer of 2021, they often asked whether they should stick with the schedules they created for distance, hybrid or safer in-person learning or return to a more traditional format. Classes meet at different times throughout the week to add variety—Ian’s physics class Friday at 9:00 a.m.

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Hapara

AUGUST 18, 2023

A recent UNESCO report showed that across the nation, elementary and secondary students with disabilities experience higher rates of violence by teachers and are up to 1.5 Intentionally used, technology tools can support rigorous and engaging opportunities for learning that meet learners where they are at.

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

It’s called personalized learning: What if each student had something like a private tutor, and more power over what and how they learned? It found that schools using some form of personalized learning were, on average, performing better ( there were some wrinkles we’ll talk about later on).

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Students work on individual projects in the blended-learning classroom of Jessica Anderson, in Deer Lodge, Montana. A student-centered personalized-learning model known as competency education has gained traction over the past five years as states have developed policies to promote its adoption in both elementary and secondary schools.

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Edsurge

MARCH 14, 2017

There are many elements critical to the success of change management initiatives, including those involving blended and personalized learning. Think about how to use Twitter, surveys, and town-hall style meetings for your communications. Don’t forget the power of small groups and 1:1s when possible. Invite in the Media.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 7, 2022

I love their courses because they are flexible, with up to 6 months to complete, and you can receive graduate credit through CAEP and regionally accredited university partners or continuing education units that meet your state requirements. Click Here to Get Your Free Wellness Toolkit. Listen to the show on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 12, 2021

There is no policy area in our governance “more complex than elementary and secondary education,” education professors and researchers Paul Manna and Patrick McGuinn wrote in their in their 2013 book. Because it wasn’t just teachers who wanted to delay in-person learning. That’s because actors at all levels in the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Lisa Grant, superintendent for the Centralia school district, makes her monthly rounds in a fifth grade class at Fords Prairie Elementary School on Dec. The school district welcomed all elementary students back for in-person learning in early December. Credit: Katie Cotterill for The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2022

Those efforts ranged from North Carolina establishing a grant program for schools to hire psychologists to Texas requiring schools to include crisis line and suicide prevention lifeline contact information on identification cards for secondary students. Connecticut, meanwhile, permits K-12 students to take two mental health days per year.

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Analysis Policies Report Survey 126

Edsurge

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Background and Experience Prior to being appointed as Connecticut’s education commissioner in August 2019, Cardona spent two decades at Meriden Public Schools—the same school system he attended himself—first as an elementary school teacher, then for 10 years as principal and more recently in district leadership. In an op-ed published Dec.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

With real-time reporting on student achievement, teachers quickly identified learning gaps as they correlated to state standards. The percentage of students meeting or exceeding standards on the MCAs has increased in math and reading, and the school has made AYP each year since implementing the program.

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2020

It’s an opportunity for the future teachers who are enrolled at the college to apply what they learn in class in a practical setting, testing out lesson plans with real elementary students. McGhee, assistant clinical professor of elementary education at Auburn University. This year, camp is canceled due to COVID-19. McGhee says.

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MIND Research Institute

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Brian Bushart is an elementary math curriculum coordinator. Can’t wait to see all the TASM members at #CAMT19 in about 3 hours for our summer business meeting. Personalize Dallas ISD @PersonalizeDISD. Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association (TESPA) @TEPSAtalk. October 21, 2019. Brian Bushart @bstockus.

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Twitter Education STEM Policies 80

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2023

It’s a chilly Wednesday in April at the end of his last-ever quarterly meeting with the district’s parent advisory committee. This story also appeared in Belt Magazine “You all know that I call your kids my kids, and they won’t stop being my kids,” Gordon says, wrapping up the meeting. He takes off his glasses, wipes his eyes.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Another advantage of AI is the time it can save teachers in the creation of personalized learning experiences. By leveraging AI technologies, educators can overcome the limitations of time and resources, offering a level of personalization that enhances the learning experience for each individual student.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

These two challenges are at the heart of why one-room schoolhouses were replaced by age-graded elementary schools and subject-specialist secondary schools. In contrast, many microschools today include mixed age classes but take advantage of new learning technologies to make the small school model more feasible.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

Remote learning has changed the approach to out-of-school suspension at Shenendehowa Central School District, where more than a fourth of students identify as nonwhite. Grades K-5 in the district are in person, but middle and high schools are mostly hybrid. Oliver Robinson. Robinson says. Everybody needs a check-in.

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eSchool News

MARCH 16, 2022

Savvas makes it easy for educators, teachers, and students to access their content-rich summer learning solutions on its award-winning Savvas Realize , one of the publishing industry’s most versatile learning management systems that features easy-to-use, single sign-on, and plug-and-play interoperability with top classroom tools.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 24, 2020

Based on evidence with both elementary and secondary school-aged students, summer slide can typically equate to one month of learning loss. Students from families classified as low socioeconomic status are often more impacted by that summer slide and have more significant learning gaps. Why, What, and How.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

In May 2021, Think College Now elementary students sit in class after returning to in-person learning. The campaign was able to bring in big donors like Twitter’s co-founder and then CEO Jack Dorsey, who pledged $10 million to help meet the goal. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2019

A few years ago, Amy Lopes, a veteran fifth-grade teacher in Providence, Rhode Island, learned that teachers at her school could try a mindfulness and yoga training along with their students. I said, ‘OK, I’ll try it, but it’s not going to work,’ ” recalled Lopes, who teaches at the William D’Abate Elementary School. Chris Berdik.

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Training Elementary Report Exercises 111

eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2023

Educators will seek out content that better supports them to successfully bring clean energy content to their students in meaningful ways and, as the job market in clean energy continues to grow, it is important for schools to help meet this demand for an educated workforce by helping students see themselves in clean energy careers.

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EdTech Industry Assessment Data 135

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2017

Project-based learning, in which students embark on long research or art projects, science experiments or even writing books , is one of the hottest trends in high school reform. The Reggio Emilia method, devised by educators in a city in Italy, also focuses on connecting learning to the real world and integrating arts into the classroom.

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Personalized Learning Laptops Elementary Groups 98

eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Whether it was participating in device-day pickup or hosting and coordinating meet-the-teacher drive-throughs, the entire district staff stepped up to provide for nearly 61,000 students. Nominee: Link Text Becky Alexander, Morris Elementary Nominated by: Istation. As a result, Alexander has seen significant growth in her students.

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EdTechTeam

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

As a coach assisting teachers with technology integration and personalized learning, I notice patterns arising from teacher to teacher. The importance of climate and culture in a classroom and across a school are imperative to successful technology integration, personalized learning, and empowered learning.

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Training Digital Badges Personalized Learning STEM 75

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

Our mission is really to educate our kiddos, and in order to do that we need them in school,” said Lori McKenna, Albany’s assistant superintendent for secondary instruction. And even if a district meets the number of mandatory hours, many students still fall behind, as Martinez did. Our first go-to is not suspension.

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Pair-a-dimes for Your Thoughts

DECEMBER 5, 2016

. ‘Assignments’ like this are great because they force us (teachers John Sarte, Alan Soiseth and myself) to think about what it is we value, and strive towards as we build our program at Inquiry Hub Secondary School. DCL’ at Inquir y Hub – Time to Dream, Create, and Learn. Background (Part 2 – Design).

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Another advantage of AI is the time it can save teachers in the creation of personalized learning experiences. By leveraging AI technologies, educators can overcome the limitations of time and resources, offering a level of personalization that enhances the learning experience for each individual student.

Trends 52

Trends EdTech Industry Data 52

eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Educators will seek out content that better supports them to successfully bring clean energy content to their students in meaningful ways and, as the job market in clean energy continues to grow, it is important for schools to help meet this demand for an educated workforce by helping students see themselves in clean energy careers.

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EdTech Learning Industry Data 70

techlearning

MAY 16, 2018

Tutorials are available now in the fully integrated ASSIST ecosystem, designed by educators as a new approach in meeting the needs of education institutions with a single platform. This adaptive content has proven to raise exam scores, promotion rates, course pass rates, and post-secondary readiness for students in grades 6–12.

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EdTechTeam

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Think back to an assessment you took in your elementary years. We would provide meeting times throughout the week to check the status of the project and give suggestions. Bryn Grosskopf is a secondary math teacher in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Do you have it in your mind? If not, that’s the problem that needs to be addressed!

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Assessment Conference Google Secondary 81