Remove 2019 Remove Assessment Remove E-rate Remove Elementary
article thumbnail

Differentiating Instruction in Kindergarten and Elementary Grades with Laura Robb

The CoolCatTeacher

Furthermore, kindergarten and elementary grades are fundamental. EXTENDED EPISODE - Episode #791- The 10 Minute Teacher Podcast Differentiating Reading Instruction in Kindergarten through Elementary Laura Robb, Reading Expert. Schools Full of Readers: Tools for Teachers, Coaches and leaders to Support Students , is also from 2019.

article thumbnail

Despite mediocre records, for-profit online charter schools are selling parents on staying virtual

The Hechinger Report

OHDELA gets an F rating from the Ohio Department of Education, receiving failing marks on measures including students’ performance on state tests, academic growth and graduation rates. They also say they are taking steps to improve retention and graduation rates. Stride Inc., formerly K12 Inc.,

E-rate 132
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

COLUMN: Helping middle schoolers think about a future beyond the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

and her classmates were scrolling through Naviance for Middle Schools, a tool for assessing strengths and interests. A recent report found Indiana’s rates at their lowest in recent history. Just 59 percent of students here enroll after high school, a drop from a rate of 61 percent in 2018. On the day I visited Northview, K.C.

E-rate 104
article thumbnail

8 Ways to Help New Teachers Thrive (and Veteran Teachers Too!)

The CoolCatTeacher

I was inspired to write this post because of the soon to be released episode 536 (to be released on August 5, 2019 ), where a third-year teacher, Edwin Thomas Minguela, and I talk about the lessons he’s learned in his first two years of teaching. K., & Bruegmann, E. We can help new teachers and each other thrive. 24) Jackson, C.

Policies 236
article thumbnail

State Spotlight: Texas’ Student-Centered Response to COVID-19

ExcelinEd

D uring the 2019 legislative session, Texas lawmakers passed a historic education funding bill, which established a 7 percent per-student funding increase , on average. A llow s elementary schools the flexibility to add additional instructional days (up to 210 days); . Assessing Anticipated Learning Loss.

article thumbnail

Is the hardest job in education convincing parents to send their kids to a San Francisco public school?

The Hechinger Report

On the line, Kelly Rodriguez explained that she wanted to move her 6-year-old from a private school to a public one for first grade, but only if a seat opened up at Sunset Elementary School, near their house on San Francisco’s predominantly white and Asian west side. But Dee said, between fall 2019 and fall 2021, enrollment declined by 2.5

E-rate 127
article thumbnail

Cybercriminals come for schools — and schools aren’t ready

The Hechinger Report

After a phishing attack in 2019, the Atlanta Public Schools district hired a private firm to conduct security assessments of its networks to find blind spots and weaknesses, according to Olufemi “Femi” Aina, the district’s executive director of information technology.

E-rate 122