MindShift

JULY 9, 2018

Researchers say many high-poverty kindergarten classrooms don’t teach enough math and the few lessons on the subject are often too basic. Instructional rounds, modeled after medical rounds, are an opportunity for educators to observe classroom instruction, and then address problems together in an effort to improve their teaching.

How To 39

How To Common Core Elementary Survey 39

eSpark

JANUARY 5, 2016

have expressed frustration with No Child Left Behind, an educational policy that has been derided by educators as placing too much emphasis on standardized testing and failing to address racial and socioeconomic achievement gaps. ESSA encourages districts to bring edtech into the classroom. For over ten years, districts across the U.S.

Policies 40

Policies Blended Learning Education EdTech 40

MindShift

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Research has shown that a majority of the educators who teach English-language learners (ELLs) are creating their own instructional materials — often with little oversight — that don’t necessarily match the student’s grade level or the rigor required by state academic standards.

Instructional Materials 28

Instructional Materials Survey Dropout Common Core 28

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

million 12- to 17-year-olds still met the criteria for a substance use disorder in 2014, and studies find that 9 in 10 adults with addiction problems began their chemical dependency before age 18. “My Drug use, suspensions and expulsions have put many students here far behind academically. My friends are all proud of me.

Report 69

Report Meeting Study Data 69

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

. — On a sunny winter morning in Sara Stevens’ kindergarten classroom at Pathfinder Kindergarten Center, 5- and 6-year olds spread out across the classroom learning about colors, shapes, engineering and design. As kindergarten has become more widely available in the last several decades, it’s also become more academic.

Common Core 145

Common Core Report Elementary Study 145

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2018

In the classroom, computer-based programs can give students additional support as they work to master the vocabulary and mechanics of English. Damont Morgan, a seventh grader, would prefer to get core academic classes that take a lot of mental energy out of the way in the morning and go to electives in the afternoon.

Competency Based Learning 81

Competency Based Learning Common Core Personalized Learning Study 81

TeachThought - Learn better.

AUGUST 30, 2015

Among the biggest changes the Common Core Standards require is the shift in the burden of general literacy. Science has become a perhaps overly-micro study of stuff rather than a system for acquiring knowledge and moving from theory to data. Writing Is Still How We Communicate. by Terry Heick. The Problem of Branding.

Common Core 40

Common Core Academic Standards STEM Industry 40

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2019

On a muggy fall morning, pre-K teacher Ruth Shows inspected the work of students in her classroom, stepping over a cluster of little learners sprawled on the carpet. In the fall of 2013 , two district pre-K classrooms were paid for with limited state taxpayer money, but more than a dozen families remained on a waitlist.

Elementary 63

Elementary Data Training Report 63