eSchool News

JUNE 25, 2015

Alma Technologies, a provider of a holistic student engagement platform for K-12 schools, has added a standards tracking tool intended to empower educators more effectively teach to proficiency against any set of academic standards. The Standards Tracker is available for the 2015-16 school year.

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Georgia Test Prep

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Informing the students, parents, educators, and the public about how well students are learning important content is an essential aspect of any educational assessment and accountability system. The state’s education department mandated online tests for all of its standardized tests from the 2018-19 school year. Grading of the GMAS.

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MindShift

JULY 9, 2018

This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. In a district where almost 30 percent of the students are learning English, these goals have meant a radical change in how math is taught in the early grades. BERWYN, Ill. —

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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. Blended Learning. For over ten years, districts across the U.S. ESSA ensures that all U.S.

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MindShift

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Craig Brock teaches high school science in Amarillo, Texas, where his freshman biology students are currently learning about the parts of a cell. Many reported that they did not have enough time or money to access quality materials, while others stated these materials simply don’t exist.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Drug use, suspensions and expulsions have put many students here far behind academically. While Massachusetts high schools adhere to the relatively tough Common Core academic standards, at Independence Academy the priority is on meeting students where they are. The standard is what’s appropriate,” Mr. Kain says. “If

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MindShift

MAY 25, 2015

By Alan Richard, The Hechinger Report. This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Read more about Common Core. News & World Report , based on criteria such as teacher-student ratios and college-admission scores.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

Students have at least 40 minutes a day to play during what’s called “Play to Learn” time. Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. Heated floors invite the children to play and rest on the ground and multiple play areas both inside and outside the school offer kids opportunities to learn and burn off energy. EVERETT, Wash. —

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2018

The New York Times has a new education supplement, called Learning, and The Hechinger Report is collaborating with the Times to produce Bulletin Board, a collection of noteworthy ideas and trends in education that will appear on page 2 of the section, which will come out four times a year. By 5W Infographics with Peter D’Amato.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2019

What started as a treasure hunt had become a logic game in Quitman’s state-funded pre-K classroom, a free early learning experience that’s only recently become available to a small number of students in Mississippi. From the time they come in, the learning starts,” Shows said. “If Closed from the world’.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Here’s a look at how a few of her key ideas correspond with Mississippi’s current education landscape: Sign up for our Mississippi Learning newsletter. Common Core. On her website, DeVos states that she is “not a supporter—period” of the nationwide math and English language arts standards, which Mississippi adopted in 2010.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 23, 2016

During the Republican and Democratic conventions, The Hechinger Report will publish a new story each day, examining what the party proposals might mean for the future of education. Our staff reporters will provide education coverage from Cleveland and Philadelphia. Convention coverage. There was, however, one moment of discord.

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