Dangerously Irrelevant

JULY 27, 2021

We interviewed leaders at 30 different ‘deeper learning’ schools around the world in 2019 and 2020. Leaders set a high expectation of professionalism for teachers in the building but then provided the space and support for creativity. A culture of “Yes, try that!” Few, if any, ideas were rejected outright.

Leadership 110

Leadership Professional Development Tradition Cultures 110

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 24, 2024

Since being elected, I have completed several fellowships, along with professional development training to enhance my knowledge as a board member. Armando Montero, an advocate for mental health, began running for the Tempe Union High School District Governing Board in Arizona when he was still in high school and was elected in 2020.

Elementary School 142

Elementary School Government High School Public School 142

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 3, 2020

2020 has been a particularly difficult year. As the executive director of the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools (VILS) program, I had the opportunity to participate in professional development workshops, calls with coaches and IT personnel, and other virtual convenings supporting our community members from the 264 schools in our network.

Geography 144

Geography Professional Development Middle School Cultures 144

ED Surge

APRIL 19, 2022

The grant will help Lumen bring together the company’s three separate platforms for humanities, professional development and online homework management, executives from the company say. In 2020, Lumen acquired Faculty Guild , a coaching company for instructors, now called Lumen Circles.

Professional Development 123

Professional Development Economics Humanities Cultures 123

The Hechinger Report

JULY 5, 2022

Failing grades have jumped for middle and high school students nationwide: The state of New Mexico , for example, and the city of Houston, Texas, had more than 40 percent of students fail at least one class from spring 2020 to spring 2021. There are some potential solutions.

Psychology 130

Psychology High School Professional Development Middle School 130

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2022

As leaders strive to convert their 2020 equity statements into action , they must evaluate whether their school cultures welcome Black ideas and foster networks of support. Embrace and trust Black teaching.

Education 27

Education Pedagogy Tradition Professional Development 27

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 1, 2024

public school enrollment in 2020, up from 8.1 Spanish was the most-reported home language among English learners in 2020, followed by Arabic. One Alabama town is trying to change that We can help address this problem by creating a highly trained, skilled and culturally competent educator workforce. These students made up 10.3

Tradition 122

Tradition Public School Professional Development Leadership 122

ED Surge

OCTOBER 19, 2022

By the end of the 2020-2021 school year we resumed in-person learning with full days. The dean of culture started hosting after-work gatherings at local eateries to bring staff together to unwind and connect outside of work, but most of us didn’t show up. After so much transition and uncertainty, we were exhausted and overwhelmed.

Leadership 112

Leadership Professional Development Cultures Middle School 112

Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2020

Because they are on-demand, micro-credentials also enable educators to continue their professional learning from home during periods like COVID-19 school closures and summer break. Micro-credentials launched in 2020. The Design Thinking Process.

Project-Based Learning 127

Project-Based Learning Library Professional Development Research 127

C3 Teachers

MARCH 30, 2022

Image of New York State Archives and Museum in Albany, New York Making connections with cultural centers offers educators a measure of expertise outside their own content knowledge and pedagogical skill. These advantages suggest why connections with cultural centers should matter to educators, students and the local community.

Cultures 52

Cultures Heritage Civic Engagement Civics 52

The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2024

Once the site of an Indian boarding school, where the federal government attempted to strip children of their tribal identity, the Native American Community Academy now offers the opposite: a public education designed to affirm and draw from each student’s traditional culture and language. The charter school, NACA, opened its doors in 2006.

Charter School 137

Charter School Heritage Education K-12 137

ED Surge

JULY 28, 2022

Take the actual dollar amounts received by tribes in 2020. Linda Smith, director of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Early Childhood Initiative Baesler explains that culturally relevant curriculum at the early childhood level makes a difference in the later success of Native students. million in mandatory funding.

Primary Sources 104

Primary Sources K-12 Professional Development Cultures 104

ED Surge

MAY 24, 2023

The murder of George Floyd in 2020 changed American culture, in part by invigorating interest in diversity, equity and inclusion. For some schools, this meant making a commitment to diversity in their mission statements, as well as creating plans intended to increase equity.

Professional Development 116

Professional Development Tradition Teaching History 116

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 8, 2022

I wanted to develop culture, systems, figure out curriculum and co-teaching, be with the students,” she explained. In a 2020 poll by the National Association of Secondary School Principals, 45 percent of principals said that pandemic working conditions were “accelerating their plans to leave the profession.”.

Leadership 123

Leadership High School Professional Development Cultures 123

ED Surge

JUNE 1, 2023

The region overall is still trying to recover from enrollment drops that started in the fall of 2020, the first full school year following the COVID-19 pandemic’s start. Those resources include bilingual teachers, professional development for staff and the ability to communicate with parents, she adds.

Professional Development 113

Professional Development Charter School Private School Public School 113

The Hechinger Report

JULY 5, 2021

Fresh on Sankara-Jabar’s mind was an April 2020 incident in which the police were called on a Black 7-year-old with autism in Washington, D.C., The funding could also help schools invest in training in cultural competency and diversify their workforces. who had trouble keeping his mask on.

Elementary School 140

Elementary School High School Cultures Professional Development 140

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 13, 2022

One particularly gripping data point demonstrates that of school districts that were remote for most of 2020-21, high-poverty schools experienced 50 percent more achievement loss than low-poverty schools. For many students, in-person learning and services are essential; other students would benefit from more flexibility and options.

Social Justice 97

Social Justice K-12 Pedagogy Professional Development 97

ED Surge

MAY 30, 2023

American University Pays Tutors American University’s School of Education established the Future Teacher Tutors Program in fall 2020. We found that the combined effect of tutors' knowledge of both reading development and culturally responsive pedagogy was significantly correlated with students' reading development,” Sodani shared in an email.

Tutoring 145

Tutoring K-12 Education Pedagogy 145

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Should you ding a lesson because it doesn’t include diverse authors or cover culturally diverse topics? I view that as a failure of… their teacher education programs and their in-service professional development programs in the school districts that they work in.” Reasonable people can disagree.

High School 126

High School Pedagogy Research Professional Development 126

ED Surge

AUGUST 12, 2022

For those who are considering entering the field, Colorado is offering incentives such as free professional development to get folks trained and up to speed, as well as $5,000 bonuses after they become licensed. Early childhood educators are tired and burned out from the onslaught of changes since early 2020. And so is she. “I

Advocacy 110

Advocacy Government Leadership Library 110

ED Surge

OCTOBER 5, 2022

In this instance, like so many others in school, a counselor would be helpful for the student to process this trauma, but preventing the trauma from occurring in the first place through things like inclusive gender practices and professional development around gender identity would be more impactful.

Charter School 101

Charter School Advocacy Leadership Professional Development 101

Studies Weekly

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Race, culture, and socio-economic status can affect how prepared a student is to gain literacy or math skills, but phenomena-based instruction that pulls directly from the observable world around students puts all students on equal footing. Phenomena-based Science Instruction Creates Equitable Learning Environments Jan.

Lesson Plan 52

Lesson Plan K-12 Professional Development Economics 52

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 5, 2022

NEW ORLEANS—Before the 2020-21 school year, Christa Talbott, a 20-year veteran of New Orleans schools, had never considered leaving the profession she loved this early. By the end of 2020, the 44-year-old was agonizing over whether the school year might be her last teaching there. This story also appeared in Time. Into a burning house.

Leadership 145

Leadership Charter School Cultures Social Studies 145

Sapiens

MARCH 19, 2024

THE FOREST-SHROUDED ESTATE On an island 300 kilometers west of mainland Africa, in 2020, our small team began down a barely visible path flanked by shoulder-high, shimmering capim grass. Other objects, including fragments of African ceramics and a cowrie shell, show the perseverance of cultural traditions among the enslaved workers.

Heritage 108

Heritage Archaeology History Government 108

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Technically, it was a normal districtwide professional development day: one without students, where school staff members are expected to come and learn something new, refine existing skills or plan upcoming lessons. When Rand surveyed teachers during the 2020-21 school year, nearly 1 in 4 said they were likely to leave.

Professional Development 143

Professional Development Public School Elementary School Middle School 143

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 21, 2020

This spring, when George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer, “kids were upset, they were angry, they were enraged, they thought how is this still happening, this is 2020,” said West, executive director of the East Cleveland Neighborhood Center. His group tried to stay connected with students during the shutdowns.

Charter School 145

Charter School Professional Development Research Leadership 145

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

LOUISVILLE Just blocks from where hundreds of protestors gathered near the Ohio River waterfront after the death of Breonna Taylor in 2020 sits Central High School. She cited the film Black Panther as one example, combining images of various African cultures with advanced technology.

History 98

History American History Teaching K-12 98

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 8, 2017

It’s one effort to help avert a brewing crisis for New Orleans schools: By 2020, the city will need to hire more than 900 teachers annually, an increase of nearly 40 percent from 2010, according to estimates by New Schools for New Orleans. For some of my students, I’m the first black teacher they’ve ever had,” he said. “As

Teaching 87

Teaching Charter School Professional Development Public School 87

Maitri Learning

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The challenge here is that the training program must adapt to the culture. They can also be used as a professional development tool for schools trying to creating common ground across different trainings. We must follow the needs of the adult just like Dr. Montessori taught us to follow the needs of the child. Cabrera, I.,

Psychology 52

Psychology K-12 Pedagogy Professional Development 52

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2024

By 2000, it had grown to 13 percent, and in 2020, it was almost 40 percent. A self-described Southern conservative and man of faith from rural Alabama, Grimes, 48, set about overhauling instruction for English learners, establishing culturally relevant extracurriculars and reaching out to the Hispanic community. They love family.

High School 145

High School K-12 Professional Development Heritage 145

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 9, 2024

As the grandchild of Mexican immigrants, she didnt find her language or culture welcome in the school. Little Mexican girls see their culture celebrated on the walls of every classroom. Flores was punished for speaking Spanish in this classroom in 1953. Credit: Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local Flores only spoke Spanish.

Elementary School 120

Elementary School Education K-12 History 120

Edthena

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Courtney Groskin are Learning Coaches with the Office of Professional Development in St. How do you build a culture of trust for teachers using video? And here we are in 2020, where now, every teacher across the country is experiencing this capturing of videos. Violet Christensen and? Adam Geller: Yeah.

Teaching 98

Teaching Artifacts Research Professional Development 98

Zinn Education Project

MARCH 7, 2024

We share the text of their conversation for discussion in high school classrooms and professional development workshops. The most important thing they did is they redefined their crime, not as crimes of nationality, of an innate culture. Her solution was not to denigrate the cultures of these people.

Primary Sources 98

Primary Sources History Economics K-12 98

Society for Classical Studies

JANUARY 1, 2024

Her work as Placement Officer set a new model for the field for professional development, and she created the gold-standard format for a Classics c.v.—one She established the Placement Service at UNC, committed to seeing all graduated students fully employed. one can always recognize a c.v. in the James lineage.

Pedagogy 52

Pedagogy Social Justice Leadership Teaching 52

ED Surge

JANUARY 16, 2023

On April 15, 2020, high school teachers in the Newton Public Schools district near Boston were doing what K-12 teachers were doing across the country: They were teaching on Zoom. Finally, many teachers took on programming, curriculum development and professional development by themselves. Participants from across the U.S.

K-12 104

K-12 Education Leadership Professional Development 104

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2023

She was 8 in January 2020, when earthquakes rocked the island, closing her school for three months while engineers inspected its physical structures to make sure they were safe for students to return. Like more than 260 other schools across Puerto Rico with low enrollment, it was closed permanently as part of wider cost cutting measures.

Elementary School 122

Elementary School Tutoring Government Library 122

ED Surge

APRIL 30, 2025

An Unsurprising Development Chris Curran, director of the Education Policy Research Center at the University of Floridas College of Education, says that hes not surprised by the executive order given how education has become front-and-center in todays culture wars. Source: U.S. Public Schools." What Does the Data Say?

Research 108

Research Government Education Policy Cultures 108