The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

A spring 2020 survey found that only 3 percent of teachers felt that administrators were addressing their social and emotional needs during remote learning. High-quality professional development in remote teaching practices and technology can help.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 19, 2022

I say a few affirmative words aloud to center myself, then I reach into a drawer and pull out a small bottle of lavender aromatherapy that my leadership team gave me as a “wellness gift.” By the end of the 2020-2021 school year we resumed in-person learning with full days. For a moment, like Calgon, I’m taken away.

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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. Already, 26 states have some formal policy in place around microcredentials to support either licensure or professional development. These students made up 10.3 percent of U.S.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 18, 2022

But with the rapid shift to remote learning in 2020, teachers and students alike have become much more proficient with communication and collaboration tools, along with other educational applications. Hattie noted that this has the greatest influence on student achievement. Yet, this is only a starting point.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 11, 2022

On March 18th, 2020, my principal pulled me into a meeting with the superintendent, principals, and assistant principals from other high schools in the district. Support Through the Pandemic As the safer-at-home orders extended into the 2019-2020 school year came to an end, the leadership team met to discuss how we would support our students.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Key components of the one-to-one Literacy Initiative include: Increasing student access to devices to help support oral language development, language production, and efficiency. Providing professional development to support teachers’ effective use of technology in classrooms.

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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.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 5, 2020

The Empowering Students as Creators micro-credential is designed to help all teacher librarians reflect, validate, and get feedback on their leadership and teaching in support of student design and creation in the library. Competency-based performance is not the same as traditional professional development.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 23, 2021

When COVID closed the door on in-person schooling in spring 2020, one of the biggest concerns for school districts was how to address the needs of students who experience cognitive learning challenges and/or physical disabilities. Leigh Bozard, Director of Special Projects, SELF (Special Education Leadership Fellowship).

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Digital Promise

MARCH 27, 2019

When we launched the Dynamic Learning Project (DLP), a program from EdTechTeam, Google, and Digital Promise that empowers school leaders to transform instruction across every classroom for every student, we wanted to put teachers in control of their professional development. 3 Steps: How to Use the Strategy Menu.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 12, 2022

This week, the Aspen Institute announced its 2022 Ascend fellows, a cohort of 22 individuals hailing from a range of disciplines including medicine, research, entrepreneurship, government and policy, and nonprofit leadership and advocacy. Early childhood educators are tired and burned out from the onslaught of changes since early 2020.

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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.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2024

Still, the network dispatches experts on finance, community engagement, student experience, curriculum and professional development. That school opened in fall 2020, at the height of the pandemic, and suffered from low enrollment and poor finances, according to the charter’s board of directors.

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ED Surge

MAY 30, 2023

American University Pays Tutors American University’s School of Education established the Future Teacher Tutors Program in fall 2020. It started off as a way to bring high-impact tutoring to elementary school students in northeast Washington, D.C.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 16, 2018

The City Council, largely supportive of Pre-K 4 SA, will decide whether the program’s continuation will make it onto the 2020 ballot. She said she sees clear evidence, as do others in her field, that developing those skills helps students persevere, work with others and think critically. $35 I don’t regret it at all,” she said.

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K-12 Professional Development Public School Advocacy 88

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 18, 2023

As a result, the difference between Black and White students’ scores widened from 35 points in 2020 to 42 points in 2023. It really allowed me to really own my leadership skills,” she said. White students had a six-point decrease between the three years. Welner pointed to the Rockville Centre school district on Long Island, N.Y.,

Middle School 112

Middle School High School Professional Development Leadership 112

Digital Promise

JUNE 30, 2020

As Team ASCENT sought avenues to bridge rural connections and build social capital, it was selected as one of 10 teams to participate in the Minds That Move Us adult career pathway design challenge led by ECMC Foundation and the Institute for Educational Leadership.

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Government High School Professional Development Leadership 90

Edthena

MARCH 9, 2021

Literacy and leadership expert, Doug Fisher, published The Distance Learning Playbook with co-authors Nancy Frey and John Hattie to guide teachers through research to understand what works best with distance learning to support students. . Doug was interviewed for the teacher professional development blog PLtogether.

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Teaching K-12 Critical Thinking Professional Development 52

Studies Weekly

MARCH 15, 2024

2020, September 7). Categories Corporate Educator Spotlight English Language Arts Lesson Plans Press Professional Development Science Social Studies Studies Weekly Online Summer School Teacher Tips Thinking on Education Tutorials Uncategorized Well-Being Recent Posts What is Universal Pre-K? Universal Pre-K. 2016, January 6).

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Studies Weekly

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

During the Apollo program he held several important management and leadership positions, including the lead Retrofire Officer on the Apollo 13 mission. 2, 2020, for AIP.org. A member of the Osage-Cherokee tribe, Elliot was the first indigenous person to obtain a degree in physics from the University of Oklahoma.

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Edthena

AUGUST 13, 2021

Since 2011, Adam has overseen the evolution of Edthena from a paper-based prototype into a research informed and patented platform used by schools districts, teacher training programs, and professional development providers. And what thoughts do you have about professional learning, especially under the current conditions?

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Teaching K-12 Lesson Plan Professional Development 98

ED Surge

DECEMBER 13, 2023

In early spring this year, the local chapter of my teacher professional development organization held our first in-person conference since the pandemic. Having served on the leadership team of our local PD organization for many years, I’ve planned numerous conferences and knew what needed to be done, but this year was different.

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Professional Development K-12 Leadership Teaching 137

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 18, 2020

Anyone who insults a woman who pursues a leadership position as being too ambitious has an agenda of their own — sexism. While the vast majority of teachers are women, it’s hard for women to move up into leadership roles in the public-school system. percent in 2020. percent in 2010 to 26.68 Representation matters.

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Education Leadership Elementary School Public School 145

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.

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Leadership Charter School Cultures Social Studies 145

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.

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Charter School Professional Development Research Leadership 145

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

They said that giftedness could also be creativity, and found that a high IQ score did not necessarily correspond with leadership, professional accomplishment or even success in school. For fall 2020, the parents of 403 children applied to Olmsted’s elementary gifted program and 39 to Eve’s, according to data the district provided.

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Education Elementary School High School Public School 145

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 16, 2021

And students who were in eighth grade in March 2020 will be entering high school for the first time, as 10th graders, with teachers they haven’t met in person yet, and will need multiple systems of support to help navigate this new environment.

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K-12 Elementary School Library Professional Development 139

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2024

By 2000, it had grown to 13 percent, and in 2020, it was almost 40 percent. But as Grimes’ star rose statewide, according to local educators and residents, his relationship with city leadership started to unravel. Russellville’s Hispanic population has grown from close to zero in the late 1980s to nearly 40 percent in 2020.

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High School K-12 Professional Development Heritage 145

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.

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Pedagogy Social Justice Leadership Teaching 52

Zinn Education Project

MARCH 7, 2024

We share the text of their conversation for discussion in high school classrooms and professional development workshops. One of the most fascinating parts of the book for me was how you develop this argument that Black education has been associated with criminality. Muhammad: I had not thought about this, Jesse.

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Primary Sources History Economics K-12 98

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.

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K-12 Education Leadership Professional Development 104

The Hechinger Report

MAY 28, 2021

” The day before the 2020 election, he created a commission that produced “ The 1776 Report ,” a counterpoint to “The 1619 Project.” Without more money for curricular and professional development, it will be hard for social studies teachers to do everything the roadmap asks of them.

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Social Studies Civics History American History 126

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2025

A series of natural disasters, including hurricanes, earthquakes, floods and landslides, followed by the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, has pounded the island and interrupted learning. If you have permanent governance, then even when the leadership changes, the work continues. There are some encouraging efforts. There is no consistency.

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