A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 11, 2017

There is a great deal of research and evidence out there that pretty much debunks the claims of many in the world of education reform that accountability systems based solely on student achievement data have any merit. Integrate more opportunities for play in K-12. No, this is not a post about value-added evaluation practices.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The Lourie Center’s therapeutic nursery program offers a comprehensive early childhood program that provides education and clinical services. Lucas’ teachers and therapeutic staff at the Lourie Center were able to provide remarkably nurturing, attentive care and education for Lucas. He is happily preparing for kindergarten next fall.

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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.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

In the last few years, the American education system has been bludgeoned by changes that have upended decades of progress toward better academic, economic and social outcomes for all. These dangerous culture wars will wreak havoc on education and education policy for years to come. Teaching is inherently activist.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Pioneering districts in the League of Innovative Schools are at the forefront of incorporating computer science education in K-12, leading large-scale initiatives to integrate coding and computational thinking into their curricula. Community Engagement and Advocacy. Relevance to Students. The post What Is Your Why?:

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ED Surge

AUGUST 29, 2022

In a deal quietly announced last week, K-12 educational software services company Renaissance Learning acquired Illuminate Education for an undisclosed amount. PowerSchool also acquired Hoonuit the year before —which was supposed to help them thread together formative assessment results and students’ educational outcomes.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2025

Starting this fall, Alabama high school students can choose to take these classes or any other state-approved career and technical education courses in place of upper level math and science, such as Algebra 2 or chemistry. adults have a lot of confidence in higher education, according to a 2024 Gallup poll. Department of Education.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2021

Rita Green, the Washington state education chair for the NAACP, volunteered on the parent-teacher group at Rainier Beach High from 2007 to 2016. The real issue is Washington state just needs to fully fund education. A key priority at the meeting: Ensuring all children had access to a good education and skilled teachers.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2023

I hear frequently from those in business that younger employees, directly out of K-12 or higher education, are looking for direction. The rigid structure of the traditional K-12 education system leaves little room for students to engage in real-world problem-solving scenarios. They should be.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2020

Why has this happened, and how does it affect black male students in their K-12 academic journeys? Board of Education Supreme Court ruling, African American teachers were pushed out of schools and out of the teaching profession to make integration more appealing to white families. After the 1954 Brown v.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2020

Educators have known about this problem for a long time. And the level of advocacy and support for a solution has snowballed. Digital Bridge K-12 has a guide for collecting that data. School buildings are closed because of coronavirus, and the bandwidth that powered digital learning for kids is going unused.

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ED Surge

MAY 28, 2024

Last July, California adopted a new K-12 math framework. Relying on teacher recommendations or parent advocacy to decide which students are ready, many schools have not been able to get enough talented students from disadvantaged backgrounds into seats in algebra classrooms.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 5, 2023

This movement came after decades of structured, organized advocacy , much of which started after the commission’s report. More recently, advocates have presented child care as a public good and a right, similar to K-12 education. If you’d like to chat about that topic, feel free to email me at jem2231@columbia.edu.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 27, 2022

It’s no secret that the education system is struggling to adapt to the new digital risks that come with its rushed switch to digital forced by the pandemic. Lawmakers have been taking note, resulting in a steep increase in data-related bills affecting education since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. What’s In The Bills?

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 5, 2024

She became a special education teacher, and said she never stops thinking about how to create a world in which a young Black student like herself could be taught to work with (instead of against) her learning differences, to reach her full potential. And how do we create a space for all learners to thrive according to their unique design?”

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ED Surge

AUGUST 9, 2022

As an education community, we are beginning to understand the depth of the pandemic’s impact, especially on our students of color, our English Language learners and our students with disabilities. We, as an education community, must commit to the principles of Universal Design for Learning for the benefit of all learners.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 26, 2020

this spring, educators have been faced with a challenge: How do we ensure that our students can safely engage in school this fall? We advocate for our programs to ensure that our students receive the highest quality music education, year in and year out. Our district decided to start grades K-2 in person and grades 3-12 virtually.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2021

As educators reflect on the disruptions of the past two academic years, they’re increasingly gravitating toward the kind of personalized, “move on when you’re ready” learning being practiced at Parker-Varney. Lillian Pace, vice president of policy and advocacy, KnowledgeWorks. It’s a view that’s catching on. Credit: Daniel Joseph.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 16, 2020

In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, districts and educators have been tasked with shifting teaching and learning online, and many are seeking resources to support learning in this new environment. We recognize that while educators adapt to new realities, they remain dedicated to their students’ well-being and learning.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2018

. Imagine hundreds of thousands of parents protesting the ways in which schools educate their children. Standardized testing is a common feature in K-12 schooling in the United States, with federal legislation requiring since 2002 that states test virtually all children in grades 3-8 in mathematics and English language arts.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 17, 2015

Notes from the UNI Education Summit in Cedar Falls, Iowa a couple of weeks ago… Website. I’m glad there are so many educators here; I always feel safer in a room of teachers! He said, “You’ve had a wonderful education. The city department of education sent me out as a substitute. My first day was in kindergarten.

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ED Surge

MAY 5, 2023

Recently, EdSurge podcast host Carl Hooker discussed with field experts how educators can foster creativity for college and career readiness. Tacy Trowbridge Lead for Global Education Thought Leadership & Advocacy Adobe What importance does creativity play when it comes to college and career pathways?

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ED Surge

JULY 19, 2023

At a time when school districts are spending money on edtech like never before, it’s perhaps natural that some educators would be skeptical about both the pace and enthusiasm behind it. Equal Access Doesn’t Mean Equally Helpful Edward Gonzalez oversees open educational resources for the Kern County Superintendent of Schools in California.

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Anthropology News

OCTOBER 7, 2024

As requested by the local Tibetan community, a linguistic anthropologist (Ward) and graduate student (Moli) adapted the Buddhist-inspired framework of SEE Learning to facilitate reflections on best practices in Tibetan heritage language education.

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ED Surge

JUNE 14, 2023

This year marks the first time since 2012 that a majority of undocumented high schoolers who are graduating won’t be able to apply to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known simply as DACA, according to a new report from the immigrant advocacy group FWD.us. They have the right to this education thanks to Plyler v.

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ED Surge

APRIL 8, 2024

In August 2019, she opened Miss Tiffany’s Early Childhood Education House, a child care center run in her home in Weirton, West Virginia. She got up early and stayed open late to accommodate people who worked 12-hour shifts and needed to drop kids off as early as 5 a.m. For some reason we don’t see child care as education,” Gale says.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Department of Education launched an unusual marketing blitz. And the group found that in the fall of 2020-21, 20 percent of undergraduate teacher-education programs had seen enrollment drops of 11 percent or more because of the pandemic. Earlier this month, the U.S. So how are teacher prep programs responding?

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ED Surge

MARCH 20, 2024

Teaching creativity and creative thinking in K-12 has always been valued but often challenging to implement. However, amid this advancement, some educators new to teaching creative thinking wonder if creative AI will enable, or replace, students’creative thinking for students. That end-to-end process is creative thinking.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 10, 2022

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Subscribe today! Phil Murphy’s desk for a signature. .

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 13, 2022

BB2C fosters student, business, and civic relationships to inspire career choice through experience, entrepreneurship, and education. With BB2C’s first micro-credential, they verify the educator’s skill in developing and implementing real world, problem-based learning with community partners.*. Delaware Department of Education.

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ED Surge

MAY 20, 2024

Mysa’s tuition costs parents who don’t receive aid around $20,000 a year, comparable to what it costs the government to educate a student in a public school. The school doesn’t have grades, and it tries to give students a way to really pursue their educational interests. Ultimately, Fiske says, the goal is personalized learning.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 30, 2018

No more simply “sitting on your butt in class,” as one educator put it. We have to engage in a movement,” Susan Patrick, CEO of the nonprofit advocacy group known as iNACOL (International Association for K-12 Online Learning), told the cheering crowd of 3,000 true believers. We’ve been down this road before.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 10, 2022

But if you’re reading this article—if you’re engaged enough in education to be reading EdSurge—you probably don’t believe that data. Just making a personal phone call while at work is something that most college-educated professionals take for granted, but it’s incredibly difficult for teachers. And for good reason. So let’s imagine.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 10, 2018

“Personalized learning” is among the most discussed initiatives in education today. Higher Education. Caroline Hill, chief of school creation and transformation at CityBridge Education, a Washington, D.C. Most schools nationwide say they’ve implemented personalized learning, to some degree. Future of Learning.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 10, 2021

We know that these obstacles exist, and we haven’t addressed them,” said Wil Del Pilar, vice president for higher education policy, practice and research at the Education Trust, a nonprofit organization that focuses on helping students of color and low-income students. What are you going to do?” Ortiz-Licon said. The post ??Why

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2023

Credit: Lily Estella Thompson for The Hechinger Report This year, Harpeth Valley flagged just 12 third graders as needing extra reading support, but the requirements of the expansive Tennessee law could put far more students at risk of retention. But some educators say the expectations Tennessee has set for its students are too high.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

His ruling reminded all of us that our state has a constitutional obligation to fulfill a right of the highest importance: a great public education. Instead of focusing on inputs (how much we should be spending on education, do children have updated textbooks, desks, etc.), Moukawsher took the long view.

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