ED Surge

MAY 5, 2023

Relationships are critical in engaging students and families in meaningful and culturally appropriate ways, and are associated with increased literacy acquisition, lower dropout rates and improved attendance. Teacher induction involves components such as mentoring, professional development and coaching for those entering the field.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 10, 2024

Piacentini said the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, which runs PISA, is exploring the possible use of AI in several realms. And they could help tailor tests to a student’s specific cultural and educational context. There’s also the issue of bias embedded in many AI tools.

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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. Most important, the nonprofit says, is the framework for “open and culturally responsive practice” they’ve developed that’s best practice for OER.

Professional Development 123

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

These experiences provide a framework for learning that uses surroundings, communities, and cultures to invite inquiry, investigate biases, and deepen understanding. Schools exist in very different geographical, political, social, economic contexts, but deep truths can be transferred and applied. Education at Asia Society.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 12, 2022

will ultimately shift the country’s power base: Nearly one in three Americans say they are extremely or very concerned that native-born Americans are losing “economic, political and cultural influence” in this country because of the growing population of immigrants. race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender). Use primary sources.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

We wanted to see what the United States could learn from an education system that consistently receives top marks from UNICEF , the OECD and the World Economic Forum. Many of the insights that Finland has put into classroom practice have come from the United States and are applicable to children and cultures the world over.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2019

A panel commissioned by the mayor recently released a report calling for schools to mirror the demographics of their surrounding neighborhoods and to implement principles of culturally responsive education as a way to combat the city’s persistent achievement gap. Visiting other schools is the best professional development that exists.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

For this reason, teachers and administrators have to take steps to change the school culture. It’s important that school districts in rural, suburban, and urban areas ensure members of the school based staff have access to comprehensive professional development and understand cultural norms.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 21, 2022

Hollander said the project, which is structured as a fellowship, is set up to look at both aquatic and terrestrial science phenomena in the state, as well as social studies elements because “there is a lot of history around that changing landscape of Louisiana and the cultural groups that are affected as well.”.

Controversial Topics 118

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

The idea behind the Muñiz Academy, named for the longtime principal of Boston’s first dual-language elementary school (the Rafael Hernandez K-8 school), was that many Hispanic students would do better in schools that support their cultural background and, with it, the Spanish language. That’s what made it difficult,” she says.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 13, 2022

It shows that school closures widened both economic and racial inequality in learning — which was already at unacceptable rates prior to the pandemic. The latest study from Harvard’s Center for Education Policy Research is based on testing data from 2.1 million students across the country. Ngounou, Ed.L.D.,

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Digital Promise

APRIL 18, 2017

District leaders are looking to provide educators with personalized support that will identify and develop skills and practices to support powerful student learning – and micro-credentials are one such tool to meet this need.

Professional Development 69

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 24, 2017

Digital Promise gathered developers, researchers, educators, and thought leaders from the educator professional development field on January 9-10 in Redwood City, California, for The Future of Educator Micro-credentials Summit.

Education 82

Education Professional Development Leadership Economics 82

The Hechinger Report

JULY 11, 2018

There’s something about race that’s so fundamentally uncomfortable in our culture — especially when it intercepts with conversations about class and privilege.”. The C3 framework — the three Cs refer to college, career and civic life — includes curriculums in civics, economics, geography and history.

Social Studies 111

Social Studies Civics Controversial Topics Elementary School 111

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

The panel I spoke on responded to the work of Andreas Schleicher, education director for the intergovernmental Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Let’s be clear: Teachers who can’t understand students’ cultural backgrounds or teach complex ideas are no better than a computer that can’t.

Humanities 110

Humanities K-12 Civics Professional Development 110

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2024

I would think that number would be higher for those who wanted to do one but couldn’t,” Katie Nailler, director of the college’s Career and Professional Development Institute, said. The experience “changed my life,” she said, opening her eyes to new career possibilities as well as a new culture.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2022

The Carteret Public School District, in a diverse area of northern New Jersey, cobbled together several strategies at Columbus, which enrolls nearly 700 students, about 75 percent of whom are economically disadvantaged, according to district administrators.

Elementary School 119

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2017

The same is true for literacy and math coaches, who normally visit classrooms to provide real-time professional development for teachers. In the Niagara Falls City School District, 56 percent of students are children of color and 75 percent are considered economically disadvantaged.).

Library 89

Library Professional Development High School Economics 89

Political Science Now

AUGUST 1, 2024

Professor Levy is passionate about infusing social justice pedagogy in the teaching of Political Science courses and is committed to developing academic conference professional development sessions that focus on decolonizing pedagogy with an emphasis social justice in the teaching of Political Science Courses.

Political Science 55

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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

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C3 Teachers

APRIL 10, 2022

And then we began a partnership here with some intense professional development. You can address history, economics, sociology, you know all the facets of social studies. Some of the major goals were to address history told from multiple perspectives and told through a culturally responsive lens.

History 52

History Social Studies Sociology Professional Development 52

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

According to Berger, Crew fosters a schoolwide “culture and spirit of being on a team and looking out for each other.” New EL schools must first go through several months of professional development, classroom observation and co-teaching — both at the schools and at three-day intensive “institutes” off-site. How am I doing?

Middle School 111

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Yet they frequently struggle to pass sections of the Praxis or finish alternate route training programs, which are not typically offered at times or places that are convenient for working professionals. Photo: Eric Shelton for Mississippi Today/Report for America. Eric Shelton for Mississippi Today/Report for America.

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Tutoring High School Civics Teaching 94

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 10, 2017

No official count is kept, but interest is very high, according to Pamela Bernards, director of professional development at the National Catholic Educational Association. The 2008 economic crisis compounded the situation, as fewer families could afford tuition, said Patrick Haggarty, the superintendent of Seattle’s Catholic schools.

K-12 93

K-12 Charter School Public School Cultures 93

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 15, 2019

And Nichols College, where Maymon is a junior double-majoring in economics and finance, fit the same profile: small and with a comparatively low endowment and a student body drawn mostly from a few surrounding states. “It To reduce costs, a few are cutting money-losing programs. Nichols College is not immune to these issues.”.

Political Science 100

Political Science Government Professional Development Teaching 100

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

He believed that African Americans should embrace their heritage and culture and work together to overturn oppression. He encouraged Black Americans to work as communities to create their own system of producers and consumers to fight against economic discrimination.

Museum 52

Museum Social Studies Advocacy Heritage 52

Studies Weekly

MARCH 10, 2025

10, 2025 By Studies Weekly NEWSLETTER You only need to walk into a store and see St Patricks Day decorations to know Irish Americans have profoundly impacted our countrys culture. Most of these immigrants traveled from Ulster a province in northern Ireland to escape religious persecution and economic hardship.

American History 90

American History History Teaching Primary Sources 90

ED Surge

APRIL 18, 2022

Establish parent engagement teams with culturally competent family school liaisons to ensure families have a voice in their neighborhood schools. States and districts should publish student outcomes and opportunities for learning disaggregated by gender, race and economic status to foster open and honest dialogue (i.e.,

K-12 123

K-12 Education Government Tutoring 123

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 21, 2020

While the district has done social-emotional work in a piecemeal way in the past, all schools will now ask students to spend 30 minutes greeting each other and talking through their feelings each day, said Abigail Gray, deputy chief of school climate and culture. Related: Counseling kids during coronavirus: A tough job made even tougher.

Charter School 145

Charter School Professional Development Research Leadership 145

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

She cited the film Black Panther as one example, combining images of various African cultures with advanced technology. Victoria Trice, who teaches the pilot AP African American history course in Jefferson Public Schools, Kentucky Those kinds of discussions also require a supportive school culture and administration, she said.

History 98

History American History Teaching K-12 98

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 8, 2017

Those skeptical of the reforms would probably use harsher language,” said Douglas Harris, professor of economics at Tulane University, and director of the Education Research Alliance for New Orleans. “So After campers leave for the day, teaching fellows finish the workday with professional development sessions.

Teaching 84

Teaching Charter School Professional Development Public School 84

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Harper went to a professional development day at one of the district’s lowest-performing elementary schools. “We have to change the culture of education from one based on beliefs to one based on facts.” Teachers in the K-12 education system are used to professional development.

Elementary School 112

Elementary School K-12 Teaching Research 112

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 20, 2020

Ninety-six percent of children at the Walton Avenue School, a K-5 school in the Bronx he’d founded in 2013, face economic hardship, and about a third are homeless. He’d initially intended to tackle the school’s many challenges by focusing on curriculum, instruction and professional development.

Elementary School 145

Elementary School Professional Development Leadership Humanities 145

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2020

They will need to provide professional development to existing staff and break down silos between all student-facing functions, developing an “all-hands-on-deck” culture. Student affairs professionals must anticipate the challenges every student may face, along with the gaps they can fall through.

Psychology 124

Psychology Professional Development Economics Tradition 124

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 116

Elementary School Education K-12 History 116

TCI

OCTOBER 28, 2024

This broad field draws upon various disciplines, such as anthropology, archeology, economics, geography, history, law, and philosophy. It has enabled states to expand access to culturally relevant content, address equity concerns, and enhance students’ digital skills and civic readiness.

Social Studies 52

Social Studies Civics K-12 Geography 52

Zinn Education Project

MARCH 7, 2024

We share the text of their conversation for discussion in high school classrooms and professional development workshops. They are killed for the crime of their economic success. The most important thing they did is they redefined their crime, not as crimes of nationality, of an innate culture. Some were not.

Primary Sources 98

Primary Sources History Economics K-12 98