The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2020

After leading a handful of conferences and workshops for public school teachers over the last couple years, Acera is in the first year of a three-year, whole-school partnership with the Joseph G. Pyne Arts Magnet School in Lowell. Leaders at Pyne Arts and Acera are moving ahead optimistically and determinedly.

Public School 121

Public School Project-Based Learning Pedagogy Leadership 121

ED Surge

MAY 8, 2023

We’re not preparing teachers well in math, especially at the elementary level, says Yasemin Copur-Gencturk, an associate professor of education at the University of Southern California, whose research focuses on teacher education. She’s found that teachers have high levels of math anxiety. And the curriculum isn’t always good.

K-12 133

K-12 Critical Thinking Middle School Pedagogy 133

Achieve the Core

AUGUST 16, 2023

From the lens of an Instructional Math Coach, influencing the culture begins by impacting one student, one class, one teacher at a time. Discovering student assets helped me establish a culture and climate where each student’s thoughts are welcomed, appreciated, and respected. How do students feel when they enter your room?

Cultures 52

Cultures Pedagogy Middle School Elementary School 52

The Hechinger Report

JULY 24, 2019

At the elementary school she worked at before Sussex Tech, kids of all races played together, she said. “I More than a third of the students at Sussex Tech are students of color , but close to 90 percent of its teachers are white, a mismatch evident in many high schools today.

Cultures 112

Cultures Social Justice High School Pedagogy 112

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The government’s view isn’t that child care is a place to put children so parents can work, or even to prepare children for the rigors of elementary school. Nature and outdoor play are staples of Norwegian culture. Different culture,” she said, as she recalled the story. It’s about protecting childhood. “A

Pedagogy 145

Pedagogy Government Ancestry Cultures 145

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.

Tutoring 145

Tutoring K-12 Education Pedagogy 145

ED Surge

OCTOBER 3, 2023

So my big concern for what's happening to the teaching of literature has to do with the people that I call my ‘thinking partners’ all over the country — secondary teachers, middle school teachers, even elementary school teachers, who are really under threat. That includes librarians as well. But so much has changed.

K-12 112

K-12 Pedagogy High School American History 112

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

A school cannot provide students an outstanding education over several years unless virtually every teacher is on board. Regular no-blame, student-centered discussion of this data is a key step in promoting a collaborative school culture. Related: The future of proficiency-based education.

Charter School 93

Charter School Pedagogy Elementary School Middle School 93

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Elly Eckhoff, cooperating teacher at Paxton Keeley Elementary School. And candidates also struggle with how to navigate their relationships with colleagues; they don’t always understand school culture or a teacher’s other responsibilities, such as hallway and lunchroom duty, veteran teachers said.

Classroom Management 110

Classroom Management Lesson Plan Pedagogy Elementary School 110

Psych Learning Curve

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

In education, there are many buzzwords about effective pedagogy including real-world connection, critical thinking, and employing student voice. Mindfulness transforms culture at high-needs elementary school (NPR) A struggling elementary school in East Nashville, Tenn.,

Controversial Topics 52

Controversial Topics Psychology Elementary School Pedagogy 52

Digital Promise

JUNE 19, 2017

To effectively serve their students, they must have sophisticated knowledge and skills about content, pedagogy and students’ learning. Take Diedre (name changed), an elementary school special educator. This was so even when controlling for school demographic characteristics, such as the proportion of students living in poverty.

Education 56

Education Professional Development Pedagogy Cultures 56

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

A looming question is whether personalized learning that works in, say, a tight-knit, mission-driven charter school can be reliably translated into traditional district schools with many more students, less flexible schedules, keener standardized-test worries and cultures steeped in established ways of teaching and learning.

Charter School 88

Charter School Middle School Project-Based Learning Elementary School 88

Achieve the Core

JULY 26, 2023

It was amazing how just by setting this type of culture and climate empowered students to ask for a tool, re-engage with the task, and continue persevering in solving the problem. appeared first on Peers and Pedagogy. Some students asked for graph paper, rulers, protractors, and colored pencils. The post “Can I have this?

Pedagogy 52

Pedagogy Cultures Middle School Elementary School 52

Achieve the Core

AUGUST 14, 2023

The walls of your classroom create the learning environment your students enter every day and communicate the classroom culture you hope to create. The post 5 Strategies to Create Spaces that Spark Interest and Investment appeared first on Peers and Pedagogy.

Pedagogy 52

Pedagogy Cultures Teaching Middle School 52

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Saykhamphone and other Black students at the school found this lesson offensive, but their teacher did not understand why until students talked to Fairfax County’s culturally responsive pedagogy specialists to intervene. After the hearings the board went through the draft line by line, making further changes before its vote.

History 111

History American History Ancestry Pedagogy 111

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 24, 2018

Conversations about food, clothing and language can be the sum total of what they know about just a few cultures. This past year, for example, they researched and discussed the events in Charlottesville, Virginia, as well as gun violence in schools. Related: COLUMN: How teachers should talk to students about Trump’s racism.

Teaching 104

Teaching Social Justice Pedagogy Elementary School 104

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

These factors are situated squarely in enduring cultural, social, and historical issues of race in Mississippi.”. Related: Former educators answer call to return to school. A lack of morale and cultural competency. School board members approved the increase in May. Franz said. State inaction — local solutions.

Charter School 108

Charter School Economics Middle School Public School 108

Society for Classical Studies

OCTOBER 9, 2024

She was recognized early on as a precocious child, and she skipped a grade in elementary school on her way to graduating summa cum laude from Classical High School. She encouraged and supported those in the field who produce plays and who include performance in their pedagogy and scholarship on ancient drama.

Pedagogy 52

Pedagogy Elementary School Cultures History 52

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2017

Other places that are having a harder time, maybe they’ve either done this backwards and gone out and just purchased a lot of devices and haven’t changed any pedagogy,” said Shawn Rubin, chief education officer at the Highlander Institute. “Or It’s a lab state culture. It’s a lab state culture. We are willing to experiment.

Leadership 111

Leadership Charter School Pedagogy Elementary School 111