Digital Promise

OCTOBER 19, 2017

According to Ken Montgomery, Executive Director of Design Tech High School (“d.tech”), a charter school in Northern California, “The world is going to change quickly and unpredictably, so the best thing that we can do for kids is give them a mindset and skillset that whatever the world is like, they can succeed and find their path.”.

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TCI

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

We’ll discuss the findings from state evaluations, the importance of high-quality instructional materials, what defines HQIM in social studies, and how they can transform classrooms into environments that inspire active citizenship. History in elementary and middle school; also require at least one year of U.S.

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Civics Teaching Civic Engagement Social Studies 98

A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 3, 2013

This was the one solid solution I had at keeping abreast of my digital footprint as well as the latest news about New Milford High School. I immediately downloaded it in an effort to see if it could hold a candle to Google Alerts. Now I was downright frustrated.

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Educational Technology High School Education 298

A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Use the sidebar on the left to add useful links (school website, alumni groups, athletic schedules, Twitter feed). Check out this tutorial and the page I created for New Milford High School. Create an account then download Dropbox on your computers, smartphone, and any other mobile device that you have (i.e.

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Education Educational Technology EdTech Professional Development 345

A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 19, 2012

As I download all of the apps on these devices, the majority of their time is spent engaged in games that require thought, creativity, and sometimes collaboration. My point here is that many children across the world have access to, and are using, technology outside of school in a variety of ways.

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Global Connections Educational Technology Classroom Management Professional Development 349

A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 18, 2013

For those of you on Android devices, you can download Sanderling in the Google Play Store.) An Estuary Edscape New Milford High School Sanderling' To get signed up go to www.sanderling.io and use the code "edscape13" to register. Looking forward to seeing you Saturday 10/19 at New Milford HS ! The An Estuary Team.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 14, 2014

I''m not going to lie, New Milford High School is an amazing place to work. With these elements in place the stage is set for innovation and the creation of a school culture that works for students in the digital age. I count my blessings everyday that I work in a school where daily inspiration is the norm.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 1, 2012

Danielle is a foreign language teacher at Ramapo High School in NJ and currently enrolled as a graduate student at the College of NJ. Image credit: [link] Though I am not too far removed from high school, students today are very different than they were even six years ago, when I was a senior.

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Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 28, 2024

After some trial and error, I have developed my own method for teaching annotation, which I’ll share here, along with the process my colleague Irene Yannascoli uses at the high school level. Click here to make a copy of the high school process for your Google Drive. Responsive annotation does just this.

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Teaching Pedagogy High School Library 356

Cult of Pedagogy

MARCH 2, 2025

In the very first minute of my first day teaching at Eastern Senior High School in Washington, DC, I received a rude awakening. You’ll get access to our members-only library of free downloads, including 20 Ways to Cut Your Grading Time in Half , the e-booklet that has helped thousands of teachers save time on grading.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

New Milford High School proudly joined 37 states, 15,000 teachers, and over 2 million students on February 1 for the inaugural Digital Learning Day. This day, however, was not really much different than any other day at NMHS as we have made a commitment to integrate digital learning into school culture for some time now.

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Library History Cultures Educational Technology 271

Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 13, 2022

What if, instead of a list of required courses, high school was organized around the opportunity to contribute?” Download this file. ” Vander Ark & Liebtag, Difference Making at the Heart of Learning , 2021 (p. See also my other slides. Related Posts. 5 great slides about technology, learning, and change.

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High School Leadership 138

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Five reviewers rated most of the online materials that teachers download as “mediocre” or “probably not worth using.” This first study certainly casts doubt on the content of these lessons in high school English. Polikoff hopes to extend this analysis beyond the narrow slice of high school English to other subjects and grades.

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High School Pedagogy Research Professional Development 119

Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 16, 2016

The latest results are available from the annual Gallup poll of middle and high school students. download a larger version of this image ]. . download a larger version of this image ]. The biggest indictment of our schools is not their failure to raise test scores above some politically-determined line of ‘proficiency.’

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High School Leadership Teaching 53

Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 1, 2024

Program 1: Educators Rising Educators Rising is a national grow-your-own program that nurtures middle and high school students who want to become teachers. Through school-based chapters, EdRising gives students training and clinical teaching experience before they ever set foot on a college campus. .

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Social Justice Pedagogy Library Leadership 206

Cult of Pedagogy

JANUARY 10, 2024

So teaching them how to do this well while they are in school is time well spent. The creators of the website-building platform Wix have created Wix Tomorrow, a free suite of resources designed to teach middle and high school students how to create their own websites.

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Lesson Plan Pedagogy Classroom Management Teaching 130

Cult of Pedagogy

JANUARY 21, 2024

Yet, of 112 those tests, only 16 or 17 were large-scale, federally-mandated but state-specific standardized tests (Math and ELA, once a year in grades 3-8 and once in high school, plus possibly a science assessment.) Testing Wars in the Public Schools: A Forgotten History. Harvard University Press. Stewart, A. Chicago Review.

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Pedagogy Project-Based Learning Library Research 244

Thrive in Grade Five

MARCH 23, 2019

One day, I was browsing Facebook and saw a short video, obviously made by high school students, making fun of Parliament’s reaction to the Boston Tea Party. ” Once students have downloaded an image, they need to add text. Example, “Civil War families” or “dogs 19th Century.”

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History Primary Sources Social Studies Library 130

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Without the proper infrastructure , options for families in Ector County are often limited to satellite internet, which can be expensive and unreliable, with very slow download speeds. Some families in the western and southern portion of the County can only purchase a maximum of 25 megabits per second of download speed.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 25, 2017

Getting STEM majors to become teachers has proven completely ineffective as a way to provide the number of new STEM teachers we need to close the gap in high school STEM access. We are the leading resource for free, downloadable, editable STEM course materials, with over two million downloads to date.

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Education Lesson Plan Tradition Teaching 93

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 9, 2016

We at Digital Promise are very excited about the launch of the filmMAKER Challenge , an opportunity for middle and high school students to learn about and engage in product design and filmmaking. The filmMAKER Challenge is open to any group of middle or high school age students, with the support of a teacher, coach, or other mentor.

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High School Humanities Education 81

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Green beans and other vegetables growing in the computer-controlled climate of a hydroponic farm in an old shipping container at Boston Latin School. who teaches a high school vocational course in hydroponics and aquaculture. Boston Latin has a cheaper, earlier version, paid for with a green-schools grant.

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Middle School Lesson Plan High School Tradition 111

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

Jakayla concentrates on her last assignment of the school year. Her high school had recently closed in response to the coronavirus pandemic and shifted to distance learning. Johnson dropped out of high school at 17, soon after learning she was pregnant with Kentiona. Credit: Terri Johnson.

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Education High School Economics Public School 145

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 3, 2022

A research group at Johns Hopkins University, the Everyone Graduates Center , downloaded data on each state’s absenteeism from the Department of Education website, ED Data Express , and shared it with Attendance Works, which, in turn, shared it with me.). Some states did not require taking daily attendance in 2020-21.

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Advocacy Public School Elementary School High School 100

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 29, 2017

Each year, when they get to campus, more than half a million American college students have to take so-called remedial or developmental education classes to teach them basic math and English skills they should have learned in high school. Click on a state’s name to download the file for that state or system.

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K-12 Sociology High School Education Policy 108

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 15, 2020

districts the organization is tracking were planning to offer summer school for elementary and middle school students in 2020, as of the latest update , on June 9. Summer school is more prevalent for high schools students to retake failed classes.) Only slightly more than half of the 100 U.S.

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Research Middle School Library Elementary School 145

Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 29, 2024

Tier 6: Test Pulling Nate When I was in high school, I cheated on a social studies test. You’ll get access to our members-only library of free downloads, including 20 Ways to Cut Your Grading Time in Half , the e-booklet that has helped thousands of teachers save time on grading.

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K-12 Teaching Pedagogy Library 256

Digital Promise

OCTOBER 25, 2017

New Mexico School for the Arts (NMSA) is a high school that boasts rigorous academic and mastery arts curricula for students from across the state. Below we share recommendations that can help other schools as they experiment with implementing new research-based practices.

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Research Leadership Learning Science High School 136

Dangerously Irrelevant

DECEMBER 16, 2015

My local high school recently was named the top high school in Iowa by Niche.com , a school and college ranking site. Today the Iowa Department of Education issued its first-ever school report cards. I downloaded the Department’s school report card data and combined them with its free lunch data.

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Advocacy High School Education Policy Research 37

Dangerously Irrelevant

AUGUST 27, 2018

Tonight, I want you to go on the internet and download some worksheets on quadratic equations – try for at least 20 of them … on each side of the page, spend some time memorizing the periodic table, and while you’re at it memorize the major dates, battles, and generals associated with the American Civil War.

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Tutoring Tradition History High School 88

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

Eric Bredder (second from left), a teacher at Monticello High School, confers with students using the CNC milling machine, one of several computer-guided fabrication tools used by his classes. If some kids can go home and learn, discover and backfill information, while other kids’ learning stops at school, that’s a huge problem.”.

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Library Middle School High School Government 103

The Hechinger Report

JULY 26, 2018

As an assistant principal at West Nassau High School in rural Florida, I’m continuously searching for ways to address this issue. I have witnessed how online curricula, such as Teachers Pay Teachers for Schools , have changed the minds of even the teachers most skeptical of online materials. Sign up for our newsletter.

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Lesson Plan High School Humanities Teaching 78

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 22, 2021

With libraries shuttered and bookstores a nonessential trip, many parents have downloaded book after book on tablets and smartphones to keep their little ones reading. Photo: Sarah Garland/The Hechinger Report. Digital picture books have been a godsend during the pandemic.

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Research Social Justice Library Teaching 145

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2020

For kindergarten online, all I had to do was share a link to the website, and families could watch videos for lessons, then download and print worksheets for their kids. I directed them to Teach@Home , a free website that has simple activities and printable manipulatives that cover the basics for pre-K through fifth grade.

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Public School Teaching Humanities Education 120

Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 2, 2023

Ask most adults if they remember anything they learned in high school, and what you’re likely to hear is a lot of different versions of no. Ask most high school kids if they remember what they learned last year , and you’ll probably get the same answer. Over 50,000 teachers have already joined—come on in.

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Project-Based Learning Pedagogy Humanities Leadership 130

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Students sit in an Advanced Placement physics class in a high school in Holmes County, Mississippi. Research shows students who receive a 3 or higher on an AP exam in high school are more likely to have a higher college GPA and stay in college than students who score poorly or who do not take an AP exam.

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High School Humanities Public School Research 61

Catlin Tucker

JULY 30, 2024

Combine all of this with the data showing that almost seventy-five percent of high school students reported negative feelings about school , and it’s clear we need an education transformation. I hope individuals, teaching teams, schools, and districts will use this tool to reflect, discuss, and take action. profession.

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Education K-12 Classroom Management Teaching 112