A Principal's Reflections
MAY 1, 2022
The pursuit of improvement is a never-ending journey. With all the disruption we have and will continue to see, changes to how we educate kids must be considered. We often see a great deal of investment in an array of ideas, strategies, and solutions with the goal of improving learning for all kids. I am all for anything that can benefit all students.
TeachThought
MAY 5, 2022
Learning in a synced classroom requires the ability to engage the same core material and the ability to engage the material independently. The post An Innovative Learning Model: How To Sync Your Classroom appeared first on TeachThought.
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The Hechinger Report
MAY 2, 2022
In high school, I was the only student of color in all but one of my advanced classes. Except for my time on the basketball team and some joyful moments in study hall, I didn’t see my friends from the neighborhood at school. I created a term to describe this experience: “academically alone.”. I rationalized my solitude by telling myself that I was unique.
World History Teachers Blog
APRIL 30, 2022
I plan to introduce my Current Events students to China's social credit system with a lesson that I found from another teacher, some outside readings, and a couple of video clips. China has instituted a series of initiatives and databases to monitor the trustworthiness of its citizens and companies. They do it by combining older and state-of-the-art technologies like phone scanners, facial recognition cameras, and fingerprint databases.
ED Surge
MAY 2, 2022
The University of Iowa recently released the final report for its Future of Work@Iowa project. The project sought to “reimagine” how and where employees work after the pandemic, with a focus on “understanding the long-term potential for remote and hybrid work, flexible schedules, and other types of work arrangements”—arrangements it collectively calls “flexible work.
Digital Promise
MAY 4, 2022
The post How Can AI Systems Support Teachers: 5 Big Ideas from the Learning Sciences appeared first on Digital Promise.
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 30, 2022
Vanessa Valenciano had high hopes for the certificate she earned at public Aims Community College in Colorado. After all, colleges have been advertising these kinds of credentials as the next best thing to a degree. This story also appeared in The Washington Post. But when Valenciano tried to get a job in the subject that she’d studied — automotive upholstery — she couldn’t.
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ED Surge
MAY 6, 2022
“Now is the time,” said a recent promotional email from Udemy, a library of online courses. The ad promised courses on coding websites and minting NFTs for cut rates as low as $13.99, but only during a two-day “flash sale.” Limited time offers like flash sales are just one example of the kinds of marketing gimmicks that have become common in the past few years as the internet has become flooded with online course providers promising to help people learn new skills to get ahead in their careers o
Digital Promise
MAY 3, 2022
The post Bringing Students from the Edge to the Forefront of Edtech appeared first on Digital Promise.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 5, 2022
I took calculus as a high school senior. It was the ultimate destination on the advanced math track. Only 20 or so students at the large Catholic all-girls school I attended in Chicago were in the class. Back then, there was a four-year sequence: algebra, geometry, trigonometry, then calculus. It was an academic badge of honor. By the spring of 12th grade, I had been accepted to both selective colleges where I applied — one public and one private.
Education Elements
MAY 2, 2022
In our work with districts across the country, we frequently hear questions about instructional materials–from how to select high quality programs that match their needs, to building processes that are inclusive of key stakeholders, to developing sustainable processes for regularly reviewing and refining curriculum, just to name a few. Oftentimes, we see teams wanting to jump directly into reviewing materials or selecting a new program.
ED Surge
MAY 5, 2022
One of the thoughts that burrows its way into my mind and simply won’t let go is exactly how to help my students (and, for that matter, everyone I know) navigate the flood of information, dodge the misinformation and find their way to the truth. I recently picked up “ Fact vs. Fiction: Teaching Critical Thinking Skills in the Age of Fake News ” by Jennifer LaGarde and Darren Hudgins (2018).
Edthena
MAY 5, 2022
When will AI in education become a reality? It’s already here. In addition to supporting student learning, artificial intelligence is being used to enhance continuous professional development for teachers. eSchool News recently described AI Coach by Edthena as having a “pivotal” role in authentic PD. Check out these highlights, or find the article link down below.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 2, 2022
Alternative high schools often get a bad rap. Test scores, graduation rates and attendance records can make them look like failure factories. In New York City, only 54 percent of students graduated from high school within six years at the city’s 50 transfer schools, which is the name the city uses because students who fall behind “transfer” from traditional high schools, where 83 percent of students managed to graduate within six years.
ED Surge
MAY 5, 2022
College Scorecard and its mountainous trove of data are ripe for providing insights about the value of a degree—if you can wade through it. We decided to dig into the data to see how colleges and programs stack up when it comes to earnings for recent grads and their pay-off later in graduates’ careers. And you can see how your favorite college or major stacks up as well with these four interactive charts.
Edthena
MAY 2, 2022
Know a teacher leader who deserves recognition for the impact they have had in their school and community this year? Celebrate teacher leadership by nominating educators for the 2022 Teacher Leader Impact Award. What Makes a Teacher Leader? The Teacher Leader Impact Award celebrates those educators who take on all the “extra” to impact their broader school and district community.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 5, 2022
Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Early Childhood newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about early learning. Subscribe today! For years, child care benefits have been an attractive but elusive perk for workers, often more commonly available via built-in child care centers at the headquarters of large companies like Goldman Sachs or Publix, or through tuition discounts or back-up care plans for workers at compani
Civics U
MAY 5, 2022
Preface There are individuals and communities in the past and present who held and hold to pacifism – that is, who do not believe in, and who refuse to participate in military action of any kind. This is often based on a group’s historical experience or on religious teachings and convictions. However, the majority of Americans are not strict pacifists, and the U.S., like many countries, maintains a sizeable military budget.
ED Surge
MAY 2, 2022
Unsolicited and ill-informed advice on how experts should do their job rarely lands well. Bearing that in mind, unless you've spent years in classrooms full of students, working against the demands of curriculum mandates, IEP or 504 modifications and state testing requirements, I implore you—each of my colleagues in edtech proffering your solutions to schools—to begin conversations by asking teachers what they need.
ED Surge
MAY 4, 2022
It’s still popular to prize students who demonstrate “grit,” who overcome tough odds to become successful. It’s part of a “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” ethos embedded in American mythology. But that narrative can work against efforts of educational equity, putting the onus on students to achieve, no matter what systemic obstacles are in their way.
ED Surge
MAY 6, 2022
Keisha Bailey has been bringing her son to the home of Pam Childress, a home-based child care provider, since he was nine months old. Bailey is a nurse and her shifts start around 5 a.m., so she relies on Childress for after hours and overnight care. In January, the organization I lead, Home Grown, which supports home-based child care providers, interviewed Bailey.
ED Surge
MAY 4, 2022
These days, colleges are finding it hard to keep students coming through their doors. In what’s been described as the largest decline in a half-century, colleges have seen two-year enrollment losses of 5.1 percent or about 938,000 students, according to prominent estimates , which researchers describe as “frightening.” For university leaders, that means a fight to keep students.
ED Surge
MAY 2, 2022
Lesley Allen will never know what triggered her final panic attack last fall. She was outside supervising a group of students during a mask break at her middle school in South Berwick, Maine, when she felt a sense of overwhelming dread. Her anxiety spiked, her heart thumped out of her chest and her left arm went numb. I’m having a heart attack , she thought.
ED Surge
MAY 3, 2022
It’s that time of year when the “We Appreciate You!” emails start rolling in, along with their discounts, freebies, and flat video messages from classroom-distant figures. It is Teacher Appreciation Week, after all. Such offers of gratitude are a nice start. But they’re not enough. In fact, when I was teaching, I found them mildly infuriating. I don’t get a raise to address the “ teacher pay gap ,” but I do get a free frozen yogurt?
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