ED Surge

APRIL 4, 2022

Depending on how you look at it, Ed Secretary Miguel Cardona’s assertion that “we’re closer to a reset in education than ever before” is either a beacon of hope at the end of a long, dark tunnel, or the opening of a new front in an increasingly polarizing culture war. Because my work as CEO of the national Breakthrough Collaborative involves middle-schoolers with college aspirations and college students who aspire to become advocates and teachers, I’m always inclined to take the optimistic view.

Education 141

Education Tutoring Cultures Leadership 141

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 6, 2022

Andrea Hernandez studied the multiplication table nearly every day during the summer between her third and fourth grade years. Sitting at her family’s kitchen table in Dallas while her mother prepared dinner, she printed the arithmetic over and over in a yellow, spiral-bound notebook. When she started at a new school in the fall of 2012, she breezed through the timed math tests.

High School 125

High School Education K-12 Economics 125

Digital Promise

APRIL 7, 2022

Imagine creating conditions where every learner and community can fully access and leverage the technology needed for full participation in learning, the economy, and society at large. Simultaneously, every learner and community is equipped with connected devices, learning content, digital literacy skills, technical support, and a reliable, high-speed internet connection.

Professional Development 115

Professional Development Educational Technology Humanities Education 115

Edthena

APRIL 7, 2022

Expansive listening is listening with curiosity and compassion. Instructional coach Nita Creekmore uses expansive listening as the key to empowering teachers. Teachers need more than solutions; they need to be listened to. Are you coaching teachers without making a connection? It might be time to try expansive listening. In our recent conversation with Nita Creekmore, founder of Love Teach Bless , the experienced instructional coach talked about how coaches can really show teachers they’re liste

Humanities 98

Humanities Teaching K-12 EdTech 98

ED Surge

APRIL 5, 2022

Many classroom environments favor a certain kind of thinker, usually the students who are quick to recall a fact when the instructor asks a question. But that’s not the only type of mind, and it’s not even always the best kind of mind for learning. “Research has shown that shy learners—the ones who sit in the back and they don’t really say anything—they can be slower learners, but they’re actually the most flexible and they can be the most creative problem solvers,” says Barbara Oakley, a profes

Teaching 135

Teaching Research Educational Technology Education 135

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2022

The last bell of the school day is when the work truly begins for staff at the Wisconsin Youth Company. But in the last few months, that work has been complicated by staffing challenges. Kids in about two dozen elementary schools across Dane County and Waukesha County in Wisconsin empty out of classrooms at the end of the day and make their way to gyms, cafeterias or media centers.

Elementary School 103

Elementary School Tutoring Advocacy Education 103

Education Elements

APRIL 4, 2022

I can’t remember how many times I have been asked “Am I doing it right?” I’ve heard this question so many times in my support of over 150 schools as they implement personalized learning that I no longer count. Teachers and leaders want to know, am I “doing” personalized learning right.

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ED Surge

APRIL 6, 2022

While they’re both ostensibly working to make education as strong as possible, educators and edtech don’t always see eye to eye. Observers of the space, for instance, have long noted that teachers are often excluded from edtech procurement , as are higher ed faculty and staff. But if they want to thrive, both groups might need to learn to meet each other’s gaze.

EdTech 116

EdTech Education Pedagogy Cultures 116

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 5, 2022

I was born in El Salvador at a time when the country was engulfed by civil war. I am an immigrant who has lived in the U.S. for the last 20 years. Here is where I learned to seize the opportunities offered by a graduate education. Through them, I plan to make a difference in the construction industry and evolve as an entrepreneur in construction and sustainable energy.

Leadership 78

Leadership Teaching Education 78

Michelle Wood

APRIL 6, 2022

It’s time to start thinking about getting your students prepared for the AP Microeconomics and AP Macroeconomics exams! I have a few exam prep suggestions for you. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis – AP Economics Live Review If you are not familiar with the St. Louis Fed’s resources for teaching economics, you should definitely check them out: St.

Economics 52

Economics Teaching Education 52

Digital Promise

APRIL 4, 2022

When Renee Dawson, the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools coach at Crawford W. Long Middle School in Atlanta, met John*, an eighth grader with learning and speech disabilities, they bonded immediately. Long had just joined the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools program, and Dawson was recruiting members for her new student tech team. Student tech teams are an integral part of the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools initiative.

Middle School 118

Middle School Leadership Tradition Teaching 118

ED Surge

APRIL 8, 2022

As the United States emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, workers around the country are leaving their jobs at record rates. Mid-career employees between the ages of 30 and 45 feature disproportionately in what’s been dubbed the “Great Resignation.” Researchers say this is in response to stagnant wages amid ever-steeper workloads and the changes in earning potential that follow the ebbs and flows of the U.S. labor market.

Cultures 110

Cultures Public School Teaching Economics 110

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 5, 2022

Wayne Orr didn’t yet know that his foot was broken as he made his way back from Texas to his home in South Carolina, but he did know he couldn’t continue pressing the pedals on the tractor-trailer he had been driving. This story also appeared in The New York Times. A new driver only a few months past his training period, he had to sit out for six weeks without pay.

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Research Education 26

Edthena

APRIL 8, 2022

We built the AI Coach platform to support teachers’ growth in-between working with an instructional coach. But coaching can look different to different people. Two common coaching stances, directive and facilitative, are often viewed as opposite ends of a coaching spectrum. Directive coaching has heavier input from an instructional coach, while facilitative coaching is more hands-off.

Teaching 52

Teaching Research K-12 EdTech 52

A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 3, 2022

Humans, by nature, are heavily influenced by experience. As such, we often do things a certain way because that is either all we know or what we are comfortable doing. Think about this for a second when it comes to behavior in education. We often teach the way we were taught and lead in a way that we were led. I’d wager that many of you reading this post are bobbing your head in agreement, although there are always exceptions.

Pedagogy 541

Pedagogy Tradition Humanities Cultures 541

ED Surge

APRIL 4, 2022

With humanities and social science degree completions declining over the past 10 years, college liberal arts programs should consider sharing new U.S Census Bureau salary and industry data to teach prospective students about the programs’ strong economic returns. Until very recently, data available to the public about liberal arts graduates’ salaries and industries were relatively limited.

Social Science 110

Social Science Economics Humanities Teaching 110

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 6, 2022

A recent Hechinger Report article highlighted how data analysis has not significantly improved student outcomes since the No Child Left Behind Act ramped up national data collection. Data — even high quality data— is of no value if it isn’t used effectively. Simply gathering evidence of learning, whether through tests or teacher-prompted feedback, is wasted effort if it does not inform the practice of teaching.

Teaching 113

Teaching Research Education High School 113

ED Surge

APRIL 4, 2022

Spread across more than 40 individual buildings, Rockford Public Schools is the third largest school district in Illinois. As Educational Technology Director for the entire district, Susan Uram is responsible for ensuring that roughly 28,000 students and their teachers have access to the most impactful learning technology available. After 22 years as a classroom teacher, plus time spent as an instructional coach and curriculum designer, Uram took on this new position just three years ago, when i

EdTech 109

EdTech Learning Science Educational Technology Teaching 109

ED Surge

APRIL 6, 2022

What should teenagers do after high school? With rising college tuition expenses and overwhelming student loan debt, there’s a debate underway about whether college or job training is the right path for young people who face financial barriers and other challenges. But educators, policymakers and employers who are busy redesigning postsecondary options don’t always understand what teenagers actually need and want.

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Sociology Advocacy High School Humanities 105

ED Surge

APRIL 5, 2022

Johnny, an eighth grader, hasn’t been able to stop fighting all year and tells all who’ll listen that he feels triggered daily, often in non-threatening situations. Marisela, a fourth grader, finds it difficult to keep friends, and is increasingly hard to draw out in class. Lately, she has been showing up only two days each week. Muhammad, in tenth grade, has lost a quarter of his body weight since last year, though his academics have remained on track.

Psychology 114

Psychology Cultures Humanities Teaching 114

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 4, 2022

Mark Schneider is a veteran numbers guy who has spent a career crunching education data about things like post-college earnings, graduation rates and charter schools. He once served as the commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics, an agency that Schneider now oversees as the director of the Institute of Education Sciences, which is the research and data arm of the Department of Education.

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High School Education Charter School Government 96