The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 10, 2017

This type of project reflects the best intentions of the Next Generation Science Standards , which encourage teachers to enable students to learn science by doing. Sign up for the Future of Learning newsletter. Future of Learning. Higher Education. Mississippi Learning. There’s no natural continuum.”.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 6, 2023

A solid early education serves as a cornerstone for a child's future. However, many young children have limited access to high-quality educational opportunities because of socioeconomic factors and technological barriers. He aspired to make high-quality education financially viable and scalable for a broader system.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 23, 2020

A theme here at Proof Points is that many things that go on at schools are at odds with the conclusions of rigorous education research. Teachers ought to be learning more about what the last 50 years of rigorous, well-designed research has uncovered, confirmed or refuted when they start their profession. Future of Learning.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 15, 2021

A number of educators across the country are finding great value in ‘learning science’ books such as Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning. These educational practices can be powerful tools for information retrieval. lectures)” (p.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Given students’ interest in technology, educational technology tools are a promising way to motivate them to learn. Research shows there are four elements that help students become naturally motivated to learn: challenge , goals , feedback , and curiosity. Journal of Educational Psychology, 1975, 67, 776–783. References.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 30, 2019

Across the United States and around the world, educators are being called on to help their students prepare for futures in an increasingly computational world. Integrating computational thinking into activities, lessons, and curricula not only supports building new skills, but also enhances learning and engagement in every discipline.

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ED Surge

MAY 22, 2024

When it comes to AI in education, one edtech company stands out as a sage leader and trailblazing pioneer. Amid the chaotic deluge of new generative AI tools, claims and calamities inundating school leaders, Carnegie Learning has been all in on AI for nearly 25 years. It's not yet another tool that educators and students access.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 13, 2023

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. Adding outdoor classrooms to elementary schools. Such efforts can only improve current practices. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 22, 2021

In the report “Healing, Community, and Humanity: How Students and Teachers Want to Reinvent Schools Post-COVID,” Justin Reich and Jal Mehta consider that one of education’s biggest challenges in the years ahead will be to harness “the experience and urgency for change” and apply that energy to the sustained improvement of schools.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 6, 2019

But research published since Duckworth’s TED Talk—and Digital Promise’s own research in the learning sciences—show that a number of factors influence student learning. There are many factors that influence student learning. Want to learn more about encouraging grit in your students?

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Digital Promise

MARCH 19, 2018

Every day across the nation, students walk into schools with backpacks full of diverse experiences that impact how they behave and learn. At the same time, advancements in learning sciences paint a more dynamic and optimistic picture of human development than has ever existed before.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 9, 2024

Learn more about EdSurge ethics and policies here and supporters here.) We’re excited to bring you more episodes this year, including more installments in our new series about growing public skepticism about higher education and the impact that is having on the choices students make after high school.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Paul, who says she reads academic journal articles for fun, first encountered this argument when she came across a 1998 paper by philosophers Andy Clark and David Chalmers, who argued that the human mind extends into the world around it. And that's the kind of model that dominates our education system.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 2, 2018

On July 16-18, Digital Promise held the fifth annual Education Innovation Clusters Convening (#EdClusters18) in Philadelphia, with our co-host the ExCITe Center at Drexel University. EdClusters18 focused on clarifying the future vision, tools, and action steps for education innovation. Remake Learning Network (Pittsburgh).

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Digital Promise

JULY 10, 2019

While parts of the education system have incorporated tailored methods to keep students engaged, mathematics is often still taught in traditional, non-differentiated ways. Incorporate Productive Struggle and a Sense of Belonging to Improve Math Learning. and Antonio M.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 25, 2024

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Higher Education newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Thursday with trends and top stories about higher education. What are the limitations and can they be accounted for as the technology evolves? The ASU community is enormous.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 25, 2021

He was also the commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics in the Department of Education for three years during the Obama Administration. He is currently the head of assessment and learning sciences at Roblox, an online gaming company. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 10, 2023

Through my work as director of MIT’s Teaching Systems Lab , I’ve asked the question to teachers, school leaders, coaches, researchers and experts of all stripes (think: learning science, instruction, teacher education, culturally responsive teaching and so on), and it typically elicits more pauses and wonderings than answers.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 24, 2019

This is the fourth post in our series on “Powerful Learning,” a set of principles guiding our work supporting schools and educators to develop learning experiences that engage the hearts and minds of learners as we introduce new technologies. Reflection supports deeper learning in context 3. Recall supports memory 2.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

How can schools address the lack of diversity in computing education and related careers? One path is to make computational thinking (CT) learning opportunities more readily available to students, especially in the early grades. The problem solution must be informed by a science phenomenon (e.g.,

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 11, 2017

Every day at Digital Promise, we work with leading educators, researchers, and developers across the country to help close the Digital Learning Gap and improve learning for all. We’re excited for the opportunity to spread the word of what’s happening – and what’s possible – in education.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2023

I believe that the climate movement is the most interesting movement in education,” said Oren Pizmony-Levy, associate professor of International and Comparative Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. She said this teacher education is designed to be intellectually demanding. “We

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Every week we publish a new episode of our EdSurge Podcast about the future of learning, a way to hear the voices of students, educators and leaders as they puzzle out some of the thorniest issues facing education. One is that people are interested in how new technologies coming out might impact education.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Kicking off the Tough as Nails project, educational leaders from Floyd County and Pikeville Independent Schools convened just outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to think about how schools can adopt computational thinking. . Floyd County and Pikeville educators observe and participate in the classroom. Reflecting on the path forward

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2016

It’s a global initiative, with China launching a new educational Center , and Korean mathematics educators evaluating the practices for teaching mathematics in Korea. In many universities, humanities requirements exist in engineering schools and department, but are fairly modest. The post An Ode To STEM?

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 5, 2019

This article originally appeared on Usable Knowledge from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Schools and teachers often use summer as a time to rethink classrooms and learning spaces. What we now know in learning science is that learning is complex, often unpredictable, and a socially developed phenomenon.”.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Our Education Innovation Clusters (EdClusters) network connects local ecosystems around the country that bring together educators, researchers, entrepreneurs, funders, and other community stakeholders to support transformative teaching and learning. What does an education innovation problem-solving network look like?

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter. Future of Learning. Higher Education. Mississippi Learning. Sophomore Abigail Reing’s food science major doesn’t leave enough space in her schedule for regular language study, so she took a course with a Spanish section. Choose as many as you like. Weekly Update.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 12, 2018

It’s a hard thing to measure, but learning science suggests that this is the case.”. Samouha aimed to transform the picture of education from one of kids dutifully doing assigned work to one of kids “who are just on fire about their own learning path.”. Sign up for the Future of Learning newsletter. Weekly Update.

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Jonathan Firth

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Other studies have found widespread support for myths about learning, even among highly educated people. A couple of years ago I conducted a study which presented a set of statements about learning and memory to teachers; some statements fit with contemporary learning science and others did not.

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ED Surge

APRIL 17, 2024

While the latter may entertain, the former serve to educate. Concerns about AI-powered reading coaches, assistants and tutors relate to both learning to read and reading to learn, especially when it comes to AI-generated prompts. Through this collaborative approach, they could also foster teachers' AI literacy.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 26, 2022

It literally speaks to my soul, not only because it acknowledges my humanity but also in the way it pays homage to the intersections of Black and Queer artistry. These systems are not perfect; however, it is a process that gives teachers multiple opportunities to hone our craft as professional educators. Educators are no different.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 23, 2024

Many education leaders think so, as ChatGPT and other new generative AI tools sweep into daily life. And in October, the White House issued an executive order that attempts to set standards for AI safety, including around AI’s role in transforming education. And there is an emerging push to bring AI literacy to schools and colleges.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 6, 2024

For years educators have been trying to glean lessons about learners and the learning process from the data traces that students leave with every click in a digital textbook , learning management system or other online learning tool. Its an approach known as learning analytics.

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