Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 13, 2015

Two years ago I had the incredible opportunity to work with the entire leadership team of District 59 in Arlington Heights, Illinois for SEVEN days. They labeled it their ‘21st Century Leadership Academy.’ individualization – Interrogating our instruction: An elementary school scenario.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 19, 2019

In this series, we take a closer look inside our new paper, “ Micro-credentials and Education Policy in the United States: Recognizing Learning and Leadership for Our Nation’s Teachers.”. Some compelling examples are emerging. We will explore this opportunity in our next blog post.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 13, 2021

While our book, Harnessing Technology for Deeper Learning , introduces the protocol, has some lesson redesign examples, and includes some tips and strategies, some schools and educators are looking for more interactive professional development. Or we could do: 1 introductory session for elementary school(s).

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Principals lack the experience and expertise in early childhood education that is needed as pre-K programs expand in public elementary schools and that could inhibit their ability to manage and support pre-K teachers, according to a new report. A preschool student writes in class. Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 20, 2020

Their premise is simple: By partnering with families and community-based organizations, community schools tackle challenges like hunger and homelessness and seek to support students’ mental and physical health. 1425 Walton Avenue, once home to P.S. 64, now houses the Walton Avenue School and Lucero Elementary School.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 3, 2023

Yet, despite the gains I made with my students, despite research that shows the substantial positive impact of teachers of color on all students, despite the fact that having just one Black teacher in elementary school makes a Black child 13 percent more likely to go to college , my career nearly ended shortly after it began.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 17, 2020

Sara Knueve, a Student Services coordinator who supports an elementary school and system-wide work in the Madison Metropolitan School District in Wisconsin, recently told me how early efforts to introduce social-emotional learning led some staff to shape students into dominant cultural norms.

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ED Surge

JULY 25, 2022

The act of regular reflection, on its own, also helps new teachers develop the mental skills that can prevent classroom issues down the line. Building self-awareness positively impacts emotional intelligence, empathy, listening skills, critical-thinking skills, decision making, communication and leadership.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Erin Swanson, the district’s director of innovation, said administrators latched onto the model as both a recruitment tool and a way to retain good teachers who might otherwise be tempted to leave Edgecombe County Public Schools for more money elsewhere or school leadership positions outside of teaching.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2024

“We have kids that on our benchmark knowledge assessments are scoring what is the equivalent of second grade, first grade, fourth grade,” said Fisher, who is also a professor and chair of educational leadership at San Diego State University.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 20, 2019

In this file photo, kindergarteners listen as teacher Amy Holland reads on the first day of school at Nancy Ryles Elementary School in Beaverton, Oregon. Third-grade reading proficiency rates improved across most Universal schools from 10 to 20 percentage points during the five years of the initiative.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 27, 2018

We must support teachers with strong preparation, appropriate compensation, quality professional development and leadership opportunities so they may fulfill their calling: to ensure that every child receives an excellent education. It is necessary to lift up and thank teachers.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 24, 2024

I have a closer view of the effects of school board decisions than most school board members. Related: Do fraught school board meetings offer a view of the future? I ran for the Littleton Elementary School District governing board while I was 17, and was elected while finishing out my senior year of high school.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2017

All of our districts are members the members of the Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools, an 86-district coalition recognized for innovation and leadership in education. Notably: In reviews of 17 middle school math programs , just one was deemed standards-aligned across grades six to eight.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

A student at Belmont-Cragin Elementary School. LEAP is a nonprofit organization that trains schools and teachers to use personalized learning in their classrooms. As part of their jobs, special education teachers assess students and develop teaching plans based on each student’s skill levels.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Now the middle school, along with two of the district’s other elementary schools and its high school, have makerspaces. On the infrastructure side, Havre’s schools got switches and servers, but they also got a week of strategizing and support. But this is hard. It’s the people.”

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

Schools also have access to professional development gatherings in the fall and spring, a Summit “success manager” assigned to their schools and online support, all at no cost. Shelby Villegas, sixth grade math teacher at Whispering Wind Academy Elementary School in Phoenix.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2018

Lori Baas, CEO of Christopher House, said she commonly hears preschool advocates claim they prepared kids for kindergarten, and blame grade schools for any fade-out; elementary school staffers point the finger of blame back at the preschools, claiming they failed to prepare kids for kindergarten.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2023

This story also appeared in Mind/Shift This summer, teachers around the country are planning these lessons and more, in professional development programs designed to answer a pressing need: preparing teachers to teach about the climate crisis and empower students to act. “I

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 20, 2016

Pre-K to Kindergarten Transition: As children move from their pre-K classroom into kindergarten, they need support and guidance and strong ties should exist between the pre-K program and the feeder elementary school. Currently, only 19 states provide guidance for the pre-K to kindergarten transition process.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

On a crisp day in early March, two elementary school gifted and talented classes worked on activities in two schools, three miles and a world apart. They knew not all their children were especially brilliant — they just wanted to get into the best elementary school in the city. BUFFALO, N.Y. —

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Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2016

The following three sections detail the range of best practices found by researchers to be critical for ensuring educator growth and success: Effective Administrator and Teacher Leadership. Job Embedded Professional Development. Professional Learning Communities. Effective Administrator and Teacher Leadership.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

The network was purposefully capped at about 150 schools, because the partnerships rely on intensive, in-person training and coaching. Every year, about 10 new schools join EL and a similar number leave. For a school to be eligible to join, at least 40 percent of its students must be from low-income families.

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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.

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ED Surge

APRIL 29, 2022

“Sometimes things get very isolating just because you're in the confines of your own classroom…teachers don't necessarily share things with one another, especially when it involves a traumatic situation such as this,” said Oakland, California elementary school teacher Nikita Gibbs, referring to the upheaval due to the pandemic. “It

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 9, 2017

A long-time staple of Montessori schools, multiage classrooms spread to progressive elementary schools in the 1990s, although their use was always just one ingredient in a mix intended to provide more personalized instruction. Today, multiage classrooms remain an anomaly in America.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Both the Clarksdale and Coahoma systems were rated F on the state’s 2018 school report cards and are eligible for state takeover. Coahoma county schools have been under interim leadership for more than a year. Amanda Johnson had become an Arkansas charter school principal and made a home in Clarksdale.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 16, 2016

It’s not as if the principal had particular tasks taken away from their role,” said Ellen Goldring, professor of education policy and leadership at Vanderbilt University. In 2015, the University of Washington’s District Leadership Design Lab helped developed the nation’s first research-based standards for principal supervisors.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 16, 2018

Baray, a former teacher and principal in the Austin schools, has also taught at Texas State University, where she conducted extensive research on educational leadership, community involvement, and school improvement. The program’s CEO, Sarah Baray, says the approach makes a big difference.

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Studies Weekly

MARCH 15, 2024

Categories Corporate Educator Spotlight English Language Arts Lesson Plans Press Professional Development Science Social Studies Studies Weekly Online Summer School Teacher Tips Thinking on Education Tutorials Uncategorized Well-Being Recent Posts What is Universal Pre-K? 2021, May 10). What is Universal Pre-K?

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Edthena

AUGUST 27, 2021

You give that example of, if I have a coaching appointment and I have to be at Andrew Roush Memorial High School during a certain part of the day, but I have downtime and somebody wants to talk to me, I can conference with them. Violet Christensen: We do a professional development called the Inter-District Coaching Collaborative.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 5, 2016

But she was relieved of the duty when Jacob graduated from his Head Start preschool program and enrolled in a Durant Public School District elementary school. As part of his special-education program at the new school, Jacob was still entitled to continue his weekly therapy sessions. A ‘Blessed’ Coast School.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 16, 2021

It will take a combination of summer school and at least the first six weeks of the school year for students to readjust and get back to “normal.” As an elementary school teacher in Washington, D.C.,

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2024

. — Lindsey Johnson and Yesenia De La Rosa were taking different approaches to teaching the same English lesson on silent letters as they sat at opposite ends of this first grade classroom in West Elementary School. The shares are even higher in some classes at the district’s West Elementary School.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2018

When schools close — forever. The district is working to improve results at its elementary school, which has been underperforming. One teacher proposes gingerly talking to the student’s mother and giving the child time to finish some homework in school. Related: Merger madness? Around 10 a.m., I think that’s great.”.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 18, 2020

Anyone who insults a woman who pursues a leadership position as being too ambitious has an agenda of their own — sexism. But it’s an agenda that permeates nearly every institution in this nation, including the one in charge of teaching girls what to aim for in life: our public schools. Aiming for leadership is also about survival.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2023

Maybe they have to watch younger siblings at home, or there’s something happening at school — there’s a bullying issue or they’re particularly stressed out about one of their classes,” Terech, a former elementary school teacher, told lawmakers at a House Education Committee hearing this year.

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