ED Surge

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

That’s the argument of Peter Liljedahl, a professor of mathematics education at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, who has spent years researching what works in teaching. But the researcher says he has heard from hundreds of teachers who have reported improvements in test scores. How did that go? Can we get more students thinking?

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Studies Weekly

MAY 6, 2024

How to Teach Soft Skills in Elementary School May 6, 2024 • By Studies Weekly In elementary school, students learn and refine an immeasurable number of skills. They develop math, reading, spelling, grammar, and writing skills that teachers measure and monitor.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 16, 2022

The problem begins in elementary school, with mathematical content that does not enable children to see mathematical connections and coherence. Another factor is the dearth of opportunities for elementary school math teachers to deepen their understanding of the content they teach. Take fractions as an example.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 1, 2019

But in the first multi-state effort to measure textbook efficacy since the implementation of the Common Core, researchers at the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University saw no difference in the average fourth- and fifth-grade math achievement gains of schools using different elementary math textbooks.

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ED Surge

MAY 1, 2024

Throughout this academic year, I facilitated a training session on social-emotional learning (SEL) strategies for educators at a high-needs elementary school. When I looked for research on the effectiveness of SEL in impoverished neighborhoods serving Black and Latino students, I found limited data.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 30, 2024

There is a long overdue movement in states and districts across the country to update K-3 reading and math curricula to ensure they adhere to research-proven practices. As a new National Academies report explains, we have ample research that points to what makes a preschool curriculum effective.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 6, 2022

That’s one of the main findings of a new report by the American Institute for Research , (AIR), which looks at strategies to improve science teaching in the early grades. These findings could be helpful as schools and teacher preparation programs look for ways to improve science education, particularly in the early grades.

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TCI

MARCH 25, 2025

Elementary education has traditionally focused on English Language Arts (ELA) and mathematics, often at the expense of social studies and science. However, research shows that these content-rich subjects play a vital role in literacy development by building background knowledge, strengthening comprehension, and expanding vocabulary.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Preschool students at Kruse Elementary School in the Poudre School District in Colorado play at the water table during choice time. The 67 teachers interviewed for the study were all Head Start instructors who had agreed to participate and receive additional professional development in science instruction.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 24, 2019

Aliah Corona and Dakkota Ryf, both 8 in this photo, check the force it takes to move a bag of potatoes six inches using wheels during their third-grade STEAM enrichment class at Pioneer Elementary School in Quincy, Washington. Nia Keith, director of professional development for the Museum of Science. QUINCY, Wash. —

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Today, elementary school teachers share similar struggles with their students. Unfortunately, most elementary schools teach math and English language arts separately. She has experience in instructional design, curriculum consulting and professional development coordination.

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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

AUGUST 13, 2024

That’s because so many students, even incoming ninth graders, arrive at the school without basic reading skills, according to Douglas Fisher, an administrator at the school. While some students also receive one-on-one remediation, Fisher said that research shows those interventions aren’t enough to close the gap. “We

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Decades of research shows that math anxiety is a common problem for adults, and surveys show it particularly affects women , who make up nearly 90 percent of elementary teachers in the United States. Put simply, a lot of elementary school educators hate the prospect of teaching math, even when the math concepts are beginner level.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 20, 2020

As districts across the country shut down in response to the coronavirus pandemic, students at community schools are losing a lot more than their classes. Community schools are based on research showing that what happens in children’s out-of-school lives can impact their education as much as or even more than what happens in school.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Studies document that weak readers in elementary school are less likely to make it to high school graduation, and they’re also more likely to struggle academically in upper grades. Many districts have started giving elementary school teachers “ science of reading” training they never had in teacher-prep programs.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

These are just a few of the responses researchers received from a survey of male early childhood educators, the results of which were released recently by a team from the Borough of Manhattan Community College. Others were drawn to teaching after becoming fathers.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Students have told Greenhaus about upsetting experiences they had in elementary school math classes, how embarrassed and anxious they felt when they were confronted with math problems, and how those feelings led some to choose a major in college that did not require extensive math instruction.

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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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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2022

Research has shown both short and long-term benefits of high-quality pre-K. Yet, as noted by researchers and advocates alike, there are many reasons why the study’s findings aren’t really so bleak — and they all highlight the need to collect better data so we can understand what really works. As researchers, we have some concerns.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 27, 2020

and Rosa Parks at her Katy, Texas, elementary school in the Houston area. Colleges are holding professional development online events for educators on how to reimagine education with racial justice in mind. And school districts are working to expand their curricula on race.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Here are some of the ways experts and educators are proposing to do just that, many of which were highlighted in a recent report by McKinsey & Company : Tutoring : Research shows “ high dosage” tutoring can help boost reading skills, especially in the early years of elementary schools.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 13, 2019

Digital Promise’s Learner Variability Project (LVP) aims to understand the range of diverse needs that students may have, and to support product developers in turning learner factors and research-based strategies into pedagogical features for educators and students to use. Implementing Research-based Digital Supports for Students.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2016

While every school is unique, research has identified several elements that can almost universally increase the chances for successful teacher development and create a powerful and positive school community. Job Embedded Professional Development. Professional Learning Communities.

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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. The research is clear: Children who struggle to read in the early grades rarely catch up with their peers. On the flip side, research by the Annie E.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2019

A few years ago, Amy Lopes, a veteran fifth-grade teacher in Providence, Rhode Island, learned that teachers at her school could try a mindfulness and yoga training along with their students. I said, ‘OK, I’ll try it, but it’s not going to work,’ ” recalled Lopes, who teaches at the William D’Abate Elementary School.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2020

Avery Bencal is a fourth grader at Winthrop Elementary School in Melrose, Massachusetts. This cozy suburb just outside of Boston is home to an idyllic New England downtown and schools that are good enough to draw young families in droves. Photo: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report. MELROSE, Mass.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 19, 2019

More specifically, Matt Kraft , a Brown University researcher who has conducted a number of studies, concluded that most of these teaching evaluation systems have “not systematically built on teachers’ strengths” and offer them the “sense that they can be transparent rather than defensive about their struggles.”.

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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

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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ED Surge

JULY 10, 2024

Ethan, a high school junior studying to become a secondary history teacher in our Academy for Teaching and Learning, was presenting findings from his extensive research to the staff at our school. For this project, students invite teachers, school leaders and families to engage in the conversation.

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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. It is also crucial to recognize that thanks isn’t enough.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

Kathy Neumann’s third graders at Longfellow Elementary School in Columbia, Maryland, struggled to understand fractions during this pandemic-disrupted school year. Administrators are crafting plans for the 2021-22 school year to help children catch up on what they may have missed in math during the pandemic.

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ED Surge

MAY 8, 2023

Although it’s not as obviously contentious as say, social studies, educators and researchers (not to mention students and families) have strong feelings about math instruction (remember New Math ? Poor teacher support and inadequate training, researchers suggest, may be contributing. Or even newer math ?)

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ED Surge

AUGUST 24, 2022

One survey of educators found a jump from about two-thirds of middle and high school students having access to a school-issued device prior to the pandemic, to 90 percent a year later. The pandemic-era jump for elementary school students was even larger: from under half to 84 percent.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Fourth grade teacher Milton Bryant works with students in a small group during a blended learning session at Ketcham Elementary School. But professional development for those same teachers generally features a presenter at the front of the room, lecturing. teachers get a weekly cycle of professional learning.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 15, 2024

Instead of working in her dream role as an elementary school teacher, she spent her days hauling cow organs for inspection. So we see this sort of segregation going on,” said Julia Mendez, a researcher for the center. Stuck at her job at a Tyson meatpacking plant. when there’s a new resource available,” Maricela Novoa said.

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