ED Surge

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In the summer of 2022 as part of the Voices of Change project, EdSurge Research convened 80 Asian American K-12 educators in a series of virtual learning circles to listen to their stories. They also spoke about the difference that supportive leadership made. We are grateful they trusted us and each other with their stories.

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ED Surge

MARCH 31, 2023

All of these points are true, but they fall short of explaining why the arts truly belong in every student’s K-12 curriculum. The arts are core to education and core to life because the essence of being human is creativity, not productivity.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Defining the Integration of Artificial Intelligence Integrating AI refers to the incorporation of machine-driven intelligence into various applications and processes, enabling tasks that mimic human cognitive functions like learning from data, problem-solving and recognizing patterns. Graham Glass In May 2023, the U.S.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Reflecting on the stress I feel, I am brought back to my own experiences navigating the American K-12 system as an immigrant student. The lack of Latino male role models in my own K-12 education only compounded this sense of isolation. I set my sights on leadership roles.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2018

The method of transforming K-12 schools that he advocates in his latest book, What Schools Could Be: Insights and Inspiration from Teachers across America , is of the grassroots variety. Small steps lead to big change, he says. Sign up for the Future of Learning newsletter. Choose as many newsletters as you like. Weekly Update.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

A recent Gallup Poll revealed that K-12 workers have the highest rate of burnout in the American workforce, with more than 44 percent of K-12 workers in the U.S. In another school, I had conflicting values with leadership. I was grieving for those who left, as I prepared to be one of the ones who stayed.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 13, 2019

Yet, for too long, we have unfairly blamed K-12 counselors for persistent gaps in enrollment across income and race, questioning their expectations and support for students’ plans. Sign up for our newsletter. She is also the co-author of Ready, Willing, and Able: A Developmental Approach to College Access and Success.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

As a result of de jure housing segregation during the 20th century and de facto housing segregation today, coupled with the inequitable and often unconstitutional ways in which public K-12 education is funded, too many black students are concentrated in under-resourced K-12 schools and require developmental courses in college.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has been following the situation — with eyes, especially, on the early care and education workforce, says Katie Hamm, deputy assistant secretary for early childhood development at the department’s Administration for Children and Families (ACF). She adds: “This has been a longstanding problem.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 11, 2017

In this session, participants will explore a new way to use the latest research in K-3 math and reading to understand strategies for reaching all learners in the classroom and with edtech. Leadership Competencies for Engaged Learners. Maker Learning and School Leadership. What’s Innovative in K-12 Public Schools?

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 5, 2022

That’s typically when the human mind takes over. Constraints … it’s when humans then start to solve,” Smith said. It has to be from the superintendent to the leadership to the school board, all the way down to teachers and principals.”. McClary said in any district, leaders should share the work of thinking ahead. “I

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 14, 2023

Email Address Choose from our newsletters Weekly Update Future of Learning Higher Education Early Childhood Proof Points Leave this field empty if you’re human: At the bottom of page 22 of the Supreme Court’s lengthy opinion barring the use of race in college admissions , is a curious three-sentence footnote. But we don’t. “By

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 24, 2024

Email Address Choose from our newsletters Weekly Update Future of Learning Higher Education Early Childhood Proof Points Leave this field empty if you’re human: The pandemic underscored the stark differences in pay, working conditions, and respect between K-12 educators and child care teachers in many communities.

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ED Surge

MAY 23, 2022

And though the struggles in early childhood education are largely systemic, it’s the individual, humanizing, heart-wrenching stories that are more likely to change public perception and, eventually, shift policy. Just as often, though, it’s not a K-12 school the educators are leaving for. This predicament is not rare.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 13, 2017

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is “a framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn” ( CAST ). With CAST, we have created the Learning Differences Leadership Cohort of Fellows. UDL and Opportunity Youth.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 25, 2018

On My Way Pre-K student Vivian Kimberlin, 5, plays during recess at Zion Lutheran School in Seymour, Indiana. In early spring 2017, a friend told him that Zion Lutheran School (where regular pre-K tuition is $6,410 per child annually) was accepting 4-year-olds through a state grant program that provides free tuition for low-income parents.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2018

The curriculum encourages a group activity involving both caregivers and children, caregiver training on the importance of play, opportunities for both caregivers and children to interact with each other and chances for caregivers to step into leadership roles. Related: Speaking kids home language in pre-K could provide a lifelong advantage.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 17, 2019

Leave this field empty if you're human: Automation affects workers around the world — nearly half of the employers surveyed by the World Economic Forum last year expected automation would reduce their workforce by 2022. As machines become more important, we need to get better at being human. Develop human skills. Weekly Update.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Baltimore County has become a leader in student data privacy and security, and is one of only 13 districts in the nation to earn a Trusted Learning Environment seal from CoSN, the membership group representing the nation’s K-12 school technology leaders. Sign up for the Future of Learning newsletter. Weekly Update. Future of Learning.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 17, 2016

These new skills and knowledge are the new fundamental requisites for K-12 studies, college studies, 21 st century jobs and ensuring lifelong earning in the digital innovation economy. In our 21 st century digital economy, literacy is much more than a mastery of the English language. It requires fluency in computer science.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

After agreeing to take on 10 summer interns from the Prepare Rhode Island program last summer, Cathy Desjarlais, a human resources manager at biotech company Amgen’s Rhode Island site, had reservations about the new interns, apprehensive they would display the behavior issues Butler described.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

How can classroom teachers balance their roles in preparing students to meet the interpersonal and leadership demands of the new economy with classroom management? Here are three things I learned about how to teach students to meet the interpersonal and leadership demands of the new economy: 1.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 31, 2018

Joining forces, we established the Center for Innovation and Leadership in Special Education. During their year with us, fellows study the neuroscience of learning and the learner; the principles of behavior change; and educational law, administrative leadership and effective resource appropriation. Sign up for our newsletter.

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Digital Promise

MAY 27, 2020

We like to say we’re ‘socially connected, physically distant,’ instead of social distancing, because human interaction is just so important.”. League superintendents are committed to viewing this time as an opportunity to demonstrate the importance of courageous and empathetic leadership, especially around issues of access.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Curtin University, Australia (Human Rights). Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain (Leadership, teamwork and continuous improvement, offered in Spanish). The University of Queensland, Australia (Leadership in Global Development). Columbia University (Artificial Intelligence).

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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. Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 25, 2020

Leave this field empty if you're human: CSGW , based in Washington, D.C., works with over 600 girls, in grades six through 12, from low-income and at-risk backgrounds. Choose as many newsletters as you like. Weekly Update. Future of Learning. Higher Education. Mississippi Learning. The simple writing of a letter.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2016

If our K-12 and postsecondary institutions haven’t prepared this current generation of young students of color to compete for tech and engineering jobs, the whole nation will suffer. In addition to money, black people need the human capital that comes along with the college degree. The black rate is exactly double at 8.6

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Every child deserves a high-quality education that recognizes and respects his or her dignity and humanity, and that relishes in the stories of school and community. “Every child deserves a high-quality education that recognizes and respects his or her dignity and humanity, and that relishes in the stories of school and community.”

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2020

Several Senate leaders are backing a proposal to provide pre-K to a quarter of the state’s 4-year-olds by 2022. Leave this field empty if you're human: Related: OPINION: Five lessons on how states can invest in high-quality child care and early education. A change in leadership — Mississippi’s newly elected Lt. Weekly Update.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 9, 2020

However, there are ways we can lean into our shared humanity, and I hope these suggestions can help spark that change for your school. Some of these suggestions are pre-emptive, reactive or long-term. As with many issues, there’s no “one-size-fits-all” approach — because the issues are complex and evolving.

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Psychology History Leadership Economics 131

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Leave this field empty if you're human: Black male teachers are often asked to mentor or motivate students, particularly male of students of color, who their white colleagues may have trouble reaching. It’s the type of support that the union hopes will help teachers grow in the classroom while empowering them to pursue leadership roles.

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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 also crucial to recognize that thanks isn’t enough. Sign up for our newsletter. Weekly Update.

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Edthena

MAY 29, 2024

Embracing AI to improve teacher performance Initially apprehensive about AI, David shared his journey of embracing it as a tool for educational leadership and improving teacher performance. It’s something that … can make a real difference in how we educate our kids,” he said.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Jon Burt, who heads Gallup’s K-12 education consulting arm, said that each year over 1 million students in the U.S. Leave this field empty if you're human: Not so in Galt. Photo: Gail Cornwall for The Hechinger Report. take one of that company’s quizzes. Mississippi Learning.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 11, 2018

In Hebron Public Schools in Hebron, Connecticut, students get leadership training as early as elementary school, and Timothy Van Tasel, the superintendent, sees it as an education in civic-mindedness – and one that is particularly relevant now. Sign up for the Future of Learning newsletter. Choose as many newsletters as you like.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2019

Leave this field empty if you're human: The six districts were New York City; Denver; Charlotte-Mecklenburg, N.C.; “For the first time, we know that there are benefits for kids,” said Jody Spiro, director of education leadership at the Wallace Foundation. Sign up for Jill Barshay's Proof Points newsletter. Weekly Update.

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