The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

We can figure out how our students process information and then use AI to maximize that — all while saving much-needed time for educators. (As Our students are brilliant, creative, hard-working and driven learners, and yet their brains simply don’t intake or output information in the same ways as other students.

Lesson Plan 103

Lesson Plan Tradition Public School Teaching 103

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 5, 2024

They create lesson plans and curriculums that are both rigorous and accessible and foster environments in which all students can thrive. They are still struggling. In addition to the current shortage, our teacher-preparation programs report decreased enrollment.

Teaching 99

Teaching Lesson Plan Public School Tradition 99

Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Traditional One-Size-Fits-All Approach to Math Lessons Although this one-size-fits-all experience is straightforward and feels time efficient, these lessons rarely meet the needs of all students. This is followed by individual practice and review as students attempt to solve similar problems to apply their new learning.

Tradition 78

Tradition Lesson Plan Teaching 78

A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

Another successful strategy is to develop an informal walk-through schedule with your leadership team. This will provide all teachers with consistent, concrete elements to focus on when developing lessons. If lesson plans are still collected, ask for them to demonstrate what will be done two weeks into the future.

Leadership 346

Leadership Archiving Lesson Plan High School 346

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

I live for these histories because they are grounded in formal and informal learning communities, whether in schools, public workshops or even my family home where I first saw the value of Black history. We discussed how they felt about Rivera’s racist statements and how Rivera’s opinions have informed White-centered histories.

History 105

History Teaching Artifacts K-12 105

ED Surge

JUNE 21, 2022

The game does the heavy lifting, while the included lesson plans and student-facing lesson slides make in-classroom implementation turnkey and enjoyable. So, instead of directional keys or a joystick, players write the code that informs the kinds of heroes, buildings and resources they need to best their opponents.

Tradition 104

Tradition Lesson Plan Elementary School High School 104

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

This content goes far beyond traditional formats like film, television and print because it isn’t static; it’s both immersive and interactive. Letting students adjust their learning and explore projects they’re interested in will ensure that they retain new information and have fun at the same time.

Teaching 107

Teaching Lesson Plan Library Professional Development 107

ED Surge

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The popularity of games and play-based learning has waxed and waned in the traditional American classroom, according to Alicia Miller, a science educator from Evans, Georgia, who’s always used “hands-on” activities in her classroom. Even information they learned two grades ago stays with them,” says Baselice.

Middle School 138

Middle School Teaching Lesson Plan History 138

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

But Native American and Muslim leaders say they believe rates have increased in their communities as well, after the pandemic gave families the time and space to reflect on whether traditional schools were really serving their needs. When we would try to inform the teacher, we would get called names.”. Covid-19 upended that.

Lesson Plan 140

Lesson Plan Private School Cultures Public School 140

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 30, 2016

Too often the default in this scenario is to lecture or verbally present information because it is faster. Yet, if we want students to develop these crucial life skills–finding and evaluating information, communicating and collaborating with peers–they need time. How did having more time impact your lesson planning?

Project-Based Learning 168

Project-Based Learning Lesson Plan Professional Development Tradition 168

Studies Weekly

JUNE 6, 2024

Classroom Layout and Furniture Flexible Seating Incorporate a variety of seating options, like traditional desks for seat work time, bean bags for the class library, other types of seating for listening, art, and science centers, and floor cushions to accommodate different learning styles and other center activities. Submit your info by Aug.

Heritage 52

Heritage Primary Sources Library Lesson Plan 52

ED Surge

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Feed it a typical job description or help-wanted ad—that is to say, one that’s likely either vague or full of jargon—and its artificial intelligence-informed system spits out a new version of that text translated into the language of skills. The traditional resume? —Michael Bettersworth SkillsEngine performs clever tasks.

Government 114

Government Tradition Humanities Library 114

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2023

Yet only 21 percent of teachers felt “very informed” on the topic and only 44 percent said they had the right resources to teach it most of the time or always. Broadly speaking, she said, in indigenous traditions, it’s the latter.

Teaching 79

Teaching K-12 Professional Development Civics 79

ED Surge

OCTOBER 24, 2022

LEGO Education designs standards-aligned sets for K-8 students and offers plenty of free support for teachers, including more than 400 online lesson plans —ranging in focus from computer science and English Language Arts (ELA) to robotics and coding— self-guided professional development and an online community where teachers share tips and ideas.

Lesson Plan 91

Lesson Plan Classroom Management Professional Development Social Studies 91

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 9, 2019

I was also concerned that they might have questions about its problem-based, discourse-driven approach to learning math, which is quite different from the traditional “stand-and-deliver” model of instruction that most of us grew up with. So, last summer, I created a lesson plan for my first Parent Math Night.

Lesson Plan 108

Lesson Plan Tradition Teaching K-12 108

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

On a shelf in her Chicago classroom, third grader Arianna has a thick binder that details her achievements, strengths and goals as a student, along with some revealing information about her personality. Students often work in small groups, with help from a co-teacher, or one-on-one, with lessons fitted to their skills and abilities.

Education 145

Education Charter School Professional Development Tradition 145

ED Surge

AUGUST 16, 2022

In North Carolina, where I live, teachers are paid for “show time” with students, but there is little regard—and certainly no reward—for the hours of unpaid preparation and lesson planning it takes to keep a classroom running. I have always put in extra hours outside of the school day. It’s just a reality of the job. I felt trapped.

Teaching 102

Teaching Leadership Lesson Plan Professional Development 102

Letters and Ink Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2022

I also usually want to cover my butt in case admin wants to see a lesson plan or know what standard I am teaching! This tradition began as a way to satirize key political figures, and remains a tool of satire today! I have a ready-to-go character eulogy lesson pack for you – with a task sheet, scaffolds, and rubrics!

Lesson Plan 52

Lesson Plan History Tradition Teaching 52

Digital Promise

JUNE 8, 2017

Teachers have been surfing the Web for lesson plans and ideas for their classroom for years. If you think about the origins of a traditional textbook, the publisher did the curation work for you. And how can OERs supplement the print and digital resources already purchased by the school?

K-12 62

K-12 Library Education Digital Resources 62

Digital Promise

MAY 26, 2017

Unlike traditional elementary schools where students have one teacher that teaches them all five topics, students at Hook Elementary belong to pods where they rotate between three teachers who teach Reading and Social Studies, Writing, and Math and Science. They retain the information better than I have seen in years past.

Elementary School 78

Elementary School Social Studies Lesson Plan Tradition 78

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 16, 2018

These approaches come in various forms, from pre-packaged, scripted programs delivered by educational publishers to teacher-developed lesson plans and countless others. Rather, students need to practice the skill in a variety of different ways to be able to retain, generalize and apply that information.

Pedagogy 91

Pedagogy Lesson Plan Teaching Tradition 91

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

It’s one of the state’s only virtual schools operated by a traditional district. There aren’t as many opportunities for students to get to know their instructors informally — they can’t stop into their classroom during lunch or chat with them in a passing period. Learning from Lockdown. Successful student characteristics.

Private School 60

Private School Charter School Tradition Project-Based Learning 60

Digital Promise

JULY 27, 2018

They are learning to be thinkers, innovators and problem-solvers rather than mere consumers of information. To date, they have created more than 100 maker-focused lesson plans for students in Grades 1 to Grade 8 in both English and French Immersion programs. And these are just some of the benefits teachers are reporting.

Elementary School 61

Elementary School Critical Thinking Lesson Plan Cultures 61

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2016

They listed among their younger colleagues’ strengths: lesson planning, the ability to adjust their teaching to the needs of students, and preparedness to address the academic needs of struggling students. In some ways, this experience puts them ahead of their older colleagues. That’s not everything,” she added.

Classroom Management 110

Classroom Management Lesson Plan Pedagogy Elementary School 110

Digital Promise

MAY 25, 2017

I was also fortunate to find colleagues and peers who challenged me to try new things that, from the outside, had nothing to do with traditional librarianship or my background in English and history. Mark: In my TEDx talk , I also noted the shift from students as consumers to students creating information and ideas.

Library 98

Library Middle School Tradition Lesson Plan 98

The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2018

We can’t keep structures that would allow us to fall back into a more traditional system,” said Steiner. “If Northern Cass student Katelyn Stavenes taking part in the Jaguar Academy pilot, a piece of the district’s plan to eliminate grade levels by the fall of 2020. Others, however, echo Northern Cass superintendent, Cory Steiner. “We

Tradition 111

Tradition Charter School High School Cultures 111

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

It also lays out the myriad ways it protects information in the Summit Learning Platform, though high-profile data breaches of retail giants, banks and even credit reporting agencies in recent years have made it clear no data is ever truly safe. She finds the program gives her extra time to meet individual kids’ needs.

Junior High 128

Junior High Charter School Elementary School Social Studies 128

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 21, 2019

Within each subject, schools identified learning targets, clearly explaining what students would need to demonstrate in order to be considered “proficient” — a shift away from the traditional system’s emphasis on logging seat time to earn credits and progress. I think that’s being answered in different ways across the state.”.

Tradition 88

Tradition High School Professional Development Social Studies 88

The Hechinger Report

JULY 11, 2017

The principal estimates that, by eschewing a traditional class schedule, Wilder has added 13 days’ worth of learning time to the school year. Wilder’s version of personalized learning means no more lesson plans and no homework, two key changes that helped teachers pivot their jobs from dispensing information to mentoring students.

Elementary School 66

Elementary School High School Middle School Tradition 66

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2017

She also learned how to keep students with disabilities on task and break down lessons into smaller, easier bits of information for students who were struggling. She has learned through experience how to teach students with a variety of disabilities, and works with a veteran special education teacher to modify lesson plans and tests.

Middle School 95

Middle School Professional Development Teaching Advocacy 95

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

It’s important to keep notice of kids, to relay information to counselors.”. The school year was so atypical, traditional measures such as attendance, behavior and course completion are skewed. “It “Sometimes they’ll let you in, sometimes they won’t,” he said.

Tutoring 140

Tutoring Middle School Elementary School High School 140

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Somehow I could retain information, but at no point in my childhood before full-on adulthood was there ever actual stability,” said Valez, now a student at Albright College in Pennsylvania and a member of the National Network for Youth’s National Youth Advisory Council. “I’m surprised I made it out of school,” he said.

Advocacy 70

Advocacy Government Public School High School 70

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2018

On other days, they brainstorm math problems using information from the many placards lining Discovery’s hallways, offering scientific facts about native songbirds, the ecology of Virginia’s forests, the ocean or the galaxy. My lesson plan is: Here’s a problem. They haven’t quite succeeded, but they’re getting close.

K-12 107

K-12 Elementary School Middle School Advocacy 107

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2016

As the children sat cross-legged on a large round rug decorated with illustrations of kids from around the world wearing traditional clothing, Rivera led them in their good morning song, sung to the tune of “Frère Jacques.” “Are you going to sign your name in all by yourself?”. The continuity extends to the participants.

Library 67

Library Museum Lesson Plan Government 67

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2016

The hope is that by providing students access to resources they did not previously have, including after school programs and individualized lesson plans for students in need of remediation, the district can help every student reach his or her full potential. Jones came to Starkville High in 2015 from East Oktibbeha County High School.

Private School 111

Private School Elementary School Public School High School 111

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

A looming question is whether personalized learning that works in, say, a tight-knit, mission-driven charter school can be reliably translated into traditional district schools with many more students, less flexible schedules, keener standardized-test worries and cultures steeped in established ways of teaching and learning.

Charter School 71

Charter School Middle School Project-Based Learning Elementary School 71

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Ocon describes lesson plans that were based around presenting content and then giving quizzes and tests at predetermined intervals. All the traditional method does is sort students. 84 percent of this Chicago high school’s students graduate on time and 52 percent of them now go to college, an 11-point increase from 2012.

Geography 95

Geography High School Charter School Cultures 95