ED Surge

MARCH 3, 2025

The Equity Factor in Early Numeracy Equity remains a top priority for many K-12 administrators. Research shows that children from low-income families often start school with fewer numeracy skills than their peers, putting them at an academic disadvantage.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Given the rapid advances in AI and the momentum in the education field to understand how these technologies can support teaching and learning, last year the Gates Foundation launched a pilot initiative to provide funding to test new AI ideas that are in support of equitable K-12 mathematics outcomes.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2023

In K-12 schools, students are facing an onslaught of emerging technologies — new developments arrive by the day — and yet we’re still teaching many of our core school subjects as if our daily lives are unchanged by these tools. For context, some researchers believe that a gap of just 10 points equates to a full school year of learning.

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ED Surge

JULY 19, 2024

His ambitions to learn were thwarted because his teacher had assigned handouts and a three-week-long lesson plan that relied on a website that wasn’t easy for him to navigate. That applies to K-12 as well: Districts should be vetting accessibility as part of their procurement process, says Barker, of CAST.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Given the rapid advances in AI and the momentum in the education field to understand how these technologies can support teaching and learning, last year the Gates Foundation launched a pilot initiative to provide funding to test new AI ideas that are in support of equitable K-12 mathematics outcomes.

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K-12 Tutoring Library Humanities 156

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

While data science isn’t a new subject, there’s been growing interest recently in helping students — in both K-12 and higher ed — gain data science skills. In the last three years, 17 states have added some sort of data science education course to their K-12 offerings, Drozda said. Subscribe today!

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 27, 2020

The report is provocatively titled, “ How artificial intelligence will impact K-12 teachers ,” though many of the recommendations are for categories of software applications that don’t necessarily use sophisticated AI algorithms at all, such as sites where teachers can find curriculum materials posted by other teachers.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2020

According to the latest survey data from the Pew Research Center, 73 percent of adults have broadband internet at home. For the kids in their homes, that means trying to read assignments, write papers, do research and take quizzes with tiny screens and tinier keyboards. But Holland is not optimistic.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Many claim that scientific research proves their wares work. “Education technology is an area where innovation has outpaced rigorous research,” said Vincent Quan, who runs the North American education unit at J-PAL. Teachers didn’t have to change their existing lesson plans or textbooks to incorporate it.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

While the end of the pandemic is likely still months off, the White House has called for most K-8 schools to reopen by May, with in-person instruction at least one day a week, prolonging the possibility of distance learning. Grades K-5 in the district are in person, but middle and high schools are mostly hybrid. The district put $1.6

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K-12 Tutoring Public School Lesson Plan 144

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Still, research shows that digital-resource usage hasn’t reached its full potential. According to a 2018 study by the accounting firm PwC, only 10 percent of K-12 teachers reported they “feel confident” about including high-level technology in their lesson plans.

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Civics Digital Resources K-12 Lesson Plan 145

TCI

JANUARY 21, 2025

While games cannot replace classroom instruction, they can enhance learning when intentionally integrated into a lesson plan. Motivation and Engagement: Research shows that gamified learning positively impacts student motivation and engagement. You can integrate simple gamified routines or infuse game elements into your lessons.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 21, 2022

Researchers and scientists shared the ways different economic, infrastructure, and environmental factors are altering Louisiana’s coastline. The 20 K-12 educators are part of a two-year fellowship from the Louisiana Sea Grant, in partnership with Nicholls State department of teacher education and LSU school of education.

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Controversial Topics Education Lesson Plan K-12 116

ED Surge

MARCH 8, 2022

Recently, lawmakers in Iowa penned a bill that, if passed, would have required cameras in every K-12 classroom in the state. These cameras would allow parents to livestream their children’s lessons throughout the school day. Yes, I’m deviating from my lesson plans. The lesson plan would still be there.

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Lesson Plan K-12 History Professional Development 122

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 12, 2024

Nonprofits like Generation Citizen and the Mikva Challenge, Korbey said, cite internal research that these kinds of activist-ish activities improve knowledge, civic skills, and motivation to remain involved in politics or their local community. And this leads to a broader lack of knowledge about how power works in society, say some experts.

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Teaching Civics K-12 Civic Engagement 133

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 14, 2019

As instructors finalize lesson plans and schools across the country head back into session, there’s been a recent and significant surge of interest in social and emotional learning (SEL) curricula at both the federal and state levels. Additionally, 97 percent believed that students from all backgrounds could benefit from SEL.

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K-12 Psychology Lesson Plan High School 110

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

As teachers develop lesson plans, they also face lingering questions, in Maine and nationally, over the possibility of a return to remote learning and concerns about ensuring all students have access to the devices and high-quality broadband they need to do classwork and homework.

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K-12 Library Lesson Plan Professional Development 145

The Hechinger Report

JULY 20, 2023

This week, I spoke with experts and educators in K-12 to see what they think about these new tools. Roschelle said he wants to see school leaders and educators experiment in ways that don’t carry big risks for students, such as changing a few lesson plans. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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K-12 Lesson Plan Tutoring High School 97

Digital Promise

JUNE 8, 2017

The best laid plans can fail when you overlook the simplest of details. OER Commons defines them more eloquently as, “teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use and re-purposing by others.”.

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K-12 Education Library Digital Resources 88

The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

So, we’ve spent several months traveling the country learning from schools applying best practices and from researchers and educators who have studied what works. A 2016 study by the American Institutes for Research noted that about a third of Chicago’s public high school students fail one or both semesters of algebra I.

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Tutoring Middle School K-12 Lesson Plan 132

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2018

Nationwide, K-12 schools are leading a fledgling “net-zero” building boom that has grown from a few proof-of-concept structures a decade ago to hundreds of buildings completed or under construction. But the K-12 schools leading the net-zero charge are uncovering major educational benefits as well.

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K-12 Elementary School Middle School Advocacy 111

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Currently, I coach teachers across 18 K-12 schools in the Campbell Kapolei Complex Area in Ewa Beach and Kapolei Hawaii. Understanding Generation Alpha The name “Generation Alpha,” was coined by Mark McCrindle, a generational researcher and corporate consultant in Australia.

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Education Middle School Global Connections K-12 141

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2017

Chun’s district is at the forefront of a national movement to turn K-12 librarians into indispensable digital mavens who can help classroom teachers craft tech-savvy lesson plans, teach kids to think critically about online research, and remake libraries into lively, high-tech hubs of collaborative learning — while still helping kids get books.

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Library K-12 Digital Resources Advocacy 111

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The companies pledged to focus on researching the societal dangers of AI, such as the perpetuation of bias and abuse of privacy, and to develop AI that addresses those dangers. And nowhere is this conversation more relevant than in K-12 education, where AI holds the promise of revolutionizing how teachers teach and students learn.

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K-12 EdTech Government Human Rights 118

ED Surge

MARCH 20, 2024

Teaching creativity and creative thinking in K-12 has always been valued but often challenging to implement. Youngpradit: There is research out of Stanford that found that the prevalence of cheating overall remained the same with the introduction of ChatGPT. How can educators address the concern about students using AI to cheat?

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Pedagogy Advocacy K-12 Economics 135

ED Surge

JUNE 4, 2024

You note in your book that back when you were an undergraduate at MIT, you originally wanted to be an AI researcher. And so if you asked me in 1994 or 1995 what I wanted to do, I would say, ‘Yeah, I might want to be an AI researcher.’ I encourage that researcher to watch that video of the GPT-4o tutoring demo with myself and my son.

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Tutoring Humanities K-12 EdTech 136

Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 17, 2015

Avoid the pitfalls of tech integration – technology for technology’s sake, focus on tools rather than the learning – by being thoughtful and purposeful about lesson (re)design. Bring your own lessons and units, and we’ll help you make them better. Sunday, June 28, 12:30pm to 3:30pm EDT (Eastern Daylight Time).

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K-12 Leadership Project-Based Learning Lesson Plan 97

Becoming a History Teacher

JUNE 11, 2024

They understood the need to prioritise and advocate for lesson planning as an important aspect of beginning teacher’s training despite it being in conflict with wider school developments. Gore, J., & Thomas, K. A review of US research. 10.1108/JPCC-12-2018-0032. McCormack, A.,

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Education K-12 Leadership Lesson Plan 88

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2023

We’ve been doing research with New York City Public Schools for the past 6-7 years. The teachers participating committed to creating lesson plans — like the shade simulation — that will be made available freely for others to use on platforms including the website SubjectToClimate.org. Related: Climate change: Are we ready?

Teaching 96

Teaching K-12 Professional Development Civics 96

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 17, 2015

I ask kindergarten teachers in impoverished neighborhoods how many of their children have had real, developmental pre-K for a couple of years beforehand (the kind that wealthy or middle class kids get). Could we take the billions of dollars that are going to testing companies and put it into rich, developmental pre-K? Iowa overall v.

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Education K-12 Anthropology Advocacy 91

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2016

If you have 12 cookies and four friends, how can you give an equal number of cookies to each friend? You can have the same 12 cookies, but if you divide by ¼, the old approach won’t work. Related: Customized math lessons could help students learn more, research says. It works intuitively enough with whole numbers.

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Elementary School K-12 Professional Development Tutoring 76

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 27, 2018

A group of researchers from the University of Michigan and Michigan State University followed students using the same social studies curriculum as the one used in Waterford in 20 high-poverty schools in Michigan. The researchers controlled for academic differences among the kids at the start of the school year.)

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Project-Based Learning Civics Historic Sites Social Studies 111

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Online learning can be a useful tool for districts facing stubborn teacher shortages, because it can help fill teacher vacancies with instruction from high-quality professionals, according to recent research from the Clayton Christensen Institute, a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank that supports the increased use of technology in education.

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Education K-12 Tutoring High School 111

Edthena

AUGUST 13, 2021

On this episode of the Teaching Leading Learning K-12 Podcast, Edthena founder and CEO Adam Geller talked with Steve Miletto talked about all things professional learning, including how video is changing the game for giving educators feedback about their teaching. So I mentioned the lesson plan before. Louis, Missouri.

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Teaching K-12 Lesson Plan Professional Development 98

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2016

The Wyss team hopes Root will soon roll into the gap between the growing enthusiasm for K-12 computer science and the lack of qualified teachers. Root’s job is to celebrate the code you create by bringing it to life,” said Justin Werfel, a senior research scientist at Wyss.

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Teaching K-12 Lesson Plan Middle School 75

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2018

There’s the cost of the warranty, professional development for teachers to learn how to incorporate the devices into their lesson plans and troubleshoot tech problems, repairs for inevitable damages and the price of software those laptops run. Chromebooks have become the dominant device in U.S. public schools.

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K-12 Professional Development Lesson Plan Elementary School 72

ACRE

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The lesson plan provides examples that you can discuss with students to show them how to track income and expenses as well as how to create short and long terms savings plans. They evaluate earning potentials and various salaries and research the cost of living around the United States.

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K-12 Digital Resources Social Studies Lesson Plan 52