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.

K-12 106

K-12 Elementary School Middle School Advocacy 106

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 27, 2018

“This study shows that a well-designed project-based curriculum might be more effective than traditional instruction.” It’s a lot more involved than tacking on a project to a traditional unit of study by assigning students, for example, to make shoebox dioramas about a book they’ve read.

Project-Based Learning 111

Project-Based Learning Historic Sites Civics Social Studies 111

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2018

This strategy of tapping into students’ own experiences as part of a lesson plan is an increasingly common one in U.S. schools, as teachers attempt to make a traditional, Eurocentric curriculum personally interesting to a diverse student body. That was Lin-Manuel Miranda’s rationale for his casting.

Cultures 108

Cultures American History Tradition History 108

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

These quests might be called “assignments” in a more traditional classroom. But Isaacs doesn’t run a traditional classroom — and not just because his students spend most of their time in a fantasy world. But he maintains that teachers of all subject areas can build more student agency into their lesson plans.

Tradition 104

Tradition Lesson Plan Middle School Humanities 104

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 105

Lesson Plan Tradition Teaching K-12 105

The Hechinger Report

MAY 17, 2016

Trace Pickering, associate superintendent of the Cedar Rapids Community School District, founded Iowa BIG, a district program that gives students an alternative to the traditional school day. I need to build a lesson plan.” Students at Iowa BIG are dramatically stronger than their traditional high school peers in those areas.

Lesson Plan 81

Lesson Plan Tradition Advocacy High School 81

The Hechinger Report

JULY 31, 2021

billion in federal K-12 aid. Summer Rising, run as a partnership among the Department of Education, the Department of Youth & Community Development and local community-based organizations, is attempting to replace traditional summer school this year — and perhaps permanently. South Carolina has received a total of about $3.3

Elementary School 111

Elementary School K-12 Middle School High School 111

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2019

In her decades at the traditional high school, she saw her students becoming increasingly aimless and disengaged. Now, she said, as she approaches her lesson planning and her teaching, she asks herself questions she never asked before: “Do I need every kid to really deeply understand plate tectonics?

Project-Based Learning 91

Project-Based Learning Lesson Plan High School Tradition 91

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Most of them don’t think about technology and food going together, when clearly they do, even in traditional farming.”. Most of them don’t think about technology and food going together, when clearly they do, even in traditional farming.”. “To imagine you could help feed people with this computer was amazing to these kids.

Middle School 111

Middle School Lesson Plan Tradition High School 111

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 3, 2022

The station rotation model is a popular K-12 blended learning model that rotates students through a series of stations or learning activities. In the early stages of designing my station rotation lessons, I was frustrated by the lesson planning process because I found every station built on the station before.

Tutoring 195

Tutoring Lesson Plan K-12 Tradition 195

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. Related: Kids struggle to read when schools leave phonics out.

Pedagogy 88

Pedagogy Lesson Plan Tradition Teaching 88

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

Kids in traditional schools sometimes act like they’re on a cruise ship, where they sit on deck and teachers bring them stuff to do,” Berger said. “We Young gets the utility of online lesson plans geared to math standards and targeted to students at any level. Ten schools began using the model in 1993.

Middle School 111

Middle School Library Tradition Elementary School 111

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 25, 2017

Throw away the books and stop asking each teacher to individually “reinvent the wheel” by creating lesson plans from scratch. Reverse the order of traditional science instruction: teach physics in ninth grade, followed by chemistry and then biology. If all students are to take physics and chemistry in the U.S.,

Education 75

Education Lesson Plan Tradition Teaching 75

The Hechinger Report

MAY 26, 2019

But most schools are more like Corte Madera – governed by schedules, academic standards, report cards and other ties to traditional measures of student achievement – and there, the pilot was a mix of triumph and struggle. Traditional testing is simple — a percentage of correct answers equals a letter grade.

Education 111

Education Project-Based Learning Charter School Tradition 111

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2016

.: Columbia Public Schools teachers Brandy Ahrens, Elly Eckhoff and Heather Smith are intent as facilitator Kim Nuetzmann explains the three topic areas in which the veteran teachers were being asked for input: cooperating teacher support, teacher candidates and enhancing the partnership between PK-12 and higher education.

Classroom Management 108

Classroom Management Lesson Plan Pedagogy Elementary School 108

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

It focuses on lesson planning, instruction, assessment and academic language – all in support of student learning. The results from our large scale field trials and two years of operational use are promising – data show more equitable results for edTPA than traditional standardized measures of teaching knowledge and skills.

Teaching 76

Teaching Pedagogy Tradition Leadership 76

Studies Weekly

MARCH 15, 2024

What is Universal Pre-K? 15, 2024 • By Studies Weekly Universal pre-K is a state policy framework to provide every child with a quality, publicly funded preschool education. What makes a Universal Pre-K Program universal? This gives states more flexibility to fund existing childcare programs rather than create their own.

K-12 52

K-12 Economics Professional Development Tradition 52

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 83

Tradition High School Professional Development Social Studies 83

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 20, 2018

They also added a school support coach to help teachers improve their lesson plans and use more data to track students’ progress. A year and a half later, the district reversed course and asked the state to remove 12 of the schools from the list. It’s hard for folks when all of a sudden you say, ‘OK, you’re free,’” he said.

Elementary School 74

Elementary School Charter School K-12 High School 74

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

While New Jersey does not have state testing in social studies (required state tests focus on reading and math), schools are required to follow a set of social studies education guidelines that include some lessons on contemporary issues, including terrorism. But even then, teachers of traditional U.S.

History 71

History Social Studies Museum Civics 71

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Parents were intrigued by the schools, which seemed to offer an alternative to traditional public schools. That training time is also when teachers work on their “albums,” or lesson plans. Recently, Montessori has received another revival as public Montessori schools have become increasingly common.

Library 110

Library Middle School Teaching Psychology 110

The Hechinger Report

JULY 11, 2017

A Kentucky superintendent, Roger Cook, said he wasn’t thinking about personalized learning when he started to let students have more control over their studies 12 years ago; he was just trying to keep them from dropping out of his Taylor County School District.

Elementary School 65

Elementary School High School Middle School Tradition 65

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 68

Library Museum Lesson Plan Government 68

ED Surge

JUNE 4, 2024

We've always worked on software that personalizes things, videos — I still make videos — and exercises, teacher tools, in a more traditional sense, and now we're moving toward this artificial intelligence world. I'll say it's also been a bit of a transition internally at Khan Academy because it is a new muscle that we've been building.

Tutoring 112

Tutoring Humanities K-12 EdTech 112

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

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Others are turning to social media to fill in gaps when traditional forms of education are either disappearing or insufficient. These platforms, now part of our daily lives, have the power to reach young people where traditional education may fail.

Social Justice 87

Social Justice K-12 Lesson Plan Advocacy 87

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2017

Our nine districts have been considering free or low-cost open educational resources alongside traditional options. As many states adopted new state standards in recent years, educational leaders voiced concerns that traditional publishers had not developed adequately aligned materials.

Lesson Plan 90

Lesson Plan Professional Development Tradition Middle School 90

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 3, 2016

Emily Duggan demonstrates a dance move at the Amherst, NH, studio where she spends about 12 hours a week. She puts in about 12 hours a week at the studio, including classes and rehearsals with the dance team for weekend competitions. First, will the school continue to succeed on traditional measures, such as standardized tests?

Education 0

Education Charter School Middle School Museum 0

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 This summer, Northern Cass teachers and administrators have continued rewriting lesson plans and assessments, including those for “habits of work.” Others, however, echo Northern Cass superintendent, Cory Steiner. “We

Tradition 111

Tradition Charter School American History Cultures 111

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

The online platform includes a project-based curriculum for science, social studies, math and English language arts for students in grades four through 12, along with additional content in those subjects that students can tackle at their own pace. Nearly 400 schools use the Summit Learning Program across 40 states.

Junior High 121

Junior High Charter School Social Studies Elementary School 121

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 69

Charter School Middle School Project-Based Learning Elementary School 69

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2024

Public colleges couldn’t admit students without immigration documents and, even though, under federal law, K-12 schools are required to serve students regardless of citizenship status, the Alabama legislation also called for school districts to collect information on their students’ citizenship status. But even though most are U.S.

High School 140

High School K-12 Heritage Professional Development 140

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

Teachers project lesson plans onto interactive screens, and little hands reach for black Chromebook laptops, which are stacked like cafeteria trays in a large box called a Chromecart. For decades, nonprofit advocacy groups and corporate donors have targeted K-12 education for intervention.

K-12 97

K-12 Charter School Middle School Elementary School 97

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

Initially, Honani put some blame on herself as a mother, chiding herself for failing to stay on top of her son’s teachers and deprioritizing traditional schooling during a hectic time. “There was a breakdown in communication in the school and the students,” said Honani, who works as a program manager for The Hopi Foundation.

Government 124

Government K-12 High School Tradition 124

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 7, 2016

It is just one of a slate of waivers approved by lawmakers, including class size, teacher preparation time, hiring and firing rules, and others, allowing traditional public schools to operate with the same educational requirements as their area charter schools. She uses the New York Times lesson guides, the U.S. According to U.S.

Charter School 111

Charter School Tradition Public School Civics 111

The Hechinger Report

MAY 4, 2017

GEO International High School, with about 185 students, is connected to the Internationals Network for Public Schools in New York City; its schools have been more successful than traditional schools at educating new, and often traumatized, immigrants, and at boosting their emotional and social well-being, as well. Read more about K-12.

High School 80

High School K-12 History Heritage 80

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 89

Geography High School Charter School Cultures 89