Digital Promise

AUGUST 24, 2020

Digital Promise has been working with districts and educators from across the United States to integrate computational thinking (CT) and computer science (CS) into K-12 classrooms. Schools need more robust examples that focus on what CT is (and isn’t), and they need specific support around K-12 CT integration.

K-12 161

K-12 Middle School Professional Development Research 161

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 7, 2019

More K-12 schools are emphasizing the noncognitive skills that students can access throughout their schooling and careers. She contributed the foreword to the white paper “ Taking Back Kindergarten: Rethinking Rigor for Young Learners.” There is good reason to make this investment.

K-12 103

K-12 Critical Thinking High School Economics 103

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 19, 2016

SNHU President Paul LeBlanc, in a white paper on the topic in 2011, wrote, “The game-changing idea here is that when we have assessment right, we should not care how a student achieves learning. We can blow up the delivery models and be free to try anything that shows itself to work.”.

K-12 111

K-12 Tradition High School Private School 111

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 24, 2017

Across the country, individual schools and districts have been piloting personalized learning for several years with some impressive results,” according to a white paper published by Rhode Island about its efforts to personalize learning.

Digital Resources 82

Digital Resources Professional Development Government Public School 82

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 30, 2018

New York City recently introduced a plan that would bring 3-K into home-based childcare. In a recent report , the Center for New York City Affairs at The New School explored the opportunities and challenges that home-based childcare presents for the city’s evolving 3-K program. Related: Quality of pre-K varies in New York, data shows.

Public School 100

Public School Professional Development Education Teaching 100

Digital Promise

JUNE 23, 2016

For two years, Agency by Design has partnered with preK–12 educators in Oakland, California, to develop instructional strategies and tools to help students think critically about the design of objects, ideas, and systems — and to test the notion that maker-based experiences can increase students’ sense of self-efficacy. Expanding the Circle.

Pedagogy 58

Pedagogy Professional Development Research Education 58

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Nearby, another student poked holes in a piece of white paper with a large push pin to create outlines of shapes. See if you can do it vertical,” said his teacher. That means up and down, big to little.” The little boy nodded and quietly began to stack the boxes. Another student sat at a table practicing drawing lines.

Library 111

Library Middle School Teaching Psychology 111