ED Surge

MAY 8, 2023

That’s the question the middle school class was struggling to answer. Fractions hadn’t really connected with the students, says John Barclay, a teacher in Richmond Public Schools in Virginia. Is 2/7ths larger than 4/11ths? The concept just wasn’t intuitive. That really wasn’t the rule that she was being taught. isn’t working.

K-12 135

K-12 Critical Thinking Middle School Pedagogy 135

The Hechinger Report

MAY 20, 2019

Locations of charter middle schools in Boston. Source: “Can Successful Schools Replicate? Scaling Up Boston’s Charter School Sector,” Sarah Cohodes, Elizabeth Setren, and Christopher R. Research sometimes shows that charter schools are better at raising student achievement than traditional public schools.

Charter School 102

Charter School Middle School Tradition Public School 102

Digital Promise

JULY 10, 2019

While parts of the education system have incorporated tailored methods to keep students engaged, mathematics is often still taught in traditional, non-differentiated ways. For example, many math lessons focus on teaching the one correct path to reach the one right answer to a problem.

Heritage 133

Heritage Pedagogy Psychology Cultures 133

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Biologists at the school look at the math taught in traditional calculus courses, he adds, and wonder why it’s even being taught, because the math isn’t practically useful for the field. The educators sat through lectures on pedagogy, the finer points of math and how to apply it to actual biological problems.

Social Science 145

Social Science Tradition High School Economics 145

The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2024

Finnish students’ achievements have been dropping gradually for two decades, and the trend is reflected in national evaluations, said Jenna Hiltunen, a researcher in mathematical pedagogy at the University of Jyvaskyla, who was part of the team that implemented PISA in Finland. “I

Government 142

Government Pedagogy Middle School Research 142

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

I first acknowledged it subconsciously in my middle school years. Like many people who learned new skills during the pandemic, I immersed myself in Black history, pedagogy, and education reform. I couldn’t articulate it this succinctly at ten years old, but the depictions of the characters weighed on me.

History 107

History Tutoring Pedagogy American History 107

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 15, 2014

We expanded the League of Innovative Schools , our national network of forward-thinking school districts, and partnered with middle schools to create innovative learning environments. At Digital Promise, we saw tremendous growth in 2014. ” Robert Bajor. Project Manager. Educator Micro-credentials. "With

Education 112

Education Civics Pedagogy Lesson Plan 112

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

It can be difficult to explain what play-based learning looks like, said Mara Krechevsky, senior researcher at Project Zero, an education research group in Harvard’s Graduate School of Education. Unfortunately, so much of school has structures that may give you a false impression of what learning is all about.”.

Elementary School 144

Elementary School Pedagogy Public School Middle School 144

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Since its launch in the fall of 2013, more than 80,000 edTPA portfolios have been submitted by teacher candidates and scored by trained professional educators from higher education and P-12 schools, including a significant pool of teachers certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.

Teaching 90

Teaching Pedagogy Tradition Leadership 90

ED Surge

OCTOBER 3, 2023

So my big concern for what's happening to the teaching of literature has to do with the people that I call my ‘thinking partners’ all over the country — secondary teachers, middle school teachers, even elementary school teachers, who are really under threat. That includes librarians as well. That's become harder to do.

K-12 109

K-12 Pedagogy History American History 109

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

(From left to right) Sixth graders Mia DeMore, Maria DeAndrade, and Stephen Boulas make a number line in their math class at Walsh Middle School in Framingham, Massachusetts, one of 132 “Basecamp” schools piloting the Personalized Learning Platform created by the Summit charter school network. Photo: Chris Berdik.

Charter School 87

Charter School Middle School Project-Based Learning Elementary School 87

Cult of Pedagogy

OCTOBER 27, 2024

When you make a purchase through these links, Cult of Pedagogy gets a small percentage of the sale at no extra cost to you. SLJ (School Library Journal) recommends it for grades 7 and up. I had it in my middle school library, and of course I have it in my high school library too.” I totally agree with that.

Library 254

Library Social Justice Pedagogy Humanities 254

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

That push officially began in 2014, when Deborah Gist, then the state’s commissioner of education, announced a public-private “innovation partnership” to merge traditional and computerized pedagogy. Charter schools are the bluntest incarnation of education reform and have long enjoyed bipartisan support.

Charter School 111

Charter School K-12 Middle School Elementary School 111

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Barton teaches English full-time at Clarksdale High School. Not long after Cortez Moss accepted the job as principal of Quitman County Middle School in 2016, he realized that his first months would be devoted nearly entirely to teacher recruitment. Related: Are rural charter schools viable in Mississippi? MARKS, Miss. —

Charter School 108

Charter School Economics Middle School Public School 108

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2017

For anyone who’s spent time in an early childhood classroom, the idea that school should be as much about making friends and having fun as learning the alphabet will sound familiar. What happens is that the academic pedagogy keeps getting pushed down, down, down and quashing what early childhood development is all about.

High School 105

High School Charter School Project-Based Learning Elementary School 105

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

We as teachers, as a school entity, we are trying to jump back into it and get them back into the practice of having deadlines and learning and having standards and expectations. William Hite , superintendent of Philadelphia’s public schools. Karis Mazyck , principal of Blythewood Middle School.

Oral History 144

Oral History History High School Public School 144