eSchool News

JULY 28, 2022

Novato, CA (July 27, 2022) – PBLWorks, the leading provider of professional development for Project Based Learning (PBL), has announced its 2022 PBL Champions – a program that honors schools, districts and individuals for their commitment to high quality Project Based Learning. About the Champions.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

In response to the President’s call for commitments to computer science education for all , 37 school district across the country — from Vermont to Alaska — ­have committed to offering high­ quality computer science (CS) and computational thinking curriculum to over one million students. Coordinating with the private sector.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

As districts across the United States consider how to get student learning back on track and fortify parent interest in public schools, they’re asking the same question as Steve Joel: What should we keep after the pandemic? The digital pivot made some districts solve preexisting tech gaps. Unexpected gains in equity.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 22, 2013

Currently there is a pre-publication discount of 15% for any orders before this date. Pillar #6 - Rethinking Learning Spaces and Environments Digital leadership looks at societal trends as inspirational elements and potential catalysts for change in the structure of the schools themselves as well as the designs of programs.

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EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Vrain Valley Schools in Longmont, Colorado won as the only District ever to make the level of EduJedi Knight. Vrain runs towards them, helping lead the entire nation towards the real change needed for schools. Vrain Valley Schools. . Thousands of other school administrators are going to look them up.

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eSchool News

JULY 4, 2023

There’s a time and a place for each format in my life…and in schools today. Therese Bennett Hatfield, the librarian at Valley Middle School in Carlsbad, California, encourages the use of audiobooks in instruction. For me, a story is a story no matter in what format it’s consumed.

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Minga

AUGUST 16, 2023

Technology plays a huge role in today’s modern schools – and cell phones are no exception. In fact, many school districts have started to ban cell phones in school in order to improve concentration and reduce opportunities for distractions. What is Minga? And, of course, off campus.)

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 9, 2022

In high school, Carlos Granillo was a standout honor student and multisport athlete whose hard work earned him admission to the state’s flagship university, the University of Colorado Boulder. Coming from a high school in Aurora that was 60 percent to 70 percent Latino, he figured he’d find a good number of Latinos on campus.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 23, 2019

on day four of the strike, Nadia Morales, a counselor at Los Angeles High School, and Pedro Martinez, a social-studies teacher at Eagle Rock High School, prepare their children for the day. The strike of UTLA’s 33,000 members across some 1,200 schools, the first since 1989, began last Monday, January 14. At 7 a.m.,

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techlearning

JULY 10, 2018

Positive response to the courses offered by The Virtual High School (VHS Inc.),a Additionally, a New Jersey high school is the newest member of the VHS collaborative, joining more than 700 schools from across the nation and around the world.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

At the Williston-Elko Middle School in rural South Carolina, where she has taught for seven years, more than three out of every four students are poor enough to qualify for free or reduced-priced lunch. Teachers across the country are seeing more and more students struggle with reading this school year. READ THE SERIES.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 10, 2018

“Charter schools can do more with less” is a common refrain of school choice advocates, who criticize traditional public schools for wasting money. Racism creates systems that undervalue black schools, homes and lives, leading to fewer resources for the people who need every cent.

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Insight Education Group

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Teachers have the largest in-school impact on student achievement. Yet many districts are struggling—really struggling in some cases—to find enough effective teachers to fill their vacancies each year. District leaders, whether in large, small, or rural districts, are struggling to find and retain the teachers they need.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 1, 2019

Rather, it’s a systematic, sweeping inequity that pervades our country’s education system and separates the “have” districts from the have-nots. Related: LA’s school counselors strike back. When you take a closer look at school advising, a number of concerning factors surface. Second, 1.7

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Edsurge

MAY 7, 2019

During the current school year, Gault says more than 1 million students across roughly 10,000 schools will have tried an exercise. A forthcoming efficacy study, led by a researcher from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, will be published this summer. public school students in 2015, and that number is expected to rise.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Seven high-performing libraries were selected for special honors: Bud Werner Library, CO; Keene Memorial Library, NE; Lincoln City Libraries, NE; MacDonald Public Library, MI; Menasha Joint School District, WI; Paramus Public Library, NJ; Suffolk Public Library, VA.

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Gaggle Speaks

JANUARY 16, 2019

Even the most conscientious school officials aren’t always aware of the numerous messages related to self-harm, suicide, substance abuse, and cyberbullying in schools. Schuyler Community Schools in Schuyler, NE are taking a deeper look into their students’ online usage and behavior.

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MindShift

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

To Maggie, a first-grader at Burgundy Farm Country Day School, the Labrador/terrier mix with chestnut-brown eyes and “really fluffy” black hair who spends most days on campus is more like a friend. Cameron is one of a handful of dogs at Burgundy, a K-8 private day school in Alexandria, Virginia. I feel safe around him,” she added.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

6, 2018, in front of Lincoln High School in Tacoma, Wash. In the run-up to a new school year, I was proud to contribute $100 to the parent teacher association at my son’s school for classroom supplies. You know, those things schools should have in their supply cabinets. AP Photo/Ted S.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Modern librarians can take charge in making their schools Future Ready. Ed note : This is the first in a series of columns from digital library expert Mark Ray discussing the changing role of librarians and the Future Ready Schools initiative. and Mooresville Graded School District in N.C.

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Comfortably 2.0

MARCH 1, 2014

What if you gave a student in your school access to the district Twitter account? I got the idea from Lincoln Public Schools here in Nebraska. Too often I hear about how social media should be banned in schools. Scary thought isn''t it? Or is it? What a brilliant idea! Some people say that'

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Education Superhighway

MAY 24, 2018

TECH 20XX, now in its 28th year, is a conference organized by Illinois Computing Educators (ICE) that gives students the opportunity to display their technology-related school projects to elected officials, business leaders, and the general public. We code on Tynker and Code.org. We use them for math and spelling practice.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Racial disparities in public education are an essential issue for every teacher to understand — but especially for white educators who teach children of color. Coming into school early to sit with students while they ate their snacks helped. Nothing truly prepares you for the realities of teaching in an underserved community.

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MindShift

APRIL 12, 2020

. “Friday I was at school, talking to my students, and they’re like, ‘Do you think they’re going to close school?’ Edward-Epiphany Catholic School in Richmond, Va. Like Klumpe, she says she was surprised by the move to close schools. ” America’s schools are in crisis. .”

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eSchool News

MARCH 2, 2016

How innovative districts are exposing more students to coding and closing the participation gap. Endorsement by the White House is valuable to those new to introducing computer science (CS) in the classroom, as well as others, like members of the Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools , who have championed CS for years.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 10, 2018

In October, the Intelitek STEM and CTE Education Foundation (ISCEF) kicks off the 2018 Cyber Robotics Coding Competitions (CRCCs) in 14 states and the District of Columbia. National Open Access competition -- will be held virtually for students in schools without a statewide CRCC. A fifteenth -- the U.S.

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MindShift

JUNE 29, 2020

After roles as a gravedigger in a grunge rock musical adaptation of Hamlet and the Wicked Witch’s second-in-command in The Wiz , this spring, due to the spread of COVID-19, high school junior Jack Tartara found himself trying out a brand-new role: quarantined theater kid. But we’re all together in the theater program.

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techlearning

JULY 31, 2018

In the first three videos of this series, students and teachers will gain new insights on such quintessential Americans such as George Washington, Harriet Tubman, and Abraham Lincoln, and learn how the legacies of these famous Americans continue to impact us today. Inspired by the global media company Discovery Inc.,

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Sponsored this year by JAR Systems and SAP Concur , the program received an influx of inspiring nominations that highlight the innovation and selflessness of educators in schools and districts across the nation. Nominee: Jim Perry , Stapleton School Nominated by: EmpowerU, Inc. Jim embraced EmpowerU immediately.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 22, 2016

But measuring how well schools are reaching English-learners is not easy, at least not from looking at the state’s accountability data. That makes it difficult for schools to close the achievement gap for the English learner group. More than a third of JCPS schools offer English as a Second Language programs.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 4, 2024

SAN FRANCISCO — It was two days before the start of the school year, and Lauren Koehler shrugged off her backpack and slid out of a maroon hoodie as she approached the blocky, concrete building that houses the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) Enrollment Center. Public school enrollment there fell by 7.6

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 16, 2020

Douglass High School in New Orleans, wanted her students to have the same transformative experience she did on a high school trip to Ghana. It was mid-May, technically the first week of Pierre-Floyd’s summer vacation, but she was the kind of high school principal who preferred spending her first days of freedom with students.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 24, 2023

That has not been our experience as parents and school committee membersin the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD), which is often singled out as an example of math success. That’s how SFUSD became the poster district for detracking math, with national organizations citing SFUSD as proof that this policy works.

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MindShift

MAY 28, 2018

High school-level content specialists especially have little training on how to integrate language acquisition into their content. Nell Scharff Panero developed the WITsi strategies and has been working with New York Renewal schools to implement them. One activity asks students to write sentences using “but, because and so” correctly.

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Digital Promise

JULY 7, 2015

Jane is the associate superintendent for instruction at Lincoln Public Schools , Neb., a member of the Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools. Who are the people that enable a school system to bridge theory and practice? However, that quickly changed.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

In 2003, Project Tomorrow, a national nonprofit dedicated to helping K-12 education leaders identify and implement best practices, launched the Speak Up Research Project, which gives K-12 leaders insights into current and emerging dynamics in the education ecosystem—and what those dynamics mean for all the stakeholders within a school district.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

It was 2015 and Jack Silva, the chief academic officer for the public schools in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, had a problem: Only 56 percent of third-graders in his district had scored proficient on the state reading test. The problem is that many American elementary schools aren’t doing that. ” he said.

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