Edsurge

OCTOBER 23, 2023

From the earliest stages, as Pre-K parents search for activities and resources to nurture their child's growth, to K-12 schools adopting technology to improve student outcomes and operational efficiencies, the impact of modern learning tools is undeniable. Emerging technologies have the potential to reshape the educational landscape.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JULY 29, 2019

8 Useful Home Visit Resources For Teachers by Terry Heick School home visits are continuing to see traction in many public school districts as a way to not simply ‘improve relationships with students’ but rather begin the school year ‘on even ground’ with families and communities.

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ViewSonic Education

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

These types of virtual platforms are part of what is known as the gamification of learning, which is the use of gaming elements to improve student engagement and overall enjoyment. Naturally, this means educators will have questions about where this technology is heading and what comes next for virtual learning. ViewSonic Education.

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Hubbli

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

When we think of a well-rounded private school curriculum, subjects like mathematics, science, and literature often come to mind. However, the inclusion of emotional intelligence training in a private school curriculum is an aspect that is rapidly gaining traction.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Publisher analytics provides useful data-based insights that enable them to take action to improve the results. If it is not meeting their aims and required outcomes, the publishers can take steps accordingly to improve the visibility and traction of their content. What Is Publisher Analytics?

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

PLANO, Texas — CYPHER LEARNING , a leading provider of intelligent learning platforms for schools, universities and organizations around the world, today announced the expansion of its executive leadership team with Jennifer Geisler as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) and Matt Kane as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). The large $8.1

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

This shift, while intended to improve test performance, comes at a cost. By showcasing a range of student work, portfolios enable educators to assess individual strengths, growth, and areas for improvement more accurately. Furthermore, this myopic focus on test preparation diminishes the joy of reading for pleasure.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 26, 2019

Under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), states have considerable flexibility in how to support and improve their teacher evaluation systems—but will they use the opportunity to create more flexible systems and value the importance of teachers spreading their expertise to one another? Counting what matters. and how much.

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Digital Promise

JULY 20, 2020

In our study of 108 schools across seven states, we found that when teachers chose to participate in coaching voluntarily, they were more likely to be invested in the change process. Schools with voluntary participation had more teacher buy-in and enthusiasm. Schools with voluntary participation had more teacher buy-in and enthusiasm.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Julie York, a computer science and media teacher at South Portland High School in Maine, was scouring the internet for discussion tools for her class when she found TeachFX. York was hooked, in part because she says her school administration simply doesn’t have the time to observe teachers while tending to several other pressing concerns.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 14, 2017

As maker-centered learning gains traction in schools around the country, district leaders in the League of Innovative Schools are pioneering best practices for implementing new programs. At the fall 2016 meeting of the League of Innovative Schools, a group of leaders convened to address these questions together.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2023

When I first ran for school board in 2017, I was concerned about climate change personally but honestly didn’t understand what role I could play as a school board member. This gives me — and school board members across the country — tremendous influence to lead positive change for climate action and climate justice.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 15, 2022

School leadership is more challenging than ever. Practical, encouraging ideas are shared throughout this show for principals, administrators, and anyone working to encourage school leaders. Practical, encouraging ideas are shared throughout this show for principals, administrators, and anyone working to encourage school leaders.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 1, 2023

Education leaders must be brave and stand up and admit publicly and repeatedly that this system just isn’t working and discuss what is needed to improve it. After unprecedented learning loss, growing disparities in educational outcomes and overall public dissatisfaction, the time is right for an education overhaul.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2019

In 2018, it reached classrooms in 52,000 schools, or nearly half of all public schools in the U.S. Take the recent push to include more computer science education in schools, for example. Part of that effort is improving school and classroom environments for students.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

It’s imperative that classroom design is driven by the desire to create personal and authentic learning experiences for students,” says Tom Murray, director of innovation for Future Ready Schools , a project of the Alliance for Excellent Education. How does the technology actually improve on what we’ve done in the past?”

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

JULY 19, 2016

Because an A doesn’t mean the same thing from school to school, let alone region to region, universities often need some very complicated leveling metric to compare applicants. See also: Growth Mindset Gaining Traction as School Improvement Strategy.

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

MAY 3, 2016

I’m confident we will achieve that goal because of our team, traction, and potential for scalable impact. See also: College Readiness for Underserved Middle School Students Shouldn’t Be Forgotten. Improving Minority Teacher Quality and Retention Through Support. Perhaps I should. Difficulty comes with the territory.

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Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2022

These cameras would allow parents to livestream their children’s lessons throughout the school day. I’ve taught high school English for years. I also coach teachers and work with them to improve their instructional practices. I am glad to see these bills fail to gain traction.

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Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2020

There is no other way to put it: The reopening of schools after COVID-19 is going to be expensive. billion for all public schools, at least. Either this year or next, almost every school board will have to pare down its expenses and decide what programs to keep and what to cancel.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

But even before, school technology infrastructure had steadily improved over the past decade, aiding the adoption of digital technologies like Newsela, says CEO Matthew Gross. It is a right for our students, in schools and in their homes,” he says. That traction is paying off. Now used in 90 percent of all U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 5, 2022

I took calculus as a high school senior. Only 20 or so students at the large Catholic all-girls school I attended in Chicago were in the class. Yet calculus continues to enjoy a singular status in high school advanced math. It was the ultimate destination on the advanced math track. It was an academic badge of honor.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

While barely a blimp on the global scale, it could impact learning trajectories for millions of American students and have a significant impact on the conventional model of schooling. The concept of microschooling gained traction throughout the 2010s, then saw a huge uptick in both interest and new examples during the pandemic.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 19, 2018

School leaders, especially, need accurate notions of how the world works if they want their school improvement efforts to succeed. School leaders, especially, need accurate notions of how the world works if they want their school improvement efforts to succeed.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

School Psychologist Dani Roquett greets Anne and James Hutt with their daughters, Ellison, 5, and Quinn, 10 months, at the “Zone Check-In” at the GET Together family educational event in January. Soft instrumental music played in the background as families walked into the gym at Laurene Edmondson Elementary School around 5:30 in the evening.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Such policies have recently been gaining appreciation and, more importantly, traction. 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. Legislators must begin regulating AI now. I now also chair Ireland’s first A.I.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 10, 2016

Public blockchains – from the perspective of public institutions like schools – also bring with them the baggage of their main use case (which for many is as a virtual currency). I am eagerly awaiting the chance to read the book. Two , Bitcoin serves as the most prominent proof-of-concept that blockchain technology can work.

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Securly

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Will more schools embrace student-centric mobile devices? Now, we know that edtech has been proven to improve test scores and overall classroom engagement. ” The 1:1 initiative aimed for districts to issue each student a laptop for use in-school and at home. .” Will the cloud continue to reign? Indeed, $2.3

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2021

While the pandemic and the sudden shutdown of schools provoked fear, the teachers at this remote refugee camp in northern Iraq weren’t worried about how students would cope: They were confident their students were prepared to take their learning fully online. Last year, Hello Future expanded the program, allowing U.S.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 19, 2014

Over the years, and in my latest book , I have written about how social media has presented me and my school with numerous opportunities that I never could have imagined would be possible. Regardless of whether the stories are being penned by myself, my staff, or the students of New Milford High School , we have done just that at NMHS.

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Insight Education Group

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Insight is incredibly excited to announce a new partnership with five districts across four states funded by the Teacher and School Leader Incentive Program (TSL) Grant from the U.S. Insight will partner with and support the following districts: Colonial School District (New Castle, DE). Marion County School District (Marion, SC).

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2017

This Monday, the deputy superintendent for the Georgia Department of Education is lead 30 school leaders through a design thinking workshop hosted by the company. A lot of this [innovation through edtech] is just starting to gain traction, so for the people who are in the state department to know about this—they have to learn.

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eSchool News

MAY 26, 2021

Within K-12, they’re already having tremendous success: after just 15 weeks, high school students who used ChalkTalk experienced an increase of 200-600% on state test scores compared to their peers after a full year of traditional instruction. ChalkTalk is seeing the most traction in Florida. TAMPA, Fla. Education in America is broken.

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Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2019

Currently, much of the discussion within the education community focuses on the role that mindfulness practices can have in improving outcomes at school. This idea of mindfulness training as a means to improve school culture has recently gained traction in the media. We will look right inside people’s minds.

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Neo LMS

JULY 20, 2017

As a psychological concept EQ gained traction in the 1990s with a number of research papers describing the many facets of EQ, as well as proposing that EQ was an ability that could be developed rather than simply an innate talent. How online courses can nurture emotional intelligence. Is the feeling helpful to you?

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Edsurge

MARCH 12, 2019

At North Carolina’s Rowan-Salisbury Schools, a room in the central office showcases 3D printers, virtual reality headsets and a variety of iPad apps. Each section outlines the role educators and district leaders can each play and provides a school- or district-level case study.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 3, 2017

A large percentage of public school districts across the U.S. are comprised of 15 or fewer schools; 46 percent of districts have fewer than 1,000 students and a third that have fewer than two schools. The second-greatest school-related impact on student achievement growth is principal effectiveness.

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