eSchool News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

While funding from the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is available to districts for tutoring purposes, it is challenging and unsustainable for districts to reroute how they have historically used these funds.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 1, 2016

You can join now through July 6, 2016. (Will open again December 26 – January 4.). We’ll first start talking about target number of hours to work for the 2016-2017 school year in October. At least once per month, they also get printable resources to use in the classroom. She only opens up enrollment twice a year.

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Facebook Survey Groups eBook 225

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Equitable Access to Resources: More than just culturally appropriate, rigorous curricula, district leaders also looked at how all staff, time, and money were being used to support all students. Are we providing resources to make sure all students are successful in that program?

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Education Secondary Policies Professional Learning 66

Edsurge

MAY 28, 2020

It’s an opportunity for the future teachers who are enrolled at the college to apply what they learn in class in a practical setting, testing out lesson plans with real elementary students. McGhee, assistant clinical professor of elementary education at Auburn University. This year, camp is canceled due to COVID-19. McGhee says.

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Education Handbook Course Elementary 210

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

DECEMBER 5, 2015

In this post I would like to introduce 10 more resources that are available for facilitating proper digital citizenship in the classroom. I am now booked through the end of December and the 2016 calendar is beginning to fill. Enjoy exploring and sharing all of the resources, and come back for the next post providing even more!

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Digital Citizenship Resources Classroom STEM 60

The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

I’m also limited by my experience as a secondary teacher; these conversations have less controversy in lower elementary, though discussions about appropriateness do surface more commonly in the upper elementary/middle school transition. May you take what you need and may it be useful to you. Supreme Court Case such as Roth v.

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Libraries Handbook Policies Study 93

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2019

Approximately 77 percent of the more than 3,827,000 teachers in public elementary and secondary schools in the U.S. Approximately 77 percent of the more than 3,827,000 teachers in public elementary and secondary schools in the U.S. Yet, according to a 2016 press release from the U.S.

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Secondary Report Advocacy Elementary 92

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

School libraries have evolved from strict, quiet, hush-hush rooms to more interactive spaces with flexible seating, readily-available edtech tools, and educators on hand to help with research, critical resource evaluation, makerspaces. Some digital resources for school libraries are a virtual reality field trip.

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Libraries Social Media Handbook eBook 95

NeverEndingSearch

APRIL 22, 2016

Priority will be given to programs that include book distribution and literacy activities with clear strategies for measuring success Proposals must be submitted by May 9, 2016 for grants that will be awarded in July. Show citation box.

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Secondary Libraries Elementary Strategy 40

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 16, 2019

In addition to employing qualified elementary, middle and high school music teachers, David Douglas offers inexpensive instrument rentals ($25 per year), a library of musical scores, connections to reduced-price or free private lessons and a closet of free marching band uniforms and orchestra dress blacks, among other necessities.

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Elementary Trends Survey Data 100

wwwatanabe

JUNE 4, 2016

Urgency with coding in classrooms now for jobs in the future #cue16 #gccue pic.twitter.com/oDGiOX7M7d — Tracy Watanabe (@tracywatanabe) March 17, 2016 The time is now to start teaching digital fluency and coding as part of literacy. Being literate in today's world, includes computer literacy.

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Khan Academy STEM Secondary Laptops 40

Edsurge

MAY 22, 2017

As the largest school district in Rhode Island, Providence Public Schools makes up 25% of the state’s entire elementary and secondary student population. Providence has budget constraints that impact human resources. This case study was originally published on Getting Smart. In partnership with.

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Case Study Data Learning Mobility 96

techlearning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

The Student Access to Digital Learning Resources Outside the Classroom Report , by the Department of Education, identified the three main causes of digital inequity as access and cost of high speed broadband and the lack of understanding by school families as to the importance of internet to support their students’ education.

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Accessibility Digital Citizenship E-rate Broadband 61

edWeb.net

MAY 19, 2020

Her previous experiences include being a classroom business teacher at the high school and post-secondary levels, assistant director of a vocational cooperative, principal at East Noble High School, and assistant superintendent at East Noble School Corporation. Department of Education Secretary in October 2016.

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BYOD Broadband EdTech Elementary 54

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

SRA FLEX Literacy Projects Jumpstart promotes critical skills for at-risk elementary, middle and high school students, extends benefits of project-based learning to more U.S. FLEX Literacy Projects resources for either Elementary (3-5) or Secondary (6 and above) classrooms. classrooms.

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Common Core Education Secondary Exercises 40

NeverEndingSearch

JUNE 17, 2019

The tasks: The Helpful task asked participants to select the resources they considered helpful to address their research prompt. The Cite task displayed the resources that the participants selected as helpful, and asked participants to select those they considered citable. Student simulation tasks (RSIC study).

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E-rate Wiki Elementary Study 111

The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

The Kids Discover online platform lets students explore 150 different science and social studies units for elementary and middle school learners at three different lexiles. For guests and hyperlinks to resources, scroll down. He holds superintendent, school counseling, secondary principal and secondary supervision certifications.

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Meeting Secondary Groups Course 166

The Hechinger Report

JULY 19, 2017

During the past 50 years, no segment of elementary education has prospered against the odds more than homeschooling. The movement has grown despite a lack of the resources available to public schools, without the air of exclusivity of private schools, and absent the brand of the college prep education of parochial schools.

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Advocacy Elementary Assessment Secondary 80

Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

For each of the three primary (equity-focused) federal educational technology programs authorized by Congress since the passage of the 1994 revision to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), below I provide details on the programs’: legislative authorization (i.e., FY 2003 $700,500,000.

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Policies Technology Program Evaluation Education 150

The Cornerstone for Teachers

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Hundreds of dollars worth of printable teaching resources and templates to help you save time. Access to elementary and secondary private Facebook groups where I–and hundreds of other teachers—share ideas and answer questions. We will take scholarship submissions through November 15th, 2016. Even better?

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Facebook Secondary Video Accessibility 40

The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 4, 2019

In their July 14, 2019 article “ Why Teachers Quit ,” We Are Teachers summarizes, “A recent study by the Learning Policy Institute shows that if a teacher receives mentoring, collaboration, and extra resources, and is part of a strong teacher network, first-year turnover is cut by more than half. 25) Learning Policy Institute. (24)

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Policies Groups Elementary Study 236

Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Tagged on: March 19, 2017 Textbooks could be history as schools switch to free online learning | Philly.com → Garnet Valley is a district in the vanguard of a nationwide movement to ditch traditional textbooks for open-source educational resources on the web.

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EdTech Chromebook Laptops iPad 170

The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2019

In 2016, Rabalais, a well-connected, self-described charter school proponent, had learned that the Gentilly Terrace Elementary School would be closing its doors at the end of the school year — making the campus a blank canvas for a new kind of school. Gentilly is one of the few neighborhoods without an A-rated public elementary school.

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Elementary Meeting Groups Report 79

techlearning

MAY 16, 2018

The adaptive Apex Learning Tutorials for intervention, remediation, and preparation for high-stakes assessments were proven to improve students’ performance on the Tutorials from pretest to posttest by more than 50% and by an average of 23 to 26 percentile points during the 2016–2017 school year. It adapts to the need of the student.

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System CMS LMS Outcomes 40

The Hechinger Report

MAY 20, 2016

Government Accountability Office (GAO) in its April 2016 Report found that “the percentage of K-12 public schools in the United States with students who are poor and mostly Black or Hispanic is growing and these schools share a number of challenging characteristics.” economy would stand to gain $310 billion dollars.

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Secondary System Analysis Report 64

MindShift

MAY 5, 2017

One district employee was smiling about how there were elementary and secondary teachers connecting and sharing: “Where else do you see this?” — Susan Stewart (@TechCoachSusan) September 17, 2016. — Dustin Ellis (@dustin772) July 14, 2016. It was at an elementary school, and a healthy brunch was provided.

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Edcamps Meeting Conference Learning 68

The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2016

. — This fall, students at Enterprise Attendance Center in the small city of Brookhaven may get to draw, paint and make crafts in an elementary art class — the first the school has had in 12 years. billion on elementary and secondary education. But the opportunity comes at a cost: larger class sizes for third-graders.

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Elementary Advocacy E-rate Accessibility 55

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 11, 2016

You will discover around one hundred resources in this series along with some great ideas for finding student success. After the last post of over 40 STEM resources, I am sure you are ready for more engaging possibilities.resources. In fact, many times a resource in a competition can be the perfect tool for a scaffolding activity.

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STEM Robotics Conference Video 60

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 23, 2016

Fifth-graders at Konguta Kool – an elementary school in a small Estonian village – prepare for a math lesson in the computer lab. Schools are often segregated both by race and income, with poor students often having fewer resources and less experienced teachers. “We Photo: Sarah Butrymowicz. But by 2008, they abandoned the practice. “It

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Secondary System Survey Study 0

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 9, 2017

Trump listens as Betsy DeVos speaks at a “USA Thank You Tour 2016” event at the DeltaPlex in Grand Rapids, Mi. A Detroit Free Press investigation published in August 2016 found that 61 percent of the 370 charter schools in Michigan had contracted with full-service, for-profit EMOs. President-Elect Donald J. on Friday, Dec.

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Policies Exercises Report Outcomes 40

The Hechinger Report

JULY 17, 2017

This partnership-oriented approach is difficult work, participants acknowledge, but they say it is precisely what makes Say Yes both a sustainable model and one that addresses the holistic needs of an under-resourced community. Say Yes also credits its partnerships for a K-6 summer camp program that served 2,500 students in 2016. “It

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Data Secondary System Accessibility 97

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 15, 2017

Jennifer Merritt’s first-graders at Jefferson Elementary School in Pryor, Oklahoma, were in for a treat. Abandoned by the school bus, Pete walks to Petroville Elementary in his pajamas. “It The tale is the latest in an illustrated series by the Oklahoma Energy Resources Board , a state agency funded by oil and gas producers.

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Industry Education Company Groups 55

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 7, 2019

Discover effective resources, best practices, and new ideas that can help students develop empathy, perspective recognition, critical thinking, problem-solving, communication and collaboration skills, and other competencies that students need to succeed in an interconnected world. Lunch is included. Department of Education.

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Conference Secondary Study Digital Badges 31

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

In this series we profile vulnerable children whose education was already precarious and how the disease has exacerbated gaps in opportunities and resources for communities already on the edge. Because when kids feel safe and connected in school, that becomes a secondary line of defense for them if things should happen at home.”.

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Report Elementary Study Secondary 110

The Hechinger Report

JULY 19, 2016

Officials gave themselves till 2016 to show progress. The funding has allowed for class sizes to be reduced and more resources for classrooms. Last year, they added 1,200 seats and they expect to hit 2,000 by the end of 2016. In their government class, students talked about these issues and how they relate to the 2016 election.

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How To E-rate Report Groups 40

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 16, 2017

Aaron Thompson and Peyton Stilwell, both 4, race a car around a track in their Head Start classroom, which is housed in a public elementary school in Caldwell, Idaho. Preschool can be a great resource in rural communities,” said John McFarlane, the district superintendent who doubles as the seventh- through 12th-grade principal. “We

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Elementary Survey Report Secondary 87

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 23, 2019

Morales started out as an elementary-school teacher, then switched to academic counseling, which she’s done at LA High for the past eleven years; Martinez worked there, too, teaching history and social studies, until six years ago, when he was transferred to another high school in the district. But people now know we are the resource.

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Report Study Elementary Secondary 111