eSchool News

APRIL 26, 2019

The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) surveyed 1,100 high school students from across the U.S. on how to increase student interest, understanding, and performance in math and STEM subjects. Related: How to get students interested in STEM.

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techlearning

MARCH 7, 2018

Mary’s Elementary School in Bellevue, Nebraska as the $10,000 grand prize winner of the Cha-Ching Money Smart Kids! The contest invited elementary school teachers and families to take a pledge to teach kids how to “earn, save, spend and donate.” Mary’s Elementary School, Bellevue, Nebraska. “St.

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Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2019

Two organizations have been acquired (EMC School bought Zulama in February 2018, ExploreLearning purchased Cogent Education in November 2017). They brought other resources and people to help us think about how to position ourselves and where to focus.” At least one—Earshot—has folded. had six employees when it entered the accelerator.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2018

You may gasp, but gaming is a multi-billion-dollar industry for a reason. Attend our ISTE 2018 session to learn about gamifying Google Classroom. A good game knows how to keep us challenged and in our zone of proximal development—or flow. They try again and learn how to fix their mistakes or employ different strategies.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

From her perspective, her actions had been misunderstood by adults since elementary school. In May 2018, I was named the 2019 Kentucky Elementary Teacher of the Year and was offered an opportunity to take a semester-long sabbatical working with the Kentucky Department of Education. I wondered how to make the most of my time.

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techlearning

MAY 17, 2018

The 2018 National KidWind Challenge Champions are: ? o Third Place – The Birds from Darlington Elementary-Middle School in Darlington, Wis. For information on how to get involved, go to kidwindchallenge.org. ###. High School Division: o First Place – Redwood Express from Bath County High School in Hot Springs, Va.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

The TechXpert program at Roosevelt Elementary School in Park Ridge, Illinois targets student interest in emerging technology while making the most of young people’s natural inclination to transform into leaders when granted responsibility. How do you know if technology is the solution or the problem? Implementation.

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Edsurge

APRIL 11, 2023

The elementary music teacher was burned out and so very tired, following years of feeling increasingly overburdened and bulldozed by students and administrators alike. She says the job requires organization and people skills, both of which she also needed to be a successful elementary school teacher. “I Photo courtesy of Neilson.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

(Friday, September 7, 2018) – Jackson Charitable Foundation, a nonprofit with the mission to advance financial knowledge on a national scale and Discovery Education, the leading provider of digital content and professional development for K-12 classrooms today announced the second annual Cha-Ching Money Smart Kids Contest!

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Shake Up Learning

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

CSEdWeek and The Hour of Code arrive December 3-9, 2018, and this annual event is bigger than ever. How to Run an Hour of Code. New for 2018! Khan Academy tutorial: Learn how to draw with code (Javascript and ProcessingJS). Kodable Curriculum for Elementary. Ready to get started? The Grinch. 9 – 14.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 12, 2021

It’s also important to review security procedures and practices to ensure they meet or exceed industry standards in regard to student privacy, especially as educational organizations have become a frequent target of cybercriminals using ransomware and denial of service attacks.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Photos of the class of 2018 are shown on May 15, 2018, on the Onalaska High School front office wall in Onalaska, Washington. Enrollment in the Onalaska School District — which includes the town and outlying areas — rose by about 14 percent between May 2014 and May 2018, to 851 students. Returning families.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 7, 2019

Now, some school districts are pushing this job exploration into middle and even elementary school, convinced that helping students connect what they are learning to careers will not only deepen their engagement but also help them make more informed decisions about their educational paths. Related: How to build an engineer: Start young.

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MindShift

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

in 2018, rumors started flying over Snapchat and text that the school was really under attack. We had some students sort of joking around because they weren’t sure how to handle this. And yet, the school security industry is worth a reported $3 billion. There are other students who are very, very afraid.”

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 2, 2019

Antroine Anderson at Linwood Elementary in Vaughan, MS. Kindergarteners here scored an average of 461 on the state’s readiness exam in fall 2018, some 69 points below where Mississippi wants them to be. How Head Start helps. Sarah Warnock/Clarion Ledger. VAUGHAN, Miss. He mistook H for G, confused L and I and identified M as F.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

He was recognized with the Tech Champion Award at the 2022 Digital Industry Dynamite Awards and featured in the EdTech50. He first carried out this vision as an elementary and middle school teacher before later becoming the principal of a high school on the east side of Indianapolis. So Dan Fitzpatrick is one of the co-authors.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Once a technology plan is adopted, superintendents needs to make sure all constituents have a laser focus on implementing it as developed, evaluating successes and failures, and then discussing how to move forward. Instead of isolated lessons, students learn how to connect their studies with real-world problems. About the Presenters.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Meghan Groves, a teacher at Washington-Lee Elementary School, in Bristol, Virginia, leads her first graders in “closing circle,” where they talk about how their day went. But we don’t know how to go about it right now and as an industry we are picking and choosing what feels right as opposed to using evidence-based practices.”.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 23, 2022

Just 59 percent of students here enroll after high school, a drop from a rate of 61 percent in 2018. There is such a need for connection, for helping them so they aren’t so untethered,” said Silverman, who hosts the podcast “ How To Talk To Your Kids About Anything.”

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

After the games, one student, Elizabeth Martinez, explained what Crew meant to her: “It sets the example for us of how to work together and be cooperative. And how to listen to each other.”. The sentiment is echoed by Jason Krause, principal of Denver’s Columbine Elementary School, which joined the EL network in 2018.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Esports is also a professional industry that in 2018, generated $906 million in revenue, and has the potential of reaching $3 billion by 2022. Decide how to recruit student leaders or support students who want to start an esports team. Millions of people worldwide follow esports. Dennis recently completed his Ed.D.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Here’s a look at each winner: Winner: John Arthur, 6th Grade Teacher, Meadowlark Elementary School Nominated by: Follett John Arthur was the 2021 Utah Teacher of the Year and one of four finalists for 2021 National Teacher of the Year. Elementary and high school students from across the district were part of the initial program.

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MindShift

JULY 7, 2019

Now, some school districts are pushing this job exploration into middle and even elementary school, convinced that helping students connect what they are learning to careers will not only deepen their engagement but also help them make more informed decisions about their educational paths.

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Robotics Elementary Training STEM 44

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2017

Financial literacy is one of several side lessons of the full-time internships for his students, along with learning to navigate lobby security without state-issued identification and how to behave and dress at the office. In May 2015, the district extended ChiTech’s reprieve until 2018. So, I’ll only reach for this low bar.’ ”.

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Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2022

Nineteen children and two teachers were killed in Uvalde, Texas, and 17 more wounded, in the sanctuary of an elementary school. The school security industry has grown into a $3 billion market. Secret Service analyzed 67 school shooting plots that were successfully averted between 2006-2018. On May 24, the unfathomable happened.

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techlearning

JULY 12, 2018

Baltimore, MD – July 12, 2018 – Edtech company Workbench Education today announced the expansion of a partnership with Baltimore City Public Schools (City Schools) for the 2018 - 2019 school year. Height Elementary, Forest Park High, Ft. Today’s students need high-quality experiences using various forms of technology.

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Edsurge

JUNE 23, 2022

The long-time classroom educator is co-founder and chief content officer of Bamboo Learning, a company that launched in 2018 with a voice-enabled literacy application and began piloting the technology in schools earlier this year. Bamboo conducted its pilot study at a charter elementary school in Oklahoma City throughout March and April.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 1, 2023

Bhatt is now studying how to further increase student-to-tutor ratios and time on ed tech to lower costs even more. But $2,000 per student remains prohibitively expensive for most public schools, especially after $122 billion in federal pandemic recovery funds run out in 2024. It was remarkable,” Bhatt said.

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Edsurge

JULY 31, 2018

based education technology company in 2018. Founded in 2006, DreamBox has steadily built out a suite of online math programs for elementary and middle-school students. So he reached out to Woolley-Wilson at the start of 2018, and they met in February. (Duncan currently serves as an education advisor to The Rise Fund.)

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Outcomes Company Industry Study 81

edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

Dr. Carol Kelley, Superintendent of Oak Park Elementary District 97 (IL), stated, “We were not as prepared as we could have been to have made that shift in terms of our practices and pedagogy.” Schuler is the 2018 Illinois and National Superintendent of the Year. Tech Enablers. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 20, 2018

Date: April 25, 2018. NextGen Personal Finance and Tim Ranzetta, who is the founder, was just recognized earlier this week by Jumpstart [link] as really the leader in the industry. We always think about, you know, how much to borrow, and interest rates, and on and on. Listen to the show on iTunes or Stitcher.

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techlearning

AUGUST 9, 2018

Seeing that the world and education has changed (especially in the areas of technology, privacy, etc), I thought it might be a good time to rewrite the post before the start of the 2018 school year. Ok, now that that’s out of the way, let’s move on to my 2018 version of “21 Things That Every Educator Should Try in the 21st Century”.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

CENTRALREACH PK-12 ( www.centralreach.com/industry/pk-12-education ) CentralReach launches CentralReach PK-12, a collaborative and data-driven software for special education. They are making hundreds of titles available digitally to libraries and schools for the first time, with more planned for 2018.

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Edsurge

JULY 21, 2018

They’ve incrementally developed a portfolio product that’s clearly informed by how teachers work and students learn. It’s well-aligned with the goals of elementary classrooms: The learning activities activate students’ creativity while the multi-modal assessment appeals to innovate teachers and offers great home-to-school connections.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

MARCH 7, 2021

Jennifer, Darren, and I will talk a bit about big picture issues, like making time for instruction on digital literacy, and how to teach kids to think critically about conspiracy theories when those conspiracy theories are widely believed among the community you teach in. Teach kids HOW to think, not WHAT to think.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 13, 2021

Elementary, fine arts and special education teachers are especially hard to find, according to a Hechinger Report analysis of state education data. The state actually produces roughly six times as many teachers — 1,600 a year — as the labor market can absorb, according to data from the Montana Department of Labor & Industry.

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Elementary Report Training Analysis 131

edWeb.net

APRIL 8, 2021

Derrick Conley, Executive Principal of Birch and Parkway Elementary Schools in Pine Tree ISD in Texas, is all about student strengths. Moving forward is the more encouraging alternative: It allows people to accept what happened—maybe even embrace any good that came out of it—to figure out how to take the next steps toward what lies ahead.

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