eSchool News

APRIL 22, 2024

According to CDC data from 2009-2019, 1 out of 5 adolescents aged 12 to 17 reported having experienced at least some kind of major depressive episode. Educators also need to intentionally build relationships to foster a sense of community and connectedness, while establishing strong support networks for both students and adults.

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MIND Research Institute

JULY 2, 2019

Let’s celebrate math at the 2019 Conference for the Advancement of Mathematics (CAMT)! This year’s conference highlights educators and organizations making educational gains with diverse student populations. CAMT 2019 will take place at the Henry B. Sure, It’s Personalized, But Is It Actual Learning?

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 11, 2019

How K–12 Schools Should Define and Act on Digital Learning. Thu, 04/11/2019 - 15:35. To be honest, I hate the term blended learning. Let me explain why: In today’s world of education, blended learning gets thrown around for any type of new education involving technology. . eli.zimmerman_9856.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 19, 2023

Pendleton is a standout leader who understands the support and resources teachers and students alike need in order to succeed,” said Emily McCann, vice president of educator community at Curriculum Associates. “Dr. Pendleton began her career in education as an America Reads tutor in Jackson, MS.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2019

The story offers a good example of how education is shifting as we wrap up two decades of the 21st century. For Loudoun County Superintendent Eric Williams, what makes such authentic learning experiences worthwhile is how they prepare students “to make meaningful contributions to the world.”

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Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2020

Quick spins of the wheel are the equivalent to flash-in-the-pan initiatives that result in haphazard decision-making, new idea fatigue and educator overwhelm. Teachers and leaders in our district strive to create the best conditions possible for learning while juggling increasing demands and limited resources.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 1, 2020

Whether schools are 1:1 or still relying on computer carts, the move to online assessments creates new needs from devices to professional development to data privacy policies. Have an instructional framework centered around curriculum design before talking about assessment. Feedback is more than just one assessment.

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Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 15, 2019

The post 15 Ways to Use Google Classroom in Professional Learning – SULS034 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. But did you know, Google Classroom is also a great learning tool for adults, too? Today, I am going to share with you 15 Ways to Use Google Classroom in Professional Learning.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The eSchool News K-12 Hero Awards recognize the dedicated efforts of education professionals across K-12 departments, including IT, curriculum, instruction and administration. The program received an influx of inspiring nominations that highlight the innovation and selflessness of educators in schools and districts across the nation.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Mon, 02/25/2019 - 11:12. Creating dedicated time for professional development is essential, said Schuler. . “We We have 45 minutes every Thursday morning for sacred, professional learning community time,” he said. . We can use technology and move from consumers of education to creators,” said Gaines. “

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 4, 2023

Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) dependent schools are run by the U.S. The schools were recently in the news for their relatively strong performance on what’s known as the Nation’s Report Card, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). military for children of members of the armed forces.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 22, 2021

22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — NWEA — a not-for-profit, research and educational services provider serving K-12 students — today released new research that illustrates the scale and disproportionate nature of the disruption in student learning resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. PORTLAND, Ore.,

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Over the course of two and a half days, education leaders discussed the challenges facing their most marginalized students, moved work forward in five Challenge Collaboratives, visited schools within the co-host districts, and formed meaningful partnerships and relationships with leaders across the country.

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techlearning

JUNE 7, 2018

The companies will roll out the updated Renaissance-U platform in August 2018, in time for the 2018-2019 school year. Free Tech Curriculum for All Subjects with Google's Applied Digital Skills ] Renaissance-U provides on-demand professional learning for Renaissance assessment and reading and math practice solutions.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

2023 calculations by the UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report reveal that fewer than 1 in 5 countries have legislation in place to prevent and act on cyberbullying in school. Cyberbullying in particular is fueled by a lack of proper policies and wide access to smartphones and other devices. school district in 2022-23.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 20, 2018

2018 was an incredible year for the Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools and Education Innovation Clusters (EdClusters). We hope to visit even more districts in 2019! 10 Education Conferences. These new additions bring the League to 102 members in 33 states, representing almost three million students.

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edWeb.net

JULY 23, 2021

Education is just different than it was pre-pandemic—many school leaders think it shouldn’t go back to the way it was before when schools used systems developed in the 20th century. Currently, AASA is looking for demonstration districts to implement their recommendations and transform education. In order to improve U.S.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 2, 2021

News about economic stimulus funding for K-12 education brought a lot of excitement, confusion, and questions for both vendors and school districts. billion designated for education, only $13.2 States must document that they’re using the money to address learning loss. There are opportunities here for assessment companies.

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eSchool News

APRIL 2, 2019

The best way to be a great educator is to keep learning, and what better way to do that than specialized educator professional development? There are a number of professional development opportunities this spring, including workshops on personalized learning and behavioral interventions.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 19, 2023

Pendleton is a standout leader who understands the support and resources teachers and students alike need in order to succeed,” said Emily McCann, vice president of educator community at Curriculum Associates. “Dr. Pendleton began her career in education as an America Reads tutor in Jackson, MS.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2020

educators now have access to new, no-cost digital content that supports their own and their students’ emotional resiliency from Ready, Set, RISE!, a unique virtual resource from Kaiser Permanente , Alliance for a Healthier Generation (Healthier Generation), and Discovery Education. Ready, Set, RISE! Ready, Set, RISE!

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Edsurge

JULY 29, 2019

The state’s Department of Education has taken control of the district twice since 1999 for a laundry list of reasons—most importantly, bleak academic performance. During the second takeover in June 2017, the South Carolina superintendent declared a “state of emergency” in education. performing formative assessments.

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edWeb.net

JULY 30, 2021

When something dramatic happens, like releasing student achievement scores, there’s often an outcry over educational inequities, and there are statements and calls to action to do better. Iterative process: Again, schools should continuously assess what is and isn’t working, modify their plans, and try again. About the Presenters.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

We’re going deep into methodologies that empower students to take the reins of their own educational journey. Indeed, once you understand how to foster self-directed learning, it’s like unlocking a whole new world of educational potential. It’s not just learning, but understanding how you learn.

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edWeb.net

JULY 26, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed and, in many ways, worsened the digital divide and other inequitable aspects of America’s education system. However, it also created opportunities to develop more equitable outcomes, based on the widespread switch to digital learning experiences and new education models. Learning Transformation.

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Digital Promise

JULY 11, 2018

On Monday, July 9th, teachers and administrators from 10 schools gathered to kick off a year-long journey in the Maker Learning Leadership Cohort. Whiteman III, the Director of Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment, Technology and LEA at Duquesne City School District. Yough Intermediate Middle School. “I

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The Principal of Change

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

If every educator in every school pursued excellence instead of allowing excuses about what students can and cannot do, we would meet the needs of all students. Is it about creating new and better opportunities for learning in our schools for our learners and ourselves, or is it about doing cool things? Nope…this is incorrect.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

Welcome back to our insightful series on 21st century education. It’s astounding to reflect on how much has changed in the intervening years in the world of education and teaching. In this latest installment, we turn our focus back to a topic I last discussed in 2011: the characteristics of 21st-century teachers.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

By most measures, Massachusetts is one of the nation’s highest-performing states when it comes to K-12 education. It ranks first in the country on lists from Education Week and U.S. Yet to hear the state’s commissioner of elementary and secondary education tell it, there’s still a lot of work to be done.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 12, 2020

While gaps in technology access were highlighted during the pandemic, many school and district leaders are trying to make strides with an even older issue: educational equity for children of all races and economic backgrounds. Understand the history of education inequity in your state and district. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 29, 2019

I have some great posts coming your way involving PBL, STEM, tech integration, and a continuing series on Professional Learning Communities! Also, remember that I can come to your conference or school district and provide engaging authentic, practical, and purposeful professional development. We must engage the mind!

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Edsurge

AUGUST 10, 2021

At the Institute for Teaching and Leading , a professional learning organization that I co-founded, many of our partner districts are focused less on deficits and more on active learning, which we call the asset-based mindset. Often summer school programs are designed for credit recovery or filling in learning gaps.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

With so many issues for school and district leaders to deal with during this difficult time, staying focused on students’ learning experiences may not always seem like the top priority. These types of practices are combined with a belief every child can and will learn, and educators need to create the conditions for opportunities to happen.

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edWeb.net

MAY 27, 2021

Work on developing culturally proficient communities during the previous decade has now led to the creation of a professional learning program designed to increase equity and inclusion during the 2020s, in collaboration with the Michigan Association of Superintendents & Administrators.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 9, 2023

The district asked essential questions to address unfinished learning and teacher retention: What contributes to teacher burnout, attrition, and retention challenges? Plenty of research studies and reports, the big one from NWEA, spoke to the degree of learning loss across the states, and we were on it,” she said. “We

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techlearning

OCTOBER 3, 2018

-New Collaboration Introduces Unique Combination of Dynamic Digital Content and Targeted Professional Learning to Chilean Schools- Silver Spring, Md. The professional development component of this initiative began during a special, three day event in Santiago that occured from the 1of October through the 3of October.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Across the nation, district equity discussions include how schools must examine current biases from bus stops to classroom materials to educator and staff expectations. Instead, said Duchesneau, educators and staff need to recognize cultural and contextual differences and how they impact students. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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