eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The GoGuardian Research and Insights team today announced its comprehensive findings on the factors that create an engaging learning experience in K-12 schools, both online and in-person, in its 2020 State of Engagement Report. Being consistent in classroom management. Because the COVID-19 Pandemic has restructured U.S.

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Educator Innovator

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Only top three issues included; not to scale and will not add up to 100%; Source: CIRCLE/Tisch College 2020 Pre-Election Youth Poll. And, according to the CIRCLE/Tisch College.Tufts 2020 Pre-Election Youth Poll , for many young people, a top concern is climate change and the environment, along with racism and healthcare.

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Edsurge

MARCH 24, 2019

Governments, educators, advocacy groups and companies large and small need to work better together. China’s Education Modernization 2030 Policy and Ten Year Development Plan for ICT and Education 2010-2020 are among government initiatives named that intend to improve the country’s education in the long run. Whereas the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 31, 2022

This is likely due to several factors: increasing involvement from parents as schools moved online; advocacy from groups like Decoding Dyslexia; social media conversations and coverage in the popular press; and a push by state legislatures toward improving our nation’s stagnant and dismal reading scores.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2019

But EducationSuperHighway did it this week, announcing that the classroom internet connectivity gap is effectively closed – one year ahead of schedule, no less. EducationSuperHighway wanted 99 percent of students to have that level of bandwidth by 2020. Mississippi Learning. I said ‘OK, this actually could happen.’”.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Although the majority of educator-preparation programs saw no or relatively small enrollment changes in fall of 2020 and fall of 2021, 20 percent of institutions saw a decline in new undergrad enrollment that exceeded 10 percent, according to survey data from the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. “Our

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NeverEndingSearch

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

The Philadephia Inquirer reported a response to the rally from district spokesperson Megan Lello: the district provides classroom libraries and other media and technology to support the literacy aim that has been a hallmark of Superintendent William R. ’s administration: making sure all children read on grade level by age 8. Reflection.

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EdTechTeam

AUGUST 9, 2019

EdTechTeam is a California Benefit Corporation , dedicated to effecting positive change in schools, and currently supporting a number of advocacy programs including the Our Voice Academy and the nonprofit Student Voice Foundation. Schools or individual classrooms can sign up to participate. FRAMEWORKS AND STANDARDS.

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Reading By Example

JUNE 22, 2020

In chapter seven of Engaging Literate Minds , teacher Merry Komar describes in detail how the students in her second and third grade classroom built knowledge together. As educators, we are part of a collective , responsible to arm our students with tools of agency and self-advocacy. at the newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

There is no one-size-fits-all remedy and no must-have suite of digital learning tools. on March 18, 2020. At Miami Northwestern Senior High School, Julian Negron, left, and Jerrell Boykin, right, load laptops for distribution to students, on March 30, 2020. on April 10, 2020. Blaney Elementary School in Elgin, S.C.,

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

These new digital resources will play a critical role in continuing each students’ academic progress on any device, whether at home or in the classroom. This includes Prudential Financial classroom visits and the Prudential Financial Actuarial Career Exploration (PACE) career mentorship program for students interested in math careers.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Eli’s mom, Alice Stuart, contacted the school in January 2020 to launch the process to formally evaluate her child for dyslexia and dyscalculia, a math disability. Not all districts have complied, said Dustin Rynders, a supervising attorney with the advocacy group Disability Rights Texas. “In But not all.”.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

A third of school leaders reported an increase in fights among students, and 56 percent said there had been an uptick in classroom disruptions that they attributed to Covid disruptions, according to a federal survey released in May 2022. That’s not what happens.” He still wasn’t allowed to rejoin his classes, even though they were online. “I

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

JANUARY 1, 2020

Happy holidays and welcome to 2020! I have often talked in Edtech Elixirs how digital tools should help us serve an academic objective. For our district, the need for effective standards based grading (SBG) began a search for a transformative digital tool. Hope you enjoyed some well deserved time off during winter break.

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Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2020

The National Head Start Association, a nonprofit advocacy and professional support organization for Head Start, convened an Opioid Working Group in spring 2018 after hearing from educators that children in areas hardest-hit by the opioid epidemic were exhibiting an unusually high frequency and intensity of challenging behaviors.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 16, 2018

The Five Imperatives of Technology Leadership , the presenters explored how they have shifted their approaches to integrating edtech in the classroom. Technology allows teachers to expand their lessons outside of the classroom and make connections beyond their communities. Imperative 1: Strengthen District Leadership and Communication.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 7, 2019

She has learned to use technology-enabled woodcutting tools and is at work creating a virtual tour of her school, Laing Middle School in Charleston County, using another drone she built in the school’s Fab Lab. In 2020, the C.E. Photo: Stephanie Strom for The Hechinger Report.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2021

Teachers are paying out of pocket for edtech tools while using more of them. Teachers Are Using More Edtech Tools—and Paying More It’s no secret that edtech product use has spiked during pandemic-related school closures. Source: LearnPlatform Many tools are used for the same purpose. All in this Edtech Reports Recap.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Cleveland’s advocacy and perseverance extended beyond mental health services as she oversaw the district-wide launch of Hazel’s at-home physical health services, where students can meet with a medical provider virtually from the comfort of their own homes at no cost, regardless of insurance status.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Pear Deck is used in more than 17,000 schools and by 8 million educators and students around the world to improve equity, academic achievement, and classroom culture. Founded by educators, Pear Deck translates proven learning science into simple, effective tools. www.goguardian.com. About Pear Deck.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Her advocacy resulted in $1.5 Her commitment and advocacy drove the expansion of Hazel services to include both in-home and at-school mental health support, plus the addition of elementary schools to the program. Maria employs innovative uses of technology to deliver classroom, school, and district success.

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MindShift

JULY 7, 2019

She has learned to use technology-enabled woodcutting tools and is at work creating a virtual tour of her school, Laing Middle School in Charleston County, using another drone she built in the school’s Fab Lab. In 2020, the C.E. Patrick Shell, a teacher at C.E. “In But we’re working on it.”.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

to a $2 million contract awarded to Children’s Hospital Colorado’s (Children’s Colorado) Pediatric Mental Health Institute by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute ( PCORI ) in 2020. Since 2020, this team has piloted UOT video training with 293 school-based staff across 230 elementary schools in Colorado and Virginia.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 19, 2021

In a recent edWebinar , sponsored by ClassLink and co-hosted by CoSN and AASA , representatives from Desert Sands Unified School District, CA (the 2021 winner) and Santa Fe Public Schools, NM (the 2020 winner) presented their keys to success. She plans to continue impacting students’ lives through advocacy and consultancy. Leadership.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

But one day in February, after refusing to go into her classroom and allegedly cursing at her teachers, the seventh grader was sent home to learn online indefinitely. Sometimes, there is no system in place for tracking how many students are being punished this way or how many days of in-person classroom learning they are forced to miss. “We

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Edsurge

MARCH 24, 2022

It was the Fall of 2020, and I delivered my testimony on Zoom to the Texas State Board of Education. As I finished my comments, I turned off my camera and sat silently in my classroom, unsure of how the board members received my words. This pattern is not unique in education policy spaces.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Even before the pandemic and the shift to distance education, learning extended beyond the classroom. Even once distance learning is no longer the norm, teachers need to be able to access their tools and work from home. First, districts need to address the digital divide/homework gap in meaningful ways.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Critical guidelines that can lead to successful and sustainable professional learning include specific content areas focus, opportunities for teachers to engage in hands-on learning, and professional learning experiences connected daily with classrooms. Reid described the drive to give the teachers opportunities to pursue their education.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 10, 2021

In addition, SEL tools and curricula are readily available through online platforms. And because the lessons are online, students can access their lessons outside of the classroom, giving them flexibility in how they choose to learn. This allows schools to set up learning opportunities for all of their constituents. About the Host.

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Edsurge

JUNE 2, 2023

explains that “racial triangulation” is a tool that has embedded assumptions that Asian Americans are “inferior to Whites and superior to Blacks (in between Black and White) and as permanently foreign and unassimilable (apart from Black and White)” (Kim, 2000, p. Classrooms: Identity Performances and Pedagogical Practices. Chow, Ph.D.'s,

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edWeb.net

JULY 15, 2020

In the edWebinar, “ Digital Equity Strategies for Learning Beyond the Classroom,” the presenters talked about how they are managing digital equity in the COVID-19 era and what they see as the critical next steps. As schools prepare for the 2020-2021 school year, the presenters have had many opportunities to listen to their stakeholders.

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edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

The 2021 Driving K-12 Innovation report released by CoSN selected the most critical Hurdles (challenges), Accelerators (mega-trends), and Tech Enablers (tools) that school districts are facing with personalized learning, innovation, and digital equity. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST. The world has changed. It is going to be different moving forward.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Now that the 2020-21 school year is underway, district leaders must continue to respond in new ways to fast-changing situations resulting not just from COVID-19, but also from equity issues, and in many locations from environmental problems as well. By Robert Low. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2018

The tool has won funding from a variety of sources including the National Science Foundation, the Robinhood Foundation and NewSchools Venture Fund. It wants to create a movement of “equity designers” through youth programs, leadership development and educational advocacy tools. She wants to change that.

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Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2019

classrooms, the nonprofit is preparing to shut down. can access digital learning in their classrooms (with 2 million to go). Those agencies and organizations will all continue to play their part come August 2020, when EducationSuperHighway fades out, Marwell hopes.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 5, 2021

Edtech is no longer a one-time purchase or a luxury item—it’s integrated across every system in school districts from the central office to classrooms to school buses. Many stakeholders may still see technology as replacing teachers—or they see it just as a fun addition to the classroom. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 23, 2020

However, the goal is always the same: making sure that every student, at every level (classroom, building, district), has access to the resources they need to meet their learning goals. In addition to keeping student privacy and school budgets in mind, teachers also need to make sure that the tools work in the school’s technology environment.

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