eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2021

BOSTON (June 8, 2021) – Lexia Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company, announced today that Florida’s Commissioner of Education has approved Lexia® Core5® Reading (Core5) as curriculum in elementary intervention courses. Lexia® PowerUp® Literacy (PowerUp) has also been approved for intervention courses in grades six and above.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 21, 2020

VHS Learning’s new partnership with the National Math and Science Initiative (NMSI) has helped over 100 students from rural schools take Advanced Placement courses that would have been unavailable to them. The partnership enabled the schools to enroll the students in VHS Learning’s AP courses via a NMSI grant program. AP Biology.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 18, 2021

It warmed my heart when Amy Rhodes, the principal of Bevins Elementary, shared what she had recently implemented in regard to feedback. When our school closed in March of 2020, we were not prepared for virtual learning. My role was to provide then direct feedback on all the evidence shared while also engaging the group to do the same.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

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Hapara

OCTOBER 5, 2022

“One of the tools that supported Wolf Creek staff and students during the 2020-21 school year while they participated in hybrid learning both online and face to face was H?para In addition, teachers at WCPS have also created or modified courses in Workspace for elementary through high school learners.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 14, 2021

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

But rollout looks a bit different in 2020. Families were asked to complete required paperwork and a virtual digital citizenship course prior to picking up their devices, but there were also options to do so in the school’s parking lot on the day of rollout. Applications are now open for the 2021-2022 school year.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Students in upper elementary and beyond “do little writing in or out of school for academic purposes” (Graham & Harris, 2019). Writing-to-learn activities incorporated in math, science, and social science improved the quality of learning in those subjects (Graham, Kiuhara & MacKay, 2020). Kiuhara, S.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2024

Perizzolo, Jacquez and Hernandez are among the eight math teachers of an increasingly popular data science course offered at most schools in the Oxnard Union High School district, an economically diverse school system northwest of Los Angeles, where 80 percent of students identify as Hispanic.

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eSchool News

MAY 19, 2021

Through this partnership VHS Learning created an online summer course on Solar Energy Design and offered students the opportunity to participate in a Solar Energy Design challenge. As part of VHS Learning’s ongoing commitment to the CSforALL movement, the nonprofit partnered with the National Math and Science Initiative (NMSI) in 2020.

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eSchool News

APRIL 29, 2024

Some progress has been made–for example, the number of women earning science and engineering bachelor’s degrees increased by 34 percent between 2011 and 2020–yet there’s still much ground to be made up.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 8, 2021

2020 has been a tough year to be a PreK-12 teacher. Teachers, sometimes over the course of a weekend, had to shift to remote teaching while at the same time navigating their own quarantine experience. Our survey was open from May 4-May 31, 2020. Our survey was open from May 4-May 31, 2020. How are you problem-solving?

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eSchool News

AUGUST 4, 2020

2020 has been a tough year to be a PreK-12 teacher. Teachers, sometimes over the course of a weekend, had to shift to remote teaching while at the same time navigating their own quarantine experience. Our survey was open from May 4-May 31, 2020. Our survey was open from May 4-May 31, 2020. How are you problem-solving?

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eSchool News

APRIL 2, 2024

These screening tools, often referred to as universal mental health screeners, are not in the purview of most school administrators; however, when they become aware of these types of tools, most express strong interest in their own school using one (Wood & McDaniel, 2020). References: 1.Albers, Albers, Glover, T. Juechter, J.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 14, 2021

Sponsor: Advancement Courses’ Tournament of Teachers is here! This year’s is a fun “Remember When” edition which will feature 32 scenarios that we educators miss and don’t miss about classroom life before 2020.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 22, 2021

Sponsor : Advancement Courses’ Tournament of Teachers bracket challenge is back again for the fourth year in a row and voting is now open from March 22 to March 31. Edition” features 32 scenarios that educators both miss and don’t miss about classroom life before 2020. Hint: he taught and developed over 200 courses.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 24, 2018

Research from School Library Journal indicates that maker activities at elementary and middle schools increased by 4 percent from 2014 to 2017. Thomas School has built two dedicated spaces to bolster STEM education, and plans to build a two-floor, state-of-the-art learning space called the Center for Leadership Innovation by 2020.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Still, knowing that many educators retired at the end of the past school year, I can imagine that on a larger scale, those entering the workforce face unprecedented challenges such as course design and managing an online platform. . 4 Action Steps to Prepare New Teachers to Use Edtech.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2021

Students taking Advanced Placement® courses through VHS Learning maintained their decade-plus record of exceeding the national average pass rate on AP® exams. The national pass rate for the 2020 AP® Environmental Science exam was just under half (49%), but almost all (95%) VHS Learning students passed that exam.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 9, 2023

In high school, I participated in Teacher Cadets , a program that allows high school students to explore the education field as a possible career, in part by having them go into local elementary and middle schools and by serving and observing in the field. I was a freshman in college in fall 2020. But I did enjoy teaching. Definitely.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 25, 2024

Students also need adequate training, even in elementary and middle school. These eighth graders were in sixth grade when the pandemic erupted in the spring of 2020. Of course, it is possible that these high achieving students, now 10th graders, will catch up. Yet another explanation is a psychological one.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 9, 2023

He’s taking a course called Advanced Algebra with Financial Applications.   Credit: Jackie Valley/The Christian Science Monitor Call it a reality check or an introduction to a critical life skill, this exercise occurred in a course called Advanced Algebra with Financial Applications. Since 2020, nine U.S.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Now, in 2020, as educators struggle to cope with the pandemic that forced K-12 schools to deliver instruction online, we should, like the leaders in New Orleans, take this tragic opportunity to think entrepreneurially about reopening public schools. Organizational change in education is often preceded by an action forcing event.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

VHS Learning has offered AP® courses online for the past 18 years and has earned a reputation for its rigorous and engaging curriculum. In the 2020-21 academic year, VHS Learning offered online AP® Latin to students for the first time. Courses are approved for initial eligibility by NCAA.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

There are, of course, workforce barriers like the time-consuming mental health professional pipeline and a lack of availability of candidates in any one region. Just as the scramble to spin up remote learning shined a light on school inequities in 2020, Gilmore says mental health resources — or the lack thereof — continues that now.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 17, 2020

VHS Learning renewed its commitment to expand access to computer science education for all students at the 2020 CSforALL virtual showcase held recently. Participating schools from at least five rural districts will be able to enroll students in the AP® program at no charge, beginning in the 2020-21 school year. About VHS Learning.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 26, 2022

Advancement Courses for Your Summer PD. Today's show is sponsored by Advancement Courses. You will also hear about some of the self-care courses from Advancement Courses, which has over 280 online graduate-level PD courses in not only self-care but topics for every grade level and subject area.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 3, 2022

If correct, this means that one out of every three public school children was chronically absent during the second full school year of the pandemic, when most children were learning in person and should have been catching up from the disrupted year of 2020 and the first half of 2021. Before the pandemic, only about 16 percent of U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Kathleen Gates, a retired teacher who had taught for many years at Brooksville Elementary School in the Hernando County School District, described preparing for that school board meeting as if she were going into battle. Robinson later found out that the student’s mother had enrolled him in the class to get a copy of the course syllabus.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

What does mastery look like in one of those courses, both of which we know are tough? The kid will come to class and then in the course of a week he has to do X number of things. Is there any low hanging fruit like a course or two that you think, yes, this is a pretty easy win. Jon Bergmann - Bio as Submitted.

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User Generated Education

MARCH 15, 2020

Working Remotely with My Gifted Elementary Students. Code.org – My 4th graders have working through the Code.org Course F. The Power of Mathematics Visualization – There is a nominal fee for this course but it looks good and might help me develop some interesting strategies for teaching mathematics to my gifted students.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 17, 2022

Advancement Courses for Your Summer PD. Last summer I took my professional development with Advancement Courses and I am so glad that I did! All of the course ideas come from the advancement courses catalog. Learn about some courses you might want to take and some things that you need to do this summer.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 5, 2022

Standardized test scores in math and reading have slipped for elementary and middle school students, while academic disparities between white students and Black, Latinx and Native American students and between students from wealthy families and those from lower-income backgrounds have widened. There are some potential solutions.

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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.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 12, 2023

Whittenberg Elementary School of Engineering groaned in disappointment when they saw the runny mess. Whittenberg Elementary School of Engineering prepare to drop a paper bag with an egg inside off a railing at the school during engineering week. . — The brown paper bag hit the ground with a smack. The third graders at A.J.

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Edsurge

JULY 1, 2020

Founded in 2012, Flatiron offers courses in data science, software engineering, design and other technology skills. About 100 students were enrolled when company officials announced in October 2019 that it would close its doors after the 2019-2020 school year. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

On a morning this fall at Washington Elementary, a young boy, sitting at a table with five of his peers, held a tablet while he built a digital snowman — a cool proposition given the 85-degree heat just outside his air-conditioned classroom. In mid-March 2020, schools in Lindsay Unified shut down in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

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