EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Three stimulus bills passed by Congress in 2020 and 2021 provided nearly $190.5 billion to the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund. Many district leaders invested extra dollars into devices and connectivity initially, which may leave them searching for a way to allocate remaining funds.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

But this fall, everyone at Viewmont Elementary School is in masks, so she has to listen more intently than usual. Some teachers in Hickory Public Schools, where Viewmont Elementary is located, have been focusing more on the science of reading in recent years, spurred in part by the influence of a local education college.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 9, 2021

Since March 2020, the federal government has provided roughly $190 billion to the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund. The passing of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 on March 11 marks the third designation of federal funding K–12 schools have seen during the pandemic.

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MIND Research Institute

AUGUST 13, 2020

Thank you to all of our 2020 participating students and their coaches. And now, the moment you've all been waiting for—our 2020 top teams! Haunted Manor Rush by Rory McBriar Warren Area Elementary Center in Warren, P ennsylvania. Western Geometry by Western Geometry Wylie Elementary in Dexter, Michigan. Our Judges.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2024

Wealthy suburbs can have a surplus of qualified applicants for elementary schools at the same time that a remote, rural school cannot find anyone to teach high school physics. In the fall of 2020, Hawaii began offering all of its special education teachers an extra $10,000 a year.

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eSchool News

JULY 20, 2022

SILVER SPRING, MD (Wednesday, July 20, 2022) —Hawaii’s Kihei Elementary School today announced that it has expanded its partnership with Discovery Education, which has supported the school’s educators in creating engaging digital learning environments since 2015. We are excited to begin the school year with these new resources.”.

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The Innovative Educator

APRIL 23, 2020

Graduation in 2020 will be unlike any graduation before it. Elementary school students in Japan created a Minecraft graduation. While the thought of losing the traditional pomp and circumstance is difficult, there are some innovative options available. Inspired by that, college students took it to a new level.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2020

million — pre-pandemic prediction for 2020-21 kindergarten enrollment. I don’t want to pit one grade against another,” said Laura Bornfreund, the director of early and elementary education policy at New America, a progressive think tank. Kindergarten is designed for young children, who learn best by doing. They are doing just fine.”.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 28, 2020

For my year end post, I’m highlighting 10 of the most well-read Proof Points stories of 2020. 4, 2020 with a follow-up story to the first one on this list. The post PROOF POINTS: 10 of the most popular stories about education research in 2020 appeared first on The Hechinger Report. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

DECEMBER 16, 2020

As you may remember, I conducted 43 interviews for my Coronavirus Chronicles series in Spring and Summer 2020. Coronavirus Chronicles 027 – Marion-Walker Elementary School. I was interested in learning how schools were responding during the first months of the pandemic. Hope you get a chance to check out this great resource.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

CoderZ , an online learning environment where students learn robotics and STEM by coding virtual robots, has been named a 2020 Tech Edvocate Award winner in the Best Coding App or Tool category. A complete list of winners of the 2020 Tech Edvocate Awards can be found here.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

A May 2020 report by the Southern Regional Education Board promotes three key solutions. The post OPINION: Distrust of science in the coronavirus era reminds us why we must boost elementary science education appeared first on The Hechinger Report. This story about U.S. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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EdTechTeacher

JUNE 18, 2020

In February, I had the opportunity to work with an incredible group of elementary educators from Nauset Schools on Cape Cod. For more details and a full schedule of our 2020 Summer Virtual Workshops for Teachers, visit our website at [link]. This post includes updated content from a previous blog post on Tom Driscoll EDU.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

23, 2021) – Lexia® Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company, today released new research titled “Using Lexia Core5 Reading to Address Learning Loss and Accelerate Learning: Insights from a 2020-21 Nationwide Study.” BOSTON ( Sept. Over 40% of students who used Core5 exceeded their MAP Growth targets.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 24, 2024

I ran for the Littleton Elementary School District governing board while I was 17, and was elected while finishing out my senior year of high school. Armando Montero, an advocate for mental health, began running for the Tempe Union High School District Governing Board in Arizona when he was still in high school and was elected in 2020.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2019

WeGrow, the division of WeWork that operated a private elementary school, will close its doors after the current school year. A spokesperson for WeWork (officially called The We Company) said it “will continue to operate WeGrow through the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year.”

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Part of the December 2020 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! Code.org has different activities for elementary students to adults. Kodable has different free activities for elementary students such as creating fuzzies and mazes peers can play on. This is one of my elementary students favorite coding programs.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 18, 2022

In 2020, the DOE introduced the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund, a signature part of the American Rescue Plan (ARP) to help schools improve indoor air quality (IAQ) and return their students back to the classroom. Department of Education (DOE). Studies have shown ActivePure to be over 99.9%

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 21, 2024

The World Economic Forum predicted in 2020 that AI would take away 85 million jobs ; however, this powerful phenomenon would create 97 million new jobs. The job losses are supposed to be staggering. Understandably, academic integrity is at question as students rushed to use AI for dishonest means.

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MIND Research Institute

JANUARY 13, 2021

With 2020 safely in our rearview mirror, we wanted to take a minute to recap all of the exciting news and events from the final quarter of one of the most memorable years in our lifetimes. Our partnership with LAUSD began over 20 years ago when 95th Elementary School implemented ST Math. Welcome to the MIND Blog Rewind!

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

But rollout looks a bit different in 2020. Many students came with their parents, and they were so excited to receive a shiny new iPad,” said DeAnza Baker, principal at Sunset Vista Elementary School in Phoenix, Arizona, which begins its first year in the program. Applications are now open for the 2021-2022 school year.

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Edsurge

MARCH 24, 2023

After a two-year decline in 2019 and 2020, suicide rates among American youth increased in 2021, according to a recent report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Typically, we tend to associate SEL programs with elementary-aged students. A study released by the U.S.

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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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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

This is especially true with literacy, where it’s all too easy to lose track of student progress and performance as students make their way through elementary and middle school. We had growth data in every elementary school like we’ve never seen before. A reading program that everyone loves.

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eSchool News

MAY 5, 2021

Through this new collaboration, educators and students in 28 CPS elementary schools will receive access to a suite of Discovery Education’s award-winning digital learning resources. The Virginia edition of the Discovery Education Science Textbook was approved for statewide use by the Virginia State Board of Education in September of 2020.

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eSchool News

JUNE 7, 2022

SILVER SPRING, MD (Tuesday, June 7, 2022) —Iowa’s Southwest Valley Community School District (SVCSD) today announced it is broadening its partnership with Discovery Education to support science education in elementary school classrooms districtwide. These resources will complement the use of Mystery Science in SVCSD’s elementary classrooms.

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Waterford

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The early years are vital to a child’s long-term achievement in reading, so teaching vocabulary and content knowledge in preschool and in the elementary grades is essential. 4 Free Downloadable Chapter Books for Elementary Students. Reading Research Quarterly, September 2020, 55(1), pp. They go hand in hand. Cervetti, G.N.,

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eSchool News

APRIL 1, 2024

Now, thanks to an app that McElwain Elementary, her Adams 12 school, started using this year, she’s found opportunities to engage in new ways with her youngest child’s education. Kayli Brooks, a teacher at Tollgate Elementary in Aurora, uses the app Talking Points, which also allows her to text parents. She’s tried to stay engaged.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

When a new subdivision began welcoming residents to the Sun City Center area in early 2020, we realized that we needed a new elementary school to accommodate those families. In January 2020, our district began working with MiEN to start laying out the plans for Belmont Elementary School’s media center.

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Edsurge

MARCH 23, 2020

Secondary teacher positions are harder to fill than elementary ones; as are science and math openings. Although there are millions of Americans qualified to fill the 3.7 million teaching positions, there are acute shortages by grade level, subject matter, and geography.

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User Generated Education

JULY 31, 2023

From Columbia University: Community building in the classroom is about creating a space in which students and instructors are committed to a shared learning goal and achieve learning through frequent collaboration and social interaction (Adams & Wilson, 2020; Berry, 2019; McMillan & Chavis, 1986).

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Since the 2020-2021 school year began, school principals have had to change their learning mode, and top concerns remain safety, attendance, funding, and learning loss, according to a survey from National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP).

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Waterford

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The good news is that information is easier to come by than ever before—many students, even at an elementary age, have access to smartphones, the Internet, and a pervasive, never-ending flow of social media. In 2020, about 1 in 5 American adults said they got their political news primarily through social media.[6] July 30, 2020.

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Waterford

JANUARY 19, 2021

This page has hunts broken down by grade level for elementary, middle, and high school students. Students can see themselves in heroes like Ruby Bridges, a girl who showed incredible bravery when she was the first Black child to integrate an all-white elementary school. January 2020. January 2020. January 2020.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 12, 2022

In 2020, I started a chapter of Kids Are Scientists Too ( KAST-WJ ). Our goal is to increase young kids’ interest in STEM by conducting monthly science experiments at local elementary schools. These activities connect high schoolers who are passionate about STEM with elementary students so that the older kids can serve as role models.

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Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2023

First up is AJ Jacobs, an undergraduate in his junior year at Winthrop University who is studying to become an elementary school educator. It was in elementary school. My mom worked at the elementary school I went to. One moment would be 2020, at the start of COVID. The interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.

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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). Research in Higher Education , 48, 803-839. Juechter, J.

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