EdTech Magazine

JULY 28, 2020

Reopening schools during a pandemic will also require new investments in technology — from thermal body temperature scanners to sanitation tools — and additional staff hiring. Many districts are also expected to spend more for technology upgrades and service if they continue with remote learning or adopt a hybrid approach.

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eSchool News

MARCH 7, 2024

I have been with the district for 20 years, though I didn’t become the superintendent until April 2020. I gave our technology department marching orders to get every student and every teacher on a Chromebook and trained in the Google Suite within two weeks.

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Edsurge

MARCH 23, 2020

Secondary teacher positions are harder to fill than elementary ones; as are science and math openings. Sharp noted that if this happens, look for policies to prioritize funding programs that retrain people for high-demand work or emerging roles that require competencies in technology.

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eSchool News

JULY 9, 2021

Since schools transitioned to remote learning, districts have added or upgraded their IT education technology and monitoring tools to provide better outcomes for all. In 2020, the deployment of edtech tools in schools increased by nearly 90 percent year-over-year. But it’s not necessarily a good thing. education system.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

“We know many districts wanted to use ESSER funds to hire more staff, but workforce shortages prevented them from doing so,” Vaillancourt Strobach says, referring to the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund. Your mileage is going to vary.”

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Rivera, who is the former Pennsylvania Secretary of Education and currently serves as president of Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology in Pennsylvania, was named the Director of Region 6 Northeast. Rivera has served as president of Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology in Pennsylvania since October 1, 2020.

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MIND Research Institute

APRIL 24, 2020

On April 23, 2020, the U.S. Signed into law on March 27, 2020, the CARES Act includes four grants and funds that are allocated for different education-related purposes. Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund , or ESSERF, $13.2 Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

At a Dolton-Riverdale school board meeting in the spring, district leaders and two technology vendors pitched a $3.3 They told the board in the high-poverty district in Chicago’s south suburbs that the project would “future-proof the classroom” and “catapult Dolton into the next generation of learning technology.”

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Edsurge

JUNE 22, 2022

The Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER) was approved in three packages in 2020 and 2021. Fortunately, the market has developed some promising solutions around credentialing that leverage blockchain technology. A quick word of warning.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

Forty percent of the nation’s school systems need to replace at least half of their HVAC systems, according to a 2020 study by the Government Accountability Office. The ARP provides $122 billion for the Elementary and Secondary Schools Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund.

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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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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2022

Teachers report being more stressed as the pandemic goes on, and much more likely to leave the profession than they were before March 2020. At elementary schools, we’d have to get rid of the 1 teacher/1 class/5 days equation. At secondary schools, we’d have to toss out 5-day-per-week class rotations. And for good reason.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Name: Caleb Brown Age: 20 College: Clemson University Area of study: History, secondary education Intends to teach: Social studies Hometown: Rock Hill, South Carolina EdSurge: What is one of your earliest memories of a teacher? I did go into an elementary school and I learned that I did not want to be an elementary school teacher.

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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.

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Insight Education Group

MAY 27, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has left elementary and secondary schools across the country in need of additional resources to operate and support their school communities. Between 2020 and 2021, Congress passed three stimulus bills that provided almost $190.5 and 31%, respectively” ( CDC, 2020 ).

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Insight Education Group

MAY 27, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has left elementary and secondary schools across the country in need of additional resources to operate and support their school communities. Between 2020 and 2021, Congress passed three stimulus bills that provided almost $190.5 and 31%, respectively” ( CDC, 2020 ).

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Department of Education hopes that the blockchain technology transforming the finance and logistics industries could play a role in making education records more portable and transparent. The endeavor will support research about blockchain systems and fund a competition to select experiments testing ways to apply the technology in education.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In 2020, some of California’s public universities allowed applicants to skip Algebra II and substitute data science. The universities walked back the effort this year after experts argued that students were taking less challenging coursework that limited their post-secondary opportunities.

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MIND Research Institute

MARCH 15, 2021

billion has been added to the ESSER fund for Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief, with new spending requirements for districts and schools with high percentages of students living in poverty. Coronavirus-Related Funding Opportunities for Schools and Districts (April 24, 2020). ESSER Funding Breakdown for K-12.

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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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eSchool News

AUGUST 20, 2020

will start the 2020-2021 school year this month. . . million students in Texas and 15 neighboring states with a simple and quick way to access critical distance learning technologies. Many students across the U.S. Verizon has partnered with the Texas Education Agency (TEA) and Gov. Verizon is committed to ensuring the 18.9

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Fortier’s school participates in a program operated by the American Indian Science and Engineering Society to expand access to computer science and science, technology engineering and math, or STEM, among Native American, Alaska Native and Pacific Islander students.

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N2Y

MAY 20, 2021

Congress passed three related legislative acts over the past year: The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act in March of 2020. The Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations (CRRSA) Act in December of 2020. Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER Fund).

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

After schools went remote in 2020, Jessica Ramos spent hours that spring and summer sitting on a bench in front of her local Oakland Public Library branch in the vibrant and diverse Dimond District. Ramos knew there were many kids like her, eager to keep up with school but lacking the technology to do so. OAKLAND, Calif.

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Edsurge

APRIL 19, 2021

During the crises of 2020-21, we clearly saw that our education system needs to innovate to make it more equitable, agile, relevant and responsive. billion in Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funding into our education system. We also saw many communities embracing local innovation because they had to.

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MIND Research Institute

MAY 24, 2023

ESSER, which stands for Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief , was first established as part of the CARES Act, where additional funds were added to ESSER II and III. has provided three ESSER packages for public school districts to spend: ESSER I—approved back in March 2020 for $13.5 What is ESSER?

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Edsurge

JANUARY 25, 2022

Too often when we think of daily schedules, we tend to think about their impact on secondary school. But students in elementary school experience some of the most important growth in relationship building, knowledge, skill development and sense of self. We still have work to do at St.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Until communications technology bests the constraint of the speed of light, playing and singing synchronously over the Internet doesn’t really work. My last live musical experience was in Los Angeles in January 2020, at last year’s Grammy Awards ceremony, which attracted 16.5 This is an unnatural phenomenon for musicians.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Dell’s classroom is a testament to the impact that powerful teaching and learning with technology is having in classrooms across the United States and Canada. When educators use technology to promote collaboration and connectivity, learners are able to discuss diverse viewpoints and solve problems together. Rola Tibshirani.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Through this multi-year collaboration, educators and students in the district’s elementary and middle schools will return to the classroom this fall with access to award-winning digital resources supporting science instruction. Paul and serves students across 16 elementary schools, 4 middle schools and three traditional high schools.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2021

Summer camps and day camps were hit hard by the pandemic and shutdown in 2020. Summer camps, many of which remain financially fragile after last year’s closures, could see an influx of cash: The American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund earmarked $1.2 Elizabeth McQuaid, Curious-on-Hudson.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 2, 2020

Since it’s now 2020, I thought it would be fun to revisit Karl Fisch’s video from 2006, titled 2020 Vision. In that video, Karl imagines he is the commencement speaker for the Arapahoe High School (AHS) Class of 2020, reflecting back on the past 13 years of schooling for that cohort. What progress have we seen (or not)?

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 26, 2021

Principal Margot Zahner’s vision for summer enrichment at Waterman Elementary School in Harrisonburg, Virginia, grows clearer every week. Margot Zahner, the principal of Waterman Elementary in Harrisonburg, Va., million through the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund.

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2020

For example, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education instituted a three-phase plan to support schools during remote learning. There still remains much that is unknown about how the 2020-21 school year (and beyond) will look for our students.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Susan Gentz, a partner at K20Connect, provided a guide to the types of emergency federal funding that became available during the summer of 2020, as well as some of the issues that districts receiving funding will need to work through. in media and technology from Boston University, and a bachelor’s in early childhood education from India.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

The future of education is changing, and global workforce demands will be influenced by the need for knowledge around and skills in fast-growing technologies such as AI. With AI, we have just begun to see the possibilities this technology can provide for education. This begs the question: What’s next for education?

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edWeb.net

APRIL 30, 2021

Conner categorized the past, present, and future as Before COVID, During COVID, and After COVID, pointing out a radical shift in education occurred on Friday the 13th in March of 2020, when schools were shut down across the United States. Dr. Conner obtained his Bachelor of Arts in elementary education/humanities from Lasell University.

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