eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

While more students are falling behind in foundational reading skills, some schools buck the trend with positive practice in the pandemic’s wake, according to new research released by Curriculum Associates today. . Students in upper elementary and lower middle school grades showed the greatest persisting setbacks in 2022.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 18, 2020

Gone are handshakes and fist bumps replaced by conversations at a distance of six feet or more or through tools like FaceTime. In my hometown of Houston, bars and restaurants have closed for fifteen days, which has been a trend occurring across the world to limit the spread of the disease. You really can’t go wrong here.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. In 2020, some of California’s public universities allowed applicants to skip Algebra II and substitute data science.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2021

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. According to Stanford University’s 2021 AI Index , more than $40 billion was invested in all AI startups in 2020.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2022

Since 2020, three things have become clearer than ever: Our students of color, English learners and students with disabilities have faced a disparate impact on their educational experience from COVID-19. Recently, EdSurge spoke with Regina Meeks , an elementary math and ELA teacher in North Carolina. How can I make it fun?

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Edsurge

MARCH 7, 2023

At Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools (SCCPSS) in Georgia, a three-school pilot in January 2020 grew into a district-wide online and offline reading program for students across its 34 elementary schools, according to Andrea Burkiett, director of curriculum and instruction for the district.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

When we posted our 2020 predictions on January 1 last year, we–along with the majority of the world–definitely didn’t anticipate the curveball that was (and continues to be) the global COVID-19 pandemic. 2020 has been called a dumpster fire, the worst year in recent memory, and more. education system. As the U.S.

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Edsurge

MAY 26, 2021

A year ago, I wrote “ The Next Pandemic: Mental Health ” for National Mental Health Month, published in May 2020 in EdSurge. Creativity, persuasion, collaboration, adaptability and emotional intelligence are the most-in-demand skills today, according to LinkedIn’s 2020 employer survey. Empathy, as a theme, is trending.

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Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2021

In this situation, teachers need technology tools that allow them to provide the same high-quality experience for students learning at home and in person. Some relief came in 2020 through the CARES Act with an initial $13 billion allotment to K-12 schools. The need for new K-12 classroom technology has never been greater.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

26, parents from Brooklyn Arts & Science Elementary School (or P.S. 705) flocked to the school for an open house ahead of the fall 2021 semester. In fall 2020, the city started offering hybrid learning, with cohorts of students returning to classrooms for two or three days a week. BROOKLYN, NY—On the morning of Aug.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation.

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Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

In the early months of 2020, her team expanded an attendance campaign called “All In,” from four to 25 schools across the district, which is home to 85 public schools in total. In elementary school, frequent absences are linked to a higher likelihood of dropout—even if attendance improves over time.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 3, 2023

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. In other fields, the risks of racially biased tech tools are becoming relatively well known. Subscribe today!

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Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2020

A futurist analyzes quantitative and qualitative data from current trends in order to predict the alternative scenarios that could play out in conditions of uncertainty, and Saveri’s work focuses on education mapping specifically. Schools will never return to business as usual,” predicts futurist Andrea Saveri.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

MAY 13, 2020

Much more will be expected of ed-tech tools and platforms. They will have a compelling point of view on what an excellent tech tool or platform needs to offer. Physical isolation will increase the need for more social connections on these tools. However, that assumes things go back to normal in Fall 2020.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The Chicago program – called “Supporting Our Students” – is part of a national trend, as more districts have started paying contractors for social media monitoring services in recent years. In 2020, Chicago Public Schools won a $750,000 grant from the U.S. New social media program draws on pilot’s lessons.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2020

Beyond summer school, principals and superintendents will also confront the question of the best way to help students catch up when school resumes — probably with the beginning of the 2020-21 year in August. The tool to do that is not just professional development; it’s curriculum,” he said. Subscribe today!

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eSchool News

JANUARY 9, 2023

Research by UCLA Health shows that in 2020, the teen death rate due to drug overdose doubled and grew by another 20% in 2021. The new lessons now available, which include a detailed accompanying educator guide, explore the importance of community connections in counteracting the rising trend of counterfeit drug use.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 24, 2022

The trend emerged by the end of third grade and was even more pronounced three years later. Previous research suggests that the quality of the teachers and elementary school that children attend after pre-K may boost or undermine long-term effects of pre-K. The state has since taken measures to improve the quality of its program.

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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.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The study identified other trends, too. Tyler Reed, senior director of communications with the publisher McGraw Hill, whose textbooks were among those studied, wrote in an email that titles published before 2020 are now outdated and have been updated. Related: Are we ready? And I will say, no, no, there’s always something we can do.”.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 7, 2022

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. In October 2020, Digital Promise launched the Center for Inclusive Innovation, as a way to create this support.

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Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2019

The schools are undergoing transformations in how instruction will take place, beginning with the 2019-2020 school year. This model is similar to the center rotations that already occur in many elementary classrooms, in which students rotate through stations in small groups, working both independently and with the teacher.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 23, 2022

and her classmates were scrolling through Naviance for Middle Schools, a tool for assessing strengths and interests. Getting a jump start on career thinking in middle school, when academic performance often drops, is part of a growing trend. Related: What does career readiness look like in middle school?

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 31, 2024

In 2020, following a federal civil rights investigation, the district agreed to a settlement with the federal Department of Justice “to address and prevent discriminatory discipline of students based on race or disability.” Experience and training can provide teachers with tools to address student conduct without suspensions.

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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. I really have fun doing these things,” says the rising seventh grader, “but I also like that it’s preparing me to be an engineer.”.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 20, 2022

Suspensions and expulsions plummeted during the 2020-21 school year, as most school districts closed their buildings and put instruction online to slow the spread of Covid. But this fall has brought a reversal of the trend. There’s a lot that goes on with these children when they miss school,” Hatten said.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

By April 2020 they’d tracked down about 225 of the 300 kids from their longitudinal studies who were now 7- to 10-year-olds and 13- 15-year-olds, and sent them questionnaires about their mental health, coping strategies and exposure to stress. This fits with a pernicious pandemic trend. But surveying is cheap.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 14, 2020

Over 40 STEAM Resources… Creative Thinking, STEM, and PBL at FETC 2020. I am excited to see what message Pink has in a Keynote on Motivation and Leadership at FETC 2020. You will discover information, examples, and tools related to incorporating aspects of the arts, design, and the humanities into STEM-based school activities.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 10, 2022

blog below in October 2020. New attacks at an elementary school in Texas, a grocery store, and just recently, a factory in Maryland, show us this disturbing trend of mass shootings is continuing in the wrong direction. Steve Albrecht I posted this Library 2.0 Only give comments if you are the library’s media representative.

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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. I really have fun doing these things,” says the rising seventh grader, “but I also like that it’s preparing me to be an engineer.”.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Richard Labbe Johnston County Public Schools Nominated by: Savvas Learning Company While recent statistics from NAEP (The Nation’s Report Card) show significant declines in math scores across the country, Johnston County Public Schools in North Carolina has defied that trend. Through persistent efforts, Ms.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2021

Market data and services firm MDR has updated a wide-ranging survey it last fielded in 2018 about teachers and tech, and the resulting report, “How 2020 Shifted Perceptions of Technology in the Classroom,” illustrates how COVID-19’s disruptions have upended some edtech trends and accelerated others. Popular educational apps.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 4, 2024

On the line, Kelly Rodriguez explained that she wanted to move her 6-year-old from a private school to a public one for first grade, but only if a seat opened up at Sunset Elementary School, near their house on San Francisco’s predominantly white and Asian west side. At the leading edge of this national trend is San Francisco.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2021

AI shows up in instructional chatbots, personalized learning systems and administrative tools. And with this change comes a host of new questions—concerns about the ethical design and implementation of these new tools. Students, as consumers and users of AI tools themselves, need a foundational education on what AI is and how it works.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 26, 2020

Just 50 out of 3,300 ACSI member schools are listed as partners of the alliance, but the group has seen attendance at its annual symposium double each year, and they’re encouraged by trends showing that younger evangelicals are more inclusive than older generations. But good intentions aren’t enough.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

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. Weinraub had a vision to expand the program to serve all students in the district.

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