The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Just two weeks away, our third Library 2.021 mini-conference, " Libraries as Community Anchors ," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, October 21st, 2021. The accepted conference sessions are listed just above the keynote bios and include links to full descriptions! Everyone is invited to participate in our Library 2.0

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MIND Research Institute

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Funding from the John Deere Foundation has been instrumental in expanding ST Math access to many students and their teachers, particularly those underserved and underrepresented. The 2021-2022 school year saw a successful launch of John Deere-funded ST Math programming in the Waterloo Community School District. John Deere Inspire.

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Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2021

That was the thinking behind Along , a free digital reflection tool developed by the nonprofit Gradient Learning and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and announced yesterday at the 2021 annual conference of ISTE, the International Society for Technology in Education, which is EdSurge’s parent organization.

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eSchool News

MARCH 30, 2023

Charlotte, NC — New Mexico’s Aztec Municipal School District (AMSD) today announced the renewal of its multiyear partnership with Discovery Education supporting science education in three district elementary schools. Also, all AMSD educators enjoy access to the Discovery Educator Network. Discovery Education serves approximately 4.5

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Shake Up Learning

AUGUST 3, 2021

Optimize access to tools and assistive technology. . Conference Learning – I use this when I do sessions on Hyperdocs. I encourage people to curate their conference learning in one place and share back at school with colleagues. Elementary Digital Playground: Tic-Tac-Toe (Sarah McKinney). © Shake Up Learning 2021.

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eSchool News

APRIL 22, 2021

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, April 21, 2021 – At Cambridge Public Schools (CPS) in Massachusetts, the Media Arts team produces content for schools, departments, and teachers while offering students a wide array of media classes, clubs, and work study opportunities. Mena-Landry praises the platform’s ongoing evolution. “I

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eSchool News

AUGUST 11, 2021

2021) — Minnesota’s Bloomington Public Schools ?(BPS) supporting science education in elementary and middle school classrooms across the district.?Through Following a careful review of potential edtech science solutions for elementary and middle school students, BPS selected two resources from Discovery Education. BPS) today?announced

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eSchool News

JULY 20, 2021

SILVER SPRING, MD (Monday, July 19, 2021) — Florida’s Martin County School District (MCSD) today announced a new partnership with? approximately 18,000 PK-12 students in its 12 elementary schools,? approximately 18,000 PK-12 students in its 12 elementary schools,?5 Discovery Education , the worldwide?edtech?leader

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 29, 2021

CLEVELAND – October 29, 2021 – As schools embrace the digital shift and rely more on digital books to support learning outcomes, educators are searching for creative ways to drive awareness and usage. The company’s student reading app, Sora , provides every student with access to the right books.

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eSchool News

MAY 17, 2021

May 17, 2021) —Indiana’s Perry Township Schools (PTS) today announced the finalization of a new partnership with Discovery Education supporting the creation of equitable learning experiences in any environment. PTS’ partnership with Discovery Education also provides district teachers access to the? SILVER SPRING, MD (Monday,?May

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

September 8, 2021) — Portsmouth Public Schools (PPS) today announced a new partnership with Discovery Education supporting the district’s five-year strategic plan, Expedition to 2025: Purpose. PPS teachers and students in grades K-5 will also receive access to Discovery Education Coding. SILVER SPRING, MD (Wednesday,?September

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 23, 2022

Recently, the Big Blur was the topic of numerous conversations during a national conference hosted by Jobs for the Future (JFF) in New Orleans, where it was a subject of a panel discussion between industry leaders and two JFF officials: Joel Vargas, the organization’s vice president of programs, and Kyle Hartung, associate vice president.

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eSchool News

MAY 20, 2021

SILVER SPRING, MD (Thursday, May 20, 2021) —Mississippi’s Vicksburg Warren School District (VWSD) today launched a new multiyear partnership with Discovery Education that helps educators connect current classroom instruction to students’ possible future career paths. Discovery Education currently serves approximately 4.5

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

This partnership also builds on the company’s long-standing support of increasing access to STEM education programs that provide hands-on, inquiry-based learning in elementary to post-doctoral classrooms, and the professional learning needed for educators to make these efforts possible. DOVER, Del., About DuPont.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 21, 2022

But last February, Ophelia received her first dose; she was excited about starting kindergarten at West Whitesburg Elementary School this fall. Auggie’s friends were okay, but Robinson Elementary School, where he was going to start fifth grade, was flooded. She entered kindergarten this year, but not at Whitesburg.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

The program also bolstered access to learning opportunities at times limited by availability and affordability. Nearman, “all of our students could have the same access to programming and not have to worry about, well, my parents can’t afford it.”. Millions of students still face access issues. With JumpStart, says Ms.

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Learning Accessibility Personalized Learning Digital Divide 142

MindShift

AUGUST 23, 2021

Its findings were drawn from interviews with teachers and students across elementary, middle and high schools about their pandemic learning experience. They relished the freedom to wear comfortable clothes, nap, snack, access the bathroom at will and move around when restless. — Neema Avashia (@AvashiaNeema) July 22, 2021.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 7, 2022

Our first Library 2.022 mini-conference: " Virtual Reality and Learning: Leading the Way ," will be held online (and for free) on Tuesday, March 29th, 2022. conference events, which are designed to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing among information professionals worldwide. Please also join this Library 2.0 Get Your Free!

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 23, 2022

Next Tuesday, March 29th, 2002, is our first Library 2.022 mini-conference: " Virtual Reality and Learning: Leading the Way ," which will be held online (and for free). conference events, which are designed to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing among information professionals worldwide. Please also join this Library 2.0

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 15, 2022

Our first Library 2.022 mini-conference: " Virtual Reality and Learning: Leading the Way ," will be held online (and for free) on Tuesday, March 29th, 2022. conference events, which are designed to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing among information professionals worldwide. Please also join this Library 2.0 Get Your Free!

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 30, 2023

In April 2020, as the death toll from COVID mounted across New York City, an elementary school teacher at P.S. 343, the Children’s Lab School, in Sunnyside, Queens, organized a virtual dance party to give her second-grade class some levity. In April 2021, a full year into the pandemic, he announced measures to tackle this shortfall.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

In Port Orford, Oregon, it’s a quick walk from the elementary and middle school building to the town library—the two buildings are right down the street from each other. contracted COVID-19 between the start of the pandemic and early August 2021.). SERIES: How to reopen schools safely. Library partnership and community.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 16, 2021

Gifted education teachers at the National Association for Gifted Children’s 2019 conference work on a toothpick-and-gumdrop tower, an exercise sometimes done in “talent development” classes. However, U-46 created a separate, 100 percent Hispanic, elementary program that allowed those students to study the gifted curriculum.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

In January 2021, Seage decided it was time to leap into the education field, leveraging the skills he acquired to make a difference at his alma mater, Christopher Columbus High School. Under his leadership, CCHS was one of the first schools to implement Samsung’s Flip 3 whiteboard in 2021. And for Seage, the best has yet to come.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 3, 2021

Rural communities have unique challenges, ranging from poverty and vast travel distances to a lack of affordable internet access. These rural districts face the four significant challenges: broadband access, funding, people, and understanding the “why.” Challenges. Matthew Dillon is a native of Columbia, Mississippi.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2022

For years, it was a battle getting Guadalupe to his Phoenix elementary school in the Washington Elementary School District. Arizona places pressure on schools to reduce chronic absenteeism, evaluating elementary and middle schools in part on the number of their students who miss at least 10 percent of school days.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

The Global Education Conference Network believes in the power of connected, globally competent learners of all ages. My position is we need to listen to all voices to understand the ways in which we can attain the goal of a more globalized education that teachers to inclusivity, diversity, relevancy and accessibility. Stevens (2014, p.162)

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MindShift

MARCH 16, 2021

However, U-46 created a separate, 100 percent Hispanic, elementary program that allowed those students to study the gifted curriculum. Then-superintendent José Torres had not designed the bilingual gifted program, but he thought it was a great strategy to give Latino students access to advanced work. Data source: U.S.

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Edsurge

JULY 27, 2023

Nevada had money available to spend through COVID-19 relief funding — if leaders could act quickly, before access to the federal dollars expired on Sept. They made a flier explaining why child care was good for Nevada, which they distributed at housing conferences and to real estate agents, HOAs, landlords and property managers.

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MIND Research Institute

MARCH 12, 2020

During the first week of February, my MIND colleagues and I headed out to Atlanta, Georgia, for the 2020 National ESEA Conference. Educators from across the nation gathered at the World Congress Center to embrace this year’s conference theme: Together for Equity. The next National ESEA conference will be. February 8-11, 2021 in.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2023

Kristi Noem speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Feb. In a June 2022 report , the department said it had deleted the term “equity” from the title of a report about equitable access to qualified teachers for low-income and minority students. 12, 2021, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. South Dakota Gov.

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MindShift

JANUARY 27, 2021

At a Chicago Teachers Union press conference earlier this month, she said the plan felt “rushed.” ” The idea that opening Chicago’s school buildings in February 2021, 11 months after they shut down, constitutes “rushing back” would be news in most of the country. Copyright 2021 NPR.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

I even found “Heather” again: In December 2021, a Pennsylvania school district ordered the removal of the book from all of its elementary-school libraries over parental objections, leading its author, Lesléa Newman, to declare : “It’s 1992 all over again.”. “No

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2021

In March, federal lawmakers approved $800 million to help school districts identify, enroll and support homeless students — about eight times the amount appropriated for the McKinney-Vento Education for Homeless Youth program in fiscal year 2021 and more than the combined funding for the program in the last 10 years. For years, the U.S.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 22, 2020

That would be by April 30, 2021.) He emphasized that school buildings provide not only instruction but also access to meals, resources and other important services that are difficult to deliver remotely. DeVos was not in favor of extending that waiver into 2021—and neither, it appears, is Cardona. Ned Lamont.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2024

On October 25, 2021, using his power as chair of the Texas House Committee on General Investigating, Krause sent a letter to the Texas Education Agency and to school districts listing some 850 books. He gathered librarians in January 2022 and told them that students didn’t need access to books about sexuality or transgender people.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 10, 2023

PRIEST RIVER, Idaho —The moms seated at the conference table on Election Day were worried. Sitting beside her, Candy Turner , a retired elementary school teacher who had brought Ziploc bags of pear slices and dried cranberries for the hours ahead, agreed. “I I think we are in trouble based on what I saw.”

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