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6 tips to begin an elementary esports program in your school

eSchool News

The benefits of esports are well documented. Thus far, conversations around esports have centered on collegiate and secondary levels, however, a recent change in the winds has shifted the conversation to elementary esports. I teach an elementary STEM class called iCreate in South Haven Public Schools.

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6 tips to help start an elementary esports program in your school

eSchool News

This year’s 2nd most-read story focuses on creating an elementary esports program. The benefits of esports are well documented. Thus far, conversations around esports have centered on collegiate and secondary levels, however, a recent change in the winds has shifted the conversation to elementary esports.

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PROOF POINTS: Pace of learning back to normal during the 2021-22 pandemic school year but student achievement lags far behind, data shows

The Hechinger Report

The good news, according to the latest achievement data, is that learning resumed at a more typical pace during the 2021-22 school year that just ended. The big picture takeaway is that learning mirrors pre-pandemic trends,” said Karyn Lewis, a researcher at NWEA, which sells assessments to schools to track student progress.

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How bullying contributes to K-12 student absenteeism

eSchool News

Cyberbullying, increasingly more common, occurred at least once per week in 37 percent of middle schools, 25 percent of high schools, and 6 percent of elementary schools. Negative outcomes are documented for school attendance and academic achievement, as measured by GPA and standardized assessments. Here are a few takeaways.

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PROOF POINTS: Three reports on student achievement during the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

That’s because low-income students were less likely to attend in-person school, where diagnostic assessments were given, or take an online assessment at home. Those learning loss estimates are based on how students performed on i-Ready assessments administered in school in spring 2021.

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PROOF POINTS: Third graders struggling the most to recover in reading after the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

A new report by the nonprofit educational assessment maker NWEA documents that third graders are currently suffering the largest pandemic-related learning losses in reading , compared to older students in grades four to eight, and not readily recovering. Learning to read well in elementary school matters.

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PROOF POINTS: New evidence of high school grade inflation

The Hechinger Report

The latest is an analysis of more than 4 million high school seniors who took the ACT from 2010 to 2021. Today, A students make up a majority of ACT test takers, some of whom are not college bound and take the test as a required high school assessment. points from 3.22 (a B) in 2010 to 3.39 (a B-plus) in 2021.

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