2021, Classroom, Education and Instructional Materials

PROOF POINTS: Many high school math teachers cobble together their own instructional materials from the internet and elsewhere, a survey finds

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2024

Students, he said, are often being taught through a “bricolage” of materials that teachers assemble themselves from colleagues and the internet. More than 75 percent of elementary school math teachers said they used their school’s recommended materials, but fewer than 50 percent of high school math teachers said they did.

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Driving Innovation, Discovery Education Reaches New Heights in New Hampshire Classrooms

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

CONCORD, NH —  The New Hampshire Department of Education and Discovery Education are thrilled to announce that Granite State educators, students and families have reached one million engagements on the Discovery Education digital platform – helping to support learners statewide.

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29 K-12 edtech predictions for 2021

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

education system. What can we take from this when we return to our classrooms? And will we return to our classrooms to teach in the same manner as we did before COVID? We asked edtech executives, stakeholders, and experts to share some of their thoughts and predictions about where they think edtech is headed in 2021.

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New resources target STEM via aerospace education

eSchool News

MAY 11, 2022

The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), Estes Industries, and the National Science Teaching Association (NSTA) have joined together to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers through a new, multi-year initiative that will bring research-based aerospace education to thousands of classrooms nationwide.

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New Hampshire Department of Education Selects Innovative K-12 Platform to Bring High Quality Instructional Materials to All Students, Families and Teachers

eSchool News

JULY 15, 2021

CONCORD, NH (July 14, 2021) —The New Hampshire Department of Education (Department) today announced the selection of Discovery Education’s award-winning K-12 learning platform to support all New Hampshire learning environments with high quality instructional material. Discovery Education Community.

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Choosing Edtech: Three Learnings from Five Districts

Digital Promise

JULY 13, 2021

Department of Education is providing local education agencies (LEAs) to address students’ social, emotional, mental health, and academic needs. Fortunately, educators can leverage learnings from some leading-edge K-12 districts who have developed thoughtful processes for making edtech decisions despite limited available evidence.

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New Mexico Public Education Department Names Curriculum Associates to Its High-Quality Professional Learning Marketplace List for 2021

eSchool News

JULY 6, 2021

July 6, 2021— The New Mexico Public Education Department (NMPED) recently named Curriculum Associates’ i-Ready Classroom Mathematics and Ready Reading programs to its High-Quality Professional Learning (HQPL) Marketplace List for 2021. NORTH BILLERICA, Mass.,

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The Best Flipped Classroom Software Tools For Flipped Learning In 2021

Fractus Learning

APRIL 9, 2021

What are the best-flipped learning apps for K-12 grades in flipped classrooms? The best-flipped classroom tools can transform and remodel classroom teaching, allowing in-depth learning and personalized attention that can help learners improve their grades. The Top Flipped Class Room Software and Tools. Khan Academy.

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Carolina Biological Announced South Carolina Adopted New Grades K to 12 Science Teaching Materials

eSchool News

DECEMBER 16, 2021

16, 2021 – Carolina Biological announced that two of its elementary school science programs are among the rigorous list of new science materials just adopted by the South Carolina State Board of Education for the state’s K-12 science curriculum. Materials adopted as supplemental must be purchased with S.C.

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Curriculum Associates’ Complete i-Ready® Classroom Mathematics Program for K–8 Now Rated as Tier 1 by the Louisiana Department of Education

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

NORTH BILLERICA, MA, November 8, 2021— Curriculum Associates’ i-Ready Classroom Mathematics program for Grades 6–8 recently received a Tier 1 rating by the Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE). Ratings are based on elements such as the focus, coherence, rigor, alignment, and quality of the materials.

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SEL is critical–but teachers rarely have time to address it

eSchool News

AUGUST 23, 2022

While teachers know their students need help developing social emotional skills, they rarely have time or adequate training to focus on them in the classroom, according to a new survey from ReadTheory , an edtech company that helps students build reading comprehension skills. In the wake of the disruption of the pandemic, U.S.

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Carolina Certified Version of OpenSciEd for Middle School Receives All-Green Rating from EdReports

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The organization provides free reports and reviews online that help K-12 educators evaluate math, language arts and science instructional materials because high-quality content matters to teachers, to kids, and to their collective future. Read the full report on EdReports.org.

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Teachers can’t keep up with the need for SEL

eSchool News

DECEMBER 16, 2022

While teachers know their students need help developing social emotional skills, they rarely have time or adequate training to focus on them in the classroom, according to a survey from ReadTheory , an edtech company that helps students build reading comprehension skills. In the wake of the disruption of the pandemic, U.S.

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Learning enters the metaverse with “Mission: Mars” Roblox experience

eSchool News

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The Museum of Science, Boston is making its first move into the world of immersive online education with its launch of “Mission: Mars,” an educational experience on Roblox, a global platform connecting millions of people through immersive 3D experiences.

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Florida Department of Education Approves Lexia Learning for ELA Intervention Courses

eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2021

BOSTON (June 8, 2021) – Lexia Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company, announced today that Florida’s Commissioner of Education has approved Lexia® Core5® Reading (Core5) as curriculum in elementary intervention courses. The two programs have been approved for a five-year period, beginning April 1, 2021 and ending March 31, 2026.

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Curriculum Associates’ i-Ready® Classroom Mathematics for Grades 6–8 Named a Highly Rated, “All Green” Program by EdReports.org

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

September 24, 2021— Curriculum Associates’ i-Ready Classroom Mathematics for Grades 6–8 was recently named a highly rated program by EdReports.org, an independent nonprofit that conducts evidence-based reviews of instructional materials. NORTH BILLERICA, Mass.,

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Museum of Science, Boston enters metaverse with “Mission: Mars” Roblox experience

eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2023

The Museum of Science, Boston is making its first move into the world of immersive online education with its launch of “Mission: Mars,” an educational experience on Roblox, a global platform connecting millions of people through immersive 3D experiences.

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Curriculum Associates Updates i-Ready® with New Lessons and Assessments to Further Support Dual-Language Classrooms and Spanish-Speaking Students

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

September 23, 2021— To further support Spanish-speaking students in dual-language or transitional-bilingual programs, Curriculum Associates recently added new lessons and assessments to its award-winning i-Ready program. NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., i-Ready me enseña muchas cosas,” said Manuel, a fourth grade student in Dallas, TX. “Me

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Texas Ramps Up Distance Learning with ST Math

MIND Research Institute

MARCH 1, 2021

As 2020 came to a close, Texas Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas Education Agency (TEA) announced that ST Math is freely available to all Texans through TEA's Texas Home Learning 3.0 (THL is dynamic and innovative; these new instructional materials for math will not only be fun for kids, but will also help the lessons to really stick.".

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Teachers Know Students Need Social Emotional Learning, Face Challenges Delivering Support, According to New Survey From ReadTheory

eSchool News

AUGUST 4, 2022

WILMINGTON, DE – August 4, 2022 – A new survey reveals that while teachers know their students need help developing social emotional skills, they rarely have time or adequate training to focus on them in the classroom. According to Simba Information, spending for SEL instructional materials was $1.725 billion for the 2021-2022 school year.

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STEMscopes Math Receives Top Rating from Learning List for Alignment to Common Core State Standards for Grades K-5

eSchool News

JULY 15, 2021

HOUSTON – July 14, 2021 – STEMscopes Math from Accelerate Learning has received the highest rating from Learning List for alignment to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and Mathematical Practices for grades K-5. In March of 2021, Learning List completed and published its review of STEMscopes Math for grades 3-5.

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PROOF POINTS: Controversies within the science of reading

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Credit: Allison Shelley for EDU Educators around the country have embraced the “science of reading” in their classrooms, but that doesn’t mean there’s a truce in the reading wars. Researchers worried that educators were overemphasizing auditory training. hours number in her paper isn’t a “magic number.”

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Twig Education Launches Twig Science Next Gen for Middle School

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

October 28, 2021 — Twig Education , creators of the leading elementary level science program Twig Science, today announced the launch of Twig Science Next Gen for grades 6–8. For Twig Science Next Gen, Twig partnered with some of the most highly respected organizations in the worlds of science and engineering education.

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PROOF POINTS: Learning science might help kids read better

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2024

A growing chorus of education researchers, pundits and “science of reading” advocates are calling for young children to be taught more about the world around them. In 2021, students were still not attending school in person. It cost about $400 per student in instructional materials and teacher training.

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Delaware Department of Education, DuPont and Discovery Education Launch First-of-Its-Kind Partnership Supporting STEM, Career, and Technical Education Statewide

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Acquiring academic knowledge, technical skills, and meaningful work experience gives students the freedom to choose their life’s path,” said Delaware Secretary of Education Susan Bunting. We are thankful for partners like DuPont who share our goals related to STEM- and career-focused education.”. DOVER, Del., DOVER, Del.,

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OPINION: Struggling readers need standards and structure based on the science of reading

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

As students return to the classroom this fall — many for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic that upended their access to quality, in-person learning — we have an opportunity to enact standards to ensure that teachers’ instruction methods are effective and backed by science.

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What Does It Take to Put Inclusive Curriculum Legislation Into Practice?

Edsurge

MAY 24, 2023

The Teaching Equitable Asian American Community History (TEAACH) Act was signed into law in July 2021 with wide bipartisan support, amending the state’s school code to ensure that all Illinois public school students learn about the contributions Asian Americans have made to the United States. Let’s get them to recognize there is an absence.”

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Delaware Ensures Every Student Has Digital Access to Curriculum and Choice Reading Titles

eSchool News

JULY 22, 2021

CLEVELAND – June 29, 2021 – With schools facing the challenge of unfinished learning due to the pandemic, one state is proving itself a pioneer. The Delaware Department of Education (DDOE) announced an agreement with OverDrive Education to provide access to online books to every K-12 student in the state.

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PROOF POINTS: Fixing online credit recovery remains elusive

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 24, 2022

Educators are worried about a wave of high school students who are failing classes during the pandemic. A December 2021 McKinsey report predicted that an additional 1.7 Journalists discovered cheating scandals and evidence of low-quality instructional materials. million to 3.3 But there was a downside.

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10 major insights on teaching, learning, and STEM

eSchool News

JANUARY 29, 2019

STEM education and social-emotional learning will take precedence in 2019, according to teaching and learning predictions from 100Kin10. 100Kin10 is a national network focusing on improving STEM education by adding 100,000 highly-qualified STEM teachers to U.S. classrooms by 2021. Bringing the M back to STEM.

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Why Santa Fe Broke the K-12 Model and Chose a Different Curriculum for the Middle Grades

Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2021

And they found MidSchoolMath —much to the delight of Erica Wheeler, Lead Instructional Materials Coordinator for Santa Fe Public Schools. EdReports Review: MidSchoolMath received a perfect score on EdReports in the latest 2021 criteria for math curriculum. I'm excited to use it in a face-to-face classroom.

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Lexia Nationwide Report Finds 80% of Students Using Lexia Core5 Reading Did Not Experience Literacy Learning Loss During Remote and Hybrid Learning in the 2020-21 Academic Year

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. The full “Using Lexia Core5 Reading” report is available at [link]. About Lexia Learning.

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New i-Ready® Updates Help Teachers Support All Students in Reaching Ambitious Goals

eSchool News

AUGUST 18, 2021

August 17, 2021— Curriculum Associates has updated its award-winning i-Ready program to help educators address unfinished learning and continue to deliver engaging instruction as students work to meet ambitious goals this upcoming school year. NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., More about i-Ready. About Curriculum Associates.

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Battling pandemic reading woes through teacher support, training

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Scotty Matthews took a seat on a small bookshelf and peered at a page of poems held by a third-grader in his southeast Alabama classroom. And they’re expanding that expertise in developing a team of trained reading educators as they work on afterschool tutoring and community support. “If REHOBETH, Ala. It’s a million different things.

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25 digital tools and edtech resources from FETC

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

As aspects of pre-pandemic life slowly emerge from nearly two years of masking, testing, and social distancing, educators are once again gathering at edtech conferences to experience the latest and greatest solutions, digital tools, and professional learning opportunities. ELMO demonstrated the ELMO Ecosystem of Classroom Solutions.

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EdTech Company ChalkTalk Earns Funding to Help Shape The Future of Teaching

eSchool News

MAY 26, 2021

Florida Funders Invests In ChalkTalk, Personalized Learning Program for Real-Time Instruction, Designed to Shape The Future of Teaching & Training. ChalkTalk’s initial go-to-market focuses on the largest education sector, K-12, but can be adapted to higher ed, corporate training, and lifelong learning. TAMPA, Fla.

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St. Lucie Public Schools Purchases Reading Horizons to Improve Reading Performance

techlearning

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

The decision came after the Florida Senate passed a bill that requires instructional materials to incorporate evidence-based strategies, including a phonics-based approach to acquiring literacy skills, which improve reading performance for all students. Reading Horizons will be integrated into St.

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eSN Hero Awards Finalists: 11 inspiring educators

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The eSchool News K-12 Hero Awards recognize the dedicated efforts of education professionals across K-12 departments, including IT, curriculum, instruction and administration. The program received an influx of inspiring nominations that highlight the innovation and selflessness of educators in schools and districts across the nation.

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3 Tips for Easily Implementing Social-Emotional Learning – by John Gamba

ViewSonic Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

In 2021, Stateline, the news arm of the Pew Charitable Trusts , reported that the number of cases of mental health struggles, behavioral outbursts, and mild-to-extreme forms of self-harm has been on the rise with some numbers jumping over 31 percent. Yet just 22 percent said they felt “very prepared” to teach SEL in classrooms.

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Sneak a peek at 8 eSN K-12 Hero Awards contenders

eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2023

The 2023 K-12 Hero Awards program is dedicated to recognizing the country’s best examples of K-12 success using innovative education technologies. Education professionals across K-12 departments are eligible for nomination, including IT, curriculum, instruction, and administration.

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PROOF POINTS: Trial finds cheaper, quicker way to tutor young kids in reading

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 13, 2023

Credit: AP Photo/Elaine Thompson Education researchers have been urging schools to invest their $120 billion in federal pandemic recovery funds in tutoring. It involves far fewer tutors, less disruption to school schedules and no extra space beyond a desk in the back of a classroom.

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Kiddom Expands Partnership with Kendall Hunt Publishing

eSchool News

JANUARY 14, 2022

SAN FRANCISCO — January 12, 2022 — Kiddom , the first all-in-one education platform for high-quality digital curriculum, today announced an expansion of its partnership with Kendall Hunt Publishing. Its key features are in alignment with the five key features of OpenSciEd’s instructional materials, including: ?

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Why the Pandemic Forces Administrators to Rethink Attendance — and Interoperability

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Seemingly overnight, educators, parents and edtech companies churned out crisis plans for remote instruction in hopes of carrying on, at the very least, until summer break. Absenteeism is a leading indicator and a cause of educational inequity,” says Chang. “If When COVID-19 forced the mass closure of schools across the U.S.

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Expertise as Elaboration: Teachers’ Reflections on an AI Tool-Embedded Writing Rubric

Edsurge

JULY 24, 2023

Teachers—with the vast majority of schools still organized as one teacher for every 15 to 35 students—mediate students’ classroom experiences in myriad ways. Each prompt offered aligned information sources, and instructional materials and other teacher supports accompanied the tool.

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PROOF POINTS: Many high school math teachers cobble together their own instructional materials from the internet and elsewhere, a survey finds

Driving Innovation, Discovery Education Reaches New Heights in New Hampshire Classrooms

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29 K-12 edtech predictions for 2021

New resources target STEM via aerospace education

New Hampshire Department of Education Selects Innovative K-12 Platform to Bring High Quality Instructional Materials to All Students, Families and Teachers

Choosing Edtech: Three Learnings from Five Districts

New Mexico Public Education Department Names Curriculum Associates to Its High-Quality Professional Learning Marketplace List for 2021

The Best Flipped Classroom Software Tools For Flipped Learning In 2021

Carolina Biological Announced South Carolina Adopted New Grades K to 12 Science Teaching Materials

Curriculum Associates’ Complete i-Ready® Classroom Mathematics Program for K–8 Now Rated as Tier 1 by the Louisiana Department of Education

SEL is critical–but teachers rarely have time to address it

Carolina Certified Version of OpenSciEd for Middle School Receives All-Green Rating from EdReports

Teachers can’t keep up with the need for SEL

Learning enters the metaverse with “Mission: Mars” Roblox experience

Florida Department of Education Approves Lexia Learning for ELA Intervention Courses

Curriculum Associates’ i-Ready® Classroom Mathematics for Grades 6–8 Named a Highly Rated, “All Green” Program by EdReports.org

Museum of Science, Boston enters metaverse with “Mission: Mars” Roblox experience

Curriculum Associates Updates i-Ready® with New Lessons and Assessments to Further Support Dual-Language Classrooms and Spanish-Speaking Students

Texas Ramps Up Distance Learning with ST Math

Teachers Know Students Need Social Emotional Learning, Face Challenges Delivering Support, According to New Survey From ReadTheory

STEMscopes Math Receives Top Rating from Learning List for Alignment to Common Core State Standards for Grades K-5

PROOF POINTS: Controversies within the science of reading

Twig Education Launches Twig Science Next Gen for Middle School

PROOF POINTS: Learning science might help kids read better

Delaware Department of Education, DuPont and Discovery Education Launch First-of-Its-Kind Partnership Supporting STEM, Career, and Technical Education Statewide

OPINION: Struggling readers need standards and structure based on the science of reading

What Does It Take to Put Inclusive Curriculum Legislation Into Practice?

Delaware Ensures Every Student Has Digital Access to Curriculum and Choice Reading Titles

PROOF POINTS: Fixing online credit recovery remains elusive

10 major insights on teaching, learning, and STEM

Why Santa Fe Broke the K-12 Model and Chose a Different Curriculum for the Middle Grades

Lexia Nationwide Report Finds 80% of Students Using Lexia Core5 Reading Did Not Experience Literacy Learning Loss During Remote and Hybrid Learning in the 2020-21 Academic Year

New i-Ready® Updates Help Teachers Support All Students in Reaching Ambitious Goals

Battling pandemic reading woes through teacher support, training

25 digital tools and edtech resources from FETC

EdTech Company ChalkTalk Earns Funding to Help Shape The Future of Teaching

St. Lucie Public Schools Purchases Reading Horizons to Improve Reading Performance

eSN Hero Awards Finalists: 11 inspiring educators

3 Tips for Easily Implementing Social-Emotional Learning – by John Gamba

Sneak a peek at 8 eSN K-12 Hero Awards contenders

PROOF POINTS: Trial finds cheaper, quicker way to tutor young kids in reading

Kiddom Expands Partnership with Kendall Hunt Publishing

Why the Pandemic Forces Administrators to Rethink Attendance — and Interoperability

Expertise as Elaboration: Teachers’ Reflections on an AI Tool-Embedded Writing Rubric

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