eSchool News

MAY 12, 2021

May 11, 2021 – Swing Education, a staffing application connecting schools to substitute teachers, has selected three exemplary educators to join its Substitute Teacher Hall of Fame. The 2021 inductees were chosen based on their impact on students and the greater school community, track record of going above and beyond, reliability, and more.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

. “Born connected: The rise of the AI generation”, reveals the app use and technology habits of children aged 4-18, detailing trends in screen time, social media and communications, mobile gaming, online entertainment, learning tools, and for the first time in the report’s history, use of artificial intelligence tools.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

A Tech Exchange employee works in the nonprofit’s warehouse in May 2021. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report Boxes of #OaklandUndivided devices wait for student pickup at Castlemont High School in May 2021. In May 2021, Think College Now elementary students sit in class after returning to in-person learning.

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Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2024

percent of the student population, were chronically absent in the 2021-22 school year. This exacerbates existing social inequalities by limiting access to quality education and opportunities for upward mobility. The national average rate of chronic absenteeism in K-12 schools has significantly increased in recent years.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Vans retrofitted as mobile optician clinics parked outside schools. There weren’t enough mobile clinics to serve all Baltimore public schools. These are the kids who need the most help in school,” said Amanda Neitzel, lead author of the study, during the September 2021 conference.

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Edsurge

MAY 26, 2021

It is now time to update this piece for 2021. In January 2021, 40 percent of adults reported experiencing symptoms of depression and anxiety—three times more than the rate in the first half of 2019. Source: A Year in the Life of a Pandemic , April 27, 2021, by Philip Fisher, Joan Lombardi and Nat Kendall-Taylor.

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Fractus Learning

DECEMBER 22, 2021

The multi-color kids’ desk and chair set is the perfect art station for kids from 2 years old to elementary school; stool height is 11.75 The durable wood table and benches are sturdy and designed to withstand years of art and craft playtime in a child’s room, kindergarten, or elementary school classroom. x 26 inches.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Additional key highlights include: Growing Need for K12 Safety Solutions: Implementations of CrisisAlert doubled from 2021 to 2022, and delivered over 50,000 alerts in the Fall 2022 semester, a 100% increase from Fall 2021 Elementary schools continue to experience the highest rate of alerts out of all school types, averaging 22.8

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eSchool News

AUGUST 20, 2020

will start the 2020-2021 school year this month. . . For students across Texas and around the country, bridging the digital divide and providing reliable Internet connectivity that enables distance learning for students without Internet access are among the top priorities for state governments, school districts, teachers and parents alike.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

An example application of the grant funds includes Roseland Montessori’s implementation of a mobile STEM lab to connect students to STEM learning during distance learning necessitated by the pandemic. With this support, our students can reach their maximum potential.”.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The Social Institute today announced that it has expanded its pioneering social-emotional learning curriculum to meet the needs of fourth grade students, available beginning in January of 2021. Surveys reveal the average age kids get cell phones is ten years old, and exposure to mobile devices begins at a much younger age.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Tampa, FL – September 20, 2021 – For many students, the stress and challenges of the pandemic may have caused regression both socially and emotionally and in terms of their behavior. The courses are authored by experts and are appropriate for general education teachers, special education teachers, paraprofessionals, and principals.

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MIND Research Institute

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Together, we are mobilizing a national effort to prepare 100,000 STEM teachers by 2021. Our work was guided by the question, “How might we equip elementary (Pre-K-grade 5) teachers to enable authentic and joyful math learning for all students?” Elementary math specialization. Coursework and field experiences.

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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.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The district has approximately 3,700 students and comprises an Early Childhood Center, five elementary schools, one middle school, one high school and a technical school that serves its high schoolers and students from six other areas sending schools. Louis, Missouri, in a town of the same name with a population of nearly 18,000 people.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

When assessments are deployed well, she explained, they can be essential to preventing violence in schools and mobilizing resources for a struggling student. Critz Elementary insisted he go to a hospital or crisis center for a psychiatric evaluation; twice he was taken there by police.

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Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2023

The Engage Every Student Initiative is a national campaign, started in 2022, that calls for communities to provide high-quality, out-of-school-time learning opportunities for all interested students by using funds from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. In one room, elementary students are buzzing during a reading class.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Hill, Assistant Superintendent for Early Learning, Dallas Independent School District (TX), and Jennifer Kretschman, Director MTSS, LCSSP Grant Coordinator, Sacramento City Unified School District (CA), discussed the key topics relating to closing the unprecedented attendance gap in 2021.

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2021

BEAVERTON, Oregon, June 8, 2021 — Vernier Software & Technology has enhanced its Vernier Video Analysis app with new features and now offers the accompanying Vernier Video Analysis: Motion and Sports e-book for high school and college-level introductory physics.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 23, 2021

Would March 2021 look different from November 2020? About 70 percent of the city’s students chose to stay home and learn remotely; elementary school students who did so are now going to have another chance to come back in person. How could families make these decisions without knowing if teachers would have been vaccinated by then?

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

A team of fifth grade teachers at an elementary school invited Muri, the superintendent of Ector County Independent School District in West Texas, to participate in an online scavenger hunt they had designed for students. The initiative addresses home connectivity inequalities, more commonly referred to as “the homework gap.”

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Rural students tend to do well in elementary school, but something changes as they get older. In Vilas, there’s no budget for the $400,000 it would take to get those mobile classrooms. Teachers in the elementary-grades area have strung cozy drapes that can be pulled open like a shower curtain to enter classrooms. More than 9.3

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 23, 2022

In a July 2021 report , the two proposed blurring the last two years of high school with the first two years of college to modernize our secondary and post-secondary education and training systems and connect them “more tightly to the world of work and careers,” according to Vargas who, with Hartung, was among the report’s authors.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2023

When the Urban Assembly’s founder was looking for ways to get industry more involved in public education, back in the early 90s, he settled on themes as a way “to mobilize the private sector to invest in schools,” Adams said. But there are downsides to proclaiming a specialty. Several STEM-themed schools weren’t even meeting that low bar.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 21, 2023

For the Rodriguez family, higher education has already become a symbol of upward mobility, a life-altering path to meaningful careers and the sort of financial stability that Margarita and Rafael have never known. percent in 2021. Hispanic enrollment had been growing before the Supreme Court’s decision, from 7.5 percent in 2017 to 9.2

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2023

In 2021-22, Wicomico had 210 school-based arrests — the second-highest number in the state , while they were 15th in student enrollment. They are frustrated, for example, that there is no relationship with the county’s mobile crisis unit, which is often relied on in other counties to help de-escalate issues instead of calling the police.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 17, 2020

In the spring, the district deployed mobile hotspots to help bridge the gap, but more recently, “internet outages because of the hurricanes have made data collection difficult,” she said. School districts across the U.S. are struggling during the pandemic , and have asked Congress for more funding.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 19, 2021

But in states like New Jersey, one of at least nine states around the country that have mandated in-person learning for the 2021-22 school year , parents and teachers who were hoping to continue on the distance-learning track are on their own. An aerial photo of downtown Greensboro, North Carolina, part of Guilford County. They are using Gov.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2020

She’s looked at data suggesting that children don’t seem to get as seriously ill from the virus, but when she’s mentioned her confidence in the reopening plan and touted the district’s new mobile health clinic, only a few parents have changed their minds.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2022

As Jones County leaders will tell you, this dynamic, one-stop-shop of connected solutions and professional learning services positioned the district well to face the unique challenges presented by COVID-19 and the 2020-2021 school year. Nominee: Mark Hess , Mary Helen Guest Elementary School Nominated by: Epson.

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Edsurge

JULY 12, 2021

From December 2020 through May 2021, EdSurge followed seven early childhood educators from across the country. In addition, children who attend the elementary school across the street join for afterschool care. During the pandemic, Magdaleno supervised elementary-aged children during their remote learning as well.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 17, 2017

But in May, sitting in the office of her school’s family support specialist, Joell Stubbe, Karolina talked excitedly about going to Buffalo State university, where she’s been accepted into the class of 2021. Karolina credits the turnaround to her relationship with Stubbe. She’s like my older sister,” Karolina said. “I high schools?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Linda Dickinson, Media and Educational Technology Instructor, Abbotts Hill Elementary School How does the Vanguard Team mobilize when you start working with a new tool or technology partner like Adobe? Kelsey Ferguson, STEM Teacher, Seaborn Lee Elementary How do you think creative digital tools keep students engaged?

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edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

The 2021 Driving K-12 Innovation report released by CoSN selected the most critical Hurdles (challenges), Accelerators (mega-trends), and Tech Enablers (tools) that school districts are facing with personalized learning, innovation, and digital equity. By Eileen Belastock. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST. Dr. David R.

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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.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

MARCH 7, 2021

I’m speaking with Jennifer LaGarde and Darren Hudgins, who are co-authors of the book Fact vs. Fiction: Teaching Critical Thinking In the Age of Fake News , and also a new book coming out in July 2021 called Developing Digital Detectives. ” Use mobile devices — not just computers — when having kids analyze information.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Schools and districts can continue to benefit from the federal government’s stimulus dollars through the American Rescue Plan (ARP) of 2021, the third iteration of the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER). Blog post by Michele Israel based on this edLeader Panel. An ARP Logistics Primer.

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