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Data science under fire: What math do high schoolers really need?

The Hechinger Report

Students chat about the data analysis they’ve performed on their cellphone usage over a week, while Perizzolo walks around the room fielding their questions. They also determined the research questions they’d ask of the data — such as whether social media use during class reduces comprehension and retention.

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Georgia Principal Wins Curriculum Associates’ 2022 Inspire Award

eSchool News

February 17, 2022— Curriculum Associates has named Jamilah Hud-Kirk, principal of Fountain Elementary in Clayton County Public Schools in Forest Park, GA, as the recipient of its 2022 Inspire Award. This includes 13 years as principal at Fountain Elementary, where she currently serves more than 600 students in Grades pre-K–5.

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Crunch the Numbers—New Data on Student Tech Use; Chromebook Predictions; And the Impact of Pandemic Relief Funds

eSchool News

“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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8 things we LOVE as teachers about the Abbott Elementary series

The Cornerstone for Teachers

Abbott Elementary is a television series about a fictional elementary school in Philadelphia. After watching the entire season twice , I’d love to share 8 great things about Abbott Elementary. Abbott Elementary was created by and stars Philly-native Quinta Brunson. She even made the 2022 Time 100 list!

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Virginia’s Portsmouth Public Schools Expands Partnership with Discovery Education to Bring Students in Grades 7-12 State-of-the-Art Digital Resources 

eSchool News

Pivot Interactives, which joined the Discovery Education family of solutions in 2022, makes teaching science with active learning and scientific phenomena engaging and easy. The school system has 13,000 students enrolled throughout the city and approximately 2,100 staff members working each day.

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Experienced Teachers Can Bring Big Value to Schools. Here’s Why They Still Need Support.

Edsurge

A recent analysis by Chalkbeat found that, between the 2021 and 2022 school years, eight states — Hawaii, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Washington — faced their highest teacher turnover rates in the past five years. Data visualization by Nadia Tamez-Robledo. teachers into four buckets.

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Cybersecurity to Be Taught to K-8 students across North America for Free

eSchool News

There is currently no standardized cyber safety curriculum being taught in primary, elementary or intermediate schools. The game teaches kids about passwords, identity theft, scams, phishing, cyber bullying, sexting, social media issues and much more. As students play Cyber Legends, reports appear in the teacher dashboard.