eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2024

Accessibility for students is emphasized. This elementary curriculum engages, inspires, and connects students firsthand to the world around them through a total of 24 student-driven modules. I will definitely use this when doing future STEM projects.” These ideas and questions drive the next steps. John’s School in Houston, TX.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Our students are spread across 31 elementary schools, two pre-K schools, and seven secondary schools. Springfield Public Schools is fortunate enough to be a 1:1 district that provides Microsoft student laptops for everyone, giving all students access to Office 365.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 26, 2023

The school year ended at Washington Elementary at 2:35 p.m. Malaysia Robertson, 9, outside of the closed Washington Elementary School in Kenner, La., on Friday evening, July 28, 2023. Washington Elementary School in Kenner, La., on Sunday evening, July 23, 2023. on Sunday evening, July 23, 2023.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

The accelerated track in middle and high school drew mostly from elementary schools in affluent neighborhoods, where students tended to perform better on a pre-algebra placement test that they had one chance to take as fifth graders. This practice — and mindset — must change.”

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eSchool News

AUGUST 10, 2023

Little Scholars of Arkansas (LISA) Academy is a tuition-free public charter school with a comprehensive STEM-focused college preparatory program. Established in 2004, all 11 schools across the state are accredited by the Arkansas Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Discovery Education serves approximately 4.5

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

As we wave farewell to 2023 , we’re looking ahead to edtech trends in 2024 with optimism for education as a whole. In 2023, a new popular kid in town, better known as AI, dominated headlines and prompted debates around how students could abuse–and should use–the generative tool for learning.

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MindSpark

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The multi-week externship provides a chance to do that while developing a professional network that can [provide] long term guidance to my program and students.” --Sean Wybrant, 2022 STEMpath Participant STEMpath upskills educators in Computer Science (CS) and STEM, aiming to increase the number of educators in these areas.

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Edsurge

MAY 24, 2023

Just because a mandate has been passed, it doesn’t mean there’s necessarily a plan for implementation, access to training or a repository of resources, all of which are necessary to put it into practice with fidelity. The working group also developed sample scope and sequences for both the elementary and secondary level.

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MIND Research Institute

MARCH 1, 2021

All Texans can sign up to receive free access to ST Math for K-5 through December 2023 at www.stmath.com/texas. Since free access was announced in December 2020, over one million students from 1,500 schools across 240 districts have signed up for ST Math. teainfo is offering access to @STMath for K-5 students in Texas!

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MindSpark

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

STEMpath is a yearlong STEM and Computer Science certificate program, offering any K-12 educator 24-credit graduate level credits. Here are three areas that transformed classroom practices and process and changed the 2023 cohort’s student learning for the better. This year’s STEMpath cohort learned a lot during their externships.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

As we wave farewell to 2023 , we’re looking ahead to edtech trends in 2024 with optimism for education as a whole. In 2023, a new popular kid in town, better known as AI, dominated headlines and prompted debates around how students could abuse–and should use–the generative tool for learning.

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Trends EdTech Industry Data 52

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2023

After a few hours, the elementary school called: Come pick up your son, they told her. She studies how burdensome paperwork and processes often prevent poor people from accessing health benefits. Inconsistent cell phone access isn’t uncommon among low-income Americans. He was no longer enrolled, they said.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Acton, MA – Discovery Museum and Natick-based MathWorks announced today their continued partnership to bring the Museum’s Traveling Science Workshops to classrooms throughout Massachusetts and beyond for the 2023-2024 school year. This is the fourteenth consecutive school year that MathWorks has invested in the school outreach program.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Read about the three 2023 winners here. Cleveland’s leadership and vision for equitable healthcare access have been instrumental in expanding access to healthcare services for students across the district. However, there were still 25 elementary schools in the district without access to Hazel’s mental health resources.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Read about the three 2023 winners here. We’ve had families who just needed some layer of support or to continue to access their education, and the online environment provided immediate response to that,” shared Mr. Hatcher. His approach, focused on equitable access to books and engaging the community, has left a remarkable mark.

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Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 3, 2023

This is a super cool app that encourages problem-based learning and STEM skills for students. TimePod is part of Verizon Innovative Learning HQ , and you can access free lesson ideas and much more through their free, online portal. Lessons for the app are accessible for free via Verizon Innovative Learning HQ.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2023

Nominations for the annual eSchool News K-12 Hero Awards are open through September 1, 2023, and this year, we’re giving you a look at some of the entries that came in by our early-bird deadline. Education professionals across K-12 departments are eligible for nomination, including IT, curriculum, instruction, and administration.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The disparities often stem from larger structural issues — a lack of access to quality curricula , for instance, or teachers expecting students to perform poorly. As a result, the difference between Black and White students’ scores widened from 35 points in 2020 to 42 points in 2023. It’s just removing the harm,” he said.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 5, 2021

Show stakeholders that when investing in technology, you need to examine all costs from the impact on bandwidth to teacher training and student-home access. Reach out to the business community to provide your students with internships, apprenticeships, and access to technology.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2023

As we close the door on 2022 , we approach 2023 with clear-cut priorities for edtech and education as a whole. We asked edtech executives, stakeholders, and experts to share some of their thoughts and predictions about where they think edtech is headed in 2023. They will continue to step up in 2023 to meet the challenge.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 30, 2023

This story was originally co-published on January 26, 2023 by THE CITY, Columbia Journalism Investigations, Type Investigations and City Limits as part of “MISSING THEM,” THE CITY’s COVID-19 memorial and journalism project. Sign up here to get the latest stories from THE CITY delivered to you each morning.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

As we closed the door on 2022 , we approached 2023 with clear-cut priorities for edtech and education as a whole. We asked edtech executives, stakeholders, and experts to share some of their thoughts and predictions about where they think edtech is headed in 2023. They will continue to step up in 2023 to meet the challenge.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Explore Interactive and EiE , the award-winning curricula division of the Museum of Science, Boston,are now collaborating to expand engineering and STEM curricular resources to teachers and students across the globe. EiE currently develops research-based, classroom-tested programs that empower children to become lifelong STEM learners.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 17, 2024

The Portland school district in Oregon planned to compress two levels of middle school math into one starting in 2023, but after criticism, said the issue needed more study. In a 2023 survey of middle-school principals by the Rand Corporation, 39 percent said their schools group students into separate classes based on achievement.

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