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. The future of education is changing, and global workforce demands will be influenced by the need for knowledge around and skills in fast-growing technologies such as AI. What are the projections for edtech?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Whether students pursue studies in STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), social sciences, or business, they will likely encounter situations where graphing skills are essential. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Summit K12’s groundbreaking 2024 Adoption Science Curriculum is designed to revolutionize the way Science is taught in Texas. Our new Dynamic Science curriculum covers elementary, middle school, and high school Biology, Physics, and IPC.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2024

Wealthy suburbs can have a surplus of qualified applicants for elementary schools at the same time that a remote, rural school cannot find anyone to teach high school physics. Tech = technology; CTE = career and technical education; ESL = English as a second language. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2023

BOSTON – Clark County School District (CCSD) in Nevada, has made Lexia LETRS ® (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling) professional learning programs available to most elementary schools in the district with a plan to continue expanding the program to additional elementary and early childhood teachers and administrators.

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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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eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2024

All modules in the updated core science curriculum are rolling out for the 2024-25 school year. The new 2 nd Edition was extensively field tested by educators and will be available for purchase through Carolina for the 2024-25 school year. Teacher support is included. The program includes 24 modules for grades K to 5.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

It is particularly popular in elementary schools, often filled with fun and educational activities centered around the number 100. –image credit Deposit Photos Here’s the sign-up link if the image above doesn’t work: [link] Copyright ©2024 worddreams.wordpress.com – All rights reserved. What are you doing to celebrate?

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eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2024

The imminent end of ESSER funding has pushed school districts to a critical juncture, compelling them to confront budget deficits for the upcoming 2024-2025 school year before the “fiscal cliff” hits in 2025-2026. Choosing the right educational technology to partner with may seem like a gamble, but it can also be a game-changer.

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eSchool News

MARCH 19, 2024

The granted award will begin in fall 2024 and extend until the end of the 2025 school year. Three elementary schools will be selected to become QorePremium Partners and will receive CEP licenses for all general education K-6 teachers at the awarded sites (administrators and coaches are free).

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eSchool News

APRIL 29, 2024

PHOENIX – ASU Prep Pilgrim Rest announced a new partnership with Dreamscape Learn , making it the first elementary school in the country to offer students a dynamic new learning experience that blends the power of experiential pedagogy, cinematic engagement, and advanced virtual reality (VR) technology.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

According to the App Association , there will be approximately 1 million unfilled computing jobs in 2024. To facilitate increased focus from educators, the International Society for Technology in Education updated its standards for computer science curricula in July of this year, the first time since 2012, EdScoop reports.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2024

If you have a suggestion for a topic or guest for 2024, please send that my way at jeff@edsurge.com. We talk with one of those experts, plus others who are seeking to build guardrails to help educators successfully adapt to the latest AI technology. Thanks for listening!

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 9, 2023

In high school, I participated in Teacher Cadets , a program that allows high school students to explore the education field as a possible career, in part by having them go into local elementary and middle schools and by serving and observing in the field. I have other concerns too, like pandemic burnout and increased use of technology.

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My Paperless Classroom

JANUARY 19, 2024

In this episode of the TeacherCast Podcast, Jeff welcomes podcaster, author, and Digital Learning Leader Matthew Joseph on the podcast to discuss why it’s important not only to have a clear district vision for technology integration but a clear plan for how Instructional Coaches will play a pivotal part in executing that plan.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 25, 2024

government are all trying to encourage more young Americans to pursue careers in STEM, an acronym for science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Students also need adequate training, even in elementary and middle school. The administration of the 2024 NAEP test wrapped up in March, but results won’t be known for many months.

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MIND Research Institute

MAY 24, 2023

ESSER, which stands for Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief , was first established as part of the CARES Act, where additional funds were added to ESSER II and III. have been granted an extension to spend ESSER I funds (March 30, 2024). What is ESSER?

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Discovery Education

APRIL 16, 2023

From the continued conversations on ESSER, the impacts of technology, and what state officials are pushing for, there's plenty to pay attention to. EdTech is Critical in Evolving School Environments The new State of Technology in Education reports that educators consider technology critical to effective education.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 3, 2023

(CAE), a leader in designing innovative performance tasks for measurement and instruction of higher order skills and for subject area assessments, today announced a multiyear collaboration with Project Lead The Way (PLTW), the nation’s leading provider of PreK-12 science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) curricula.

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Edsurge

JUNE 22, 2022

The Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER) was approved in three packages in 2020 and 2021. But there is a strict deadline: Schools must tap into ESSER no later than September 2024, which means the race is on for schools to find ways to use the money before they lose it. A quick word of warning.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 16, 2023

Maria Armstrong, Executive Director, Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents ( ALAS ) The clean energy industry is growing at an astronomical rate, with the EIA predicting that wind, solar and other renewable sources will exceed one fourth of the country’s electricity generation for the first time in 2024.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

Jenna Gros jangles as she walks the halls of Wyandotte Elementary School in St Mary’s Parish, Louisiana. Brusly Elementary School has 595 students, ranging from ages two to seven. Jenna Gros, head custodian at Wyandotte Elementary School in St Mary’s Parish, Louisiana, stops to tie a student’s shoe. MORGAN CITY, La.

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eSchool News

JULY 25, 2022

At the same time, we’ve also seen an increase in attacks on operational technology (OT) components of companies’ IT infrastructure. Knowing what is on their networks and the vulnerabilities associated with those technologies is a foundational aspect of good cybersecurity.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2023

. – The Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS) today announced the launch of the ALAS Sister Schools Program, a year-long partnership in which teams of students from schools in the continental US and Puerto Rico collaborate on projects focusing on science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM).

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Edsurge

MAY 23, 2017

It was very different from the physical calculators that you had to wait your turn to use at my elementary school. And of course, economists have a name for this. It’s not like I’d discovered something new about the nature of digital materials.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 21, 2022

The center, which is in its final design phase, will open its doors in fall 2024 to serve 245 2- to 5-year-olds in the district. This is a major shift as the district’s existing preschool program is typically served from one portable classroom at several elementary school sites.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Adaptive Technology for Personalized Learning in Math and Reading Powered by adaptive technology and able to be translated into more than 60 languages, SuccessMaker is a proven-effective, evidence-based personalized learning program to help accelerate student achievement in reading and math for grades K-8. We couldn’t do that before.”

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Biochemistry can be elementary. Students generally learn about moles, atoms, compounds and the intricacies of the periodic table in college, but Daniel Fried is convinced kids can learn complex biochemistry topics as early as elementary school. billion by 2024 from $1.7 Kids like technology. Photo: Gabriela Fuentes.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

Ramos knew there were many kids like her, eager to keep up with school but lacking the technology to do so. Though only about 40 miles north of Silicon Valley, home to technology giants such as Google and Apple, Oakland was deeply underconnected when the pandemic shuttered its schools. To her, it was “heartbreaking.”.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 18, 2024

Back in Germany, Becker will finish his internship in September 2024 with expertise in IT services and network security. He grew up surrounded by computers, tinkering alongside his dad, and that love of technology persisted through his teens. This is a little bit of a mixed tendency at the same time, right now in Denmark,” she said.

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eSchool News

APRIL 1, 2024

Here’s what today’s educators have to say about AI, STEM, SEL, and more: In 2024, education will move to adopt AI–but slowly. Elementary-level STEM education fosters our future innovators. Elementary school years mark a critical phase in a child’s cognitive development.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

We compared tutoring to summer school, after school, extended day, technology and other things. A 2020 review of nearly 100 tutoring programs found that intensive tutoring was particularly helpful in reading during the early elementary years, and most effective in math for slightly older children. Allison Socol, The Education Trust.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 17, 2017

Perry elementary school in Brooklyn, NY. million computing jobs by 2024. Research has proven that a diversity of information leads to better ideas, so it seems intuitive that we prioritize diversity in technology. “I can barely fix a printer. And it starts in the classroom.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

The eighth grader can also remember each of the kids she began school with back at Boudreaux Canal Elementary School. The elementary she went to next, Upper Little Caillou, had replaced another nearby school that had shuttered for the same reasons a few years earlier. We’re only graduating in 2024. I do see an effect.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 26, 2023

She is a Past President of the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) and the Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T), and she also holds leadership roles in the American Library Association (ALA) and in the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA).

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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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MindShift

JULY 15, 2021

We compared tutoring to summer school, after school, extended day, technology and other things. A 2020 review of nearly 100 tutoring programs found that intensive tutoring was particularly helpful in reading during the early elementary years, and most effective in math for slightly older children.

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