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Universal prekindergarten is coming to California — bumpy rollout and all

The Hechinger Report

billion program will be fully implemented by the 2025-26 school year across the nearly 900 districts in the state that include elementary grades. This coming fall, children who have a fifth birthday by June 2, 2025, can enroll. The plan is that the $2.7 It will be the largest universal prekindergarten program in the country.

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It’s budget season: How are you preparing for the fiscal cliff?

eSchool News

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. Where are you now? Take a moment to define your current state.

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Smithsonian and Carolina Biological Announce New Version of Elementary Science Curriculum to Raise Bar in 3D Learning

eSchool News

The print, digital and hands-on program raises the bar in student-driven 3D learning and 3D assessment. The new program features a robust and integrated assessment system, including a new assessment map. 3D Assessment The modules integrate science and engineering seamlessly, as intended by NGSS.

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AI-Enabled Personal Professional Learning MicroGrant Announced Targets Teachers and Coaches (K-6)

eSchool News

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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Savvas Announces New Math and Reading Solutions that Engage and Inspire Students While Giving Educators the Resources to Help All Learners Achieve

eSchool News

myView Literacy © 2025 is a core English Language Arts (ELA) program for grades K-5 that empowers teachers and transforms students. New for back to school, Savvas is introducing the MSDA + Growth Assessments, part of the new Savvas Momentum Assessment Suite of adaptive assessments, instructional resources, and more.

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As States Make It Easier to Become a Teacher, Are They Reducing Barriers or Lowering the Bar?

Edsurge

It didn’t matter that he’d likely never have to teach the geometry concepts that kept tripping him up (Anderson hoped to teach elementary school). Latiker points out, “but he couldn’t teach elementary education because of his performance on the Praxis math exam.” That was in 2017. “It It began to become emotionally draining.

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Including young learners in the push for reading reform

The Hechinger Report

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Early Childhood newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about early learning. A wave of new laws across the country is attempting to transform how elementary school children learn to read.

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