eSchool News

APRIL 29, 2024

Consequently, students who face difficulties in meeting academic standards might find themselves lacking the requisite skills and knowledge to effectively pursue careers in IT. This can exacerbate the disparity between the demand for IT professionals and the available workforce, leading to potential economic repercussions.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Kiddom’s partnership with highly-rated Open Up Resources changes that. Before I get into the details of this new relationship is, let me introduce the two partners–Kiddom and Open Up Resources. Who is Open Up Resources? What is the Kiddom-Open Up Resources Partnership? EL Education K–5 Language Arts.

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Common Core Digital Citizenship Academic Standards LMS 173

eSchool News

MAY 20, 2021

SILVER SPRING, MD (Thursday, May 20, 2021) —Mississippi’s Vicksburg Warren School District (VWSD) today launched a new multiyear partnership with Discovery Education that helps educators connect current classroom instruction to students’ possible future career paths. said Superintendent Chad Shealy.

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Hapara

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Take a “Snap” of the learner’s screen to share with them during a digital citizenship conversation Guide student browsing There are many types of learners in a classroom, which means learners are on different digital citizenship journeys. Key takeaways ✔️ What is digital citizenship?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 26, 2019

Each targeted quest curates a collection of third-party apps, webtools, videos, games, and other resources that focus on particular math or reading skills identified by the teacher or from the student’s earlier work as an area of academic need. This can be incorporated into Google Classroom or another LMS that you use.

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Learning Chromebook Common Core iPad 170

Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2016

For over a decade, plenty of time and dollars have been poured into encouraging the use of open educational resources (OER). Yet many teachers still ask: “Why can’t I find the open educational resources I’m looking for?” From my experience, the answers usually are: OER resources are in silos. Last year, the U.S.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2024

Given the prevalence of these diverse brains, why do we continue to structure our classrooms and schools in ways that make it so hard for these kids? They require great resources in staff and time, but they could make a meaningful difference in what our educational system could provide for students who are currently struggling to get by.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2019

With limited budgets, librarians have been forced to leverage their own talents and networks to navigate a changing world Like teaching, librarianship is a majority-female profession (83 percent of librarians are women compared to 76 percent of public-school teachers) that performs a public good with limited resources.

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Libraries Academic Standards Learning System 112

Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2019

Growth of specialist teams dedicated to supporting second-language learners, students with special needs and technology implementation can also be seen as resources put at the disposal of the classroom teachers that help them to do their jobs more effectively. But the success of such improvement efforts have proven elusive.

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Policies Trends Common Core Training 120

Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2018

But while standardized test scores might improve, a recent study found that in 63% of classrooms, students aren’t using technology to “solve problems, conduct research, or to work collaboratively.” We’ve made it our mission to build lessons that nurture 21st century academic success and empower extraordinary teaching.

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EdTech Academic Standards Social Media Technology 159

eSchool News

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Faced with the pressures of limited time, higher academic standards, diverse student needs, and the responsibility to teach many subjects and multiple grade levels, elementary school teachers have expressed a critical need for easy-to-use, well-designed math resources and ongoing support.

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Tools Academic Standards Elementary Software 57

Edsurge

AUGUST 10, 2021

In a nearby classroom, other teams wrestle with the daily challenges of turning a profit on the high seas. Learning, Accelerated While we’re still digesting many of the lessons learned from the past 18 months, research from the math classroom points to some promising practices around learning acceleration.

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Learning Strategy Academic Standards Professional Learning 213

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

In a study of 140,000 classrooms in K-12 schools across 39 states, more than half showed no evidence of students using technology to gather, evaluate, or use information for learning. And in nearly two-thirds of the classrooms, students didn’t appear to use technology to solve problems or work collaboratively.

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Technology Differentiated Instruction Broadband Academic Standards 125

eSpark

APRIL 14, 2022

Student engagement—participating in lively class discussions, investing time and energy into their academic work, and applying what they learn in school to the world outside the classroom—increases when educators value social-emotional well-being, according to 81% of teachers. Best for students grades 5-8.

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Student Engagement How To Academic Standards Examples 52

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 25, 2019

First… I hope you enjoyed the over 150 STEM Resources in the last few posts. In the space below I have posted my contribution to FETC and promise you will walk away with some amazing ideas, resources, strategies, and future collaborators. I also have also provided those over 150 STEM Resources. January 27 – 30.

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Technology STEM Flipped Classroom Maker Movement 94

eSchool News

MAY 31, 2016

Technology, collaboration, and new standards are changing the classroom at a rapid pace. As teachers, we are entrusted with our nation’s children, and their futures, yet many of us find ourselves isolated in classrooms without the right training or support. For a classroom teacher, though, this has the opposite effect.

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Academic Standards Case Study Common Core Policies 40

Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

In terms of student proficiency, today's classrooms are more diverse than ever. In these classrooms, teachers face a seemingly impossible task -- providing effective instruction to all the unique students under their care. We're "detracking" students previously sorted by ability.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 5, 2019

While virtual resources abound, the systems are not coordinated enough to fully address teachers’ curriculum-design needs and to support them as they help students build a coherent body of knowledge. But, it’s all over the place,” he laments, “with the various textbooks, standards, digital search engines, and vendors.”.

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OER Analysis Data Academic Standards 53

Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2018

Substantial (501(c)3/Oakland, California) creates training, resources and information customized for each school to help substitute teachers be successful. If fast growth and lean operations are the goals, then they need to limit their labor creating content and instead work to repurpose existing educational resources.

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EdTech Company Outcomes Academic Standards 92

The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2016

Field Elementary teacher Jessica Rockhold works with Remy Campbell on a smart board in her classroom. Most educators agree the Common Core standards are rigorous enough that students who meet these guidelines will be adequately prepared to pursue a career or a college degree after they graduate from the public school system.

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Common Core Education Tablets Academic Standards 62

edWeb.net

MARCH 26, 2021

The pandemic made it apparent how important it is for everyone to utilize the supported digital resources.”. All agreed it is essential to the success of any professional development program to have specialists like Moreno sitting at the table and being a part of instructional conversations to bridge both the district and the classroom needs.

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Professional Learning Academic Standards Outcomes Secondary 60

eSpark

MAY 2, 2016

The new legislation urged districts to embrace project based instruction aligned to academic standards and 21st century skills. Luckily, the vast majority of successful project based learning activities share a set of key characteristics that educators can replicate in the classroom and across a district. 1) Essential Question.

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Academic Standards Learning Digital Citizenship Secondary 40

Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

While Google Classroom and its accompanying suite of tools is immensely popular in education -- especially at the secondary level -- Seesaw is a fast-growing and user-friendly digital platform for teachers to assign work, engage with students, and provide feedback, among other classroom activities. How do I set up my class in Seesaw?

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Google Android Video Accessibility 98

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2020

Most do the majority of their work online, though some choose to learn with a standard textbook. Students spend the rest of their time at resource centers receiving in-person instruction or tutoring. Students work on assignments at one of The Charter School of San Diego’s resource centers.

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Dropout Blended Learning Course Report 98

Marketplace K-12

MARCH 25, 2016

McGraw-Hill Education’s recent selection of Knovation’s curated open education content is a signal that publishers and ed-tech providers are jockeying to find ways to take advantage of open education resources. ” The appeal of Knovation’s work, she said, is in the vetting and tagging that have gone into the open resources.

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OER Education Company Academic Standards 40

Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2017

“Transforming misery into agency” is among the visionary goals that co-founder Wisdom Amouzou has for The HadaNõu Collective , which currently operates centers in public high schools that “map authentic experiences to academic standards.” We need to talk about crisis beyond the classroom.”. The nonprofit is based in Miami, Fla.,

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Education Social Media Groups Company 128

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2017

So our daily greeting provides a positive interaction before they get into their classroom.”. But Communities In Schools, a Virginia-based nonprofit, is a vital pillar of support that directs students and families in need to community resources. City Year, with its team of 10 corps members, is the most visible.

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Dropout Secondary Data Report 78

edWeb.net

JANUARY 12, 2021

Disconnection between teaching and learning: Teachers often confuse covering the material with teaching to the kids—if they teach to understanding, then the classroom becomes a different environment. Does everyone feel valued? To pursue equity, schools must understand three key principles. Dr. Morton Sherman.

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Secondary Policies Professional Learning Outcomes 62

eSpark

JANUARY 5, 2016

have expressed frustration with No Child Left Behind, an educational policy that has been derided by educators as placing too much emphasis on standardized testing and failing to address racial and socioeconomic achievement gaps. ESSA encourages districts to bring edtech into the classroom. For over ten years, districts across the U.S.

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Policies Blended Learning Education EdTech 40

The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2018

Researchers say many high-poverty kindergarten classrooms don’t teach enough math and the few lessons on the subject are often too basic. It’s how we recruit, how we use resources, how we conduct business in the district.”. Was classroom management stronger? It’s not just about teachers teaching. Were lessons rigorous enough?

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How To Common Core Elementary Report 80

TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 20, 2015

As most educators know, the Common Core is a set of high-quality academic standards in mathematics and English language arts/literacy. Simply put, the standards outline what a student should know and be able to do at the end of each grade to be prepared for success in school, college, career and life.

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Common Core Academic Standards Resources Accessibility 40

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

OCTOBER 15, 2022

It's interesting to point out that the authors came from special education backgrounds, and for most classroom teachers, that is usually their co-teaching situation: a gen ed teacher is the one "in charge," while an ECE teacher pushes in because several children with IEP needs are on the roster. Who's name is on the classroom door?

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Assessment Course Khan Academy Blended Learning 59

TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 1, 2015

Even in today’s age of standardized testing and emphasis on academic standards, perhaps even because of this recent emphasis, educators are increasingly aware of the need to nurture students’ complete development. They may not have the resources or parental support needed to stay after school. by Mike Anderson.

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Academic Standards Meeting Company Classroom 40

TeachThought - Learn better.

JULY 10, 2015

Myth #5: Resources Do Not Equal Rigor. Several common classroom tasks are inherently rigorous, including reading idea-dense literature, taking notes, and using the writing process itself, but these are rarely engaging, and don’t always fit with a given academic standard or task. Myth #2: Rigor Means Doing More.

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How To Analysis Academic Standards Strategy 40

ViewSonic Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

However, teachers do not always have the time, resources, and proper training needed to really help students develop sustainable coping skills. But amid a rush of new and emerging classroom solutions promising gains in student mental health and well-being, it’s becoming increasingly clear that not all K-12 SEL solutions are created equal.

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Learning Outcomes Exercises Survey 392

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

In some cases that means being given more time on tests or being offered the option of using technology for written assignments; in other cases it means having an aide in the classroom working with them individually. Within each disability, there is variance in severity and how the disability reveals itself in a classroom.

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Education Strategy Report Training 110

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2017

But classroom walls are becoming a lot more permeable,” she said, citing examples in which a group of students in Georgia earned a patent for work they completed in school and seven districts in Iowa teamed up to help students spend part of their school days working for local companies. “But Photo: Wayne D’Orio for The Hechinger Report.

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