eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The eSchool News K-12 Hero Awards recognize the dedicated efforts of education professionals across K-12 departments, including IT, curriculum, instruction and administration. The program received an influx of inspiring nominations that highlight the innovation and selflessness of educators in schools and districts across the nation.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2024

Four dots next to a printed number 6, for example, meant that students had to draw in two extra dots — an important precursor to learning addition. We are seeing it close gaps for students, and they are more able to access elementary school math.” Kindergarten is crucial,” said University of Oregon math education researcher Ben Clarke.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In this episode, we welcome Billy Krakower, a nationally recognized educator with 16 years of experience and a passion for bringing technology and creativity into the classroom. Training and Founding Partner at Evolving Educators. AIforEducators.

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Edsurge

MAY 31, 2023

The goal of inclusive education is to ensure that every student, regardless of their background or abilities, has an equal opportunity to learn and succeed. By designing instruction that meets the diverse needs of all learners, educators can help to create an environment that is welcoming and supportive for everyone.

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Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Yesterday IHE published an article about the “ inclusive access ” programs offered by most major textbook publishers. These are purchasing programs in which “institutions are signing up whole classes of students to automatically receive digital course materials at a discounted rate, rather than purchasing individually.”

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 28, 2023

More than 30 states have written legislation that requires schools to utilize scientifically researched instructional strategies. The largest change most states will see as a result is a dramatic increase in explicit phonics instruction. As a result, an increasing number of students will be able to access grade-level texts.

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Doug Levin

JULY 7, 2016

Note: The original version of this piece was published on July 7, 2016 by New America as part of an EdCentral series on the next social contract for education: https://www.newamerica.org/education-policy/edcentral/next-social-contract-public-education-needs-new-terms-service/.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The Museum of Science, Boston is making its first move into the world of immersive online education with its launch of “Mission: Mars,” an educational experience on Roblox, a global platform connecting millions of people through immersive 3D experiences.

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MindShift

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Usually that means creating PowerPoint presentations full of pictures and “just kind of pulling from here and there,” he said — the Internet, a third grade textbook or a preschool homeschool curriculum from Sam’s Club, for example. Department of Education to release a series of guidelines for their education. He isn’t alone.

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Edsurge

MAY 24, 2023

District leaders, school administrators and educators need sustained support to effectively and respectfully implement the shifts behind a curricular mandate like this. Professional development is a key part of building awareness of this absence and a knowledge-base for the educators who will be teaching students directly.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

In an effort to help educators, parents and other education technology consumers make better choices about the products they use, Digital Promise spent the last year developing a “research-based design” product certification. ISTE (EdSurge’s parent organization) offers a “seal” for products that align to its pedagogical standards.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 2, 2020

High-quality resources and curricula can help educators bring science to life through authentic and challenging activities. What research do we need to bring standards-aligned science learning to more students and support educators in implementing these resources effectively? Unique Benefits of OpenSciEd.

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edWeb.net

MAY 1, 2019

If the workday of an adult typically requires seamless broadband access, then it’s reasonable that today’s students need the same access during their school day. The key is the state leadership to make broadband accessible to all. More important, states are starting to recognize the need for equitable access off site.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2023

The Museum of Science, Boston is making its first move into the world of immersive online education with its launch of “Mission: Mars,” an educational experience on Roblox, a global platform connecting millions of people through immersive 3D experiences.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 16, 2020

In our work with schools and districts from across diverse geographies and demographics, the Institute for Teaching and Leading has seen first-hand the incredible hard work of leadership teams and educators to adjust to this new and ever-changing landscape. What’s Changed? Working families are now juggling conflicting priorities.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

From traditional classroom learning methods like lectures and textbooks to innovative technologies such as interactive whiteboards and educational apps, these tools aim to facilitate effective learning experiences and foster student growth. What are some examples of teaching techniques? What are the traditional tools of teaching?

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 20, 2024

UD aims for inclusive access to architectural spaces for all users. Architectural examples embodying UD principles include features like curb cuts benefiting various users (e.g., Architectural examples embodying UD principles include features like curb cuts benefiting various users (e.g., To start with, Courey et al.

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Edsurge

JULY 15, 2016

Developing critical listening and speaking skills is an essential element of a student's higher-education experience. These tools and the content created with them must be accessible to all learners, including those who are hard of hearing and have vision impairments. Accessibility Is a Process, Not a Box to Check.

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Iterating Toward Openness

MARCH 21, 2023

At some point over the last decade, open educational resources (OER) advocacy in US higher education became zero textbook costs (ZTC) advocacy. The idea of “zero textbook costs” makes a kind of sense when you believe that the ideal instructional materials are books.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 19, 2023

In fact, racism is systemically embedded into our educational institution and can be camouflaged with other issues like socioeconomic status and even the learning loss from the COVID-19 pandemic. Take, for example, the recent California Science Test (CAST) scores released in October 2022 that showed 29.45

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Twenty-year-old Asmaa is an example of how constant change and upheaval were hallmarks of the previous school year. Then COVID-19 catapulted education into crisis mode, forcing her and all students and teachers into at-home learning situations across the world. Access to computers and Wi-Fi at home was woefully inadequate.

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Digital Promise

MAY 21, 2018

This article originally appeared on Usable Knowledge from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. And they knew it was critical that teacher educators better prepare future teachers to serve this growing population. supplementing or modifying challenging texts to make them more accessible (creating study guides, for example).

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MindShift

JULY 21, 2020

Whatever the fate of online learning, the past months have exposed some glaring disparities in access to education and technology, while families with children who have disabilities and special needs experienced significant challenges even when technology was available. Online Class Design.

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ExcelinEd

JUNE 10, 2020

Department of Education made available almost $3 billion for the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund (GEER). As governors across the country decide how to spend GEER funding, some are also applying to the Department’s Rethink K-12 Education Discretionary Grant Program. Priority 3: Other Remote Learning Strategies.

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Edsurge

MAY 25, 2020

With some schools already announcing they will not reopen normally in the fall, and many others considering their options , educators are hoping to take advantage of the summer to improve on this spring’s sink-or-swim plunge into distance learning.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Rather, it stems from a lack of access to rigorous, age-appropriate instruction in the field. To create better opportunities for English learners and ensure they are represented in STEM fields, the report recommends seven steps that educators, school and district leaders and state and federal policymakers can take.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Savvas Learning Company , a next-generation learning solutions leader for K-12 education, is proud to announce that its enVision® Mathematics Common Core Grades 6-8 © 2021 received the highest rating from EdReports.org. Teaching with high-quality instructional materials has a direct impact on student learning outcomes.

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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. Moving away from the pandemic, educators still grapple with learning loss and academic disparities and inequities. This begs the question: What’s next for education? What are the projections for edtech?

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

As students return to the classroom this fall — many for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic that upended their access to quality, in-person learning — we have an opportunity to enact standards to ensure that teachers’ instruction methods are effective and backed by science. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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Edsurge

MAY 27, 2020

state has begun, in varying degrees, to reopen businesses and relax lockdown restrictions, there is still little certainty—or consensus—as to what the future of education holds this fall. The summer is also an opportunity for educators to improve the quality of their remote instruction, in the event they must teach remotely again.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Savvas has always been focused on providing educators the highest-quality math curriculum combined with the most flexible resources to make teaching easier, a commitment that has made enVision the nation’s most popular math program used in thousands of classrooms everywhere,” said Bethlam Forsa, CEO of Savvas Learning Company.

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Edsurge

APRIL 15, 2018

There is no more powerful lever one can pull to transform a person’s life than to provide access to quality education. But for education entrepreneurs to reach students at scale, they need access to people, systems and capital. Sometimes a CEO has to take a company in a new strategic direction.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 22, 2020

A team of students from INCubatoredu, a high school entrepreneurship program based in Illinois, reworked their business Trashbots to make robotics and coding accessible and provide hands-on STEM education at home. Virtual tools give students alternative ways to grasp material, and to complete and submit their work.

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Digital Promise

MAY 20, 2016

But our adult basic education programs can only serve roughly four million of those adults. This gap between the need and available educational services has prompted calls for innovative ways to improve access to quality educational resources. The four key factors: Use a real-world instructional design challenge.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 19, 2023

In fact, racism is systemically embedded into our educational institution and can be camouflaged with other issues like socioeconomic status and even the learning loss from the COVID-19 pandemic. Take, for example, the recent California Science Test (CAST) scores released in October 2022 that showed 29.45

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Maybe you’re ready to verbally spar because of genuine concerns you have about the content being pushed to young children in the wide range of media accessible to them. A more famous example would be a study conducted in 2019 with the Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Ohio. Maybe you’re angry about book bans.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 27, 2020

For Jeremiah, detention effectively stopped his education, further disrupting his life and making it all the more difficult for him to get back on track when released. Even absent the constraints of the coronavirus, it would be difficult to design a facility less suitable for young people to receive a high-quality education.

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