eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Key findings from the report showed that most students who used Core5 demonstrated steady learning progress, with the majority meeting their projected growth targets in Reading: Over 80% of students who used Core5 did not have learning loss. The full “Using Lexia Core5 Reading” report is available at [link]. About Lexia Learning.

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eSchool News

MAY 11, 2022

The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), Estes Industries, and the National Science Teaching Association (NSTA) have joined together to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers through a new, multi-year initiative that will bring research-based aerospace education to thousands of classrooms nationwide.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 16, 2022

While teachers know their students need help developing social emotional skills, they rarely have time or adequate training to focus on them in the classroom, according to a survey from ReadTheory , an edtech company that helps students build reading comprehension skills. In the wake of the disruption of the pandemic, U.S.

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Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2023

“It actually was a tangible piece of evidence to see what we were talking about when we say there is a lack of respect for educators — when you don’t even want to have them on a committee to talk about what would keep them in a classroom.” At school you teach and support students. At home you answer emails, grade, plan, and analyze data.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

NORTH BILLERICA, MA, November 8, 2021— Curriculum Associates’ i-Ready Classroom Mathematics program for Grades 6–8 recently received a Tier 1 rating by the Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE). Ratings are based on elements such as the focus, coherence, rigor, alignment, and quality of the materials.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

PITTSBURGH, PA – Carnegie Learning , a leader in artificial intelligence for K-12 education and formative assessment, today announced that its blended core Middle School Math Solution received perfect scores in a new report published by EdReports.org. For those who are deliberating on using our materials, the decision just became easier!”. “We

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MindShift

OCTOBER 27, 2016

And while the materials he uses match his students’ level of English proficiency, Brock said he sometimes feels like he’s insulting their intelligence. A nationwide survey of ELL educators by McKinsey & Company during the 2012-13 school year revealed 70 percent created their own materials. He isn’t alone.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2023

Administrators are the go-to problem-solvers for students, staff and parents, and they’re responsible for reporting to district leaders. A report published in Transforming Education in 2019 examined what happens when school leaders establish a culture of trusting relationships. The role of a school administrator is demanding.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Credit: Allison Shelley for EDU Educators around the country have embraced the “science of reading” in their classrooms, but that doesn’t mean there’s a truce in the reading wars. A 2021 article, “ They Say You Can Do Phonemic Awareness Instruction ‘In the Dark’, But Should You? ” hours number in her paper isn’t a “magic number.”

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2024

Makers of knowledge-building curricula say their lessons are based on research, but the truth is that there is scant classroom evidence that building knowledge first increases future reading comprehension. This research was funded by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, which is among the many funders of The Hechinger Report. )

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

September 24, 2021— Curriculum Associates’ i-Ready Classroom Mathematics for Grades 6–8 was recently named a highly rated program by EdReports.org, an independent nonprofit that conducts evidence-based reviews of instructional materials. NORTH BILLERICA, Mass.,

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2023

But these reading gains are meaningful for a real-life classroom experience, not a laboratory experiment or a small pilot program, which involved more than 7,000 third graders over two years. How to drive research to inform practice within schools and within classrooms is the central problem we face in education policy,” said Dee.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 16, 2021

16, 2021 – Carolina Biological announced that two of its elementary school science programs are among the rigorous list of new science materials just adopted by the South Carolina State Board of Education for the state’s K-12 science curriculum. The Committee reviews all instructional materials in light of the state content standards.

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EdTechSandyK

APRIL 5, 2011

Inform them that HB 6 will be voted on by the House on Wednesday (April 6th) Ask them to vote for HB 6 and Oppose any amendment that might delay the implementation of the Instructional Materials Allotment. HB 6 deletes the word ''''textbook'''' from current education law and updates it to the phrase ''''instructional materials''''.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) classroom setups are very common nowadays, but there are a few aspects to consider before implementing them. I’d like to address here internet-readiness because for BYOD classrooms to be sustainable, schools must have a reliable internet source. Sounds easy. They must know how to teach with technology.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 31, 2022

Yet progress is now being made in many schools of education, with concerted efforts to help teachers understand the cognitive aspects of learning to read and the ways to provide research-based classroom instruction. The Hechinger Report is an independent unit of Teachers College.). Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 3, 2023

At the start of my teaching career, I was the only full-time, Black, male classroom teacher for a predominately Black student population in a southwest Philadelphia middle school. I think of my former students and the respectful and rigorous reading and writing, debates and discussions that we had in the classroom.

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eSchool News

JULY 13, 2022

(July 13, 2022) — West Ada School District in Meridian, Idaho has adopted Curriculum Associates’ i-Ready Classroom Mathematics as the primary math curriculum support material for Grades K–5 for the next seven years. To learn more about i-Ready Classroom Mathematics , visit i-ReadyClassroomMathematics.com/LearnMore. .

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Fractus Learning

APRIL 9, 2021

What are the best-flipped learning apps for K-12 grades in flipped classrooms? The best-flipped classroom tools can transform and remodel classroom teaching, allowing in-depth learning and personalized attention that can help learners improve their grades. Khan Academy. Open Culture for K-12 Grades. Screencast-O-Matic.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 18, 2018

October 1, 2018 – RALEIGH, North Carolina – More students and parents will receive Lexile and Quantile scores on high stakes test reports this school year than ever before. In all other states, Lexile and Quantile measures are used and reported at local levels.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 1, 2019

However, I do question a great deal of what I see being used in classrooms across the country. Here is where educators have to be critical observers and consumers when something is purchased to support or enhance the curriculum in the classroom. Image Credit Now I am not saying there aren’t sound resources available on the site.

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Marketplace K-12

AUGUST 9, 2016

Teachers of math and English/language arts in states following the common-core standards are playing a strong role in developing or selecting the classroom resources they use, a report has found. More than 90 percent of math educators surveyed on the report, for instance, said they either selected or developed their own materials.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 4, 2022

WILMINGTON, DE – August 4, 2022 – A new survey reveals that while teachers know their students need help developing social emotional skills, they rarely have time or adequate training to focus on them in the classroom. According to Simba Information, spending for SEL instructional materials was $1.725 billion for the 2021-2022 school year.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The new program extends the evidence-based classroom success of 95 Percent Group’s K-3 program, a Tier 1 solution for whole class and small group instruction, supporting explicit, structured literacy instruction. Research on reading instruction has been very clear for more than 20 years.

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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

JANUARY 14, 2021

When instructors make videos where they use their presence in the video well, the researchers argue in a recent peer-reviewed paper , it can “contribute to greater engagement, promote generative learning, direct efficient integration of the instructional material, and lead to better post-test performance.”

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

PARAMUS, NEW JERSEY — Savvas Learning Company is excited to announce new and enhanced math and reading solutions that engage and inspire students to learn, while giving educators the evidence-based instructional resources they need to accelerate learning and help all students achieve. “At

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 5, 2019

3 Challenges of Digital Design for K–12 Classrooms. Teachers spend seven or more hours per week, or 250 hours per year , creating or finding instructional materials for the general classroom, said Clark. What we want to do is transform the instructional core.”. by Eli Zimmerman.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 22, 2020

They generally agree that high-quality online resources can support individualized instruction, and most school administrators and teachers think such offerings are more effective for personalizing education than non-digital materials, according to a Gallup and NewSchools Venture Fund report from last year.

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eSchool News

APRIL 7, 2016

A new report details the importance of state advocacy in connecting schools, students to broadband internet. A new report from SETDA and Common Sense Kids Action focuses on K-12 broadband and wi-fi connectivity, state leadership for infrastructure, state broadband implementation highlights, and state advocacy for federal broadband support.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

percent of the school-aged population, according to a report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. Rather, it stems from a lack of access to rigorous, age-appropriate instruction in the field. “If This population is large and fast-growing, representing 4.6 million students, or about 9.4

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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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eSchool News

JULY 15, 2021

The curriculum is available in English and Spanish, and it can be used in the classroom, distance learning, and hybrid learning settings. It combines digital, print, and kit components to provide teachers with everything they need to create meaningful math learning experiences for students. For information about STEMscopes Math, visit [link].

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

When combined with other sources, one estimate places this figure as high as $10 billion annually, with $200 million of that spent on digital instructional materials. Highly fragmented, these organizations often serve small numbers of learners and have very limited budgets for instructional materials.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 14, 2021

lessons on the history of Black people often focus on “trauma and tribulation,” said Erica Buddington, founder and CEO of Langston League, a firm that specializes in creating culturally responsive instructional materials. The post Building virtual monuments to Black historical figures appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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Edsurge

MAY 24, 2023

As an Asian American, a former classroom teacher and a resident of Illinois, I got involved with AAAJ Chicago to learn how I could support local schools and districts. The state plan is currently for districts to self-report whether they followed the mandate for the first three years and then it is spot checked.

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Edsurge

MAY 27, 2020

Administrators should take the time to invest in their staff, ensuring that everyone is on the same page and creating a fluid, on-the-fly plan for transitioning from face-to-face instruction to distance learning in the event of a COVID-19 outbreak during the school year, the report suggests.

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