eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

As a result, the district’s 1,900 elementary students will return later this summer to classrooms outfitted with multiple touch screens, motion-tracking cameras, and microphones — part of an uncommon plan to embrace hybrid learning. Out on Capitol Hill, she warned, the feds are “itching to take this money away from us.”

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Discovery Education

APRIL 16, 2023

EdTech is Critical in Evolving School Environments The new State of Technology in Education reports that educators consider technology critical to effective education. In fact, of the 1,700 educators survey, 99% reported that technology is an essential tool for making teaching easier.

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EdTechTeacher

AUGUST 24, 2023

Post by Tom Daccord [INTRO: A recent national report by the Watson Foundation found that teachers are using ChatGPT more than students and are using it to create new lesson ideas. Each post will focus on a practical strategy for using ChatGPT and will include ideas for both elementary and secondary school teachers.

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2020

It’s an opportunity for the future teachers who are enrolled at the college to apply what they learn in class in a practical setting, testing out lesson plans with real elementary students. McGhee, assistant clinical professor of elementary education at Auburn University. This year, camp is canceled due to COVID-19.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Credit: Austyn Gaffney for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Austyn Gaffney for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Austyn Gaffney for The Hechinger Report. But last February, Ophelia received her first dose; she was excited about starting kindergarten at West Whitesburg Elementary School this fall. Around 8:15 a.m.,

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Marketplace K-12

MARCH 24, 2016

Ed tech can help students develop critical social and emotional skills and character traits, but the market for such tools is currently underdeveloped, according to a new report from the World Economic Forum and the Boston Consulting Group. to encourage turn-taking), encouraging students to adopt different perspectives (e.g.,

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 29, 2018

million students participated in secondary-level CTE nationwide in 2016-17, and more than 61,000 of them were in Massachusetts. College is a solution for young people who need to advance quickly on the job and for companies that need skilled, educated workers with the potential to rise far beyond entry-level positions.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 23, 2022

Credit: Liz Willen/The Hechinger Report. We made a conscious decision to make the sixth-grade experience one where we expose children to everything,” said Rick Doss, the district’s director of secondary education. A recent report found Indiana’s rates at their lowest in recent history. On the day I visited Northview, K.C.

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Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2020

The federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, for example, limits the use of school-improvement funds to interventions that benefit student learning as documented by at least one well-designed and well-implemented research study. Poorer districts often paid the highest prices.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

were underfunded by $580 billion in federal dollars alone — money that was specifically targeted to support 30 million of our most vulnerable students,” says a new report published by the education advocacy nonprofit, the Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools. “Between 2005 and 2017, public schools in the U.S.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Formed in December 2016 by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (MESE) and the. Last week, MAPLE released its first report: a. Kenneth Klau, Director of Digital Learning, Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Sometimes, it is just a distraction.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2019

In Boston, an all-day training in a high school gym attracted about 100 educators for instruction in yoga, meditation and mindfulness, part of a 200-hour training offered on weekends by a company called Breathe For Change. The biggest reason non-retiring teachers leave the classroom, the report noted, is dissatisfaction at work (55 percent).

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Editor’s note: This story is part of Map to the Middle Class , a Hechinger Report series examining how schools can prepare students for the good middle-class jobs of the future. A summer internship at Gilbane, a construction company, inspired him to seriously consider a career in the field, maybe as a project manager or architect.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2017

Almost all of the PreK to 12 programming clustered in the Little America hotel, while the post-secondary, workforce training and company suites clustered in the more opulent Grand America across the street. That’s generally how much companies have to generate for most major banks to consider working with them to find a buyer.

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The 21st Century Principal

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

When a company makes those assertions you just have to wonder who they''re talking to. For example, the main capabilities that need to always work for high schools ( I can’t speak for elementary or middle schools) are: Attendance Data: Need to flawlessly be able to enter and retrieve accurate attendance data.

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EdNews Daily

MAY 23, 2017

What’s all the hype nowadays in elementary and secondary school classrooms? Having taught 17+ years as an elementary school teacher, my perspective regarding the use/overuse of accommodations shifts back and forth. Middle school aged children are motivated in a different way than elementary aged students. That was clear!

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 24, 2020

Thousands more work for transportation companies that contract with public schools, colleges and private employers. 210,000 — The number of bus drivers working directly for elementary and secondary schools in the U.S. appeared first on The Hechinger Report. School districts in the U.S.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

A new national effort asks K-12 schools to voluntarily — and anonymously — report their confirmed and suspected coronavirus cases, along with the safety strategies they’re using. The COVID-19 School Response Dashboard , which NPR is reporting on exclusively, was created with the help of several national education organizations.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Higher education has found itself under increasing pressure to change that, just as has happened in elementary and secondary schools, where a battery of standardized tests constantly check in on what students know. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, called in 2006 for learning to be measured and reported publicly.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2016

After implementation, educators, administrators, and students reported numerous improvements to their daily experience. NAPCO’s adaptive motion detection equipment automatically selects the appropriate mode in order to optimize intruder catch and reduce false alarms, according to the company.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Throughout the year, we’ve seen districts and edtech companies fall victim to these attacks, compelling districts to adopt a defensive stance. Unfortunately, many students leaving elementary school are still not proficient in reading, and that creates a significant barrier to their ability to learn across subjects.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education, in partnership with the Huffington Post. Even students with cognitive delays may be able to attend modified post-secondary programs if given adequate preparation and encouragement in school.

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Editor’s note: This story about soft skills is part of Map to the Middle Class , a Hechinger Report series examining how schools can prepare students for the good middle-class jobs of the future. Not having to deal with all those concerns, said Amgen’s Desjarlais, went a long way toward convincing her company to participate.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2016

The nonprofit test development group has worked with the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary education to make and score MCAS for all but four of the 19 years it has been given. The company also works on large-scale assessments for 16 other states and is one of two companies in the running to design the MCAS 2.0.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2016

President Bush promotes his “No Child Left Behind” education agenda during a visit to Kirkpatrick Elementary School in Nashville, Tenn., This is just the medicine we need,” Cassellius recalls telling the reporter. Monday, Sept. Photo: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite. Every kid will be counted, and we’ll focus on equity.”.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 30, 2011

He obtained a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1961. The Kalamazoo Promise provides four year post-secondary scholarships for every graduating high school student in Kalamazoo the Promise has been the catalyst for educational reform and area economic/community development.

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Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

The E-rate program is funded through the federal Universal Service Fund and administered by the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC), under the umbrella of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Double-check your reports for accuracy before submitting them to USAC. USAC online training video series.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

DECEMBER 5, 2015

is made possible by the Entertainment Software Association, which serves the business and public affairs needs of companies that publish video and computer games for video game consoles, handheld devices, personal computers, and the Internet. How to report content on YouTube. Understanding You Tube and Digital Citizenship.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Throughout the year, we’ve seen districts and edtech companies fall victim to these attacks, compelling districts to adopt a defensive stance. Unfortunately, many students leaving elementary school are still not proficient in reading, and that creates a significant barrier to their ability to learn across subjects.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

16 Moreover, schools often face complex logistical issues when it comes to training tutors properly, 17 rescheduling the school day to fit in a tutoring block, and vetting tutoring services run by outside companies. Amid a teacher shortage, labor challenges persist in hiring tutors.

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eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2024

Hines Elementary in Waco, Texas Here’s what eSN’s panel of educator experts had to say about DEI in action in their schools, the challenges they still face, and what they think will advance DEI initiatives in the years to come. That’s what this is designed to do. We’re still testing kids just like we did in the late 90s.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 24, 2011

The system is a little weird, since you can''t see all of the proposals in one area (they are categorized into primary, secondary, and tertiary blocks based on arbitrary ordering of session submissions by one individual), but here are direct links to panel proposals I made: "School 2.0: Ars Technica has a good write-up of the research.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Stefanie Fernandez usually spends her work week in the finance office of Independent Stave, a company that manufactures oak barrels for bourbon and other spirits, headquartered in Lebanon, Missouri. She checks in at the office, collects a binder of “sub notes,” and reports to a classroom.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

The recordings of recent FutureofEducation.com shows are posted: David Loertscher on Library 2.0 , Gina Bianchini on Mightybell , Tim Wilson on Redirect , Peter Cookson on a Children''s Education Bill of Rights , and an iPads in the Classroom report. The bill will be a massive revisions to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

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MindShift

DECEMBER 13, 2016

He first worked with adults, but he began to wonder if he could design interventions specifically for young children to get them started down a positive path before any of the negative secondary qualities associated with under-achievement — like disengagement, low self-esteem and behavior problems — began to manifest at school.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 20, 2022

For-profit companies will actually do the work. An energy service company, or ESCO, can start with an initial building energy audit, often for free, which then can become the basis of your federal grant application. T he map is found on P age 11 of this report.) Then look to electrification. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 7, 2022

And then 30% of the time, you use this kind of secondary color, and then 10% when you use neon green or bright colors. They had one report that a student had done and had done it in color, with the words with colored charts and all that. So you choose one nice, usually dark but pretty bold color, and you use it 60% of the time.

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