eSchool News

OCTOBER 3, 2023

In 2020 and 2021, Congress passed the CARES and ARP Acts, which created and added to the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Program ( ESSER ). But as many large organizations return to normal, school districts face a daunting challenge: key federal relief funds are set to expire next September.

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EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 20, 2019

As a result, performance has increased: standardized test scores, AP enrollment and achievement, graduation rates across all demographics, student attendance, and engagement, and post-secondary concurrent enrollment. Katy ISD/ Bear Creek Elementary, Katy, TX. South Pittsburg Elementary School, South Pittsburg, TN.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2018

So, when I think about how to address those biases and how to actively understand them—and more importantly, challenge them—what do I do? To begin, can you give us a basic definition of what white fragility is? How did you see white fragility manifest in the higher-education environment? What about in K-12?

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 17, 2018

Most definitely. I mean, how could you even say that? They’re learning how to be global citizens. You can’t be a citizen in this world without learning how to get along with others. Julie Hembree is definitely somebody you want to follow. Vicki: I love that! So it really is becoming part of what they think.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Formed in December 2016 by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (MESE) and the. Kenneth Klau, Director of Digital Learning, Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. You can personalize learning just fine without technology. Sometimes, it is just a distraction.

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NeverEndingSearch

MARCH 16, 2016

After eight years without a reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), ESSA becomes law with references to school libraries and librarians. While the Act did not mandate school library staffing, and while it fell short of defining what an effective program might look like, a definition was part of S.312

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 15, 2021

We talked to educator Alyssa Lyons about how to bring real-world skills to your classroom with some powerful curriculum. So we have courses, everything from the elementary level where it really intertwines how financial wellness and social-emotional skills are intertwined. Definitely. Definitely. VICKI: 04:34.

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MIND Research Institute

DECEMBER 19, 2019

I've been a resident of the Lone Star State for over two years now, and I can definitely vouch for the saying: Everything is bigger in Texas! Brian Bushart is an elementary math curriculum coordinator. Yesterday, I was asked how to insert (vertical) fractions in @AppleEDU iWork files. this is how I do it. May 17, 2019.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 26, 2019

Recent research has shown that SEL increases high school graduation rates, and post-secondary enrollment and graduation rates, as well as employment rates and wages. SEL also decreases behavioral issues, dropout rates, drug use, and teen pregnancy, so the advantages of including it in elementary and secondary classes are clear.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 2, 2021

And because there’s more negative emotion with the virus and we’re all trapped in the house together, the stress is definitely amplified.”. They worry about keeping their families healthy and how to juggle work and childcare. It was definitely weird to see moments of weakness in my teachers.

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Reading By Example

MARCH 30, 2019

This book would definitely work as a read aloud for upper elementary and invite students to explore more books by Snyder. Definitely a book to have in the secondary classroom library to build diversity and cultural relevance. It was hard for him (us) to put it down. Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett J. A graphic memoir (?)

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

APRIL 16, 2017

We’re also going to look at how to address some of the pitfalls that students face. I’m assuming it’s very different for elementary than secondary. Erin: I’m going to let Ross jump in in a second, but I just want to address here the piece about the secondary versus the elementary. So that’s one.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 3, 2018

Kyle Pearce talks about how to make math visual for students. Discussing current theories supporting effective math teaching, Kyle helps us understand how to improve math understanding with kids who struggle. How to Make Math Visual. Again, we’re not teaching that procedures are not important, because they definitely are.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

If you haven’t been exposed as much to the benefits of retrieval practice and how the brain learns, there’s so much interesting research out there especially from The Learning Scientists. Best for elementary (grades K-5). Best for secondary (grades 6-12). Ready to learn some game idea? Act it out / Show Me.

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iLearn Technology

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

With Photomath , students can scan a math problem and learn how to solve it with step by step instructions and an answer. How to integrate Photomath into the classroom: On the surface, the Photomath app might look like the ultimate way for students to “cheat” their learning.

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Shake Up Learning

APRIL 5, 2020

This definitely streamlines things for students who have multiple teachers. For elementary, this may be an all-subject checklist. In secondary, this is most likely by subject. How you create your checklist is up to you. See also How to Organize Assignments in Google Classroom.). More Google Classroom Resources.

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NeverEndingSearch

JUNE 17, 2019

Elementary think alouds. At the elementary stage, these quotes represent talking points from our 4th and 5th graders. On the other had, a smaller number of elementary students see Wikipedia as a starting point to discover additional content. Note the binary approach. So and she told me it’s not really a good site.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2017

In a personalized classroom, students are taught how to take control of their own learning, so that they can take different pathways to gain understanding of concepts. Often, personalized learning includes technology that adapts lessons to students’ needs and provides data so that teachers can see how each learner is growing.

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MindShift

MARCH 18, 2018

While it’s easy to envision using math picture books in elementary school classrooms, literature for older grades poses a bigger challenge. The two occupy opposite ends of the secondary math spectrum — seventh-grade pre-algebra and 12th-grade calculus, respectively — and both have found ways to strengthen student engagement through reading.

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Fractus Learning

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

Almost 5 million students were enrolled as English learners in US public elementary and secondary school during the 2013/14 school year—that’s almost 10% of the total student population. Show how to solve a problem through meta-cognition— “First, I think about…”. Give frequent feedback—before, during, and after a problem.

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iLearn Technology

APRIL 24, 2018

Not only can you and your students use it (because the price point is right), but you can also geek out over how it is built (take a look under the hood!). How to integrate Inkscape into the classroom: Your students want to create. Inkscape makes it possible to turn their ideas into high-quality digital illustrations.

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iLearn Technology

JULY 8, 2018

How to integrate SAM Labs into the classroom: SAM Labs boasts itself as a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) tool. Yes, students will learn programming basics, how motors and light sensors work, how to use logic to build if/then type scenarios. When I look at the blocks, I see endless inquiry possibilities.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

But high schools often neglect to teach these students the soft skills that will help them in higher education — like how to study, manage their time and self-advocate. Students with other disabilities, such as autism, may have trouble knowing how to act in social situations. It’s a crisis. Our kids are graduating to the couch.”.

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Shake Up Learning

JANUARY 28, 2020

In part four, Kasey explains how we can go BEYOND the walls of our classrooms, and how to go BEYOND the due date and encourage students to continue learning about the things that interest them. It’s more important that we think purposely about how to share and who to share it with. Don’t count it out just yet.

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iLearn Technology

APRIL 24, 2018

Not only can you and your students use it (because the price point is right), but you can also geek out over how it is built (take a look under the hood!). How to integrate Inkscape into the classroom: Your students want to create. Inkscape makes it possible to turn their ideas into high-quality digital illustrations.

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iLearn Technology

JULY 8, 2018

How to integrate SAM Labs into the classroom: SAM Labs boasts itself as a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) tool. Yes, students will learn programming basics, how motors and light sensors work, how to use logic to build if/then type scenarios. When I look at the blocks, I see endless inquiry possibilities.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2016

As rain poured outside on the chilly evening of February 24, a group of Arlington elementary school parents was imagining a sunnier place — Dorothy’s trip down the yellow brick road. Mitchell Chester, Massachusetts commissioner of elementary and secondary education, was the first to suggest combining MCAS and PARCC into MCAS 2.0. (AP

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Not all forms of tutoring reap the same benefits, and districts may need help in determining how to select and implement the best programs. In developing a more robust data collection tool, the department should first consider providing precise definitions of high-dosage tutoring, standard tutoring, and self-paced tutoring.

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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. We have to take us older-school education people and retrain our way of thinking about how to deliver [instruction].

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Shake Up Learning

APRIL 5, 2020

This definitely streamlines things for students who have multiple teachers. For elementary, this may be an all-subject checklist. In secondary, this is most likely by subject. How you create your checklist is up to you. See also How to Organize Assignments in Google Classroom.). More Google Classroom Resources.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 8, 2024

Jim Van Allan (00:40) Culture is definitely, it's not one thing, right? So it's definitely measurable. So I come from a secondary system back home in Florida where we had teachers that it was project -based, team -based learning. It's everything. That's kind of the way I look at it. But it's not just one thing somebody feels.

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

One teacher, many students: It’s basically the definition of school as we know it, going back to the earliest days of the Republic. ” Summit shared with NPR a letter from Andrew Goldin, the Chief Program Officer of Summit Learning, to the principal of the Secondary School for Journalism, Livingston Hilaire. .”

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 15, 2022

Next year will be a better year, definitely. I’m definitely worried about mental health, and there’s a lot of kids that have depression and they joke about it a lot: “Oh, yeah. Even when we were in elementary school, like with the stock market crash, everyone moved. Our district has realized some of our challenges. Of the $162.9

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2018

and next to him, the new principal of the new Sandy Hook Elementary School. all looking to create a broad definition of what a “safe school” is, and to build a framework of principles that might start to add definition to that goal. Woodbridge Elementary in Albemarle County, Va., was rebuilt.

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iLearn Technology

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

How to integrate My Simple Show into the classroom: My Simple Show is a fantastic option for digital storytelling. Tips: My Simple Show has video guides that lead students through each step of the process…I definitely recommend watching these at least once as a class or for the first round of creation!

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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., How much of No Child Left Behind’s legacy still lingers on in its successor? Related: The Every Student Succeeds Act includes some new ideas on how to train better teachers.

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iLearn Technology

MAY 4, 2015

How to integrate Monster Math in your classroom: Monster Math is a great way for students who are building math fact fluency to practice their math facts. Monster Math definitely takes the battle out of math practice because the storyline keeps it feeling fresh and challenging.

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