eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2022

2020 and 2021 saw $190 billion in federal relief funds go to schools through the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER). ” Continued waves of infection have forced many districts to alternate between in-person, hybrid, and fully-online learning. But why aren’t schools spending the money?

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

In addition, the recent UNESCO report entitled “An Ed-Tech Tragedy” documented vast inequality from pandemic-related reliance on technology during remote online learning, and concluded that lower-tech alternatives such as the distribution of schoolwork packets or delivering lessons via radio and televisionmight have been more equitable.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 27, 2018

Eric: You could definitely use these with your elementary students without a doubt. The idea is that since the words that I chose are the Dolch words, the first about hundred or so are those words — those are definitely words that students are learning in K-1-2. You could definitely use this with your lower elementary students.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

took at least one online course. It’s important to note that those impressive numbers don’t include remote students at the elementary or high school level. Without modern technology and near-constant connectivity, online learning wouldn’t be possible. How students can help secure their personal data.

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Shake Up Learning

JANUARY 19, 2021

Did you know you can convert images and PDF documents into a Google Doc? Watch this quick video to learn how! Subscribe to Shake Up Learning on YouTube. The Future of Online Teaching in a Post-COVID World. Synchronous and Asynchronous Online Learning Expectations. Keith McCray ? KMcCray85) January 8, 2021.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Total enrollment: 3,600 students 1 In-person enrollment: 86 percent after reopening for a four-day week in March 2 Total cases, 2020-2021 school year: 5 cases in the fall (identified by the state in two elementary school outbreaks) 3 17 cases in the spring (15 rapid test positives, 2 PCR test positives); none identified by the state as outbreaks 4.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The Parabola Project , a cross-sector initiative between Ariadne Labs and The Learning Accelerator , has been collaborating with schools that have reopened and documenting how they are minimizing health risks while maximizing learning. Here is what we have learned. Students follow safety rules in order to stay in school.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

In the past several years, we have implemented a number of district-wide initiatives to support personalization and differentiation for students including the launch of our Virtual Instruction to Accentuate Learning (VITAL) program in 2008. In our first year, we implemented personalized learning in our six middle schools.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2023

This back-to-school season, the Education Reporting Collaborative, a coalition of eight newsrooms, will be documenting the enormous challenge facing our schools and highlighting examples of progress. I think that is a very powerful way to learn.” The Math Problem Sluggish growth in math scores for U.S. Dan Grossman.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 16, 2019

However, an anchor links within the document. I do this an easy way in a long document by making headings. they are a big time saver for students and teaches on long documents, for example, if you’re writing a book. This lets you skip down a long page. Then, insert a table of contents.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 17, 2022

The problem is combining the two at once, according to “ Specifying Hybrid Models of Teachers’ Work During COVID-19 ,” published online in the peer-reviewed journal, Educational Researcher, in January 2022. When the pandemic first hit in March 2020, Bartlett wanted to document the lives of teachers. teaching work force.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

She walked me through the steps over the phone and sent me videos and documents to help with formatting. I’ve also had many teachers who accommodated my schedule and needs, which has had a great impact on my grades, my skills and my overall experience. One teacher helped me with a writing assignment I wasn’t even sure how to start.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Subscribe today! Story time is a classic part of the school day for the nation’s youngest learners.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

For 12 years we’ve been documenting their disastrous outcomes, and they’re just resilient.”. Related : The pandemic’s remote learning legacy: A lot worth keeping. She wants to see online learning taken out of the hands of for-profits altogether. A lot of these parents, I think, are victims.

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Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2020

According to the document, local leaders “should be a part of any planning for an outbreak and should request a bargaining session with your employer to discuss readiness. The Case For Shutting Schools Down Instead of Moving Classes Online. Check out these EdSurge reported articles and op-eds on the topic.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 3, 2023

The key, according to Jeremy Roschelle, executive director of the learning sciences research team with the nonprofit organization Digital Promise, is for educators to ask for documentation that tech companies are taking these issues seriously, and that they have a plan to address bias.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2020

This connection means even more during the current health crisis, as the coronavirus pandemic has shaken up the education system with a shift to online learning. Now schools are formulating plans to reopen, most likely with some combination of online and in-person learning. How would I engage with students?

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 21, 2020

Although Khan Academy was one of the first online learning organizations to promote the idea that kids could learn at home at their own pace, Khan denied the suggestion that working with traditional schools was a significant change in direction, instead calling it “a natural evolution of our work.”. (The

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

As we think about our work in the past 2019-20 school year, we should reflect on the online learning that had occurred for those of us fortunate enough to have the necessary technology—both at our schools and in our students’ homes. How might we bring these important elements to the online learning experience in the next school year?

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2020

Although the district is one of the most racially diverse in the state, school officials are expecting a fragmented return along demographic lines as more families of color than white families opt to enroll their children in online learning. Credit: Matthew Nichols/Flicker.

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MindShift

DECEMBER 16, 2020

In Newark, the district is planning a suite of tutoring programs this school year, according to documents and the district website. Beyond tutoring, the district also created math and phonics “bootcamps” this fall, where elementary school teachers gave a series of lessons reviewing essential skills in those subjects.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 24, 2022

The online software was a lot cheaper than paying a teacher and graduation rates went up. Researchers documented that students were often learning a lot less through these prepackaged online courses compared to repeating the class with a human instructor. But there was a downside.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

The company got its start in late 2010, spurred by founder Anthony Kim’s work with KIPP Empower , an elementary charter school in Los Angeles. Kim had previously been an Executive Vice President at Edison Learning, a for-profit education management organization.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

As State Director of Educational Technology and Data Coordination at the Michigan Department of Education (MDE), Bruce Umpstead is responsible for implementing Michigan''s online learning graduation requirement and the State Educational Technology Plan. Her first teaching job was a kindergarten position in Phoenix, Arizona.

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edWeb.net

JULY 22, 2019

The participants: Large district: Dr. Daryl Diamond, Director of Innovative Learning, Broward County Public Schools, FL. Robert Furman, Principal of South Park Elementary Center, South Park Township, PA. Howard and Noakes: Howard encouraged educators to ask for documented and validated positive learning outcomes with actual kids.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 18, 2011

Since 1988, iEARN (International Education and Resource Network) has pioneered the educational use of innovative communications technology and teacher professional development to facilitate on-line collaborative project-based learning in elementary and secondary schools in 130 other countries worldwide.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 16, 2021

Elementary teachers may use their board to encourage a deep dive into a holiday, season, or weather pattern. Similarly, you can create a vocabulary review board with activities students can choose from to practice and play with their new subject-specific or academic vocabulary. Thematic Choice Boards.

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Catlin Tucker

JULY 8, 2021

One of my favorite blog posts to write last year was my choose your learning path adventure ! When working with Dr. Katie Novak on UDL and Blended Learning , we provided an example of transforming an Engage NY/Eureka elementary math lesson into a choose your learning path adventure. Google Documents or Google Slides).

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 29, 2015

. • Online charter schools place significant expectations on parents, perhaps to compensate for. limited student-teacher interaction, with 43, 56, and 78 percent of online charters at the high school, middle, and elementary grade levels, respectively, expecting parents to actively participate in student instruction.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

Sabrina Bernadel, legal counsel at the National Women’s Law Center Lawyers and advocates across the country say that the practice of forcing a student out of the physical school building and into online learning has emerged as a troubling — and largely hidden — legacy of the pandemic’s shift to virtual learning. It just depends.

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iLearn Technology

JANUARY 16, 2017

His traditional resume failed to document the thousands of hours that he spent online in self-taught learning about the automotive industry. This frustration led to the creation of StackUp, a way for Nick (and others like him) to better document self-directed learning. The problem?

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

A student at Belmont-Cragin Elementary School. Lee Elementary, a Pre-K-8 school on Chicago’s southwest side. “I It’s always evolving; it’s a very living document.”. Stacy Stewart, principal of Belmont-Cragin Elementary School, credits personalized learning for helping to improve student engagement.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

But that doesn’t mean it’s actually creating the learning experience that we’re going for.”. Sari Levy, an elementary school teacher at Bricolage Academy, is one of 22 teachers from 18 New Orleans schools who are taking part in the Personalized Learning Fellowship. Related: Laptops, Chromebooks or tablets?

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NeverEndingSearch

JUNE 19, 2020

As soon as I saw the Pennsylvania Department of Education’s Preliminary Guidance for Phased Reopening of Pre-K to 12 Schools document, I thought this is exactly what I am doing. From Kim Borden’s Plainfield Elementary School Library Reopening Plan and COVID Response. Being proactive feels so much better.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The footage acquired was edited into a series videos demonstrating the power and benefits of HMH’s digital-first, connected solutions in a hybrid learning environment. Epic Charter Schools offers online learning to more than 30,000 students in the state of Oklahoma.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Both of these rural districts faced challenges with online learning, as many families did not have Wi-Fi at home. In Garrett County, administrators updated a massive FAQ document (currently 22 pages) whenever a parent reached out with a question.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

If you need to hear a positive outlook and some inspiration about distance/hybrid learning right now, I think you’ll really enjoy this conversation. On teacher clarity in online learning: We have to make sure we’re communicating with students and their families about when they need to be on and what they need to be doing.

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