Education Elements

MARCH 28, 2023

My colleague and I and about ten-odd teachers sit huddled at the desks near the back; some of them are poring over resources on their screens, others using markers, pens, and paper cutouts on small chart paper. The bright morning sun floods in through the yawning glass windows and casts long shadows in the front of the classroom.

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Education Elements

JUNE 20, 2023

However, my husband’s strategy of waiting until the end of the game to build the “longest road” turned out to be more fruitful than my strategy of obtaining a two-for-one lumber port to gain the resources that I needed. (If If none of this makes any sense to you, go play the game after you finish reading this blog post.)

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Education Elements

MAY 9, 2023

Educational inequalities were also exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly among students with limited access to financial, social, health, and technology resources, many of whom were already struggling academically before the pandemic.

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eSchool News

MARCH 26, 2020

As the coronavirus continues to impact school districts, Education Elements is providing K-12 leaders with open-ended learning and sharing opportunities. Education Elements are in the process of curating resources, as well as organizing more open-ended learning and sharing opportunities.

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Education Elements

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

So we decided to round up some resources to help you start the school year off right! September is in full swing, and it’s the time of year that we start heading back into the classroom - some of us are already in school, and some of us are still counting down our last few precious days of summer vacation.

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Education Elements

OCTOBER 17, 2018

You might even have your own working definition for what it looks like in your instance, and that definition may well be informed by the good work of organizations like Education Elements, iNACOL, Learning Accelerator, and other thought leaders.

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Education Elements

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

A few months ago Education Elements launched an online tool called Touchpoint. As our design & implementation consultants work with districts to support their personalized learning (PL) initiatives, the tool helps organize the project members, workshop schedules, related resources and action items in one place.

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Education Elements

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

During speeches in January, several state leaders kicked off the year with strong commitments of money and resources to improve literacy in their schools through the immediate implementation of evidence-based reading instruction, often referred to as the “science of reading.”

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eSchool News

MAY 13, 2019

Originally we partnered with Education Elements to provide on-site personalized learning PD and consulting. During their sessions and ongoing support, we witnessed the specific tactics the Education Elements team uses to work together efficiently, so we asked for their guidance on how we could adopt these ways ourselves.

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Education Elements

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The most successful school leaders we work with understand that high-quality instructional materials (HQIM) improve student engagement and are a key resource in addressing schooling loss.

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Education Elements

OCTOBER 19, 2022

We saw districts investing more time and resources into developing their teams and aligning them on how to personalize learning for their students. We saw tweets and posts of teachers sharing or seeking help in creating voice and choice in instruction. One key trend - an increase in the commitment to personalize learning.

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Education Elements

MARCH 13, 2022

The staffing crisis in K-12 education continues to zap time, energy, and resources for districts that are already stretched thin, exhausted, and steadfast in their commitment to ensuring students receive high-quality learning experiences.

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Education Elements

DECEMBER 19, 2023

While it is up to the educator to provide space for these students to bloom and grow, one of the greatest and most common challenges in facilitating these spaces is in supporting English language learners (ELLs).

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Education Elements

JUNE 6, 2022

In fact, some have found that teachers spend 7-12 hours per week searching for and creating instructional resources. When teachers don’t have access to strong materials, they search for them often online, leading to inconsistent quality and weak alignment to the standards.

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Education Elements

OCTOBER 19, 2022

We saw districts investing more time and resources into developing their teams and aligning them on how to personalize learning for their students. We saw tweets and posts of teachers sharing or seeking help in creating voice and choice in instruction. One key trend - an increase in the commitment to personalize learning.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Trust me; these crafts come with the added benefit of teaching as well as entertaining—something I know all of us parents and educators appreciate. Don’t forget to visit my Halloween resources section for spooky fun ideas and my Fall/Autumn section for more ways to celebrate this beautiful season.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2018

Follow education technology-reform projects, and you’ll find mixed academic outcomes and expensive consultants. Anthony Kim, CEO of Education Elements, argues that he can’t make promises about academic results. “Of If the answer to that is ‘no,’ well why should schools put all their resources at risk?” Probably not.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2017

Separate from its Playbook that helps define a vision, Education Elements , a consulting firm, helps schools and districts design next-generation teaching and learning models. The Ed Elements consultants help craft plans that work with their users’ needs and budgets. Tool: Education Elements Puts It All in One Place.

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Education Elements

MARCH 21, 2022

In retrospect, we had a clear strategy: take turns in order to share a limited resource while achieving our goal - to get the highest score possible.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

An effective way to tackle the challenge of teaching core academics to all students across ability levels is to implement a personalized approach supported by a variety of carefully chosen digital resources. Here are five digital resources we use to meet students where they are and take them where they need to go. Intentional design.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2020

However, less than half of parents in the survey said they received key resources—including expectations for schoolwork—from their districts. Other Resources. ENGAGE EQUITABLY: Communication Resources for Schools at a Time of COVID-19 & Beyond (Brooklyn Lab Charter School/Donavan Group).

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Education Elements

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Strategic planning is the process of setting short and long-term goals, deciding on actions to achieve those goals and assembling the teams and resources needed to take those actions.

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Edsurge

MARCH 14, 2017

That's why we've designed a communications guide for school leaders and districts, with tips, examples and resources. There are likely examples from within your district you can use even at the beginning, and you can grow that list of resources as blended learning spreads. Here's where to start: Plan first, then worry about tactics.

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PlagiarismCheck

DECEMBER 8, 2023

When it comes to education, the issue is even more burning, as young individuals are more vulnerable and susceptible to the problems inequity entails. Kids from underprivileged communities may have less access to the resources needed for learning. Students’ backgrounds form the way they perform at school.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

That’s why we began working with Education Elements in 2016. Their team shared their vast expertise and resources with us, walked us through the blended- learning design process, helped us understand what blended learning would look like in action, and how to sustain it.

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Education Superhighway

APRIL 10, 2019

How can educators empower their students to pursue passion and purpose in their own learning? In a Learner Agency resource , the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation illustrates hallmarks of including student voice as a “continuum” between expression, consultation, participation, activism, and leadership.

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Education Elements

APRIL 19, 2021

We’ve been thinking about the phrase “chronic crisis” and drawing from some inspiring resources to consider th e best way to rally your community through it. W ith the end of the school year in sight, now is the time to re-energize your teams so you can finish strong.

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Education Elements

APRIL 29, 2020

District and school teams are continuing to find ways to provide meals to students, adjust all meetings to virtual, expedite the distribution of devices and wifi, update as many curriculum resources as possible, and do all of this while trying to keep it together at home.

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Education Elements

MAY 15, 2019

In 2018, the Wall Street Journal reported that educators were leaving the teaching profession at the highest rate on record. As teacher protests about fair wages and adequate resources are on the climb, districts aim to staunch the flow of the teaching exodus.

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Education Elements

DECEMBER 11, 2019

As part of an ambitious five-year plan, leaders sought to forge a new legacy for the District: one where teachers received the trust, compensation, professional development, and resources to achieve their highest aspirations, and to deliver the learning opportunities students need to succeed.

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Education Elements

MAY 8, 2019

One of the biggest ways education has already changed is in the content and tools students engage with. This blog series is made up of interviews with education leaders who work with digital content, curricular resources, and instructional tools. It is meant to highlight ideas and perspectives we aren’t normally exposed to.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 10, 2017

A new competency-based education (CBE) toolkit offers actionable advice from 10 school districts that shared lessons about their own CBE implementations.

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Education Elements

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

These abilities are vital to our roles as educators - we are consistently tasked with keeping calm through perceived chaos, being conscientious of the numerous needs of others, and maintaining a level of creativity to capture the attention of students.

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Education Elements

JULY 24, 2019

We labor over these plans—sometimes over the course of 12 to 24 months—dreaming up the path ahead and detailing the resources we’ll need.Unfortunately, once we’re set to go, we find the situation has changed before we’ve gotten started. Technology programs or platforms may have changed or been discontinued.

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Education Elements

AUGUST 29, 2018

This is especially true in the field of education. Tremendous effort and resources have been invested in improving K-12 employee engagement and retention, with minimal impact. The cost of employee disengagement and turnover is enormous, for both individuals and organizations.

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Education Elements

MARCH 15, 2017

As a startup, we have a small team and limited resources to work on problems where the solution is not obvious and success is not guaranteed. When working on Touchpoint , our new project management tool which complements our consulting services, every feature we build and every test we run is a precious use of our limited time and resources.

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Education Elements

APRIL 24, 2019

One of the biggest ways education has already changed is in the content and tools students engage with. This blog series is made up of interviews with education leaders who work with digital content, curricular resources, and instructional tools. It is meant to highlight ideas and perspectives we aren’t normally exposed to.

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