eSchool News

MAY 19, 2021

Boston — May 18, 2021 — VHS Learning, a nonprofit empowering schools with the industry’s best online learning programs, is celebrating its 25 th year helping schools expand curriculum and provide engaging learning experiences for students. In 2021, VHS Learning received a $1.4 Statewide Partnerships.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Others paid attention to the data and rising number of coronavirus cases and used their summers more wisely to design for better remote/hybrid learning and teaching than the mostly-low-level direct instruction, digital worksheets, and paper homework packets that we saw last spring. Educator staffing and the future of the teacher workforce.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The Online Learning Consortium (OLC), one of the 12 partner organizations of Every Learner Everywhere, was charged with identifying and understanding innovations in the digital education landscape. To those working in higher education, some of the trends presented by the team may not have come as a surprise.

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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. But education students still need to work on lesson plans, and kids still need summer activities. This year, camp is canceled due to COVID-19.

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Hapara

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Digital textbooks are textbooks that teachers and learners can access online or download to their devices. In addition, educators and learners can access them on multiple devices at any time. . While some subjects cover higher education, you can browse the high school section to find math and science textbooks for secondary education.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2018

With textbooks open, they watched a lecture about Newton’s Laws on a giant screen, while their classroom teacher simultaneously offered examples of those laws in action. When the lecture ended, they had yet another to chance to learn: A physics video chat with their tutor, a sophomore physics major at Yale. compared to a 2.84

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Now is the perfect time to start a “passion career,” says Rob Kingyens, Founder and CEO of New York-based online learning platform Yellowbrick. Esports, for example, is a multibillion-dollar, relatively new industry, and there are tons of jobs available. It’s an incredibly diverse group. It could be the price barrier.

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Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2021

For districts in need of additional technologies to make hybrid classrooms successful, here's a closer look at the new funding available and how to secure it: ESSER Funds and How to Use Them The original CARES Act included an education stabilization fund called Elementary and Secondary Education Emergency Relief (ESSER).

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

But as my colleague Ryan Craig likes to say, no one has ever gone broke betting against the pace of change in higher education. And it appears that investing in last-mile training has a secondary benefit: higher retention. Surveys suggest that employees stay longer at companies that offer formal training pathways.

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Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2020

It sounds like a drastic measure: moving every school to online learning in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus. One enterprising principal she knows created a Google folder for schools to share their virtual learning plans. So far, the digital learning plans have been a boon to educators looking for advice.

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Edsurge

JULY 25, 2018

Walmart, Lowe’s, Discover and Lyft are just a few of the companies that have signed on to offer employees education-as-a-benefit, meaning these companies help students pay for—or completely cover—the cost of tuition for education programs. And it offers a program for students working to complete their high school education.

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Insight Education Group

MAY 27, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has left elementary and secondary schools across the country in need of additional resources to operate and support their school communities. billion to the Elementary and Secondary Emergency Education Relief Fund, also known as ESSER ( NCSL, 2021 ).

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Insight Education Group

MAY 27, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has left elementary and secondary schools across the country in need of additional resources to operate and support their school communities. billion to the Elementary and Secondary Emergency Education Relief Fund, also known as ESSER ( NCSL, 2021 ).

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The flexible, individualized and 100% online learning experience is open to learners aged 18 or older who have completed 9th grade. Ancora High School is an online high school that offers a Texas high school diploma and is accredited by Cognia.

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The Innovative Educator

MAY 3, 2020

Unless there are some big changes in our educational system, we will not be able to incorporate this guidance into our schools. K12 online school was founded in 1999 as the nation’s largest full-time virtual school, providing online curricula and other educational services for students in pre-kindergarten through high school in 29 states.

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Shake Up Learning

JUNE 2, 2020

In this episode, Kasey shares her best tips for teaching students online. COVID-19 has changed education forever, and now it’s time to regroup and redefine teaching and learning. We don’t know what school will look like in the fall, but I believe education as we know it will forever be changed. Are you ready?

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 20, 2023

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. This week, I spoke with experts and educators in K-12 to see what they think about these new tools. Benjamin W.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

As mathematics educators, we think the graphing calculator transformed American classrooms for the better. Whether teachers continue to use these tools or ditch them in favor of new ones, graphing technology will likely always have a place in secondary math education. Math educators often talk about two kinds of understanding.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

As a trained music educator who listens to hours of music daily, I now work, listen to and play music at my digital piano in my home office, due to the pandemic. I was lucky to be sitting in the Staples Center, hosting music education donors as my guests for the show. Music and music education have been critical to my life.

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MindShift

MARCH 6, 2018

With textbooks open, they watched a lecture about Newton’s Laws on a giant screen, while their classroom teacher simultaneously offered examples of those laws in action. When the lecture ended, they had yet another to chance to learn: A physics video chat with their tutor, a sophomore physics major at Yale.

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Shake Up Learning

JANUARY 5, 2021

Mike’s Student Portfolio Examples. Student Example 1. Student Example 2. Student Example 3. Student Example 4. Student Example 5. How can you use student portfolios to demonstrate student learning and growth over time? He also loves to use Pear Deck for synchronous and asynchronous instruction.

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Edsurge

MAY 14, 2017

At Hamilton County Schools, the answer is our Career and Technical Education (CTE) program, which we call the Mechatronics Akademie at Volkswagen. Many trades expect some level of educational training upon entering the workforce. Online learning is an important part of the reason why the Mechatronics Akademie has been so successful.

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User Generated Education

AUGUST 12, 2017

I was painfully bored during my K-12 education. My undergraduate education, except for a few bright spots, was just an extension of my K-12 education including more grill and drill with sages on the stages (literally since I went to such a large university); taking notes and taking lots of multiple choice tests. I was wrong.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 24, 2020

According to Brooke in a recent edWebinar , during this time of remote and distance learning, “There have been various levels of implementation, fidelity, and various levels of learning happening.” Learning Gaps. In a remote world, we’re focused on getting students the learning they need.

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Edsurge

MAY 3, 2019

The once novel technology behind chess- and gameshow-playing computers is all but commonplace today; it’s in everything from medical diagnostic applications to Gmail spam filters—and as some high school and college students are finding out, a new generation of online tools for foreign language learning.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Future of Learning. Higher Education. Mississippi Learning. Navy is also opening its own online college, which could entice officers and enlisted personnel away from state and local institutions, Fitzgerald added. ” Related: Weakest students more likely to take online college classes but do worse in them.

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Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 24, 2016

It was a powerful gathering of campus leaders and practitioners, organized around a common focus on liberal education. I helped start the conference with a half-day workshop on “How Technology Can Enhance Liberal Education: The State of the Art in 2016.” Consensus was: next steps, the future of tech and liberal education.

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techlearning

JUNE 19, 2018

Educators and students are not only more likely to find an AP® option that matches student interests in our extensive selection, but once students select an option, educators can also rest assured that those students will be well-prepared for the College Board exams,”said Ribeiro. is an online learning pioneer.

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Connecting 2 the World

AUGUST 28, 2021

The Pivot Needless to say, my idea to restart my Blog went by the wayside as we were forced to pivot to online learning. Education, Communication, Government, Social Work, Criminal Justice). I myself had received a Phd in Curriculum and Instruction, with a focus on educational technology.

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The Innovative Educator

MAY 10, 2020

For now, … Learning on pause Sadly, some districts put a stop to remote learning early on with poorly thought out justifications. They sighted accessibility concerns saying that remote learning couldn’t meet the needs of all students. For example, Washington state banned virtual learning.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 2, 2021

Jennifer Greif Green, an associate professor in the Wheelock College of Education and Human Development at Boston University, said most of a child’s interactions with adults are with their parents and teachers, “so any disruption to that is really going to have an impact on that whole ecosystem and all those relationships.”.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

Sifting out solutions from the struggle may help solve chronic problems of quality and equity, say education experts. After a moment of disruption – of major disruption – the conditions are ripe for accelerating innovation,” says Richard Culatta, CEO of the International Society for Technology in Education. “We Learning from Lockdown.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

This is part four of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Way back in 2012, I chose “ The Platforming of Education ” as one of my “Top Ed-Tech Trends.” I have learned so much in the intervening years, and my analysis then strikes me as incredibly naive and shallow.

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Edsurge

MAY 7, 2018

Innovation is happening all over higher education today—but it is happening in islands, pockets and clusters. Participants hailed from as far as Australia, reinforcing the notion that US institutions have something to learn from our fellow post-secondary leaders across the Atlantic and the Pacific.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 18, 2018

The “Great Dome” on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which is hosting an experimental program to recruit physicists, engineers, chemists, linguists, biologists, neuroscientists and other experts and train them to be primary and secondary school teachers. Future of Learning. Higher Education.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The eSchool News K-12 Hero Awards recognize the dedicated efforts of education professionals across K-12 departments, including IT, curriculum, instruction and administration. The program received an influx of inspiring nominations that highlight the innovation and selflessness of educators in schools and districts across the nation.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 14, 2020

Liz Willen is editor-in-chief of The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit news organization that covers K-12 and post-secondary education. In recent weeks, Willen has been speaking with seniors and their families to learn more about their decision-making process while keeping a close eye on the schools rapidly changing responses.

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