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. Randle said it is board policy to refer all media inquiries to Nohelty. The board approved the deal 4-2.

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Edsurge

MAY 12, 2021

Thanks to the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER) and its $6.1 Last month, San Diego Unified began accepting applications from community partners to distribute $5 million for programs that give kids a chance to learn in small groups throughout the city.

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Learning Secondary Robotics Training 193

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Through school visits and panel discussions with TDSB officials, district leaders explored local policies and systems, the use of data for equity, and professional development and training for teachers and leaders, keeping an eye and ear toward what they could bring back to their own school communities.

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Study Training Differentiated Instruction Trends 193

The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 4, 2019

In their July 14, 2019 article “ Why Teachers Quit ,” We Are Teachers summarizes, “A recent study by the Learning Policy Institute shows that if a teacher receives mentoring, collaboration, and extra resources, and is part of a strong teacher network, first-year turnover is cut by more than half. 25) Learning Policy Institute. (24)

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Edsurge

APRIL 19, 2021

billion in Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funding into our education system. Perea Elementary in Memphis , for example redesigned how parents, teachers, and children support each other in virtual, in-person, and hybrid settings. Why local communities?

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2022

Surgeon General issued an advisory warning of a youth mental health crisis in December 2021, following a declaration earlier that fall of a “national emergency in child and adolescent mental health” by a coalition of pediatric groups. The report card grades states on eight policies identified by the campaign as solutions to the crisis.

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Edsurge

MARCH 23, 2020

Here’s a forecast from several education officials along with my colleagues at Entangled Group, an education venture studio and consulting firm. Secondary teacher positions are harder to fill than elementary ones; as are science and math openings. What exactly will happen is hard to divine.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Yet without a coordinated national response to the crisis, reliable data that could help inform policy is scarce. Called the COVID-19 School Response Dashboard , it asks elementary and secondary schools and districts throughout the U.S. The sweep of the coronavirus across the U.S. has produced an information paradox.

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Edsurge

MAY 24, 2023

A working group created to support implementation of the TEAACH Act reached out to schools, districts and regional offices of education to make sure they were aware of the mandate and had a plan in place. The working group also developed sample scope and sequences for both the elementary and secondary level.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 6, 2020

At K12, we support eliminating racism, prejudice, and violence in all forms and against all groups,” said K12 CEO Nate Davis. “As We have a history of making education options available to all groups and our focus on the Black community is another step in what we’ve always done.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

SEL should be integrated into the materials; Develop inclusive discipline and dress code policies. Equity Accountability Model: Administration looked at the groups of students that were typically underperforming and asked how they know they are underperforming and why. About the Presenters.

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Education Secondary Policies Professional Learning 66

edWeb.net

APRIL 1, 2021

But according to the presenters in an edWebinar , hosted by AASA, The School Superintendents Association and AASA’s Leadership Network , the more effective approach is to identify specific problems for specific groups of students and make key changes that address those individual needs. Invite a diverse group to analyze the problems.

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Shake Up Learning

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

This update was released earlier this year and was a highly-requested feature for secondary teachers. Remember to keep it student-friendly for the age group you teach. Organize By Subject Areas (best for elementary). Organizing by subject area seems to be the most logical for elementary teachers who teach multiple subjects.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 17, 2021

While bullying in schools certainly isn’t a new phenomenon, and many anti-bullying policies have been put into place to combat it, it still continues to hurt many of children every year. There’s nothing worse than going to school every day only to become a victim of intense bullying that often takes place within our communities.

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2020

For example, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education instituted a three-phase plan to support schools during remote learning. And teachers are the point of connection between students, services and policies; this was the case before the pandemic and will continue to be the case thereafter.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 15, 2020

These types of arrangements require effective partnering with unions and community groups, in order to identify solutions and reach agreements while dealing with budget shortfalls. Susan Gentz is a partner at K20Connect, a consulting consortium of experts focused on education leadership, technology and policy. About the Presenters.

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Marketplace K-12

AUGUST 9, 2016

And many teachers at the elementary level said they used those self-selected or developed materials frequently–at least once a week. Educators at the secondary level also made those choices, but less often, according to the report, released by the RAND Corporation. Kaufman, a policy researcher at RAND and co-author of the report.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Formed in December 2016 by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (MESE) and the. The most frequently cited form of personalization was teacher-led small groups with students rotating through individual and group instruction. You can personalize learning just fine without technology.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2023

The group, made up of people with kids in the school system, functions as a communications channel between other parents and school principals and teachers. Because of the improvements, her first grader attends William Rainey Harper elementary on the city’s south side. The parents are on their feet applauding.

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Education Report System Meeting 99

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

It does not say in our state constitution, ‘every child except for those who may have been seen as disruptive to others,’ ” said Jamaica Miles, a Schenectady City school board member and co-founder of the community organizing group All Of Us. Our first go-to is not suspension. This defies a one-size-fits-all solution, in my mind.”

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Report Survey Data Comparison 97

Shake Up Learning

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Elementary. The goal of the game is to create two groups of cards, each with the same sum. ” Desmos just released some more elementary activities! Alice Keeler’s Templates for Elementary Math. Desmos originated as an online graphing calculator, but now you will find interactive lessons for many grade levels.

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Technology Classroom Google EdTech 78

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

While 95 percent of 58,000 primary and secondary teachers in 2021 felt that teaching climate change is important, just 32 percent felt they can explain climate change in their local context. This spring, he and fellow student leaders helped get Portland Public Schools to adopt one of the most ambitious climate policies in the nation.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Lindsay Dworkin, SVP of Policy & Government Affairs, NWEA The pendulum has swung quickly toward the Science of Reading. Freepik Cities and states will utilize dynamic policy making as they reach data maturity. The policy has passed, but questions remain on how universities will be held accountable.

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Trends EdTech Industry Data 142

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

We [didn’t] want this to be a Band-Aid fix,” said Jordan Mickens, a Leadership for Educational Equity public policy fellow who served as #OaklandUndivided’s project manager until August 2021. In May 2021, Think College Now elementary students sit in class after returning to in-person learning.

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Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 113

MindShift

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Opening schools safely in person is seen as key to restarting the economy and recovering the learning loss that has fallen most heavily on marginalized groups of students. What kinds of hybrid policies do schools have? One of the most common policies, wearing masks, is considered very effective by experts. Mitigation strategies.

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Report Strategy Policies Data 42

The Hechinger Report

MAY 24, 2021

Racial battle fatigue is used widely today to describe how the persistent and subtle verbal and nonverbal acts of aggression or discrimination against Black people and other marginalized groups cause them stress, anxiety, frustration, anger and even physical symptoms. The body is the keeper of racial battle fatigue,” Smith said.

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Secondary Study System Data 145

edWeb.net

APRIL 30, 2021

To recognize and work through this sort of situation, McNulty recommends avoiding the “polarity stereotyping” of traditionalists and progressives, in which each group views the other as representing policies they disfavor while portraying their own views as having no downside.

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Strategy Dropout Industry Professional Learning 96

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2017

And it has everything to do with the policies of the states.”. The bad news is we’re not seeing a lot of innovation or discussion around personalized learning,” said Claire Voorhees, national policy director for the Tallahassee, Florida-based Foundation for Excellence in Education, an advocacy group for personalized learning.

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Personalized Learning Policies Advocacy Assessment 72

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2019

I said, ‘OK, I’ll try it, but it’s not going to work,’ ” recalled Lopes, who teaches at the William D’Abate Elementary School. About 8 percent of teachers leave the profession annually, and only half of those leaving retire, according to a 2017 report by the Learning Policy Institute, an education think tank. Taylor Elementary School.

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Training Elementary Report Exercises 111

Education Superhighway

JUNE 24, 2019

As the Director of Digital Learning at the Massachusetts Elementary and Secondary Education office, Ken Klau is focused on the strategy for rethinking the structure and delivery of learning, building a more student-centered system of public education, and creating the next generation of K–12 learning environments.

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Technology E-rate Broadband Outcomes 74

Shake Up Learning

APRIL 5, 2020

For elementary, this may be an all-subject checklist. In secondary, this is most likely by subject. Here’s an example of one from Katie Wells shared in the Shake Up Learning Facebook group , modified from this Google doc Rebekah Madrid shared on Twitter. See: Copyright Policy.

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Google Classroom Learning Resources 101

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 17, 2018

In this May 12, 2017 photo, registered nurse Samantha Marz checks a student at Rundle Elementary School in Las Vegas. Now here’s a better one: School-based healthcare offers this group a chance to beat the odds. While numbers have grown over the years, among the 125,000 plus primary and secondary schools in the U.S.,

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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. Follow @BenjaminBHerold for the latest news on ed-tech policies, practices, and trends.

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Report Learning Trends Survey 40

Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

While Google Classroom and its accompanying suite of tools is immensely popular in education -- especially at the secondary level -- Seesaw is a fast-growing and user-friendly digital platform for teachers to assign work, engage with students, and provide feedback, among other classroom activities.

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Google Android Video Accessibility 98

Fractus Learning

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Piaget developed his stage theories by watching children develop and observing how their mistakes while solving problems were different in various age groups. Secondary Circular Reactions. From 8 months to a year, children develop coordination of secondary schemas; the child begins to show intentional actions.

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Secondary Examples Study Comparison 64

Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

According to the USAC, the most common audit findings include: missing or inaccurate documentation, untimely payment to service providers, or an insufficient internet safety policy. " The FCC leaves it up to the individual library or school's discretion to establish their own policies regarding the use of their Wi-Fi during closures.

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E-rate Digital Citizenship Broadband Internet Safety 52

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

“When you look at college mission statements, they’re loaded with grand pronouncements about the skills and habits of mind they’re going to inspire in their students,” said Alexander McCormick, an associate professor of educational leadership and policy studies at Indiana University Bloomington. The process is complex, as VALUE shows.

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Learning Outcomes Survey Assessment 104