eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2024

Key points: Very soon, districts must closely examine the edtech they use and compare it with budget realities How to ensure edtech ROI? Given that schools were forced into online learning, many districts used those funds to invest in edtech—in hardware like laptops and Wi-Fi hotspots but also in edtech software.

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EdTech Assessment Policies Data 126

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Digital citizenship is about far more than just helping kids be safe online; it’s about empowering them to use technology to solve real-world problems, to know how to balance their time between a variety of online and offline activities, to be curious learners and to use digital tools to deepen their relationships with their family and friends.

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Digital Citizenship Trends Technology Policies 189

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 1, 2024

Spanish was the most-reported home language among English learners in 2020, followed by Arabic. This is especially true in rural communities with few options to support professional learning experiences. Our nation’s public school population is changing, fueled by growth in the number of multilingual learners. percent of U.S.

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Digital Badges Learning Training Report 96

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Miller asked as she stood in front of her class at Doss Elementary. First grade in particular — “the reading year,” as Miller calls it — is pivotal for elementary students, when their literacy skills “really take off.” Credit: Jackie Mader/ The Hechinger Report. This year, she had to backtrack — all the way to the letter “H.”.

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Elementary Report Groups Assessment 145

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

When teachers engage in this collaborative culture, they share best practices, develop interdisciplinary projects, and contribute to professional learning communities, leading to more innovative teaching strategies and cohesive learning environments. Madda et al., 2011, Nurmi et al., 2013; Parsons, 2012; Vaughn, 2015, ).

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Study Outcomes Elementary Data 121

User Generated Education

OCTOBER 7, 2017

Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, said in a statement, “Even high quality professional development must be directly relevant to the needs of teachers and genuinely improve teaching and learning.” Effective Teacher Professional Development ). Effective Teacher Professional Development ).

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Education Elementary Professional Learning Guidelines 178

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2020

A student in a Mississippi elementary school reads a book in class. Research shows young children need explicit, systematic phonics instruction to learn how to read fluently. Photo: Terrell Clark for The Hechinger Report. How do kids actually learn how to read?

Learning 145

Learning Elementary Strategy Report 145

edWeb.net

APRIL 19, 2023

The panelists also noted that students of all ages can participate in the information-gathering process—they found that elementary-age kids can articulate their needs as well as high schoolers can. Staff also need training on how to use the data so that they are identifying lagging skills rather than labeling students as deficient.

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Survey Data Secondary Outcomes 60

Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2017

Provide professional learning that allows participants to experience blended learning. It was very challenging to help educators understand how to deliver their instruction in a blended format without having observed it in action or experiencing it themselves. Here are our takeaways, three years down the road.

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Blended Learning Learning Training Assessment 131

edWeb.net

MARCH 17, 2023

Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast When the Nation’s Report Card for 2022 was released by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), the declines in student reading and math scores were alarming, but for many, the data was not surprising.

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Strategy Learning Data System 79

Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2016

Job Embedded Professional Development. Professional Learning Communities. A safe and cooperative climate for learning. Support and training to promote continual professional learning. Data to track and promote collaborative inquiry and practices that improve student learning.

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Education Professional Learning Study Case Study 120

Edsurge

APRIL 17, 2017

One of the most difficult challenges I faced was supporting our 400 K-8 math teachers with substantive professional learning. To ensure equitable learning outcomes for all. also ensure equitable professional learning outcomes for all mathematics teachers. To ensure equitable learning outcomes for all.

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Professional Learning Data Outcomes Accessibility 94

The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2021

Relationship over reproach: Fostering resilience by embracing a trauma-informed approach to elementary education. How to Reach Students Who Have Experienced Trauma. So, we have to learn how to reach and teach students who have experienced trauma. How to Connect to Students and Understand Their Emotions (SEL).

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Course Assessment Online Assessments Strategy 493

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 14, 2022

When she began her work as a reading coach and interventionist, one of Miles’ first steps was to create an “electronic data wall,” where all the teachers could input student data and receive immediate reports. Learning Ally is a leading education solutions organization committed to transforming the lives of struggling learners.

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Outcomes Education Data Meeting 80

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

Ryan had this chance to shine because of Fresno’s Personalized Learning Initiative (PLI), which has been fostering student voice, choice and collaboration over the last two years. The focus is on how to engage students meaningfully in learning, and teachers use digital tools as an enabler of that conversation.

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Learning Analytics Personalized Learning Learning Microsoft 132

edWeb.net

MARCH 4, 2021

Train for transformation with professional learning focused on cultural competency and implicit bias. Adopt mediation as a restorative practice with specific language on how to use it. Professional learning: Require all staff to take courses on culturally responsive practices—and it should not be invitational.

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Policies Professional Learning Elementary Assessment 71

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 ). and 31%, respectively” ( CDC, 2020 ).

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Digital Divide Secondary Elementary Strategy 52

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 ). and 31%, respectively” ( CDC, 2020 ).

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Digital Divide Secondary Elementary Strategy 52

eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2017

In “ Closing the Homework Gap: Equity of Access for All Students Outside of School ,” Rhonda Schroeder, EdD, principal, Arthur Elementary School, Oklahoma City, OK; Mike Cory, EdD, principal, Gettys Middle School, SC; Barbara J. Provide Out-of-School Access on Devices. About the Presenters. She earned a B.S.

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Resources Equity of Access Instructional Materials Elementary 89

EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 20, 2019

From the experiences we provide (iPads, cutting-edge digital library, nationally-ranked Robotics program) to the inter-district professional learning we support (top-ranked VrainWaves podcast), at the core of our program is a belief in technology as a catalyst for learning at all levels. Buckeye Elementary School District.

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Survey Elementary Software System 130

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 25, 2021

We must learn how to live well in our places without undermining those places’ ability to sustain us over time. School is the perfect place to teach and to learn how to do that. The field of Education for Sustainability also provides benchmarks , principles, frameworks and learning standards. They can all help.

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Education Academic Standards Social Media Report 107

The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

The second one is what we called, “Innovate Salisbury Professional Learning.” Teachers looked at those texts, tried some projects, reported out, and some of that also shaped the vision, which was then delivered to our staff, in actually 2016-2017. We had another professional learning cohort called “Leading Your Salisbury.”.

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Professional Learning Gamification Company Elementary 174

Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2022

LEGO Education designs standards-aligned sets for K-8 students and offers plenty of free support for teachers, including more than 400 online lesson plans —ranging in focus from computer science and English Language Arts (ELA) to robotics and coding— self-guided professional development and an online community where teachers share tips and ideas.

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Robotics Learning STEM Trends 141

The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2020

In fact, each chapter of my life has taught me the empathy and professional skills that I now use as a high school math educator. I learned how to treat people with compassion. In 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that one in six U.S. Sign up here for Hechinger’s newsletter.

Learning 115

Learning Social Media Report System 115

The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 21, 2017

Barbara Bray talks about personalizing learning in the classroom. She teaches us strategies and helps us think about how to make our classrooms better. Score assessments, generate reports and transfer grades automatically. How to connect and go off script safely. I call it personal professional learning.

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Company How To Twitter Personalized Learning 234

edWeb.net

JUNE 26, 2019

Shannon Holden, Principal of Pierce City High School (MO), our host and moderator for the Principal Leadership Community, provides an interpretation of the results, and you can download the report below. Robert Furman, Principal, South Park Elementary Center, PA. Principal Survey | May 2019. Input from 150 principals was analyzed.

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Survey Elementary Report Strategy 40

eSchool News

JANUARY 9, 2023

DEA reports that in 2022 more than 9.5 During the lesson, students will consider how an individual’s decisions can impact an entire community, investigate real-world data, and learn how to create an effective community awareness campaign. million fake pills were seized, more than the previous two years combined. .

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Resources Education Social Media Policies 52

Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2017

In Massachusetts, an emerging partnership between private funders and the state department of education aims to help teachers across the Commonwealth learn, share and spread best practices when it comes to leveraging new instructional models and technologies. Last week, MAPLE released its first report: a.

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Personalized Learning Learning Moodle Secondary 79

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Beginning in fall 2014, the students and teachers at Burbank Elementary School in Hayward, California, embarked on a new and ambitious program to integrate arts across the curriculum. They learned how to manipulate various Photoshop Elements tools to crop, select, paint and fill select areas of their work with contrast colors.

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Adobe Education Tablets iPad 120

edWeb.net

JULY 24, 2018

Using Student Learning Data to Foster a Growth Culture ,” featuring Amy Trees Dodson, M.Ed., Instead of teaching to the middle, they said, educators and students can use data to attack learning. Here, teachers need to understand that what gets assessed gets discussed and learn how to incorporate the information into their lesson plans.

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Data Learning Education Assessment 40

Edsurge

JULY 23, 2018

Therefore, Marlboro set out to provide a roadmap for educators to understand how each element of their vision works in practice. To do this they created charts, such as these for STMath and IXL to help educators know how to use the programs as well as resources to help educator interpret data.

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Personalized Learning Learning Conference System 74

The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 6, 2017

on Corippo is the Chief Innovation Officer for CUE, leading CUE’s professional learning throughout California and Nevada. Jon keynotes, leads and designs Professional Learning experiences all over the country. So I taught my kids how to self-correct. The homework could be research reports. Jon Corippo.

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EdTech Tools Twitter Professional Learning 383

edWeb.net

JULY 2, 2020

Julie Evans, CEO of Project Tomorrow, and Chris O’Neal, a former teacher and current Blackboard Solutions Engineer, shared front-line stories and tips to provide insight into how to ensure continuity of learning for our students during this unprecedented time. Three Phases of Online Learning. About the Presenters.

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Online Learning Blackboard Learning Social Media 85

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

From how to delve into the nuances of student learning and removing the heavy lift of teachers trying to figure out how to individualize instruction, to enabling someone like me to speak in seven languages so that I may express ideas or collaborate with others from around the world, AI holds endless potential.

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Trends EdTech Industry Data 144

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 15, 2014

South Park Elementary, Pennsylvania. Dr. Robert Furman, Principal of South Park Elementary, was interviewed by edWeb to gain an administrator’s perspective on providing quality professional development for teachers and the social aspect of learning. Robert Furman. He is particularly active in the Leadership 3.0

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Elementary Conference Social Media Professional Learning 64

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 30, 2017

That’s one reason the Integrated Arts Academy of Burlington, Vermont got together with Crayola’s art-focused professional learning programs , channeling resources to identify reasons why infusing arts into other subjects can make personalized learning programs more effective.

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Personalized Learning Common Core Elementary Exercises 82

The Hechinger Report

JULY 6, 2016

To help new teachers build the type of rapport with students needed for learning to take place, administrators and new teacher mentors should work hard to foster collaboration among teachers, enabling experienced teachers to help new teachers understand the background, interests and needs of the children and families at their school.

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Common Core Professional Learning Meeting Report 74