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Is 2023 the year of the microschool?

eSchool News

These two challenges are at the heart of why one-room schoolhouses were replaced by age-graded elementary schools and subject-specialist secondary schools. Online instructional materials have come a long way from the McGuffey Readers of the late 1800s.

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South Carolina adopts science video service

eSchool News

Twig and Tigtag are the perfect tools for helping our teachers make real world connections between what students study in class, and the careers and post-secondary options that await them upon graduation from Sumter schools. I couldn’t be more thrilled.”.

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64 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

Schools have relied on those funds for the creation or expansion of summer programs and tutoring services, the purchase of high-quality curriculum and instructional materials, and a plethora of other efforts to address learning gaps students experienced through the COVID-19 pandemic. Do you need infrastructure updates?

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What role should a teacher play in choosing books kids read?

The Cornerstone for Teachers

I’m also limited by my experience as a secondary teacher; these conversations have less controversy in lower elementary, though discussions about appropriateness do surface more commonly in the upper elementary/middle school transition. Maybe you think removing upsetting books from school libraries is the best thing for your child.

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65 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

Schools have relied on those funds for the creation or expansion of summer programs and tutoring services, the purchase of high-quality curriculum and instructional materials, and a plethora of other efforts to address learning gaps students experienced through the COVID-19 pandemic. Do you need infrastructure updates?

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Savvas Delivers New Summer Solutions for Math and Literacy to Move Learning Forward

eSchool News

The curated, easy-to-implement instructional materials, combined with state-of-the-art screener and diagnostic assessment tools, are designed to help move learning forward for all students. Teachers have been working hard to get students back on track academically after three school years of disrupted education.

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A little help from our academic friends: Five fine portals for instructional fodder

NeverEndingSearch

How about a few fresh strategies for energizing your information literacy instruction and preparing your secondary learners for their academic experience? The 2017 project was developed by the current and former chairs of the Instruction Round Table of the Minnesota Library Association.