eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Key points: Current education trends point to personalization and accessibility Keeping up with current trends in education is essential for educators Learn more about K-12 Tech Innovation News In the dynamic landscape of K-12 education, several trends are shaping the way students learn and educators teach.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2018

Education is awash with efforts to personalize learning. But what does it mean for a company to personalize its support for the teachers who use its product? When teachers hear their administration pause to learn a little bit more about them, learning becomes collaborative. 2018-19 Kiddom Pilot Scope and Sequence.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

Photo: Sharon Lurye/The Hechinger Report. NEW ORLEANS — A few years ago, with little fanfare or announcement, the New Orleans education system began a massive experiment that’s reshaping how kids learn across the city. Supporters in New Orleans say that, so far, personalized learning has been transformative.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

Instructional leadership was a routine part of the job along with the budget, master schedule, curriculum development, meetings, email, phone calls, and many other duties. If improvement is the ultimate goal, then we as leaders need to put the most focus on elements of our job that impact student learning.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2018

I called Brooke, her mother and my administrators into a meeting and proposed the idea of practicing yoga with Brooke. Through my research, I learned out about Youth Elevate and attended a week-long workshop over the summer. When we started our yoga experiment, she was excited. Tools to deal with anxiety, stress and frustration.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MAY 23, 2015

Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. Part 2… Beyond the Technology Shine… Content Standard Nouns Meet 25 Free OER Education Resources. Check out my Booking Page. Past Series Articles.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 10, 2017

You can review the full meeting agenda here. Attendees workshopped two new tools for EdClusters — an Asset Mapping Guide and Equity Audit, each of which grew out of two working groups EdClusters network partners have participated in over the past several months. MAKING AND STRENGTHENING CONNECTIONS.

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eSpark

AUGUST 26, 2016

I use Google Docs to develop collaborative meeting agendas with a team of administrators. Google Docs are a powerful tool for writing workshops. This information determines the personalized learning activities students participate in throughout the year.”.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 2, 2023

Managing budgets, developing memos, attending meetings, responding to emails and phone calls, and other tasks also consumed a significant portion of my time. If our ultimate goal is to improve, we need to prioritize the aspects of our job that impact student learning most. Feedback is critical to encourage growth and development.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2019

The mounting stress levels have sparked a trend of “resilience” trainings and workshops, which typically include yoga, mindfulness and meditation. 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.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

The profiles are part of the school’s embrace of personalized learning, which centers on the belief that a teacher lecturing at the front of a classroom is a bad fit for today’s students. Personalized learning has, in recent years, become one of the most talked-about trends in education.

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eSpark

AUGUST 26, 2016

I use Google Docs to develop collaborative meeting agendas with a team of administrators. Google Docs are a powerful tool for writing workshops. This information determines the personalized learning activities students participate in throughout the year.”.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2017

High schools are also trying to make learning more personalized, so teachers can focus on meeting the needs and engaging the interests of individual students. States like Rhode Island , Vermont and others are now sponsoring efforts to expand personalized learning, and some major foundations are also pushing the idea.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 20, 2017

Also remember you can book me for a conference or your school district with workshops that are informative, engaging, and practical. I have three pre-conference workshops that you may want to register for. These chunks can be organized as courses, books, reports, etc. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 19, 2018

She frequently presents professional development workshops and webinars throughout the United States. Barbara also served as editor and publisher of the first electronically delivered education newsletter, the Daily Report Card. Join the Community.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 25, 2017

We completed a grading system, a competency-based report, a competency-based transcript along with a GPA system that made sense to us. Related: Personalized learning and Common Core: Mortal enemies? Nellie Mae is a funder of The Hechinger Report).

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Only then can students, especially immigrant students and students of color, meet their potential and succeed in school and beyond. In addition to instructional coaching, Monica supports teachers through workshops, speaking engagements, and blogging for Education Week and Education Post. ” You Can’t Look Away.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

Related: Most students go to a school that meets federal standards for internet speed. But the commissioners have previously rejected petitions to increase the 5 percent reserve or to clarify the educational use rule, explaining that they simply “rely on the good faith efforts of EBS licensees to meet these requirements.”.

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

Now in its seventh year, the annual gathering brings together thousands of entrepreneurs, educators and industry experts from around the world for four days stacked with panel discussions , workshops , an expo hall , meetups , film screenings —plus plenty of after-hours shindigs. When Public Education Data Isn’t Really Public : The U.S.

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MindShift

JANUARY 26, 2021

This story about IEPs was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Instead, the thinking goes, students must be encouraged to learn at their own pace, with lessons tailored to their specific aptitudes and needs, often with the aid of technology.

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techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

This program adds full home access for students, custom curriculum alignment, performance reporting, professional development, and more. Combined, ENA and CatchOn provide a rich portfolio of services to meet the demands of today’s digital schools. The merger will create a $120-million nonprofit organization with 500 employees.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Gain insightful design ideas and classroom management strategies that will help you focus on content delivery, and learn how to use ISTE Standards curriculum planning tools to personalize learning for every student. Learn more and register here. The impact of MOOCs depends on their ability to assess learning.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

Summit Learning’s personalized learning program is a key part of the school’s improvement efforts. Credit: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report. Personalized learning is one of the most popular goals in schools today. Related: The messy reality of personalized learning. MESA, Ariz.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 13, 2018

Photo: Amadou Diallo for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Amadou Diallo for The Hechinger Report. The internships will serve as a linchpin of the school’s “real-world learning” academic model, said David Bromley, founder and executive director of Big Picture Philadelphia, which started the school.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2019

Amadou Diallo for The Hechinger Report. A panel commissioned by the mayor recently released a report calling for schools to mirror the demographics of their surrounding neighborhoods and to implement principles of culturally responsive education as a way to combat the city’s persistent achievement gap.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 22, 2018

Photo: Chris Berdik for The Hechinger Report. Larry Rosen, psychology professor, is part of a team at Cal State Dominguez Hills using behavioral studies, physiological stress measures and brain scans to investigate how the distraction and anxiety engendered by digital devices can hurt learning. CARSON, Calif. —

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Credit: Danielle Dreilinger for The Hechinger Report. In this series, The Hechinger Report examines racial inequity in gifted classes and what schools are doing to fix it. Credit: Danielle Dreilinger for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Danielle Dreilinger for The Hechinger Report. BUFFALO, N.Y. — It’s not just Buffalo.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2018

In math teacher Danielle Bosse’s classroom, three students take assessments (foreground) while their classmates learn and practice different math skills. Photo: Chris Berdik for The Hechinger Report. There’s so much behind music to learn.”. Photo: Chris Berdik for The Hechinger Report. HUNTER, N.D. —

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2020

Her teacher has embraced competency-based learning, which asks students to take more control in the classroom. Photo: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report. Photo: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report. Photo: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report. Photo: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2017

They will be encouraged to attend workshops and school tours in the hope, one DOE official said, that they will find elements that they can use in their own classrooms. Switching to mastery-based learning requires a great deal of coordination. It can also meet with resistance from faculty members who aren’t keen on experimentation.

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techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

Featuring flexible, modular learning units, STEM Connect provides students an easy-to-follow educational experience through high-quality interdisciplinary resources. EDSBY ( edsby.com ) Edsby has introduced new ways to capture and report on evidence of student learning. Incorporating end user feedback, the 10.0 Illuminate 10.0

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Whether it was participating in device-day pickup or hosting and coordinating meet-the-teacher drive-throughs, the entire district staff stepped up to provide for nearly 61,000 students. Led by Upchurch, the technology team coordinated across district departments to ensure a speedy roll-out of 1:1 devices.

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Fractus Learning

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Designed by sixth-grader Sam Ritchie during a Design A Game math workshop, Mental Math is a fun mental math game for kids and an exciting way to learn math in 5 th -7 th grade. Detailed reports show how the child is improving in their math. Meeting the child at their level may motivate the child to learn and enjoy math.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

A group of civil rights organizations, including the NAACP Boston Branch, the Greater Boston Latino Network, the Asian Pacific Islanders Civic Action Network and the Asian American Resource Workshop, as well as three families of color, are intervening in the lawsuit to try to uphold the new admissions process. In January, the Rev.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 1, 2014

We had so much fun at this year''s ISTE Unplugged events, and it was great to meet and reconnect with so many of you! The XXI International Conference features 4 conferences, 3 case study panels, 2 iEARN project panels, 1 media festival, 30 workshops, and 17 posters. Learn more here. Learn more here. HackEd14 Archived.

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Hack Education

JUNE 9, 2017

“Asked About Discrimination , Betsy DeVos Said This 14 Times,” NPR reports : “Schools that receive federal funds must follow federal law.” said Thursday that he is still part of a higher education initiative for President Donald Trump,” Politico reports. Department of Education.”

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2023

Credit: Kavitha Cardoza for The Hechinger Report It was just the latest interruption in schooling that’s been characterized by near constant disruption. Credit: Kavitha Cardoza for The Hechinger Report The Puerto Rican school district, the sixth largest in the U.S., Department of Education report. Nothing could be salvaged.

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