eSchool News

MARCH 11, 2024

But how are we addressing the ways that the system has failed our secondary students when they first learned to read? In the coming year, that broad trend will continue, with a shift to looking beyond knowledge building as schools, districts, and states begin improving capacity and creating systems aligned to the science of reading.

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Policies Elementary Secondary Trends 115

ExcelinEd

MAY 11, 2020

Educators and school system leaders will have to shift and adapt quickly, bringing their greatest creativity and problem-solving capacities to the table.”. It’s not just educators and systems leaders who will need to adapt and help guide us forward. Goodwill has discovered a policy fusion that just makes sense.

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Policies Industry Survey Secondary 72

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

When a public school system in the San Francisco Bay Area explored replacing traditional grading practices with a form of “standards-based grading system” meant to eliminate bias, it sparked widespread opposition from parents. This school system is hardly alone in drawing controversy over changes to grading systems.

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System Meeting Training Policies 208

ExcelinEd

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Secondary consequences may include problems in reading comprehension and reduced reading experience that can impede growth of vocabulary and background knowledge.”. Policy Changes Practice. In 2019, ExcelinEd engaged in 25 states to develop, adopt, implement, or improve Early Literacy policies.

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Policies Instructional Materials Secondary Training 69

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 31, 2024

Meanwhile, digital media, heavily reliant on visuals and text, with audio often secondary, is playing an increasing role in education. Audio is often a secondary consideration; particularly once users can read. For example, username/password login forms can be replaced with QR codes; many school-oriented systems have already done so.

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Secondary Industry Policies Accessibility 122

Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2023

For example, students might train a machine learning system to recognize patterns in math class or test a text-to-speech system to see if it can differentiate between homonyms in English Language Arts. There seems to be collective buy-in that AI has great potential for disrupting the outdated narrative of education. Read The U.S.

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Education Learning Secondary System 163

Neo LMS

MAY 19, 2020

To quote a study on Evolllution , “60 percent of respondents said technology has fundamentally changed post-secondary teaching and learning. Like every industry, education is shaped by the current government policies, desires, and allowances for the field. Be aware of legislative and social context.

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Technology Education EdTech Secondary 345

eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2024

Now they ask teachers to check the tool’s data privacy policy and age requirements when making a request, so they have a better understanding of why a tool is—or isn’t—a good fit. As the executive director of curriculum and instruction for Union County Public Schools, a district of over 41,000 students outside Charlotte, N.C.,

EdTech 119

EdTech Assessment Policies Data 119

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 29, 2024

As a member of the National Association of Secondary School Principals’ Recovery Network, I participated in a congressional roundtable on gun violence following October’s deadly massacre in Lewiston, Maine. Such reductions would cripple our education system, exacerbate already alarming teacher shortages and compromise school safety.

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Secondary Policies Report Resources 86

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

This has led to solutions in cybersecurity, school system transformation models, student-led teacher professional development, diverse workforce recruitment and retention, and student engagement in secondary writing. It gives students and communities a chance to provide feedback, which is used to change and improve policies.

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Policies Secondary Professional Learning Student Engagement 89

Hapara

AUGUST 18, 2023

Systemic issues reflected in teacher bias and bullying We can’t ignore the fact that in the United States today, learners who are different often become the victims of bullying and bias. These issues may appear isolated but largely stem from systemic problems facing the nation’s schools. Why is diversity an issue for schools?

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Strategy Classroom Education EdTech 130

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Before that, Zywicki co-founded the software company Ranku in 2013, which built two-sided marketplaces for state systems to increase student enrollment. “Cecilia has a vast array of experiences that make her a perfect fit for Transeo’s next stage, including the successful sale of an EdTech startup and policy work at the U.S.

PresenceLearning 104

PresenceLearning Industry EdTech Software 104

MindShift

MAY 11, 2020

Their solutions included switching to a pass/incomplete system at secondary schools and focusing on narrative feedback at elementary schools. For the fourth quarter, San Leandro’s secondary students will receive a “pass” or “incomplete” instead of a letter grade. aside postID=”mindshift_52813″ hero=”[link].

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Policies Secondary Elementary Chromebook 68

Dangerously Irrelevant

DECEMBER 14, 2018

On Tuesday, Lewis said the current system already penalizes students by not actually preparing them for success. AI-powered systems are doing legal research, diagnosing cancer, writing music, serving as network newscasters, and doing surgery. Emulating downward: Iowa’s misplaced idolization of Florida’s retention policies.

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Future Ready Secondary Policies Facebook 269

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

And Singapore launched a tailored coding class for primary and secondary school students as early as 2014. India has even introduced coding from class six, based on the country’s new education policy. Its complexity is not necessarily because it is incomprehensible, but because it is a new concept for most students.

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Robotics Gamification STEM Secondary 109

TeacherCast

AUGUST 30, 2015

Edsby is a robust, cloud-based, mobile learning management system that incorporates social learning, course planning, assessment management, and much more into a simple, easy to use package for the entire school community. About Company. Unlike other LMSes, Edsby is designed specifically for K-12. Links of interest. Company website: [link].

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System Learning LMS Mobility 68

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 11, 2023

The salary for this vital position reflects various factors, including location, educational background, and individual school policies. During my time in the field, I’ve observed that areas with strong policy support for early education often reflect a commitment to quality teaching through better compensation.

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Elementary Secondary Policies Data 98

The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 6, 2023

As an international thought leader in computer science education, Pat has influenced each stage of the education system, from policy to practice, in the legislature, and in the classroom.

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Policies Tools Microsoft Video 301

edWeb.net

MAY 12, 2022

The panelists noted the importance of establishing structures and systems that support the transformation process, and engaging classroom teachers, specialists, and administrators in developing a comprehensive and cohesive approach. At the Secondary Level. First Steps and Long-Term Goals. (MT),

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Secondary Professional Learning Advocacy System 93

eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2024

In the coming years, the final funding decisions made by current district leaders will serve as a litmus test to determine if they have proactively addressed the internal capacity needed at the system level to support their chosen allocation of funds. Will they prioritize short-term fixes, or will they root their decisions in sustainability?

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System Secondary Training Resources 105

Waterford

MARCH 4, 2021

Examples of organizational conditions are wider reaching, like integrated and sustained improvements across a school or district—such as adjusting school policies in ways that offer more opportunities for family engagement.[3] When educators and school policies prioritize family engagement, the whole school benefits. Wairimu, M.J.,

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How To Outcomes Policies Strategy 231

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

What are some things that you might tell educators and school systems that they can be doing to create an environment where child abuse and neglect are unlikely to take place at all? There's been a big movement over the last decade or so to create what's called trauma-informed systems or trauma-informed schools.

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Education Report System Policies 187

The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 19, 2022

There is the zero-tolerance crowd that insists this type of policy prepares kids for the real world. In my quest to find this holy grail of late-work policies, I looked towards the “real world” argument, despite my opposing viewpoint. Why this late work system works for me and my students. How I found a better late work process.

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System Policies Assessment Course 98

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2023

Policy Center , a nonpartisan research organization. Within six months of high school graduation, only 51 percent of the class of 2022 enrolled in post-secondary education, down from 56 percent from the class of 2019. A new report from Washington, D.C., Based on these trends, the D.C.

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Secondary Trends Report Policies 86

Tom Murray

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

AASA members range from chief executive officers, superintendents and senior level school administrators to cabinet members, professors and aspiring school system leaders. National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP). Connect: www.nassp.org , @NASSP. Connect: www.ccsso.org , @CCSSO. extra-state jurisdictions.

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Future Ready Secondary Advocacy Elementary 100

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), a nonprofit school system edtech association, has been tracking such legislative activity. In its new “ 2020 State and Federal Cybersecurity Policy Trends ” report, CoSN says nearly 100 bills were introduced in 2020 by 27 states, Washington D.C.

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Data Training Survey EdTech 182

The Hechinger Report

MAY 5, 2022

California’s state university systems have been leaders in listing data science as an acceptable course for admission; the state has also piloted successful secondary and postsecondary versions of a data course. And universities across the country are now offering data science courses and majors.

Secondary 106

Secondary Data Course Survey 106

Neo LMS

AUGUST 18, 2020

Secondary schools and high schools face their own conundrums regarding final exams. A learning management system (LMS) that supports asynchronous self-based courses, as well as synchronous online meetings or group discussions, can play a huge role in making all this happen. But is this a valid option for all of them?

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EdTech Education LMS Online Learning 217

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Cyberbullying in particular is fueled by a lack of proper policies and wide access to smartphones and other devices. ” At the center of the study was a new, easy-to-implement protocol for secondary school teachers to use to help increase reading fluency of their students. phonemic awareness, phonics) to address this problem.”

Data 115

Data EdTech Smartphone Elementary 115

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

In the summer of 2016, a community of educators, research design partners, and over 150 teens and young adults in Colorado engaged in a bold experiment to rethink how quality and impact might be measured in a modernized system of learning. In this relatively small, short-cycle prototype, the lessons we learned were significant.

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System Competency Based Learning Education Assessment 60

The Hechinger Report

MAY 20, 2021

schools, their needs are often seen and treated as secondary rather than as of equal importance to their peers’. And that has resulted in policies, textbooks, training and assessments for our nation’s 5 million ELs that seem like an afterthought. Instead, we need a new system that incentivizes real learning in the classroom.

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Academic Standards Secondary Policies System 104

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 191

The Hechinger Report

JULY 20, 2023

Don’t try to make a policy. His response: The district’s policies around cheating and plagiarism remain unchanged, and the district plans to educate parents and students about the honor code. It recommends adopting a clear policy on AI, rather than simply banning generative AI tools outright. Benjamin W.

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Policies Analysis Elementary Report 81

Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

In some educational systems where bringing devices to schools is a school offence, there has to be a change. School policies Existing school policies generally forbid the use of devices during class hours, and even if they allow it, they generally have no control over the content students use on their devices.

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BYOD Classroom Khan Academy Policies 150

Digital Promise

MAY 14, 2019

The results of large-scale tests may be used by schools or policy-makers to make important decisions such as grouping students by ability or assessing how well schools are doing. And in Ontario, a 2018 report to the premier recommended replacing the Ontario secondary school literacy test , now a graduation requirement.

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Assessment Secondary Social Media Analysis 205

Edsurge

MAY 28, 2020

Ajita previously served in the Obama Administration as Special Assistant to the President for Higher Education Policy at the White House Domestic Policy Council, where she led efforts to expand college opportunity, affordability, innovation and completion. Department of Education.

Education 126

Education Policies Coursera MOOC 126

Neo LMS

MAY 30, 2019

Our previous blog described the background to Finland’s successful education system and today we’ll unpack that a bit more, but also take a more detailed look at the role edtech plays in that success. The Finnish example.

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EdTech PLE Game-Based Learning Education 258