Edsurge

OCTOBER 12, 2017

It’s a well-worn idiom, which shapes the belief systems of too many schools and districts across the country. But as a guiding philosophy it can be paralyzing, particularly for a school district that’s doing well. We’ve all heard the old cliche, “If it’s not broke, don’t fix it.” Several of our students were named U.S.

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eSchool News

MARCH 7, 2024

I believed technology would be powerful for our scholars and I wanted everyone to have access to it, but only one student in the entire school signed up for the program. One of our scholars recently achieved a perfect score on our mathematics statewide assessment. It has made a difference in our scholars’ lives, too.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 20, 2017

Today, schools and districts are making social-emotional development a priority, and with good reason. Research shows that educators play a profound role in promoting students’ social-emotional skills and beliefs. Even teachers who encourage students to try harder may end up being reinforced in their beliefs that intelligence is fixed.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Rachel Gorton, instructional technology coordinator for Minnesota’s Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District 191. EDTECH: What technologies went into achieving Vision One91? We added 36 classrooms to our high school and brought our ninth-graders up. Each of our 10 elementary schools has a digital learning specialist.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The online program offers a solution to families seeking alternative ways to have students educated, while maintaining the core belief that traditional schooling is valuable and not easily replaced. Bedden’s dedication to promoting literacy in the Centennial School District has been truly inspiring.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2017

For years, research has shown that socioeconomic status is associated with differences in school readiness, cognitive development and achievement. This is particularly true for students of poverty, who arrive at and often leave elementary school years below grade level. This is what successful school districts are doing.

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Edsurge

JULY 27, 2019

My first year of teaching began in the stifling basement classroom of a public elementary school in a part of Newark, N.J., That fall, I found myself watching a young woman, we’ll call Omayra, through the glass doors of the school. I promised myself that my teaching would make a difference in the lives of my 38 children.

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Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2020

Elementary school educators were more likely than secondary school educators to allow students relatively unstructured time to experiment with physical materials, often in the form of manipulatives. While most educators in our focus groups expressed similar ideas to Flamm, they did not offer one singular definition of making.

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Edsurge

MARCH 26, 2025

The summer before I entered the fourth grade, my mother informed me that I would be attending a new school in my same community with one caveat: it was a class in the gifted and talented education (GATE) program. Before that moment, I was blending in with my peers and navigating the typical challenges of elementary school.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

It was clear there were many elements of our model that were working and should remain unchanged—specifically our core values of grit, relationships, ownership and wonder, and our belief that all kids are capable of extraordinary things. Jon Hanover is the founder and executive director of Roots Elementary School.

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Edsurge

JULY 7, 2023

Though there are a number of strong language programs across the country, a 2016 report published by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences showed evidence of declines in foreign language course offerings in elementary schools and middle schools over the years. Here’s some good news.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The district seamlessly combines the strength of a large school district with innovative approaches and focused support to help students articulate and achieve their dreams. Nominee: Link Text Becky Alexander, Morris Elementary Nominated by: Istation. As a result, Alexander has seen significant growth in her students.

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eSchool News

APRIL 9, 2025

Persistent equity challenges Stubborn learning achievement gaps Student mental health Faculty burnout Budgeting after ESSER funding expires Δ Now that we’re 5 years out from the pandemic’s onset, how do educators feel about education today? Teachers remain focused on students and shrinking pandemic achievement gaps.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Whereas once they had to wait until honors high school courses, students of all levels are now introduced to primary sources in elementary school. For example, some list historical research techniques with little indication of how they might be achieved in the classroom.

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eSchool News

MAY 28, 2025

As the principal of a mid-sized urban elementary school, I work hand-in-hand with my teachers to surface and implement the strategies and tactics we believe will benefit the diverse learners in our school. Among the most effective strategies my team and I have implemented is blended learning.

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Edsurge

MAY 27, 2017

For the past six and half years, she has led DreamBox Learning , growing the company from a startup into one of the leading providers of online math tools for elementary school children. She began her career as a banker but soon realized that to be true to her core beliefs, she wanted to have a role in education.

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Edsurge

MAY 13, 2025

Dominguez had a longer term vision for the remaining rounds of pandemic emergency funding: Hire teaching assistants for early elementary classrooms to help the districts youngest learners, who were struggling with math and reading as a result of uneven exposure to school during remote learning. Dominguez called the results remarkable.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 22, 2020

That means, among many things, taking stock of the damage caused by long-term school closures, and creating plans for reopening amid steep budget cuts, increased costs for safety measures, and widening achievement gaps and learning loss that have hit low-income students and students of color the hardest. He has come such a long way.”

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