eSchool News

APRIL 3, 2018

For the last six years, data has been part of our “secret sauce” here at Bronson Elementary School in Bronson, Fla. Many of our students come from economically disadvantaged homes so we know we need to continually work harder than most schools to help our students succeed academically—and data helps us do this.

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eSchool News

MAY 26, 2021

SplashLearn announced Ann Salway’s class from Abner Creek Elementary School, South Carolina as the National Champions of SpringBoard Math Challenge 2021. My students were excited to participate and motivated to work hard for the contest!” All the participating students will also receive a ‘Certificate of Participation’.

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eSchool News

APRIL 8, 2021

“It’s incredibly heartening to see that despite an ongoing pandemic and social and political unrest, schools and districts across the U.S. are motivated to improve teaching and learning in new environments and adopt strategies that promote social justice,” said Matt Kennard, CEO of BetterLesson.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Participation is free for the SpringBoard Math Challenge, whichis designed to give teachers and schools the opportunity to engage their elementary school students through fun math challenges aligned to the curriculum. I wish every school the greatest success and every child happy learning”.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

Studies show that students in remote settings often feel isolated, which can lead to decreased motivation and engagement. Studies indicate that students who collaborate in groups often achieve higher academic performance compared to those who study alone. One major issue is the lack of personal interaction.

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2019

Demographics: Fairfield County Schools is a small, rural, high-poverty school district in South Carolina. The district is composed of five elementary schools and four secondary schools, serving more than 2,600 students.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 16, 2023

RIF will continue to align our model based on complementing the science of reading with the critical element of the joy of reading which will be especially important as educators look for ways to motivate and encourage greater frequency and engagement in reading. They were coding, collaborating, and creating. –Dr.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Epic Charter Schools offers online learning to more than 30,000 students in the state of Oklahoma. For years, the school had been searching for ways to reverse the pattern of disengagement, build motivation to complete schoolwork and get students over that finish line at graduation.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

The practice is known as “data walls,” and is designed to serve as a motivational tool. Students are told that “everyone is working to move their number” even higher, says Demetria Tumpkin, a second grade teacher at the school. At South Newton Elementary School In Newton, N.C.,

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eSchool News

JANUARY 14, 2016

On that last point, my school, Shiloh Elementary School in Monroe, N.C., By and large, we’ve found the use of technology increases students’ motivation and concentration, and it engages them in meaningful, relevant, and intellectually stimulating work. wondered if we were doing enough. Global learners.

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Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2023

First up is AJ Jacobs, an undergraduate in his junior year at Winthrop University who is studying to become an elementary school educator. It was in elementary school. My mom worked at the elementary school I went to. And what motivates me is seeing the students. I'm excited to go into the schools.

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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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Edsurge

MAY 7, 2024

Viridiana Martinez’s family immigrated twice when she was in elementary school — once, from Mexico to Canada, and a second time to the United States. During those transitions, Martinez was both challenged and uplifted, often by kind teachers and mentors whom she met at school. What motivates them? What worries them?

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Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2025

Huinker, who was once Robinsons instructor, argues that math-specific instructional coaches like Robinson are crucial, especially for elementary school students. Elementary school teachers can fall short on math instruction, according to Huinker. That experience helps Robinson to empathize with those shes coaching.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2019

And it’s the small stuff of classrooms that raise the biggest questions: what we want schools to accomplish, and for which kids. Pondiscio embedded in a South Bronx Success Academy elementary school for a year of close observation; as he says, for all the controversy, his main question was, “What do the kids do all day?”

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 25, 2018

A few years ago, a group at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte received a grant from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction that paid for notebooks and software for creating a professional development program for elementary school teachers. Ensure that the Technology Enhances Learning.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2020

In many schools and districts, half or less of their students participate in remote learning. For those who can, it’s become abundantly clear that grades alone are insufficient to motivate learning. In turn, students retained greater motivation to continue their learning even during the shift to remote instruction.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

This bilingual (English and Spanish) program motivates and rewards students to achieve full standards mastery and prepare for their state tests without distracting from the learning process. This combination of reward and reinforcement has been proven to be highly effective with elementary school learners.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

“We are honored to offer high school students the opportunity to take Stanford University-Level Online courses with other highly motivated, math-minded high school students,” said Dr. Tomohiro Hoshi, Head of Stanford Online High School.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Research demonstrates a link between the quality of leadership and student achievement (Branch & Hanusheck, 2012). Let’s look at three main aspects of leadership and how it influences the educational experience of students: Leaders are tasked to establish a school climate to provide an environment that is conducive to learning.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Using Wakelet, school librarians can work with librarians in their district–or even across the state or country–to draw attention to important resources in the library, offer research tips, and motivate students. An achievable roadmap for success This road map is very achievable.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 3, 2020

.” Together, Savvas and AMI offer a seamless reading solution that enables continuous learning through instruction, assessment, and practice opportunities, allowing teachers to track student progress while motivating readers with titles that match their interests and reading abilities.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 8, 2019

When the 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders at Golden Grove Elementary School in Palm Beach County, FL pad around the classroom in their (possibly) smelly socks, everyone cheers. Flashlight reading at Golden Grove Elementary School. And they are really motivated by the challenge of “leveling up” or unlocking the next lesson.” (At

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k12 Digest

APRIL 26, 2025

Thats why the school has launched an ambitious initiative to become a nationally recognized center for personalized achievement and academic excellence. The single most important characteristic of a great school is an outstanding teacher in every classroom. We believe in next-level teaching and learning, says Hess. The result?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Aylon Samouha brings five years of school redesign experience as an independent consultant. He worked with Achievement First to build two Greenfield school models, as a consultant led research for the Charter School Growth Fund and the Clayton Christensen Institute, and consulted on the Chicago Breakthrough Schools Fellowship.

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Edsurge

JUNE 21, 2022

“Each level challenges the player to type the code necessary to advance their hero and achieve specific gaming goals.” The gameplay creates instant engagement and motivates learners to quickly level up their coding skills. Taking those skills into an open arena environment, players must control the head-to-head action with code.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2018

We must get out of the “catch-up” business, where we’re trying to fix problems when a child reaches the end of elementary school or middle school. But data on student achievement from the OECD shows huge variations in how children from disadvantaged backgrounds perform. Poverty is not destiny. Equal is not equitable.

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2024

Department of Education’s What Works Clearinghouse for literacy does not contain any study that has a significant positive effect on broad reading achievement for this group. This improvement in brain efficiency often affects the whole person, in terms of learning behaviors, attitude and motivation. National achievement-level results.

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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.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2017

Brook Avenue Elementary School in Waco, Texas has been in the papers before, but not for shiny new laptops or flexible classrooms. The school has served as the model for poor performance in the area—listed in both Waco Tribune-Herald and on KCEN-TV for falling below state standards for the last six years. Jessica Torres. “In

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Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2023

Kennedy’s support for the arts was admirable, but unfortunately, due to a number of societal factors, it wasn’t enough to increase arts education offerings for students in public schools. When I taught in elementary schools, I was greeted by excited, engaged students.

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Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2017

Yet I can easily tell you the name of every one of my teachers dating back to elementary school. This helps keep students motivated and accountable. Have students share results with families Data conferences not only change the relationship between students and teachers, but families and the school.

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Edsurge

MARCH 5, 2020

During the planning phase, the staff read excerpts from Dr. Steinberg’s book, which shares some of the challenges that adolescence brings, including an increase in mental health needs, aggressive behavior and in some cases, low achievement.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Research demonstrates a link between the quality of leadership and student achievement (Branch & Hanusheck, 2012). Let’s look at three main aspects of leadership and how it influences the educational experience of students: Leaders are tasked to establish a school climate to provide an environment that is conducive to learning.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 20, 2023

I took on a role as a teacher recruiter at Achievement First, where my focus was working with principals to hire teachers. One of them — the principal at Achievement First Brooklyn high school — hired six Black teachers that year, including me. I’ve spent more than a decade working as a teacher and principal.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

In other cases it was a teacher, mentor, coach, sibling or family friend that motivated them to persist. Schools of course are no stranger to the power of relationships that studies like these highlight. Not all schools, however, are designed to ensure that a single relationship—much less a web—reaches each and every student.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Some school leaders turn to expensive technology and troves of data as an answer to low proficiency problems in public schools. Academic performance during the 2013-2014 school year garnered the institution a Focus school status—meaning it was in the bottom 10 percent of Title I served schools in the state based on achievement gaps.

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