eSchool News

APRIL 15, 2024

Matt Prusiecki, the return on investment has been “tremendous” because “the entire district team is more reflective on practice, we’ve increased teacher retention, and most importantly, raised student achievement by improving the quality of instruction.” Department of Education looked at video-based coaching in about 100 elementary schools.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Cover every concept with effective literacy instruction Literacy rates among the nation’s youngest learners remain below pre-pandemic levels, and limited instructional time and larger class sizes make it difficult for educators to boost achievement.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2018

Over the past three years, a group of elementary school students from Southeast Washington, D.C., have been redefining what “high achieving” really means. Leaders Of The New School - The Creative School from Cam.era on Vimeo. Public Schools awarded nearly $1.7

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eSchool News

MAY 15, 2024

But it’s not all bad–educators found success as they dedicated their efforts to improving student engagement and achievement, creating community-based approaches to learning, and inspiring students to become lifelong learners. And as you ask yourself all these questions, remember to breathe. before I even ask.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

At Grand Oak Elementary School in Huntersville, NC we have worked hard to create an environment where we are supporting our staff through this transition. We are only in our second year of existence and yet we have set the stage through our vision to become a school where teachers and students “Collaborate.

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eSchool News

APRIL 11, 2024

The answer to that question, it turns out, depends a lot on two things: how your school identifies students for advanced math, and where you live. principals said their elementary or middle school offered algebra in eighth grade, but only to certain students. “The This story was originally published by Chalkbeat.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Created in San Francisco, California, Mystery Science is used in more than 50% of United States’ elementary schools each month. Each lesson begins by posing a question commonly asked by young students, which is followed by a series of brief videos and prompts used to guide class discussion. Terms were not disclosed.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

IXL Learning , the K-12 personalized learning platform used by 11 million students, today announced a three-year agreement with Austin Independent School District to bring its adaptive software to approximately 70,000 students. Austin ISD is the fifth-largest school district in Texas and serves a diverse student body.

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eSchool News

JUNE 7, 2023

” The two schools in the study are an elementary school and middle school in Schiller Park, Illinois, which reflect similar demographics to many schools across the country.

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eSchool News

MARCH 30, 2023

Charlotte, NC — New Mexico’s Aztec Municipal School District (AMSD) today announced the renewal of its multiyear partnership with Discovery Education supporting science education in three district elementary schools. Each lesson begins by posing a question commonly asked by young students.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 12, 2017

The 2018 Niche.com rankings listed our district as one of the top 15 “Best School Districts in America” for the fourth year in a row. Four of our seven elementary schools are ranked in the top 20 schools in Pennsylvania, and our high school forensics team is recognized as one of the best teams in the nation.

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eSchool News

APRIL 2, 2024

A science-backed and scalable solution for this mental health challenge is to provide students with an anonymous questionnaire that provides personalized feedback and supportive resources in the areas of mental health, well-being, social support, and psychosocial areas relevant to school persistence and achievement. Juechter, J.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2025

This is an urgent and growing national problem, and immediate attention is needed to help these students who likely missed the benefits of an evidence-based curriculum for foundational literacy skills in early elementary school, especially during the COVID crisis. –Dr. .

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 3, 2018

A former music teacher tapped into his past as an orchestra conductor to help students articulate and achieve their goals. Making learning personal also means recognizing that students’ needs are shaped not only by their classroom experiences, but also by their environment outside of school.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 20, 2022

SILVER SPRING, MD (Wednesday, January 19, 2022) — Shawnee Mission School District (SMSD) in Johnson County, Kansas has initiated a new partnership with Discovery Education supporting science education. Mystery Science lessons cover a wide range of questions children wonder about, including Where do rivers flow?

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The school system has 13,000 students enrolled throughout the city and approximately 2,100 staff members working each day. Easy-to-follow instructions guide students through data collection, measurement, data analysis, and interpretation, while feedback provided by both open-ended and auto-graded questions reinforces correct ideas. 

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2021

I’m working as fast as possible to answer as many math questions as I can in 60 seconds. In my experience as a middle and high school math specialist, I’ve rarely heard any adults (including math teachers) report many positive memories of their early experiences with math at school. Tick tick tick.my I thought so. Probably not.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

This shift raises critical questions about the future of education: How will teachers adapt their roles? This shift raises questions about the efficacy and long-term viability of conventional education methods. As a result, your role involves creating a learning atmosphere that encourages questioning and exploration.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Magnet Elementary School , is excited about the prospect of redesigning traditional approaches to assessment and instruction. Here, the former elementary classroom teacher and math teacher advisor shares her thoughts on personalizing learning for individuals’ needs—and her school’s preferred platform for doing just that.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 11, 2017

In “ Timesaving Strategies for Selecting Interventions for Struggling Readers ,” Cindy Kanuch, reading specialist at Calhan Elementary School, presented tips on working to address skill deficits in the most efficient and effective manner, which in some situations can help students improve in as soon as one to two weeks.

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eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2024

Context matters, and we have to ask the questions to understand the context for each and every student. When we’re talking about DEI, how we use technology with specific subgroups can either exacerbate or help with the achievement gap we see. Without question. In my opinion, the issue is beyond being equitable.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Context matters, and we have to ask the questions to understand the context for each and every student. When were talking about DEI, how we use technology with specific subgroups can either exacerbate or help with the achievement gap we see. Without question. In my opinion, the issue is beyond being equitable.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 16, 2023

With the right support, every student has the potential to achieve their career ambitions. Our plan for the new school year is to bring KIBO to every elementary school in the district for our after-school enrichment programs, to encourage coding, computational thinking, and problem-solving. –Dr.

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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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eSchool News

APRIL 13, 2017

Creating a successful blended learning program isn’t a race, and ours has taken nearly a decade to achieve. In response, we created a tech team from among our staff to help advise the teachers and students with questions as they came up. Some programs start too fast.

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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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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

The family engagement room at Belleaire Elementary School in the suburbs of Omaha is bustling on a late October morning. Kindergarten teacher Kelsea Heesacker comes in to chat with the school counselor and to grab a winter coat for a little girl who came to school without one. BELLEVUE, Neb.—The

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eSchool News

JULY 21, 2023

VCSC is one of Vigo County’s largest employers, serving nearly 14,000 students across three traditional high schools, five middle schools, 15 elementary schools, an alternative school, and a virtual school. Each lesson begins by posing a question commonly asked by young students.

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Edsurge

APRIL 16, 2020

Chrissy Romano Arrabito teaches second grade at an elementary school in Hackensack, N.J., The school is located just a few miles outside New York City, the epicenter of the crisis in the U.S., But the exchange raised an interesting question about the expectations placed on educators during the pandemic.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 3, 2019

“This didn’t mean things didn’t excite us or concepts weren’t intriguing but each one was questioned with how does this help us to achieve our why and is this the best possible way of getting to it,” Bretag told Education Dive. To help stay mindful, here are five questions education leaders should ask during a classroom redesign.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Our districts, Imagine Schools and Carbondale Elementary School District #95 (CES), might not seem to have much in common at first glance. Sixteen of our schools and approximately 5,000 students agreed to participate. Helping” students to answer test questions does not really help them at all.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 24, 2024

The question is: How do they thrive in the digital world? They already visit web-based edutainment sites as early as preschool, use ‘Instagram’ and multi-player XBox games in elementary school, and have made text messaging and Facebook their communication of choice by Middle School. Students have become digital citizens.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2022

They cite homework’s impact on the achievement gap between students of differing socioeconomic backgrounds. Other schools saw having kids in remote class all day wasn’t feasible. These teachers would hold an optional session akin to office hours for students to ask questions and get extra help. It’s disheartening,” she says.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 16, 2020

School leaders asked: Which apps should we download? Less frequently asked were some more fundamental questions: How might we preserve a sense of belonging and connectedness between students? As an elementary school teacher, my highest priorities were always the following: Cultivating agency, autonomy and independence in my students.

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Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2023

In a new series called Future Teachers, we try to answer that question. 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.

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Edsurge

MARCH 17, 2021

Personalized Learning Preparatory at Sam Houston Elementary School in Dallas reopened its school building to PreK-5 students with simultaneous learning in the fall after months of remote learning. “I Breakout room captains are students who can alert the teacher if there is a question or an issue.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Either way, the reality is that competitiveness starts early and competition shows up in many ways in schools. As an elementary school student, I remember sitting “criss cross applesauce” among my peers during the end-of-the-quarter awards ceremonies, hoping my name would be called. Halloween is a big deal at my school.

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