eSchool News

MAY 15, 2024

A culture of continuous learning Wendy W. Amato, K12 Coalition–Teaching Channel As the 2023–2024 school year winds down, I find myself thinking about how educators are models for students, whether or not they are in a classroom. Students are not just passively learning math; they’re actively participating.

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eSchool News

MARCH 16, 2021

We’re really excited about the release of the Second Step Elementary digital program,” says Vice President of Product Polly Stansell. “The The new web-based format allows for consistency from classroom to classroom and is easily scalable across schools and districts. elementary schools.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Belpré: The Pura Belpré Award is presented annually to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth. Printz: The Michael L. But much like television, what is it that makes a story stand out?

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

However, there were still 25 elementary schools in the district without access to Hazel’s mental health resources. Cleveland successfully secured funding to expand to these 25 elementary schools, bringing Hazel services to more than 25,000 additional students in the district. Through persistent efforts, Ms.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Tips for implementing this practice: Make an active effort to get to know your students, making time to inquire about their emotional and social wellbeing. Incorporate pop culture, social media, sports and extracurriculars into lessons. Use music, activities, and movement to engage students in the classroom. Key takeaways.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

The consequence, in many schools, is that teachers have begun to use technology but have forced it into all the wrong places and for all the wrong reasons. 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.

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eSchool News

JUNE 6, 2024

Key points: Light-touch, low-cost interventions focused on attendance can pay dividends Student success is impacted by issues outside of school, survey finds How bullying contributes to K-12 student absenteeism For more news on student success, visit eSN’s SEL & Well-Being hub One surefire way to support student success?

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Many would be surprised that activities we engage our students in every day are examples of personalized learning—especially the following four examples. This process allows students to convey what is most meaningful to them about an activity or project. But the reality is, you may be personalizing learning, and not even realize it.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 29, 2024

Where lessons, activities, and even assessments are developed to help students and families understand the profound impact of consistent attendance on academic success and future opportunities. Here’s why we should consider attendance as part of the curriculum. In any curriculum, assessment plays a crucial role.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Free Holiday Activities to Promote SEL. An emerging leader in SEL is Sunburst SafeSchools and their suite of products and curricula that focus on building safe and positive school environments. In this activity, kids practice problem solving around the holiday house and learn self-efficacy in a fun, enticing environment.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 16, 2024

As a preschool teacher with five years of experience at Emerson Elementary School, I understand the challenges new educators face. At this age, preschoolers are curious, adventurous, and active, always seeking ways to engage their bodies and minds. These are just some basic ideas on how to use the interactive whiteboard.

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eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2024

I need to create programs for students that will help educate them in their own culture and their own way. Ethnicity, diversity–all students need to learn how each culture is different. What do they look like in terms of the active participation of teachers and students? AR: [One of the U.S.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 24, 2024

I need to create programs for students that will help educate them in their own culture and their own way. Ethnicity, diversity–all students need to learn how each culture is different. What do they look like in terms of the active participation of teachers and students? AR: [One of the U.S.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Middle school teachers can now integrate science lessons with data collection and coding using new packages from Vernier Software & Technology and SAM Labs. With worldwide distribution to over 140 countries, Vernier data loggers are used by educators and students from elementary school to university.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

“This grant directly supports our in their work to provide inspiring STEM opportunities in any learning environment,” said 2021 Possibility Grant Sweepstakes recipient Principal Corinna Erickson of Breckenridge Elementary School. With this support, our students can reach their maximum potential.”.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 8, 2024

We must actively seek out that collaboration piece, whereas classroom teachers are part of departments working toward the same goal. These connections are essential and help create a shared culture of reading in our schools. For instance, I allocate blocks of time in my schedule each week for various activities.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 30, 2024

One of my elementary school teachers saw beyond that label. Whether it was one-on-one conversations, class projects, or show-and-tell activities, I found ways to connect with my students on a personal level. I listened actively not just to their words, but to their emotions, body language, and non-verbal cues.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 16, 2023

Here are some back-to-school tips, advice, and valuable insights from educators, stakeholders, and industry experts. Our country is home to a wide range of diverse and vibrant cultures, and it’s important that we acknowledge and value the languages these students already bring with them when they enter U.S.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

Research indicates that active participation leads to higher retention rates, which can be upwards of 60% for students engaged in interactive learning. Additionally, research shows that students who participate in hybrid learning tend to retain information better, as they actively engage with content rather than passively receiving it.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2023

Picture the following: A student volunteers to answer a math question in an elementary school classroom. Students are expected to get the mathematics by participating in the lesson activity; however, this approach ignores differences in how students leverage their own knowledge in each lesson to advance their learning.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 14, 2016

On that last point, my school, Shiloh Elementary School in Monroe, N.C., For example, students may participate in interactive reading activities where they record their own voice to practice fluency. She told the students about her culture and showed them her home. wondered if we were doing enough.

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eSchool News

MARCH 7, 2024

Our student body is predominantly Black, but we are quite diverse and have many cultures represented among our students. 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.

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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 You have to build the culture first. Make Sure Activities Can Be Done by All Students.

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Edsurge

MAY 1, 2024

Throughout this academic year, I facilitated a training session on social-emotional learning (SEL) strategies for educators at a high-needs elementary school. This disconnect shows the urgent need for SEL initiatives to not only be culturally responsive but also adaptive to the diverse realities of our students.

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eSchool News

JUNE 17, 2021

This new classroom library collection provides K–5 students and educators with culturally relevant and representative books paired with teaching materials, designed to enrich identity development, build literacy skills, and support CASEL-aligned social-emotional learning. and serves as a celebrity council advocate for the March of Dimes. “Our

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Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2017

“She goes to school, feels uncertain about who she is, tryin’ to hide behind the curtain so she lashes out, out of fear of bein’ known, inside and out.” These raw lines open the music video “ Jagged ,” written, directed and starred in by elementary school students. She founded QueenHype in 2013, and now serves as the CEO.

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eSchool News

MARCH 2, 2016

San Francisco Unified School District aims to incorporate CS into the core curriculum for all students in grades pre-K-8, in order to increase access for underrepresented student populations, specifically African-American and Latino students and girls. Nine thousand Highline students participated in the December 2015 “Hour of Code.”

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

To help schools in the United States and Canada manage their digital classrooms, Impero Software , a remote monitoring and management software provider for K-12 districts, announced a $2.5 million “Best Technology for Schools” grant program. Students cheer, because they made it happen using their own computer programming skills.

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Edsurge

JULY 17, 2024

It was 2022 and I had recently been hired as the principal of an all-girls elementary school in New York, and it was my first visit to the school to meet students, staff and families. Having worked primarily with middle and high schoolers, I wasn’t yet used to the blunt inquisitiveness of our younger students.

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eSchool News

APRIL 20, 2016

For two Chicago-area schools, however, the solution came down to asking students: How do you want to learn? A few years ago, Haney, the principal of Joseph Lovett Elementary School, noticed a school culture of stagnation. “We knew we had to do something to change the culture. .

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 16, 2020

As an elementary school teacher, my highest priorities were always the following: Cultivating agency, autonomy and independence in my students. They allow me to not only minimize the complexity of digital learning, but also help ensure that when students do use them, they are doing so as part of an active learning process.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

They are reimagining how to build a culture of reading for students who can no longer peruse the stacks or—in some cases—even set foot on campus. Even as schools there return to in-person instruction, Gauthier says libraries will continue relying on ebooks delivered through the platform MackinVIA.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2019

It’s during these early years that kids learn stereotypes about activities, traits, toys, and skills associated with each gender. Older elementary school kids begin to attribute certain qualities to men and women—for example, that women are more emotional and affectionate and men are more ambitious and aggressive. Grades 3–5.

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2021

This grant directly supports the educators of Breckenridge Elementary School in their work to provide inspiring STEM opportunities in any learning environment,” said Principal Corinna Erickson of Breckenridge Elementary School. With this support, our students can reach their maximum potential.”.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2019

To illustrate to educators that they’re already taking these first core steps, a collaborative team from Michigan State University and New York City’s Hunter College School of Education ran a professional development workshop in July 2019 with NYC elementary school teachers based on a tour guide activity grounded in the New York subway system.

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Edsurge

JULY 31, 2018

They’re things like learning how to learn, cultural competence, interaction and self-expression. There’s also an emphasis on building active skills students will need for the rest of their lives, such as entrepreneurship, participation, involvement and creating a sustainable future. What are transversal skills?

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Starting with the 2021-22 academic year, the 7 Mindsets curriculum will be used throughout the district’s 11 elementary schools, middle school, and two high schools. 7 Mindsets was initially implemented in a select number of Decatur’s elementary schools for that pilot project. About 7 Mindsets.

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