eSchool News

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

“The State of Computer Science Education report shows that while investments and participation in computer science education have grown, the disparities in access are still profound. public high schools offer foundational computer science (up from 57.5 We need every state to require a computer science graduation requirement.”

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Provide personal questionnaires, pay attention to the extracurriculars students participate in and their behavior with other students. Tips for implementing this practice: Let students know what is expected throughout the day or on certain assignments—setting this up at the beginning of the school year is crucial.

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eSchool News

JUNE 7, 2022

SILVER SPRING, MD (Tuesday, June 7, 2022) —Iowa’s Southwest Valley Community School District (SVCSD) today announced it is broadening its partnership with Discovery Education to support science education in elementary school classrooms districtwide. SVCSD educators also enjoy access to the Discovery Education Community.

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eSchool News

JUNE 26, 2023

Charlotte, NC — When elementary school teachers and students across Kentucky’s Johnson County School District (JCSD) return to their classrooms this Fall, they will find new resources in their high-tech toolkits thanks to an expanded partnership with Discovery Education.

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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.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2018

Over the past three years, a group of elementary school students from Southeast Washington, D.C., These students are all participants in The Creative School (formerly The Boys Institute) at Stanton Elementary School, an initiative designed to promote wellness and creativity—and to flip the narrative around young boys of color.

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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. QueenHype is transformative for participants.

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eSchool News

MAY 25, 2023

Middle School Division (Grades 6-8) The 2 Dominators from Sand Creek Middle School in Albany, N.Y. from Smithfield Middle School in Smithfield, Va. W Squared from Oakley Middle School in Oakley, Kan. Elementary School Division (Grades 4-5) Hutch STEM Blue from STEM Magnet School at Allen in Hutchinson, Kan.

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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. Discovery Education is the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital platform supports learning wherever it takes place. .

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eSchool News

MARCH 31, 2022

While participating in the platform’s investigations and projects, students can use Vernier apps to collect, display, and analyze data as they learn important science concepts. It will be available to schools and districts later this year. About Vernier Software & Technology.

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eSchool News

MAY 15, 2024

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. By weaving technology and art into my lessons across the curriculum, I am tapping into more modalities of learners and gaining more interest.

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eSchool News

MARCH 2, 2016

How innovative districts are exposing more students to coding and closing the participation gap. Endorsement by the White House is valuable to those new to introducing computer science (CS) in the classroom, as well as others, like members of the Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools , who have championed CS for years.

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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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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

SILVER SPRING, MD (Thursday, February 24, 2022) —Kentucky’s Hardin County Schools (HCS) is taking a leadership role within the state through an innovative new partnership supporting science instruction with dynamic digital resources.

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k12 Digest

APRIL 26, 2025

We are always looking for ways to strengthen the exceptional education at Gulliver and the role we play as a core institution supporting Miamis remarkable ascent as a cosmopolitan center of innovation in business, technology, the arts, and entertainment, Hess adds. Exposure to the arts is a cornerstone of the Gulliver experience.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 1, 2022

” “I use Dungeons & Dragons both in my classroom and as an after school extracurricular with students from grades 3 to 8,” said Emilie Rayner, an Elementary School Teacher in Ontario, Canada. “In My students’ test score growth doubled each time they tested.”

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eSchool News

APRIL 15, 2024

Department of Education looked at video-based coaching in about 100 elementary schools. Teachers with five or fewer years of experience and those with teaching practices in the bottom third of participants saw even greater improvement in both math and English language arts.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2024

The New York Times Learning Network, which offers educational resources, runs multiple contests and challenges for students and I picked one for my students to participate in. The one I started with was a multimedia challenge asking students to share what high school is like for them.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 9, 2018

Fleming says whether the district sets up a makerspace in an elementary school library, in a middle school classroom or in a high school cafeteria, each makerspace has a unique quality. A makerspace should be offered as a voluntary educational activity that the students want to participate in.

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2017

The term “grades” has become almost taboo among some educators in New Hampshire, where seven elementary schools are slowly ditching the word altogether through a program known as. New Hampshire schools participating in NG2 represent urban, suburban and rural parts of the state.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2015

The district is using two programs, ST-Math and First in Math , for math instruction, and myON and Lexia Learning for English Language Arts and reading in most of its participating elementary schools.

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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.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 4, 2022

At a school in East Oakland where Seneca conducted a screening of 200 fourth graders for a new trauma support group, Detterman expected to register a handful of participants. One such arts initiative launched this fall to meet persistent, but not yet crisis-level, mental health needs among students at Fred T.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

My partner-teacher Renee Wilson and I designed the “Mayan Adventure” project, combining Mayan math, art and culture with lessons focusing on numeracy and literacy. Teachers were asked to focus on a topic or subject that they would like to include during the regular school year but maybe couldn’t because of time constraints.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 12, 2018

It starts with a game of Robot Turtles, a board game by Thinkfun that’s being used at Hubbard Woods School in Winnetka, Ill., It helps explain the step-by-step nature of coding,” says Todd Burleson, resource center director for this Winnetka Public Schools District 36 elementary school. Use Student Tech Ambassadors.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

3D printing is prevalent in a wide range of fields, including medicine, fashion, construction, manufacturing, aeronautics, culinary arts and many more. My vision was to increase access and equity in a science, technology, engineering, the arts and mathematics (STEAM) curriculum for elementary students.

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eSchool News

JUNE 11, 2020

elementary school classrooms, announced the launch of Osmo Live, a new interactive platform for live learning that offers engaging, hands-on Bootcamps for children in grades K-5. Taught by some of the best elementary instructors in the U.S., Online / Offline Integration.

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Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2021

Participating in a simulation of the Constitutional Convention offered them a structured experience to practice the skills necessary for civic discourse—listening, discussing and compromising. If we want an active, informed and engaged republic, then commitment to those goals must begin in elementary school—if not earlier.”

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 9, 2023

In high school, I participated in Teacher Cadets , a program that allows high school students to explore the education field as a possible career, in part by having them go into local elementary and middle schools and by serving and observing in the field. But I did enjoy teaching. Is that right? Definitely.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 24, 2024

During an eSchool News Innovation Roundtable with a focus on DEI, moderated by eSchool News Content Director Kevin Hogan, district leaders delved into the critical but complicated topic of DEI in school districts. 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

MARCH 13, 2024

During an eSchool News Innovation Roundtable with a focus on DEI, moderated by eSchool News Content Director Kevin Hogan, district leaders delved into the critical but complicated topic of DEI in school districts. 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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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Sometimes elementary and middle school teachers come across as apologetic about how “little” they are doing in relation to personalized learning. We have a fine arts program that allows students to graduate with a focus on dance, theater or various forms of music. But they’re doing more than they think.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

When I first heard about carving out this time, I was excited to try it with my students because I thought it would be a fresh way to integrate research and questioning into my Language Arts curriculum. Teachers reported that students who rarely spoke in class were starting to participate and hold their heads up.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Her commitment and advocacy drove the expansion of Hazel services to include both in-home and at-school mental health support, plus the addition of elementary schools to the program. Again, our fine arts program where we have the top choral program perhaps in the nation. We have the largest ROTC unit. Mexico border.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2024

These new digital solutions will be used alongside Mystery Science by Discovery Education , which is currently available in Middleton Elementary School. “We The new state-of-the-art digital resources from Discovery Education coming to our classrooms will engage our students in STEM and all other subjects in an exciting new way.

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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 vulnerable lines open the music video “ Jagged ,” an award-winning film written, directed and starred in by elementary school students at Rocketship schools in California.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Few had early learning experiences prior to starting school, she adds, and even concepts like which direction to turn the pages in a book are foreign to many of them. Across the country, elementary school teachers and leaders report that children are entering kindergarten worse off than their peers of the past.

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