eSchool News

JULY 20, 2022

SILVER SPRING, MD (Wednesday, July 20, 2022) —Hawaii’s Kihei Elementary School today announced that it has expanded its partnership with Discovery Education, which has supported the school’s educators in creating engaging digital learning environments since 2015.

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eSchool News

MAY 25, 2023

Key points: Interactivity and engaging resources can make science more approachable Elementary school teachers need easy-to-use science tools that will grab students’ attention During my time as a kindergarten teacher, I learned three major lessons about our youngest learners’ relationship to science.

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eSchool News

MAY 2, 2022

Even elementary school students can struggle with fear and performance anxiety on standardized tests. No surprise, then, that teachers and schools are increasingly rethinking their assessment methods, seeking ways to evaluate student performance without causing undue stress.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Identifying students early in the year who may have problems can allow teachers and parents to provide special attention throughout the year to help them succeed, said Melissa Stormont, a professor of special education at MU. “If In one of their studies, the researchers distributed the screening tool to 55 teachers in 18 elementary schools.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2018

When teaching the 21st-century skill of communication, many schools focus on reading and writing, but spoken communication is just as important to students’ success in school and in life. Grasse Elementary School in Perkasie, Penn., The fear of public speaking affects 75 percent of our population.

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eSchool News

MAY 9, 2024

Discovery Education is proud to be your collaborative partner as you work to capture students’ attention, inspire exploration, and achieve ambitious learning goals.” Congratulations to all who participated in this inaugural event.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 24, 2024

As the father of an elementary school student, I’m one of these parents. This individualized attention can significantly boost a student’s confidence and motivation. As students experience success and improvement, their self-esteem tends to increase, fostering a more positive attitude towards school.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Kristina Stratton, principal, Westside Elementary School, Florida. “In In the new year, when we receive our mid-year i-Ready results, I want to celebrate our students’ growth, paying particular attention to those who were below grade level on their fall assessment and have worked hard to make meaningful progress since then.”.

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Gaggle Speaks

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

However, an alarming trend has been emerging: younger children, early elementary-aged students, are increasingly showing signs of severe mental health struggles. This shift demands urgent attention.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 27, 2023

At the same time, students say play makes them want to learn more (43 percent), helps them remember what they learn (42 percent), and helps them pay attention (40 percent). At the same time, 45 percent of teachers say ready-to-use or downloadable lesson plans would persuade them to incorporate more play. “For

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eSchool News

APRIL 11, 2024

The report also details the extent to which students are separated based on their perceived math abilities, starting as young as elementary school. More than 40% of elementary school principals told RAND researchers that their school grouped kids based on their math levels, mostly within the classroom.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 26, 2017

Unbeknownst to parents, all first-grade classes in a suburban Los Angeles elementary school were successfully taught by teacher robots during the 2015-2016 school year. The frontal lobe controls problem solving, self-monitoring, organization, and attention/concentration. Only one parent was in on the secret.

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eSchool News

JULY 10, 2018

Robin Jacob, co-director of the U-M Youth Policy Lab, and Brian Jacob, professor of education and public policy, evaluated 655 kindergarten students in the one-year math enrichment High 5s program in 24 low-income elementary schools in New York City.

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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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eSchool News

AUGUST 12, 2021

During the 2020-21 school year, schools and districts from Maine to California tested EarlyBird with approximately 2,000 children. Maine School Administrative District No. 11 (MSAD #11), for example, began piloting EarlyBird in one elementary school in March, then expanded to a second school in May.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Online learning has become a growing trend among K-12 students, including elementary students. In fact, we successfully launched our own online elementary schools, which grew by 10,000 students over the past four years. This could be using a guitar to sing songs, puppet animals, and more. The sky’s the limit.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 21, 2020

In addition to the challenge of quickly adapting her teaching, Claffey also encountered an unexpected frustration: a class size of 60, featuring students from every elementary school in the district, which was later reduced to around 50 as new teachers were added. Every student wants their teacher’s full attention.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2016

The Mehlville School District in Missouri is moving to bring school choice to a place it’s not often seen in the St. It would be a school that parents would choose, and there would be no admission requirements. The school in Mehlville would be modeled after the EPiC school in Liberty, Mo., Ready for change’.

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eSchool News

MARCH 12, 2019

Emerson says there was a huge culture shift, but thanks to the five-year plan Discovery designed, they rolled it out slowly, starting with four innovators at 20 elementary schools. a lot of attention, be careful to not diminish everyone else. When you give something like this STEAM Innovate!

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

” Her experiences with the new and growing field of global education caught the attention of Julie Lindsay, an Australian teacher, author and founder of Flat Connections , an online collaboration program. Her work in opening up the world for students began at those schools and has continued at Fountain Valley.

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k12 Digest

MAY 6, 2025

He is an elementary school principal with over 20 years of experience in administration, and over 25 years of experience in education. Matt started his career as a 5th-grade teacher in the Spring-Ford Area School District. In our district, one major issue was disruptive behavior in elementary school cafeterias.

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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: Make an active effort to get to know your students, making time to inquire about their emotional and social wellbeing. 2: Relevant course content.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 21, 2017

Just this spring, a tech trend spun through the nation and it seemed as though almost every elementary school child was holding a fidget spinner. It was reported that the momentum of these small, ball-bearing devices provide a pleasing sensory experience, and therefore help hold the attention of those with ADHD or Autism.

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Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2021

This number decreases further in schools whose students struggle to meet educational benchmarks, with teachers believing their time is better spent focusing on math, science and reading—in other words, the “testable” subjects. Democracy isn’t a spectator sport.

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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., Amy Mason, principal of Madison County Elementary School in Gurley, Ala., So where does one draw the line?

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 19, 2023

To fix the problem, I planned amazing lessons that would flop because the kids would either stare at me without paying attention or refuse to turn in assignments. Today, during parent-teacher conferences, a parent approached me and asked, “Did you used to teach at Meramec Elementary School?”

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eSchool News

APRIL 13, 2017

Teachers are understandably wary about fly-by-night initiatives that take time and attention away from their teaching and give back little appreciable benefits. We use Chromebook carts for K-5 students and offer iPad carts that teachers can check out on demand. There’s no staff buy-in.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2017

The Learning Counsel has released the results of its third annual Survey of school and district digital curriculum strategy and transformation, sponsored by Ruckus Wireless. The survey found that 78 percent of students nationally have access to a computing device for a good portion of the school day or the full school day.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Schools are the ones legally responsible for protecting student data. And parents of elementary school-aged children, African-American parents, Hispanic parents and those with higher incomes report higher overall concern for this issue than other parents. Be thoughtful about what to use in the new school year.”

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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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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

The reason is that when you come to school and your language skills aren’t as good, a lot of what the teacher says—and 80 percent of classroom instruction in elementary school is a teacher talking and students listening—is going to go right over your head.”. This is “driving vocabulary acquisition and attention,” Weil said. “It

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 11, 2019

While aesthetically pleasing, these may be a distraction to some students , such as those with attention deficit disorder or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. . Many traditional classrooms are filled with colorful bulletin boards and brightly designed posters. Tap Tech Tools to Create a Learner-Friendly Digital Environment.

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eSchool News

MARCH 6, 2016

Initially the show was launched as an experiment, a summer pilot, to address the “summer slide” in which student’s lose important reading skills when they are not in school. Yet Reading Rainbow quickly proved to be more than a summer program and instantly captured young audiences’ attention and motivated children to read.

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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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Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2022

There have been plenty of adjustments to the classroom due to continued health precautions, and that has meant differences in what school supplies are needed. It’s the little things, like crayons, says Christine Slayton, a bilingual first grade teacher at Frank Del Olmo Elementary School in Los Angeles.

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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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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2023

To fix the problem, I planned amazing lessons that would flop because the kids would either stare at me without paying attention or refuse to turn in assignments. Today, during parent-teacher conferences, a parent approached me and asked, “Did you used to teach at Meramec Elementary School?”

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