eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2023

With the belief that STEM skills are best acquired starting at a young age, we start building foundational skills early in elementary school. We partner with our local community college to provide a pathway for our students to complete high school while simultaneously earning their associates’ degree in IT.

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2017

Unfortunately, teachers and students are often unable to be sure there will be dependable, robust access outside of school depending on family and community circumstances. States, districts and schools are also uniquely positioned to share reduce cost or no cost out-of-school access options for families.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2021

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. In fact, elementary school educators have some of the highest levels of math anxiety compared with other fields of study.

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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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Edsurge

AUGUST 20, 2017

Today, schools and districts are making social-emotional development a priority, and with good reason. Research shows that educators play a profound role in promoting students’ social-emotional skills and beliefs. Even teachers who encourage students to try harder may end up being reinforced in their beliefs that intelligence is fixed.

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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.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The online program offers a solution to families seeking alternative ways to have students educated, while maintaining the core belief that traditional schooling is valuable and not easily replaced. Mr. Ruth’s leadership has been instrumental in positioning Clover High School as a standout institution.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

We were in an older junior high model. We added 36 classrooms to our high school and brought our ninth-graders up. At the high school we put in a fabrication lab that has 3D printers , laser etchers and a CNC router. . Each of our 10 elementary schools has a digital learning specialist.

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Edsurge

JULY 21, 2021

In the state’s 600 elementary schools, there were fewer than 200 Black men teaching. “So So a vast majority of the elementary schools in South Carolina did not have a single Black male teacher,” Jones says. An additional 12 percent were school administrators.

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Edsurge

APRIL 19, 2018

That's a tempting enough prompt for teachers but it was actually the question that 3rd grade students at Grafflin Elementary School in Chappaqua, NY, recently got to answer. Throughout the school year, the SAC conducts grant analysis for the district-wide innovative grants and projects the foundation funds. And small wonder why.

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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. Census Bureau, 78 percent of the U.S. Here’s some good news.

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Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2019

I started my first college advising session with Marcus with the same question I always asked: “If you could do anything after high school knowing that you would be successful, financially secure, and your friends and family would support you, what would you do?” His speed of response surprised me.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 18, 2023

A view of Mater Dei Catholic High School in Chula Vista, California during wildfires in September 2020. In it, he discussed why he advocated for sad scenes to be included in his picture book " Love ", which I’d brought with me to school that day. The first time it happened was in September 2020.

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Edsurge

APRIL 24, 2023

Born and raised in Alaska, Cardoza enrolled in college right after high school to pursue a career in dentistry. She enrolled in an online undergraduate program to pursue her bachelor’s degree, with plans to become a high school social studies teacher. After high school, I decided to go the dental route, which was … fine.

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Edsurge

MARCH 26, 2025

The summer before I entered the fourth grade, my mother informed me that I would be attending a new school in my same community with one caveat: it was a class in the gifted and talented education (GATE) program. Before that moment, I was blending in with my peers and navigating the typical challenges of elementary school.

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Edsurge

JUNE 24, 2016

This former elementary school principal-turned-consultant has a must-read blog on Education Week that will appeal to leaders, curriculum nerds, and anyone who is willing to work with others to move education forward. 3 Blogs I’m Reading.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 12, 2017

It’s a well-worn idiom, which shapes the belief systems of too many schools and districts across the country. But as a guiding philosophy it can be paralyzing, particularly for a school district that’s doing well. We’ve all heard the old cliche, “If it’s not broke, don’t fix it.” Several of our students were named U.S.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 16, 2016

In addition, 35 teacher leaders and their principals, representing five elementary schools, two middle schools and one high school, will participate in Discovery Education’s Digital Leader Corps.

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k12

APRIL 14, 2025

When we think about STEMscience, technology, engineering, and mathwe usually think of high school or college. Elementary students begin to explore the world around them, ask big questions, and develop the critical thinking skills that make STEM subjects so exciting.

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Teach Thought

MAY 18, 2025

” The ultimate goal of using the Socratic method is to foster critical thinking by examining one’s inaccurate or incomplete beliefs, and the biases, blind spots, and assumptions that lead to them. Ideally, a student will emerge from a Socratic seminar with greater clarity and depth of their own understanding.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Nick Migliorino , Ed Kemnitzer , Emily Herring , FlexPoint Education Cloud , Florida Virtual Schools , Cory Hocker , Green Bay Area Public Schools , Hardee County School District , Heather Magill , Hemet Unified School District , Jefferson County Public Schools.

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eSchool News

APRIL 9, 2025

The onset of COVID brought along the introduction of one to one devices for learners as young as Pre-K, and that change has remained in place since then,” said Alexis Teitelbaum, a tech explorations teacher in Acmetonia Elementary School, in Pennsylvania’s Allegheny Valley School District.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

This is one of the visual sources that former high school world history teacher Amy Ernenwein used in a “gallery walk” to introduce a unit on industrialization. Ernenwein’s students—and the teachers that she now supports as the Director of Professional Development at Cardinal Gibbons High School in Raleigh, North Carolina—are lucky.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2018

Teach the Brain's Biology We rightly think of the brain as the center of knowledge, and yet we often don’t spend enough time teaching students about how the brain works—especially in the elementary and middle grades. This belief makes it difficult to instill the idea that SEL concepts can be taught. Stay foolish.

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Edsurge

MARCH 24, 2021

When prioritizing testing, we recommend that schools prioritize teachers and staff first, then high school and middle school students and then elementary school [students.]” That could be a random sample of teachers and students. Make your decisions based on those facts.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Background and Experience Prior to being appointed as Connecticut’s education commissioner in August 2019, Cardona spent two decades at Meriden Public Schools—the same school system he attended himself—first as an elementary school teacher, then for 10 years as principal and more recently in district leadership.

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eSchool News

MAY 28, 2025

The students academic levels span an incredible range–from kindergarten-level skills to almost high school-level proficiency. As the principal of a mid-sized urban elementary school, I work hand-in-hand with my teachers to surface and implement the strategies and tactics we believe will benefit the diverse learners in our school.

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