Edsurge

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Want to get straight into the final chapter of the State of Edtech Report, "How Schools Are Changing"? No matter where, when or how you grew up, a single word unlocks a complex trove of memories: School. Over the last 150 years, the notion of what a school should be has evolved.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 27, 2019

Over the last year, education innovators around the country continued to pursue expanded definitions of student success, personalized approaches, and wholly new models of school. For many, the very real challenges of change management and discovering ways to promote scale with quality dominated 2018.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 29, 2018

Q&A: Rod Houpe Uses Evidence to Drive Change in Schools. As the CIO at Cleveland Metropolitan School District , Rod Houpe manages the implementation of a huge IT vision and strategic plan. EDTECH: How do schools take the leap into the digital transformation pool without drowning? jena.passut_7651.

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Edsurge

MARCH 14, 2017

There are many elements critical to the success of change management initiatives, including those involving blended and personalized learning. That's why we've designed a communications guide for school leaders and districts, with tips, examples and resources. Here's where to start: Plan first, then worry about tactics.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Edgenuity highlights schools, districts implementing blended learning. As schools and districts try to better meet the needs of students with different learning styles, blended learning programs are becoming increasingly popular. Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools has a commitment to ensuring success for every student.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 3, 2023

But as many large organizations return to normal, school districts face a daunting challenge: key federal relief funds are set to expire next September. In 2020 and 2021, Congress passed the CARES and ARP Acts, which created and added to the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Program ( ESSER ).

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eSchool News

MARCH 1, 2023

In west Los Angeles, he led a team of managers in implementing change management and process innovation measures across 10 clinics, improving their overall outcomes until they ranked among the top 25% of clinics across the enterprise. Ramani holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 6, 2017

During the BMO Capital Markets’ Back to School Conference last September, CEOs and investors expressed their desire to seek input from teachers as they develop school products. “We So these days, companies, nonprofits and researchers make working closely with teachers and administrators as one of their main priorities.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2017

In 2015, fewer than 10 girls of any race took the AP Computer Science exam in ten states, and not a single African-American student took the exam in nine states, including Mississippi, where 50 percent of high school graduates are African-American. There is little incentive for schools and districts to include technology courses.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 27, 2018

From shifts in school choice to student assessments to online learning, the educational landscape is constantly evolving. This coming year, districts will continue to face many challenges and opportunities that will impact students, staff, and school systems as a whole. Personalized professional development (PD) for teachers.

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eSchool News

MARCH 21, 2025

Key points: CoSN 2025 will tackle AI in education, among other topics CoSN outlines trends, challenges in K-12 innovation 10 tips for using analytics and adaptive tech in schools For more news on CoSN, visit eSN’s CoSN Corner Like it or not, AI is evolving, and it is cementing its place in education.

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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2019

Years before I wrote my book, “Courageous Edventures,” and helped develop an instructional coaching model used in schools across the country, I served as a district leader supporting instructional coaches. Our coaches needed to be activated as change management leaders to truly make transformational change across their schools.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 29, 2016

More than 100 teachers and leaders from around the country were invited to share their approaches to piloting and scaling blended learning in classrooms and schools, which we summarized in our latest report, From the Frontlines , out this week. This framing depends on leaders who are willing to make the unknown safe. Rethink roles.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Identify and address the change management challenges that come with any reform and attend to them throughout your delivery effort. The evidence is quite clear that schools’ low-level learning focus has been a problem for decades. To which I say, ‘Meh.’ terriblyunexciting (for students and educators both).

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eSchool News

APRIL 14, 2025

Despite the passage of over 130 state student data privacy laws, headlines about data breaches in school districts remain alarmingly common. For the first time, with the CoSN 2025 National Student Data Privacy Report , we have real insights into how school districts across the country are addressing their student data privacy requirements.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

This profile is the fourth in a series from the EdSurge Research team, which has spent the past six months studying the market of service providers that support schools through the redesign process. Bringing about change in schools is complex. Stay tuned! Educational Centers.

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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. Serving 8,360 students, we’re located about 12 miles north of Pittsburgh, nestled in the suburbs.

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eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2016

Adams is changing all that through innovative programs, which have included putting wi-fi on school buses (for students’ long commutes to and from school) and a one-to-one iPad program, which works closely with Apple to train teachers and provide structured supports for students. Why community buy-in is crucial.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Over the last year, education innovators around the country continued to pursue expanded definitions of student success, personalized approaches, and wholly new models of school. For many, the very real challenges of change management and discovering ways to promote scale with quality dominated 2018.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Mini arrived at the Office of School Culture in Michigan’s Lansing School District in December 2020. Research indicates that the right message sent at the right time can change the course of a family’s success in school. RESEARCH BRIEF: A Proactive, Targeted Approach to School Attendance.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2024

To learn more about how districts are integrating innovative instructional practices and data-driven tools for more personalized learning, EdSurge spoke with Dr. Joseph Mancuso , Superintendent of Eastern York School District , and Michael Calvert , Director of Elementary Education at South Allegheny School District. Dr. Joseph W.

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eSchool News

APRIL 12, 2016

“Just do it” may be an effective slogan for a sporting shoe company, but it is not an effective change management technique to move to blended learning. This is real “leading from the front” and it shows commitment to the changes. It was extremely valuable and left no doubt of the commitment of the leadership to change.).

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 27, 2018

Their newest is the twenty-eight-page ISTE-aligned Change Management eBook. It addresses how to create a sense of urgency, build a coalition, form and communicate your strategic vision, enable action by removing barriers and instituting change, generate short-term wins, and more. Provide change in pedagogic frameworks.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2017

That has been the status quo in most of the schools I’ve worked in. Breaking Out of My Rut In 2014, when I started teaching English Language Arts at McClarin Success Academy, an alternative high school, I wasn’t sure what to expect. Eight years into my career, I was frustrated and welcomed any change. That’s when the email came.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

These districts and schools are drawing more benefits out of their learning management systems. Learning management systems originally got their start in higher education, serving as central hub for college students to drop in assignments, check grades, and contact their professors. For most, the LMS is rarely so different.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 31, 2017

At the event, questions about how schools approach innovation can be heard on every stage and in every hallway: How do institutions think about innovation? How do they manage it? New tech is supported by new or modified programs and intentional change management plans to create an amplifying effect. Culture eats strategy.

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Edsurge

MARCH 26, 2018

Taking a position with a title that includes a buzzword is risky—especially in a school. It’s also the fact that when a school hires a singular position to own a large change, it sends a message that one person owns the responsibility to change practices across an entire staff. That isn’t good for buy-in.

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TNTP Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

An Interview with the Superintendent of Jeffco Public Schools on Creating Belonging, Consistency, and Coherence at the District Level Jeffco Public Schools is a Colorado school district with a clear vision: to be a district where all students achieve their biggest dreams. We are committed to effective change management.

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Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2017

And with the gusto expected from a company’s leader, he adds that this latest milestone is proof that his company’s thesis has merit: that Smart Sparrow is riding the second wave of the digital revolution: “the ability for schools to redesign courses to be digital-first experiences.”. Will Schools Pony Up?

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

For education leaders, he said during his keynote, those questions should include: How can our schools make room for kids to tackle challenges and opportunities attached to significant, undefined problems—and ask them to do work they don’t think they can do? In education, organizational change management equates to training,” said Schad.

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Gaggle Speaks

AUGUST 17, 2017

For schools and districts interested in implementing Office 365, we’ve already released a guide on implementation from a change management and educator perspective. Here are four important considerations when you start implementing Office 365 at your school or district.

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Gaggle Speaks

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

For schools and districts interested in implementing G Suite for Education, we’ve already released a guide on implementation from a change management and educator perspective. If you manage your OUs accurately, less work now can also mean less work later. educators versus students, high school versus elementary school).

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Edsurge

JULY 23, 2018

Putting vision into practice Any school district knows, creating a vision for personalized learning is useless if you do not provide staff the steps to actually get there. Creating teacher buy-in for personalized learning Change management can be a lonely process. The vision is only as good as the action that comes after it.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2018

I crossed the campus quad from the philosophy department to the School of Advanced Technology, talked to them, and they were very interested in the kind of work I was doing, and they said, "We'll make you a deal. When I was in graduate school I was asked if I could teach a course in ethics to the engineers, to the software engineers.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2017

Digital Promise , a non-profit using technology and research to spur innovation and expand learning opportunities, has created Digital Promise Professional Services to provide personal help to educators as they transform their schools and districts. The long-term plan also involves hands-on coaching. Leadership Coaching. Storytelling.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 20, 2018

Change is an ongoing exercise, and in schools and districts, every year is marked by shifts. Some of those are major, some minor, but there is little doubt that we are constantly dealing with change. Surprisingly, it’s one area on which we don’t have a good grasp.

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EAB

MAY 17, 2023

Leverage proven frameworks To ensure successful adoption of student success initiative, it helps to follow a change management framework. February 21, 2023 Our partners implemented strategic advising campaigns at 40 schools in 27 states. how do you measure student success? Here’s what we learned.

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