eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2025

14-17, 2025, in Orlando, the annual conference looks to the future of edtech’s role in teaching and learning is full of inspiring keynotes, information-packed sessions, dynamic exhibit hall presentations, and more. From personalized learning experiences to adaptive assessments, discover how AI can empower both learners and educators.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 25, 2024

Amazon Web Services (AWS) in early January announced 15 startup companies selected to participate in the inaugural AWS Education Accelerator. Announced in October 2023, the AWS Education Accelerator supports edtech startups who are innovating to enhance the teaching and learning experience and improve educational outcomes.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2023

Teachers, parents, counselors, administrators, coaches, and other loved ones have faced an unprecedented challenge in this regard. Districts will see the value in data-driven instructional coaching. One practice that we will see gaining popularity is instructional coaching. –Patty Hagan, Teaching and Learning Coach, St.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2020

“Synchronous online learning” generally refers to live learning activities that must happen at a set time (often over Zoom or a similar platform), while “asynchronous online learning” refers to almost everything else (completing assignments, doing readings, watching videos, etc.).

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Edsurge

JUNE 15, 2020

But while participating in a ride-along one day, he had an epiphany. What if he could make a difference by ensuring that kids had reliable adults—parents, teachers, coaches—to count on? Still as passionate as ever about cultivating meaningful relationships, he also continues to work with kids as a high school football coach.

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eSchool News

MAY 15, 2024

When we commit to participating in a culture of continuous learning, we are living out phrases like, “It’s okay not to know,” “Everyone has things they are still learning,” or ,“We all make mistakes.” Ultimately, though, good teaching is really only measured in student learning outcomes.

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eSchool News

JUNE 28, 2016

As education policy moves away from the much-maligned No Child Left Behind and toward new legislation focusing on learning outcomes, technology-enabled formative assessments are moving to the foreground as a way to gauge student learning in real time. Up to 50 students can participate at one time.

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Edsurge

MAY 5, 2023

Strong family and community engagement can enhance learning outcomes and help to create a sense of belonging. Teachers hold valuable knowledge of instructional practices gained through participation in school culture, professional learning and instructional coaching. That is not easily replaced.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 18, 2023

a math teacher and instructional coach at Brashier Middle College Charter High School in Simpsonville, South Carolina, has more than two decades of experience and spends a lot of time thinking about edtech. Amy Ballard, Ph.D.,

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

It is designed to meet online learning needs in K-12 and higher-ed schools, from scheduling, management, and delivery of academic services to a virtual classroom experience that inspires students and drives learning outcomes. Sticker poster kits begin as a mystery and become more clear as everyone works together.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Under Mr. Hatcher’s guidance, Akron Public Schools partnered with Edmentum to integrate cutting-edge learning technologies, harnessing their full potential to enhance learning outcomes. Cumberland County had 85 to 90 percent teacher participation in using S.P.I.R.E. reading intervention program. Mexico border.

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eSchool News

JULY 14, 2021

The key focus of the partnership is a new Math Momentum program, designed to help middle schools increase math learning outcomes. Initially designed to serve about 4,000 students each year, the program can be customized to each participating middle school based on its needs.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

And a specially trained coach is in the thick of it, orchestrating it all. In short, they’re learning good sportsmanship, and that in turn has made a dramatic difference in the way students treat each other. But can resolving the broad range of elementary school conflicts be as simple as learning to play fair?

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 25, 2023

And then came coach training. As with teaching, I came to coaching late. I was skeptical about the role of coaching at first. I discovered that coaching is “partnering with [students] in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential. I had to find out.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 29, 2020

But just as owning a bicycle does not imbue a child with the ability to ride a bike, using a Chromebook to complete assignments will not by itself improve a child’s learning outcomes. Participants are currently learning how to evaluate software privacy policies and make an informed decision about whether it’s right for their school.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 25, 2023

And then came coach training. As with teaching, I came to coaching late. I was skeptical about the role of coaching at first. I discovered that coaching is “partnering with [students] in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential. I had to find out.

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Edsurge

JULY 29, 2022

Children’s Health Is Crucial to Closing the Achievement Gap Student wellbeing—including physical and mental health—is deeply intertwined with learning outcomes. In short, healthy children learn better than children who are suffering from health-related problems. But that would be a mistake.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Teachers, parents, counselors, administrators, coaches, and other loved ones have faced an unprecedented challenge in this regard. — Russ Davis, Founder and CEO, SchoolStatus Districts will see the value in data-driven instructional coaching. One practice that we will see gaining popularity is instructional coaching.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 1, 2025

Models of Peer Observation The focus of the peer observation defines its goal, context, and the way the participants act and feel toward the process. Faculty members are mostly reluctant to voluntarily participate in peer observation.

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Edsurge

MAY 22, 2017

InnovateEDU and Rhode Island’s Highlander Institute , leaders from Providence Public Schools agreed to participate in an implementation study during the 2016-17 academic year for a PL tool called Cortex. The study would engage technical staff as well as coaches and programmatic personnel.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 1, 2025

Models of Peer Observation The focus of the peer observation defines its goal, context, and the way the participants act and feel toward the process. Faculty members are mostly reluctant to voluntarily participate in peer observation.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2016

While Anbar admits the online shift changed his role from a lecturer to more of a coach, he’s adamant that he—not technology—maintains ownership over the class. Without opening learning platforms up to the research community, it’s hard to understand if and how they’re improving learning outcomes.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

54), is “the way individuals within the community interact and shape their collective identity using norms, values, attitudes, and the need for human connection to foster meaningful learning outcomes.” Community culture, as defined by Plotts (in press, p.

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Edsurge

MAY 21, 2019

Top-notch summative efficacy studies compare predefined groups and capture outcomes associated with specified conditions for product use. Title 1, district, charter, private) and characteristics of the participants (i.e. The literature review should draw on the decades of learning sciences research about how distinct features (e.g.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 18, 2016

All projects incorporate essential curriculum standards to ensure that students are addressing critical learning outcomes. Students hold community exhibitions twice per year to show their learning. The emphasis is on robust, hands-on and minds-on work and on developing powerful essential questions to frame students’ learning.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2017

They can participate in online social justice projects, engage in geographically distributed political dialogues, or raise awareness for the environment and other causes. In short, these technologies allow students to learn and do things never before possible. It’s about robust, visionary instructional leadership.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

54), is “the way individuals within the community interact and shape their collective identity using norms, values, attitudes, and the need for human connection to foster meaningful learning outcomes.” Community culture, as defined by Plotts (in press, p.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 7, 2023

Likewise, the student’s response to an episode offers them a unique, self-interested learning arrangement where each participant can freely explore material that is most attractive to them, an opportunity that is rarely afforded in the hard sciences. Interactive Learning Environments , 12 (3), 251–264. Zurcher, D.

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Elevate k12

JUNE 18, 2024

Encouraging Participation and Interaction Getting in-person teaching staff to actively participate during meetings, workshops, and training sessions can sometimes be a challenge. If there are audio issues or if the video lags, theyre even less likely to participate. Its always a good idea to start by setting expectations.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 7, 2023

Likewise, the student’s response to an episode offers them a unique, self-interested learning arrangement where each participant can freely explore material that is most attractive to them, an opportunity that is rarely afforded in the hard sciences. Interactive Learning Environments , 12 (3), 251–264. Zurcher, D.

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k12 Online Schools

APRIL 21, 2025

Immediate feedback helps correct mistakes while the material is still freshlike having a coach who whispers tips during practice, not after the game. Just as tech companies improve apps with user data, the leading online schools evolve curricula to maximize learning outcomes. How do K12 Schools support students individually?

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k12 Online Schools

APRIL 26, 2025

Comfort with Technology Students should be comfortable navigating online platforms, submitting assignments digitally, participating in video calls, and troubleshooting minor technical issues. Communication Skills In an online setting, students must proactively communicate with teachers for help, clarification, or participation in discussions.

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Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

Attendance Works , headquartered in San Francisco, has worked with more than 24 school districts—like Long Beach—across 32 states, and facilitates a peer learning network involving more than 35 states. The list of students contacted was based on those who did not participate in online learning activities.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

It takes time,” she admitted, but “continuing to extend those invitations of ‘let’s check in again,’” can foster trust to continue having the hard conversations that hopefully can then lead to learning outcomes for all. Despite hailing from diverse urban, rural and suburban school communities across 18 states and D.C.,

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Others offer free professional development or coaching time when subscriptions are renewed. We envision all the ways in which we can use the funds to increase student engagement and improve learning outcomes—and the possibilities seem endless. Whenever we receive a grant, our initial reaction includes gratitude and excitement.

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eSchool News

JUNE 6, 2017

Students should have the opportunity to learn a topic using a variety of methods, while collaborating together and learning from one another as the teacher acts as a coach for the lessons. He has participated in educational research on every continent except Antarctica.

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