eSchool News

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Chicago Public Schools is monitoring students’ social media posts for signs they might engage in violence on campus or harm themselves so that school staff — and in some cases police — can intervene. Chicago Public Schools piloted a similar social media monitoring program in the mid-2010s. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters.

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eSchool News

MAY 26, 2016

Over the past year, digital learning policy research and advisory firm Evergreen Education Group conducted in-depth analyses of nine schools that use online curriculum and platforms from Fuel Education (FuelEd) as the instructional foundation of their programs.

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k12 Digest

APRIL 26, 2025

In the rolling hills of Southwestern Pennsylvania, nestled among 350 acres of natural beauty, lies The Kiski School , a place where tradition meets transformation. The school offers a timeless boarding school experience where a tight-knit community forges lifelong friendships. Kiskis approach goes beyond academics.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

As chronic absenteeism rates rise, educators and industry leaders are brainstorming ways to ensure students are in school learning and building important social supports. ” Doing so could “revolutionize how schools, students, and families approach this critical aspect of education.”

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eSchool News

APRIL 2, 2024

Unaddressed student mental health needs are associated with behavior problems, school violence, substance abuse, dropping out, and poor academic performance (Darney et al., This includes a growth mindset and a sense of belonging to their school or college.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 17, 2023

The report entitled “ The Youths Relationships Study ” was conducted by researchers at University of Illinois Chicago and published last fall. Researchers reported that Big Brothers Big Sisters mentees in the study were 54 percent less likely to have been arrested and 41 percent less likely to have engaged in substance use.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 4, 2024

So far, discussions have been dominated by UNESCO’s recent counsel calling on schools to ban mobile phones. Technologies such as augmented reality (AR) have already proven themselves catalysts for learning, rather than the distractions that many organizations and schools tend to perceive them as.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

schools and its impact is being felt by students who need consistent, high-quality educators the most. Special education positions have some of the highest number of vacancies in school districts across the US. School administrators are taking a hard look at how to prevent burnout.

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eSchool News

APRIL 16, 2024

In 2013, the Texas legislature introduced “endorsements,” which function like college majors to provide high school students the opportunity to specialize in an area aligned with their long-term goals. The challenge is for schools to provide the right ratio of trained counselors to students to offer adequate support.” in 2018 to 0.8%

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 6, 2021

6, 2021 – VHS Learning, an accredited non-profit organization empowering schools with the industry’s best online learning programs, has appointed Dr. Yolanda D. We are confident that her insights and counsel will help us advance our mission and achieve our strategic objectives. Boston – Dec. Johnson to its board of directors.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

FuelEd, Vidalia City Board of Education open full-time online school for Georgia students. The public, full-time online school, Vidalia Academy, offers students across the state of Georgia the opportunity to learn in a flexible educational model that is tailored to each student’s needs. The Vidalia City Board of Education (Ga.)

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eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

Key points: What priorities will be a focal point in the new school year? Vrain Valley School District, we will continue to provide our teachers with ample opportunities to collaborate, discuss, and share resources and strategies to enhance their understanding of AI and the potential benefits of AI tools. . This year at St.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Cole-Ochoa has observed the students at Truan Junior High re-adapting to in-person schooling fall along a spectrum. But then we still have some that wanna be on their phone, they wanna be on their Chromebook here at school, so they isolate themselves.” When we got into the classroom, the students were shy.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2019

“A place like this would benefit every high school student,” he says. Helping Students See Options Cafécollege Houston is across the street from a Fiesta Mart grocery store and a high school that mostly serves Hispanic students. Not wanting to burden his family, he initially planned to pursue a low-cost certificate after high school.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2024

eSpark, an online supplemental curriculum provider for math, reading, and writing, is bringing AI-powered phonics practice to foundational reading instruction this school year. High school counselors, especially at public schools, are overwhelmed by the number of students they must help.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 19, 2023

When you think of racism in our classrooms and schools, what immediately comes to your mind? We as educators can also serve as gatekeepers to either advanced studies, special education, counseling, etc. Signs that say “Whites Only” or Confederate flags hoisted on flag poles?

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

It’s a novel idea to consider what teachers want in this time of disruption and corporate education reform, which have by most measures failed our public schools. Many school districts used to have a teacher who served as head of professional development at the administration level. students attend public schools.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 10, 2016

The Cooke Young Scholars Program provides high-achieving students entering 8th grade with many benefits, including: individualized counseling to set academic goals; guidance on applying to colleges; and funding for summer educational programs, study abroad, internships and some school expenses.

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eSchool News

APRIL 20, 2016

AASA launches new initiative to support, advance women in key school leadership positions. AASA, The School Superintendents Association, has launched a new initiative called More Than a Power Lunch: Building Networks to Support and Advance Women in School Leadership. Sichel, Superintendent, Abington School District, Pa.

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Edsurge

MAY 1, 2018

According to the authors of a study on the privacy protections in children’s apps, perhaps not much. Her team team looks through self-reported information such as an app’s data collection and sharing process, but also its current terms of service, privacy policy and any contracts with schools.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 12, 2023

Alyssa Parks first made an appointment at the counseling center at Marshall University thanks to her roommate. There is a stigma about that topic, and I think it’s getting better, but sometimes it’s nerve-wracking if you’ve never been to the counseling center.” Alyssa Parks. Photo courtesy of WVHEPC.

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eSchool News

JUNE 21, 2023

The winners of the inaugural YouScience® Innovative Educator Award are Principal Steven Mazzola of Saunders Trades and Technical High School from Yonkers, New York, and School Counselor Darlene Goff of Chester County Schools from Henderson, Tennessee. Mazzola is the personification of a true educational warrior!

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Earlier this month, a new study in Nature revealed a key predictor of economic mobility: connectedness. The analysis also yielded a new species of school-level data, charting the degree of economic connectedness within individual high schools and colleges across the country. That’s not to say schools fly entirely blind.

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eSchool News

MAY 8, 2019

Mental illness is omnipresent in schools today, but it isn’t as well understood or managed as districts would hope. Although many of the things that provoke a student’s anxiety can be controlled, the onset of panic that comes from provocation cannot be regulated without professional interventions, medications, therapy, and/or counseling.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Twice a week, Rofiat Olasunkanmi, 22, heads back to Brooklyn to her alma mater, Kurt Hahn Expeditionary Learning School. Rofiat Olasunkanmi helps high school seniors apply to college. Census Bureau and school features from the Common Core of Data maintained by the U.S. Further, rates varied by school type.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2023

Youth mental health is in trouble , and schools have seen firsthand the rise in need for mental health services among students. Schools and districts are paying millions of dollars for access to these digital tools and services, sometimes using funds newly available to them through federal pandemic relief money.

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Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2022

Nineteen children and two teachers were killed in Uvalde, Texas, and 17 more wounded, in the sanctuary of an elementary school. A natural human reaction is to defend, to protect and to guard—which translates into “hardening” schools. School safety is a complex and emotional societal issue. Some 95 percent of U.S.

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Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2017

Chad Marlow, ACLU Counsel According to the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF), a Washington, D.C.-based In particular, many students, for whom these efforts intend to protect, are still unaware of their rights when it comes to how their online footprints are tracked—whether by third-party companies or sometimes the school districts themselves.

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Edsurge

MARCH 17, 2020

Many of the nation’s schools are now closed—some indefinitely—leaving educators and communities with more questions than answers. And how can schools roll out effective remote learning plans in a short amount of time? embed] EdSurge: Should schools be prioritizing home internet access for remote learning right now?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 27, 2022

College enrollment among high school grads grew during the early 2010’s, leveling off about 2017 when it began to drop to a current low of about 62%, approx. This article reviews the many benefits of providing career education for high school students and which areas are particularly valuable. 4% lower than 2019.

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Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2021

This historic mistrust of powerful institutions—particularly public health institutions—directly impacts school reopening efforts during the pandemic. In February, the CDC issued guidelines on school reopenings that do not require teachers to be vaccinated. The classes are run by our staff members and have been wildly successful.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 16, 2025

This flavor of internet short-form content absurd, easily produced, no plot appears to be having an effect on its viewers that is being felt by schools and youth mental health experts. For one, he doesnt want to be like the kids at school who do like brain rot. Theyre not allowed at all on elementary and middle school campuses.

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Edsurge

MARCH 24, 2023

We feel this with each school shooting we endure. A study released by the U.S. As the founder of an organization that provides social-emotional learning (SEL) experiences for preK-12 students, educators and families, and a mother of three, I spend a great deal of time considering what this crisis means for schools and communities.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

Many schools and districts see the value in it, but it has often been difficult to achieve. There are, however, a variety of schools using blended learning to increase student agency, and many of their practices have been captured and shared through The Learning Accelerator’s Blended and Personalized Practices at Work site.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Celina Pierrottet remembers 2016 as the year when she and her colleagues at the middle school where they taught noted a pointed change among their students. “We That year we had a lot of kids who were displaying some sort of school avoidance and other behaviors that we hadn't quite seen as much. Pierrottet recalls.

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Edsurge

MARCH 17, 2020

As schools shift to remote learning models for the foreseeable future, parents and caregivers are finding themselves in a new role—that of the school co-teacher. Beth O’Brien, head of early childhood at New Canaan Country School in New Canaan, Conn. They are always learning. Just be present for it.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2020

At Archway Academy in Houston, which serves 50 high school students who are in recovery from substance use disorder, counseling sessions are essentially on-demand. Coupled with a tight-knit sense of community, it’s what makes the school successful, says Executive Director Sasha Coles. “I

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