eSchool News

MARCH 18, 2015

Middlebury Interactive Languages launches new program for school districts; also available through partner Fuel Education. Next page: The programs’ availability and structure.

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APRIL 1, 2025

BOSTON (March 31, 2025) In recent months, almost 2,000 schools and districts have purchased or renewed licenses for Lexia English Language Development (Lexia English) from Lexia , a Cambium Learning Group brand. The numbers show just how much students and educators have needed access to a culturally responsive language learning solution.

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Edsurge

JULY 5, 2019

Recently, Education Week published an article describing culturally-questionable activities and language found in Studies Weekly , a social studies curriculum used by more than 13,000 schools across the country. Of course, curriculum is only a small part of what’s needed to create culturally-responsive classrooms.

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eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2023

RICHFIELD, OHIO (PRWEB) — Navigate360 , the nation’s leader in K–12 school safety and student wellness solutions, announces the recognition of Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District in Atlantic County, New Jersey, with the District Excellence Award for School Culture & Climate.

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eSchool News

JUNE 29, 2022

MADISON, WI – Today, Open Up Resources and Kiddom announced Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD ) has selected its top-rated EL Education K-5 Education Language Arts (ELA) curriculum for its 31 elementary schools in support of the district’s efforts to prioritize early literacy and beyond. Share assignments digitally; ?

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eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2024

Ohio is dedicating millions to a curriculum overhaul. Meanwhile, just nine states require that districts adopt high-quality reading curriculum, NCTQ’s analysis found. Only three of those — South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia — require districts to choose curriculum from a state-approved list and cover the cost for districts.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

If you want to effortlessly become an expert in a new language, you’re probably too late. And yet, adults regularly set out to study a second (or third, or fourth) language. But technology-enabled tools that aim to deliver language instruction at scale are also building incentives into their systems to help learners make more progress.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 20, 2025

Surprisingly, learning a foreign language has a set of guidelines that–if followed–are pretty good predictors of success. For many, the challenge of learning a foreign language like English may seem daunting, but with the right strategies, the process can become both efficient and enjoyable.

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

And when you combine strong values with smart tech and a global curriculum, you get more than a good education. Elmwood encourages students to create and lead clubs that reflect their passionswhether thats robotics, creative writing, or cultural heritage. At Elmwood, learning is never static. But its not all theory.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

The consistent use of rubrics can help to promote higher levels of self-awareness, a culture of learning and growth, and ensure that assessments are accurate, transparent, and meaningful. Step 3: Use a mastery-based scale and describe each criterion at each level of mastery in student-friendly language.

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Edsurge

MAY 27, 2025

Reimagining Curriculum to Foster Engagement and Identity Over the years, fellows have noted how hard it has become to not only create engaging curriculum for students but also find ways to foster community and identity development in the classroom. Edgar Miguel Grajeda, an elementary art teacher in Washington, D.C.,

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eSchool News

JUNE 25, 2020

Related content: 8 qualities of a digital literacy curriculum. Any child not equipped to speak this new language of coding will be lost, as if they were in a foreign culture with no cultural language skills. Stress the importance of coding and basic technology application skills.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 26, 2023

Learning a second language for many is complicated. Here are four proven approaches, from the Ask a Tech Teacher crew: 4 Approaches to Effective Second-Language Teaching In an article from the Michigan State University website, children who are skilled in at least two languages are known to possess cognitive flexibility.

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eSchool News

MARCH 6, 2025

Switching seamlessly between languages like many bilingual learners do AI-powered translation tools are improving, but they dont match the way multilingual individuals naturally switch between languages in real life. Bilingual students often engage in code-switching, blending languages based on context, audience, and emotion.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 29, 2025

Communication as a student in a foreign land depends heavily on knowledge of the language. The Ask a Tech Teacher international team has a few broader issues to think about when considering what barriers face students in foreign lands: Language: The Biggest Communication Barrier for Foreign Students? Ive been on the same page also.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 7, 2021

While the answer to both questions is “yes,” it involves fundamentally rethinking how we shape curriculum, and the problem is that there’s no single checklist or “one-size-fits-all” approach that will work for every district, school, or classroom. Culturally responsive resources should be authentic.

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eSchool News

JULY 8, 2019

The cognitive, cultural, and professional benefits of bilingualism have the potential to broaden learners’ experiences in their careers and academics. In a recent edWebinar , Maya Goodall, senior director of EL Curriculum at Lexia Learning, highlighted that 10 percent of all students in U.S.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

For English learners, acquiring language proficiency opens the door to thrive across all subjects. However, learning a new language can be a long, difficult process that requires courage, resilience and trust from students who initially might feel vulnerable and out of place.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 27, 2025

Learning a language is a long process, often filled with ups and downs. The Ask a Tech Teacher team has these six tips to help you learn any language faster: Be a Quick Learner: 6 Tips to Learn Any Language Faster Learning a new language may be overwhelming, but it can also be enjoyable and rewarding when you apply the right strategies.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 18, 2024

Be culturally responsive and respectful: Respect families’ values, cultures, languages, and heritages. Families engage with schools in different ways, and this can be partly due to their cultures. Where possible, provide families opportunities to talk to you and teachers in their preferred language.

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eSchool News

MARCH 21, 2024

How do we ensure students achieve proficiency with the English language while receiving a rich and comprehensive education? Thanks to computer-driven translation, AI, and advanced classroom tools, we stand to put every student on a path to success with the English language and beyond. Today’s technology presents us with answers.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Black sees endless opportunities to introduce AI across the curriculum to students of all ages and backgrounds. For example, in our Hands-On AI Projects for the Classroom guides , we have a project that’s specifically for foreign language teachers. Or, “What does it mean to recognize emotions or to understand the context of language?”

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eSchool News

MARCH 16, 2021

As a curriculum and learning specialist at an elementary school in Verona, Wisconsin, l have the opportunity to work with amazing educators and students of all cultures; as a prior bilingual resource and two-way immersion Spanish teacher, I like to honor the language learners in our classrooms. Visuals, visuals, visuals.

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eSchool News

JULY 19, 2019

Related content: 8 qualities of a digital literacy curriculum. Any child not equipped to speak this new language of coding will be lost, as if they were in a foreign culture with no cultural language skills. Stress the importance of coding and basic technology application skills.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 25, 2024

In a setting where the pace is dictated by the teacher or the curriculum rather than the learner’s needs, students may rush through the material without fully understanding it. Learning a Language: Acquiring a new language involves mastering vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, and cultural nuances.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

What role do devices and technology tools play in your curriculum? Are there strategies you use to create a classroom culture where taking risks and failing forward are encouraged and celebrated? How might giving students more choice and voice impact your classroom culture? If so, how?

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Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2021

Jo Boaler started her teaching career in inner-city London—in a culturally diverse school population with roughly 250 different languages spoken—she was tasked with teaching math to students assigned to the bottom track. We want a curriculum to be multidimensional—to have kids experience maths in lots of different ways.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

For instruction that yields cultural literacy, we most often look to language arts and social sciences. With Google's Applied Digital Skills as his foundation, Hicks prioritizes culturally relevant teaching through the vehicle of computer science. We really need to make everyone’s culture part of the conversation.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 30, 2023

Identifying the Needs of English Learners English learners (ELs) have unique needs requiring targeted instructional approaches to support their language acquisition and academic success. ELs need instruction tailored to their language proficiency level. ELs deserve access to the same content and curriculum as their peers.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

/PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Illustrative Mathematics (IM) , a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating a world where all learners know, use, and enjoy mathematics, announced today the upcoming release of IM® 360, its innovative new curriculum for grades K–12. ” The IM 360 curriculum continues to be coherent and accessible to all.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 11, 2024

So it is with the services of the Family Engagement Lab , whose mission statement is, “to catalyze equitable family engagement and student learning by bridging classroom curriculum and at-home learning. ” Their signature tool, FASTalk, shares at-home learning activities via text messages in each family’s home language.

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eSchool News

MARCH 27, 2023

The annual award, which is sponsored by Curriculum Associates and named after the Council’s former executive director, recognizes an individual who has made outstanding contributions in the field of Grades K–12 urban education by taking courageous and passionate stances on the issues of educational justice and equity.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 2, 2018

As principal at Richard Edwards Dual Language Fine and Performing Arts IB School , I’ve had the fortunate opportunity to build relationships with thousands of students, each one bringing a unique sense of culture to our school community. Dual-language support. Our school is proud to be a dual-language school.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Building on the national movement for social justice, the Savvas CRL Initiative seeks to cultivate a more inclusive culture at Savvas that elevates different perspectives and increases diversity within its workforce, vendors, and editorial content. The board members include: Cati V. de los Ríos, Ph.D.,

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Columbus City Schools in Columbus, Ohio has adopted Curriculum Associates’ Ready Classroom Mathematics to support students’ growth and achievement in mathematics. The District will additionally continue its use of Curriculum Associates ’ online i-Ready program to support both mathematics and reading instruction across all of K–8.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2023

A teacher at heart who values community, I often reflect on my past experiences with students and the ways we explored, celebrated and protected our cultural identity. While there are opportunities to do this within the academic curriculum, my Black students’ cultural identity is often reflected in how they wear and style their hair.

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eSchool News

MARCH 25, 2021

With the new SELEQUITY portal, 7 Mindsets is taking intentional actions to infuse the principles of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) into the 7 Mindsets curriculum and professional development for the 2021-2022 school year. Within the 7 Mindsets curriculum, all lessons are aligned to 10 SEL competencies.

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