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JUNE 14, 2018

Makerspaces may be one of the most exciting elements on any school’s campus. But a lack of focus around culture and gender inclusiveness are stunting its true promise, according to a new report out of Drexel University. Making Culture" looked at 30 makerspaces in 12 urban areas.

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OCTOBER 12, 2021

My reclassification as “English proficient” would not come until I made it to high school, at which point I avoided reading, writing, and speaking in the classroom. Together, we create a rich and culturally wealthy community of learners.

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APRIL 1, 2019

As focused as both young women are on integrating into their new home, they are both fiercely protective of maintaining their first languages, their cultures and their identities. They are classmates in the second cohort of the Accelerate to Graduate, or A2G, program at Iroquois High School, where I teach.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

culturally relevant textbooks? Six Massachusetts colleges and universities, alongside the state’s Department of Higher Education, are testing their hypothesis that free, culturally relevant textbooks can improve student performance. Like: What would happen if students had access to a catalog of free and?this

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APRIL 24, 2025

Parsing education data into snack-sized servings. The oldest of the cohort born from 1997 to 2012 are in their mid- to late 20s and taking heat for chafing against workplace culture in ways that come off as entitled (sound familiar, millennials?). For millennials, about 11 percent of people ages 16 to 19 left school without a degree.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2020

It is an online platform that focuses on providing a culturally-affirming identity development classes for African-American young people. It was very important to me that this is not school. I’m not trying to replace school. I don’t want to be “school.” and told their schools, “I don't see myself in the curriculum.”

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JANUARY 9, 2019

Once my family moved to the mainland from Honolulu when I was in third grade, I don’t remember ever having any Asian or biracial teachers through elementary, middle or high school, or even in college or graduate school. Department of Education’s most recent survey, about 80 percent of all public school teachers are white.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Just as “turnt,” “on fleek,” and “adulting” have become trending words in pop culture, so too has “spaced repetition” become a buzzword in education. Some educators are obsessed with it. And yet it remains the most underrated and underutilized learning principle in the history of education. So what’s “the tea?”

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Edsurge

APRIL 29, 2022

As workplaces, schools can intentionally structure systems and provide resources that decrease some of these barriers, such as addressing the scarcity of dedicated services and supporting educators through convoluted insurance hurdles that make it even harder to seek professional help.

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Edsurge

MAY 27, 2025

Addressing Systemic Challenges and Supporting Educator Sustainability Last but not least, educators were not only adamant about the systemic challenges of K-12 education, but also expressed ways schools and districts can work to better support the retention of educators in our schools.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

From halted curriculums to debates at school board meetings, social-emotional learning, or SEL, has quickly become the newest target of America’s ongoing education culture wars. Many who oppose it see SEL as a back door for schools to teach critical race theory. For insiders, this latest target is confusing.

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JULY 19, 2023

public schools raise questions about whether curricula and edtech are staying culturally relevant. Between 2010 and 2021, the share of white non-Hispanic children fell to 45 percent of public school students, while the share of Hispanic children grew to comprise 28 percent. Meanwhile, changing demographics of students in U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

One evening last week, I collapsed into bed after homework was finished, lunches were packed, and bedtime stories were read and happened upon an impassioned Los Angeles Times op-ed by high school political science teacher Jeremy Adams. my smartphone.

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JUNE 14, 2018

When Eric Schneider joined Minnetonka Public Schools seven years ago as associate superintendent, the district was already pretty innovative, but the ideas were coming top down from the superintendent and executive leadership team. Schneider was charged with developing a culture of innovation where the ideas come from the workforce.

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AUGUST 4, 2021

One is cultural, says Yong Zhao, author of the book “Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Dragon?: Why China Has the Best (and Worst) Education System in the World.” “In The popularity of the private tutoring industry may also be a response to how educational—and therefore economic—opportunity is awarded in China.

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eSchool News

MAY 1, 2024

“TeachTap is a game-changer for students preparing for AP exams and studying high school courses. Pearson Edgington, a high school senior who piloted TeachTap, shared his experience: “TeachTap made studying for my AP exams actually fun and interesting. Chief Product Officer Phil Hewinson.

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eSchool News

MAY 24, 2024

Part of digital equity in schools is access to high-speed internet and reliable technology devices, but another component includes giving all students the opportunity to use those devices and that access to build digital literacy. How access to technology can create equity in schools The latest iteration of the U.S.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 20, 2022

. “Implementing TutorMe gives our students access to a vetted education professional tutor anytime they need help, in any subject, at their fingertips,” said Neal Kellogg, director of educational technology services. About Oklahoma City Public Schools. To learn more, visit www.tutorme.com. About Zovio.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

(September 29, 2021) – Reading Plus, an evidence-based online program that uses personalized instruction to improve students’ reading proficiency, today announced the expanded use of its platform within the Beaufort County School District in South Carolina. For more information, visit www.readingplus.com. *

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eSchool News

JANUARY 26, 2021

To highlight the importance of daily reading during the COVID-19 pandemic, Renaissance , a global leader in pre-K–12 education technology, is offering unlimited free access to myON digital books and news articles from February 1–7, 2021. Family scholarly culture and educational success: Books and schooling in 27 nations.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Tamiko Hatcher, a dedicated educator and the director of Special Programs at Akron Public Schools in Ohio, displays visionary leadership and steadfast commitment to implementing innovative education technologies to transform the educational experience for the students in his district.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Johnston County educators are confident they will continue to see growth, and they credit Savvas for being part of the “right mix of expertise, resources, and support” that is delivering real results for the district’s students. These are exactly the goals that Adam has tried to achieve through edtech during his 24-year teaching career.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

At SchoolStatus, we firmly believe that educators’ voices must be central in shaping education technology. Our Customer Advisory Board enables us to directly collaborate with the people who best understand the needs of schools and districts across the U.S. Not stopping there, Dr. Pollard served as the Director of H.E.L.P.

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eSchool News

APRIL 10, 2025

Mike Daugherty of Chagrin Falls Exempted Village School District (OH) is this years winner. Mike has been a tireless volunteer and an invaluable leader in Ohios educational technology community. Closing the gap will require a broad approach involving schools and communities working together.

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eSchool News

JUNE 20, 2018

For 20 years, I was a teacher librarian and worked in elementary, middle, and high school libraries. And for the last five years, I’ve been a district administrator, including almost two years as chief digital officer overseeing IT and educational technology operations for a district of nearly 24,000 students.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 9, 2023

Equipping teachers with effective strategies for facilitating student learning, particularly providing flexible access, ensures that educators leverage their years of experience in the classroom, along with evidence-based strategies in educational technology. Prioritizing Academic Acceleration and Achievement.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

To highlight the importance of daily reading during the COVID-19 pandemic, Renaissance , a global leader in pre-K–12 education technology, is offering unlimited free access to myON digital books and news articles from February 1–7, 2021. Family scholarly culture and educational success: Books and schooling in 27 nations.

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Edsurge

APRIL 21, 2021

As a high school student, A.D. It was called “Sketches of My Culture,” and it was an experiment in cultural commentary set to music—West at one point called it “danceable education.” Carson dreamed of becoming a professional rapper. This is not the first time an academic has been involved in a rap album.

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JUNE 12, 2024

"It would be amazing if the boys were able to find their voices and develop confidence before they go into high school," my supervisor remarked during a meaningful conversation about Black boys in our school.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2024

This dismissal can lead students to internalize that their cultural background and language are less valuable, causing a ripple effect on their self-esteem and engagement in school. I taught him Arabic in high school, and he had since been admitted to medical school after graduating college.

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DECEMBER 11, 2024

As a public high school teacher in a state and district with a teachers union, my contract entitles me to a duty-free lunch. Many teachers dont necessarily see their students outside the confines of their class often, but high school is about way more than class time.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2023

The 2023 K-12 Hero Awards program is dedicated to recognizing the country’s best examples of K-12 success using innovative education technologies. Elementary and high school students from across the district were part of the initial program.

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APRIL 19, 2024

The goal is to improve science literacy among high school students by making lessons meaningful and relevant to their lives through a teaching method called project-based learning. Now the STEM curriculum is poised to enter high school classrooms in the rural South.

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OCTOBER 19, 2020

Those are some of the emotions Mario Herrera’s high school students experienced as they learned about the African diaspora, as part of a two-year pilot for the College Board’s new curriculum on the subject. He covers art and culture, along with Plato’s Allegory of the Cave. Afro-Latinx culture? The Caribbean? Literature?

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NOVEMBER 19, 2024

He describes the shift from a two-year college to the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, which has about 20,000 students, as one of culture shock. “It Research shows that he’s not alone — that often transfer students tend to be more motivated and engaged than students who come to college straight from high school.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

High school science instructor Veronica Wylie has an idea that will take her students to new heights?or And it matters in learning materials as well, say six colleges and universities in Massachusetts that have teamed up to create a new catalog of culturally relevant textbooks in hopes of improving student outcomes.

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JULY 31, 2024

Holding several new books, I was transported back to my high school years, a time before smartphones and social media, when I would cautiously approach the gay and lesbian section of my local bookstore. They also posed lingering and emerging questions and identified critical links to current social, cultural and political realities.

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