Culture, Elementary School and Grades

Turning around data culture and student learning

eSchool News

AUGUST 6, 2020

Demographics: Fairfield County Schools is a small, rural, high-poverty school district in South Carolina. The district is composed of five elementary schools and four secondary schools, serving more than 2,600 students.

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Discovery Museum Celebrates 30 Years of Delivering Hands-On Science in Elementary School Classrooms

eSchool News

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Acton, MA – Discovery Museum announced a 30-year milestone for its in-school STEM program, Traveling Science Workshops, having delivered hands-on science to more than half a million PreK through 8 th grade students from hundreds of communities throughout Massachusetts since the program began in 1992. About MathWorks.

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How we turned around our school culture and student performance

eSchool News

MARCH 12, 2019

Emerson says there was a huge culture shift, but thanks to the five-year plan Discovery designed, they rolled it out slowly, starting with four innovators at 20 elementary schools. One of our favorite parts of this program is the teacher’s ability to collaborate with each other–not just with a grade- or subject-level team.

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How we turned around our data culture and student learning

eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2019

Demographics: Fairfield County Schools is a small, rural, high-poverty school district in South Carolina. The district is composed of five elementary schools and four secondary schools, serving more than 2,600 students.

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Making Math Class Relevant to Real Life

Edsurge

MAY 12, 2025

For example, Marylands state board has flagged that it wants every student career ready by the end of 10th grade. But in high school, teachers more typically create their own curriculum, despite a lack of training how to design curriculum. That includes how job skills play into math paths for students.

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Guide covers how to improve school culture

eSchool News

APRIL 29, 2016

Four schools share quick and easy practices to improve attendance, reduce discipline referrals and suspensions, and increase academic achievement. The research is clear: the culture of a school can have a direct impact on student learning and achievement. One example comes from Lowery Elementary School in Donaldsonville, La.

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5 strategies for independent learning

eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2020

Fifth-grade teacher Kim Voge has had students literally beg her to give them more writing assignments. This 26-year veteran educator has created a culture of student-centered, independent learning in her classroom. What’s her “secret sauce?”

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6 ways to create engaging elementary learning spaces

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Our goal is to shift pedagogy toward a “culture of thinking” that supports more student agency and more effective use of the learning space itself. Create spaces specific to grade levels. Based on specific grade levels, those kits of parts were designed to support active learning and engagement in the classroom.

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Leading Social-Emotional Learning Provider Expands with New Digital Offering

eSchool News

MARCH 16, 2021

Fully Web-Based Curriculum for Grades K–5 is Intuitively Designed for Modern Classrooms. With student well-being declining after a year of school closures, the need for connection and social-emotional recovery is critical, especially for our nation’s youngest learners. elementary schools.

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These Colleges Are Betting That Culturally Relevant Textbooks Will Improve Student Outcomes

Edsurge

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. Her experiences couldn’t be further away from the examples her elementary school books centered on?farming.

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Pennsylvania School Reports Student Growth in Mathematics Despite National Trends

eSchool News

MARCH 29, 2023

PRWEB) — Sourcewell , a trusted advisor to education leaders, announces that North Star Central Elementary School in Boswell, Pennsylvania—home to more than 350 pre-K–4 students—is seeing significant growth in students’ math scores, despite national trends. “At PAUL, MINN.

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Crunch the Numbers—EdTech Data You Can Use Right Now

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The study was funded by the Reading Reimagined program of the Advanced Education Research and Development Fund (AERDF, pronounced like air-diff), and provided a specific reading fluency protocol along with professional learning to sixth grade teachers in a large, urban U.S. school district in 2022-23.

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4 educator reflections on the 2023-2024 school year

eSchool News

MAY 15, 2024

A culture of continuous learning Wendy W. Amato, K12 Coalition–Teaching Channel As the 2023–2024 school year winds down, I find myself thinking about how educators are models for students, whether or not they are in a classroom. She can be reached at apence@hbuhsd.edu. She drinks a lot of coffee and plays pickleball.

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eSN Hero Awards Finalists: 11 inspiring educators

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Richard Labbe Johnston County Public Schools Nominated by: Savvas Learning Company While recent statistics from NAEP (The Nation’s Report Card) show significant declines in math scores across the country, Johnston County Public Schools in North Carolina has defied that trend. Through persistent efforts, Ms.

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How Schools Can Build a Culture of Support for Educator Mental Health

Edsurge

APRIL 29, 2022

By increasing support and creating safe spaces to openly discuss common experiences of stress, schools can establish a culture that normalizes addressing mental health, which can reduce stigma. Antonieta Avila, Los Angeles-based sixth grade teacher reasoned, explaining that she would like to see a therapist, but time is a real issue.

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Reimagining attendance: A curriculum approach for K-12 students and parents

eSchool News

AUGUST 29, 2024

Moreover, chronic absenteeism rates vary significantly across grade levels: Elementary school: 16 percent Middle school: 20 percent High school: 30 percent And when we consider socio-economic factors, schools in high poverty districts saw a much greater jump in chronic absenteeism.

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Use these 5 strategies to boost student engagement

eSchool News

DECEMBER 20, 2022

forming teacher-student relationships was highlighted as the top instructional practice for driving engagement across all grade levels and subjects. Incorporate pop culture, social media, sports and extracurriculars into lessons. This result was consistent across grade levels and subjects. 1: Teacher-student relationships.

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Almost 2,000 Schools and Districts Choose Lexia® English Language Development™ to Support Emergent Bilingual Students’ English Language Acquisition

eSchool News

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. More than 162,000 students and 77,000 educators at 7,400 schools used the program during the 2024 school year.

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What students are reading

eSchool News

OCTOBER 11, 2023

My #BritReads favorite for upper elementary school is a throwback to my childhood. In middle school, books about middle grade students navigating the world dominate the world of fiction, such as the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series and Jerry Craft’s New Kid. Martin characters as a part of young lives all over again.

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Math Anxiety Hurts Too Many Kids. Here’s How We Can Curb It.

Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Glaser’s second grade classroom. In fact, elementary school educators have some of the highest levels of math anxiety compared with other fields of study. More than 90 percent of elementary school teachers are female. Thus, math anxiety greets our students as soon as they enter school. 60, 59, 58….I

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‘Rocket Fuel’: How Schools Can Create a Positive, SEL-friendly School Culture

Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2018

This is an element of “whole body listening,” a practice of respectful and attentive listening all students learn at the fifth grade teacher’s school, Hazel Wolf K-8 STEM in Seattle. Whole body listening” is just one part of the school’s approach to and emphasis on social and emotional learning. And they do.

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6 ways we boosted literacy platform usage and engaged students

eSchool News

MAY 21, 2024

Our county funded our literacy program purchase, and because our elementary schools were already using another program from our literacy partner, they were able to transition to the former as soon as they entered sixth grade. Like many school systems, Stafford County is struggling with teacher staffing and retention.

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Vernier Software & Technology Partners with Magnitude.io to Engage Students in a Virtual Field Trip to Space

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

and the special offer we are providing, we are hoping more educators and students across multiple grade levels and disciplines will be able to participate in this immersive learning experience.”. With worldwide distribution to over 150 countries, Vernier data loggers are used by educators and students from elementary school to university.

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How video coaching inspires teacher self-reflection

eSchool News

APRIL 15, 2024

Department of Education looked at video-based coaching in about 100 elementary schools. A group of 350 4th-, 5th-, and 6th-grade teachers were split into groups. These groups are part of our culture of coaching, which means that everyone, everywhere in our district, from top to bottom, receives coaching.

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Vernier and SAM Labs Help Teachers Incorporate Science and Coding into Instruction

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

With worldwide distribution to over 140 countries, Vernier data loggers are used by educators and students from elementary school to university. The Vernier business culture is grounded in Earth-friendly policies and practices, and the company provides a family-friendly workplace. For more information, visit [link]. .

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53 back-to-school tips and insights for a great year

eSchool News

AUGUST 16, 2023

Here are some back-to-school tips, advice, and valuable insights from educators, stakeholders, and industry experts. Our country is home to a wide range of diverse and vibrant cultures, and it’s important that we acknowledge and value the languages these students already bring with them when they enter U.S. –Dr.

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3 simple ways to use interactive whiteboards in preschool classrooms

eSchool News

DECEMBER 16, 2024

As a preschool teacher with five years of experience at Emerson Elementary School, I understand the challenges new educators face. “When students listen to audiobooks or watch audio media, they are able to become experienced with different cultures, dialects, and beliefs (Parmeter, p.24). 2023, March 21). 2023, March 21).

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The 14 most innovative SEL districts, part 2

eSchool News

DECEMBER 4, 2018

The District first launched social emotional learning initiatives during the 2015 – 2016 school year with an SEL cohort of 26 campuses. In the spring of 2017, seven schools were awarded funding to support the social and emotional development of their students. This initiative is now district wide.

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To Serve Bilingual Students, This Future Teacher Will Draw on Her Own Experience

Edsurge

MAY 7, 2024

Viridiana Martinez’s family immigrated twice when she was in elementary school — once, from Mexico to Canada, and a second time to the United States. With each move, she had to learn a new language and adjust to a different culture. Viridiana Martinez : The earliest memory I have of a teacher is my first grade teacher in Mexico.

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4 takeaways for superintendents to drive real change

eSchool News

OCTOBER 21, 2024

For a year, our leadership team crunched numbers and performed a comprehensive facilities study before determining to close one elementary school and reorganize grades by building. In my first year as an administrator, our district debated how to maximize finances in the face of declining enrollment. Until it wasn’t.

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Nothing but Winning—EdTech Honors announced by eSchool, IEI, and Classlink

eSchool News

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Data Bridge Builders Award Winner: Tonja Brun & Team (Savannah Chatham Public Schools, GA) This award recognizes an organization that excels at collaborating and building toward a data-driven culture to improve teaching and learning. The winners: Of course, we need to start with the most prestigious!

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Juggling ‘Roomers’ and ‘Zoomers’? How Teachers Make Hybrid Learning Work

Edsurge

MARCH 17, 2021

Personalized Learning Preparatory at Sam Houston Elementary School in Dallas reopened its school building to PreK-5 students with simultaneous learning in the fall after months of remote learning. “I Second grade in-person and virtual students in Angie Lee's classroom reflect on their daily commitment.

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4 ways forward-thinking districts are inspiring more students to code

eSchool News

MARCH 2, 2016

San Francisco Unified School District aims to incorporate CS into the core curriculum for all students in grades pre-K-8, in order to increase access for underrepresented student populations, specifically African-American and Latino students and girls. Currently, Piedmont City School District offers CS as a mathematics core class.

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3 ways our school uses data to drive instruction

eSchool News

APRIL 3, 2018

For the last six years, data has been part of our “secret sauce” here at Bronson Elementary School in Bronson, Fla. Many of our students come from economically disadvantaged homes so we know we need to continually work harder than most schools to help our students succeed academically—and data helps us do this.

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Age-appropriate tips for addressing gender stereotypes in the classroom

eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2019

Across the grades, teachers can promote positive gender representations by presenting counter-stereotypes, talking to kids about gendered content, and teaching kids to critically analyze the media in their lives. Grades Pre-K–2. Grades 3–5. Select stories for the classroom that don’t play up gender stereotypes.

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5 secrets for rolling out a successful 1:1 initiative

eSchool News

MARCH 27, 2019

Chula Vista School District is the largest elementary school district in California. Mexico border, making EL instruction a top priority in our schools. Five years ago, we began the journey to implement a 1:1 initiative across our 41 schools, for third through sixth grade.

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Do Students, Principals and Superintendents See Eye-to-Eye on Eliminating Grade Levels?

Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2017

McComb School District down in McComb, Mississippi doesn’t just believe in the power of technology when it comes to personalized learning. At Summit, “scholars” are grouped by readiness and performance—not by traditional grade levels—and indicate evidence of mastery by completing projects at their own pace.

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To Close the Math Achievement Gap, We Must Recognize What Students Bring to the Classroom

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2023

Picture the following: A student volunteers to answer a math question in an elementary school classroom. According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress in 2022, students in fourth and eighth grade had the largest decline in mathematics achievement since 1990.

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Inside the school that immerses students in Spanish — and technology

eSchool News

JANUARY 14, 2016

On that last point, my school, Shiloh Elementary School in Monroe, N.C., Currently, we have one immersion class—taught full-time in Spanish, with the goal of “immersing” or teaching Spanish to speakers of other languages, like English—in each of our Kindergarten through third grade classrooms.

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Is the Traditional Classroom Becoming Obsolete?

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

Too many students don’t reach grade-level metrics and no one can agree on the cause. Global Perspectives on Education Education’s landscape varies dramatically across the globe, reflecting diverse cultural, economic, and political contexts. Something broke in American education these past years.

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Looking for an innovation model for your school? Try asking students

eSchool News

APRIL 20, 2016

For two Chicago-area schools, however, the solution came down to asking students: How do you want to learn? A few years ago, Haney, the principal of Joseph Lovett Elementary School, noticed a school culture of stagnation. “We knew we had to do something to change the culture. .

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To Support Black Male Teachers, A Nonprofit is Paying Off Student Loans

Edsurge

JUNE 8, 2021

In a fifth-grade classroom at Monroe Elementary School near Minneapolis, a teacher named Thetis White was recently celebrated, while his students and a camera crew looked on. One study he cites shows that if a Black student has one Black teacher by third grade, then they are 13 percent more likely to enroll in college.

Teachers

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Transforming Elementary Lunchtimes from Chaos to Calm

k12 Digest

MAY 6, 2025

He is an elementary school principal with over 20 years of experience in administration, and over 25 years of experience in education. Matt started his career as a 5th-grade teacher in the Spring-Ford Area School District. In our district, one major issue was disruptive behavior in elementary school cafeterias.

Elementary School

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Want Your Students to Remember You in 20 Years? Start Holding Weekly Data Conferences

Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2017

Yet I can easily tell you the name of every one of my teachers dating back to elementary school. For our nearly 200 kindergarten to fourth-graders, we believe developing a positive school culture is equally—if not more—important to the impact we have on our students’ academic, social, and emotional growth.

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Turning around data culture and student learning

Discovery Museum Celebrates 30 Years of Delivering Hands-On Science in Elementary School Classrooms

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How we turned around our school culture and student performance

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Making Math Class Relevant to Real Life

Guide covers how to improve school culture

5 strategies for independent learning

6 ways to create engaging elementary learning spaces

Leading Social-Emotional Learning Provider Expands with New Digital Offering

These Colleges Are Betting That Culturally Relevant Textbooks Will Improve Student Outcomes

Pennsylvania School Reports Student Growth in Mathematics Despite National Trends

Crunch the Numbers—EdTech Data You Can Use Right Now

4 educator reflections on the 2023-2024 school year

eSN Hero Awards Finalists: 11 inspiring educators

How Schools Can Build a Culture of Support for Educator Mental Health

Reimagining attendance: A curriculum approach for K-12 students and parents

Use these 5 strategies to boost student engagement

Almost 2,000 Schools and Districts Choose Lexia® English Language Development™ to Support Emergent Bilingual Students’ English Language Acquisition

What students are reading

Math Anxiety Hurts Too Many Kids. Here’s How We Can Curb It.

‘Rocket Fuel’: How Schools Can Create a Positive, SEL-friendly School Culture

6 ways we boosted literacy platform usage and engaged students

Vernier Software & Technology Partners with Magnitude.io to Engage Students in a Virtual Field Trip to Space

How video coaching inspires teacher self-reflection

Vernier and SAM Labs Help Teachers Incorporate Science and Coding into Instruction

53 back-to-school tips and insights for a great year

3 simple ways to use interactive whiteboards in preschool classrooms

The 14 most innovative SEL districts, part 2

To Serve Bilingual Students, This Future Teacher Will Draw on Her Own Experience

4 takeaways for superintendents to drive real change

Nothing but Winning—EdTech Honors announced by eSchool, IEI, and Classlink

Juggling ‘Roomers’ and ‘Zoomers’? How Teachers Make Hybrid Learning Work

4 ways forward-thinking districts are inspiring more students to code

3 ways our school uses data to drive instruction

Age-appropriate tips for addressing gender stereotypes in the classroom

5 secrets for rolling out a successful 1:1 initiative

Do Students, Principals and Superintendents See Eye-to-Eye on Eliminating Grade Levels?

To Close the Math Achievement Gap, We Must Recognize What Students Bring to the Classroom

Inside the school that immerses students in Spanish — and technology

Is the Traditional Classroom Becoming Obsolete?

Looking for an innovation model for your school? Try asking students

To Support Black Male Teachers, A Nonprofit is Paying Off Student Loans

Transforming Elementary Lunchtimes from Chaos to Calm

Want Your Students to Remember You in 20 Years? Start Holding Weekly Data Conferences

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