eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Waltham, MA – KinderLab Robotics , a leader in educational STEAM robotics for grades pre-K–5, has launched Thinking with KIBO: Introducing Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Early Grades , a free curriculum designed to help students understand how AI tools work and think critically about how these tools can improve lives in their communities.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2023

In short, it has never been more critical to understand how to support students on the path to reading proficiency by the end of 3rd grade. The science can and should guide curriculum design. school districts that have adopted Reading Horizons Discovery , their foundational literacy curriculum for grades K–3.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2017

With all of the focus on helping struggling students achieve grade-level proficiency, students at the very top end of the academic spectrum often aren’t getting the challenges they need to stay engaged in school or tap their full potential. Matthew Jaskol aims to change that.

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eSchool News

MAY 12, 2021

The suite includes scaffolded and leveled, standards-aligned curriculum designed to support STEM, computer science, coding, robotics, and SEL in engaging ways, and to embrace all learners from any and every background. The courses and curriculum engage students in solving gamified challenges by coding a virtual robot.

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eSchool News

JULY 17, 2017

The school librarian is no longer just the manager of a room full of books, but a resource and technology expert, reading teacher, curriculum designer, program administrator, professional development coordinator, information literacy teacher, and a school leader with a finger on the pulse of every classroom.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 19, 2017

The school librarian is no longer just the manager of a room full of books, but a resource and technology expert, reading teacher, curriculum designer, program administrator, professional development coordinator, information literacy teacher, and a school leader with a finger on the pulse of every classroom.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

AI facilitates efficient administrative tasks, reducing the burden on educators by handling routine processes such as scheduling, grading, and resource management. AI-powered tools can aid in identifying gaps in curriculum design, helping institutions refine their teaching strategies.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Even with some disagreement about the cost effectiveness of chasing the benefits of small class size, most researches agree that it does have a positive impact, particularly on students in younger grades. The NEA examined the research on STAR students and focused on the long-term results from the follow-up studies.

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eSchool News

APRIL 6, 2020

Art of Problem Solving (AoPS) is offering one free month or a $15 discount on a yearly subscription to Beast Academy Online , the complete web-based math curriculum designed to help students ages 8-13 deepen their understanding of math. Alcumus : This free adaptive online learning system has more than 13,000 problems and solutions.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Learning Upgrade , an ed-tech company providing digital, differentiated literacy curriculum designed for English language learners (ELLs), launched a mobile app to increase accessibility and expand offerings to a wide range of English learners. ELLs of all ages are now able to work through lessons anytime and anywhere.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 20, 2020

Aperture Education’s DESSA Comprehensive SEL System provides assessments to measure the social-emotional competence of students in grades K-12. Its Growth Strategies are research-informed social emotional learning interventions, lesson plans and activities created for teachers, by teachers for grades K-8.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2022

When I started teaching in the early 90s, I was an eager and very green third grade teacher ready to change the world, one class at a time. Since then, I have served in various roles in public education and the private sector and have witnessed innovations in curriculum, instructional design, classroom design, and more.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 26, 2022

The new PBL units are being designed for teachers of grades 4-12 and will be available free as Open Educational Resources (OER). . In addition to the work being done through the Bezos Family Foundation grant, BIE is also partnering with the Kentucky Department of Education to design culturally-responsive K-12 science/STEM units.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

The comprehensive CoderZ suite of products includes CoderZ Adventure for elementary students, the Python Gym course for students in grades seven through 12, and the middle school curriculums Cyber Robotics 101 and Cyber Robotics 102. About CoderZ. CoderZ is an innovative and engaging online learning environment.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 4, 2019

There’s a lot that goes into innovation efforts on campus—think curriculum design, technology training for instructors, and bureaucracy. Outcomes, Testing and Grading Which methods of assessment best measure learning and ability? But too often, a critical element is left out of the process: student voice.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Here’s why creativity is essential in today’s curriculum. A STEM or STEAM lab is an environment where students, irrespective of grade, can come together and actively participate in hands-on STEM and STEAM learning. What is STEAM and STEM activity? Much STEM and STEAM activity happens in labs.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

We now go beyond simply supplying educational materials to educators – we work hand in hand with expert teachers and curriculum designers to guide parents and teachers. New Expert-led Curriculum Identifies and Maps Essential Skills for Success. Guided Lessons Save Teachers Time; Give Parents Step-By-Step Expert Guidance.

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Edsurge

MAY 17, 2021

When studying the history of Chicago with my third-grade students, understanding identity was critical to understanding Chicago’s long-standing inequality. Complex instruction leverages open-ended tasks, specifically designed for diverse groups of learners.

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eSchool News

JUNE 17, 2016

The district is in the midst of navigating another drastic shift: rolling out custom, teacher-curated curriculum designed with free, openly licensed material, district technology director Ed Eimiller said. Department of Education in efforts to provide schools with quality online material. image via AP ].

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

The criteria were established by the Arizona Department of Education as part of its Move On When Reading initiative, an effort to provide all readers with specific, targeted instruction and interventions so that they are reading at or above grade level by the end of the 3rd grade. “95

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

I struggled with classroom management, curriculum design and the pressures of working in a high-poverty school. Hoover, a fellow first-grade teacher who had also moved to Jacksonville for the job. Fortunately, I wasn’t alone. One particularly meaningful relationship was with Ms.

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Edsurge

MAY 13, 2019

James Mills (left) and Kaiya Everett (right), two sixth grade students at DPA designing websites to host their original trivia games. Emily Tate / EdSurge) An expressed goal of the school, Ashton said, is to have 100 percent of students pass the AP Computer Science Principles exam by the end of 10th grade. “We

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

It is for this very reason that SEL hasn’t traditionally played a prominent role in curriculum design. And its near-absence in the school models of yesterday underscores its importance in the effective implementation of personalized learning plans in tomorrow’s schools.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

It’s a good combination of community and equity and purposeful curriculum design,” Egan says. Measuring Success To gauge the program’s success, participating colleges will be looking at retention rates, grades and the number of faculty using the open textbooks. I had never thought about anything like that before,” she says. “[OER]

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

The classroom program, which began in fall 2018 and runs through the spring, pairs Nintendo technology with a curriculum designed by the Institute of Play to create a STEM-focused, hands-on learning experience that combines digital and physical elements. He remembers hearing about it and eagerly submitting an application.

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Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2019

The 20 students in my class received a wide range of grades, causing a mixture of satisfaction and dismay. The rest were lost and stuffed the tests into their binders immediately after glancing at their grade. How can I space out the learning in this unit to combat the compartmentalization inherently promoted by curriculum designers?

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Since last fall they’ve already submitted digital data about their demographics, household income, ethnicity and legal status, food intolerances, medical profiles, grades and socio-emotional skills. My three children—aged six, eight, and nine—enrolled in a US public school last year (having moved from Europe).

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In doing so, we should design assessments as an engaging, ongoing process for students, helping them learn and achieve their learning outcomes rather than considering it as a one-shot test or quiz and focusing merely on the score. She obtained her PhD in chemistry education from Bremen University/Germany.

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Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2020

Our math curriculum now includes spaced practice at all grade levels. Our primary teachers are talking about cognitive load—or the mental effort associated with tasks—and how designing lessons that recognize its importance, help our littlest learners to fend off frustration and overwhelm.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 3, 2016

Nonsense, Seymour said: “The language of these ads betrays the way in which this software throws away what is best about the contribution of game designers, and replaces it with what is worst about the contribution of school curriculum designers.”. Did you ever hear about a game advertised as being easy?

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eSchool News

MARCH 25, 2022

March 24, 2022 – A newly announced partnership between Saga Education and Littera Education means that schools will be able to offer students one of the most effective personalized tutoring programs in the country via a platform designed to make delivery easy.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2019

Student assessments, Rasmussen says, are graded by “robots.” A prominently posted badge reminds students they must earn a 70 percent minimum grade to receive credit. Instructors who recorded the lectures came from institutions including Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Yale University, New York University and Davidson College.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 12, 2024

With Kolibri, we provide a free and open-source learning platform that's really designed for learners with limited digital literacy skills, so there aren’t as many barriers to adoption.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In doing so, we should design assessments as an engaging, ongoing process for students, helping them learn and achieve their learning outcomes rather than considering it as a one-shot test or quiz and focusing merely on the score.

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Edsurge

MARCH 14, 2017

That’s exactly what the leadership team has done at Valor Collegiate Academies in Nashville, Tennessee, a school network committed to balancing academic content with non academic skills and habits in the curriculum to help better prepare students for their future. Work towards all three goals is underway.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

In 2016 - 2017, grades K-6 will be housed in the same building and a decision will be made in fall 2016 about whether to move forward at multiple sites or a single site. Transcend is supporting the network with planning, design, implementation and iteration for the Greenfield Schools.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

AI is also employed in automating administrative tasks, streamlining processes such as grading and attendance tracking. Administratively, AI automates routine tasks, such as grading and attendance tracking, freeing up educators to focus on more interactive and creative teaching strategies.

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