eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Across the country, more and more schools are implementing project-based learning and forging partnerships with businesses to help students build real-world skills to succeed in college and the workforce. Take Chicago’s Chicago Tech Academy High School for example. “Part of our curriculum design is project-based learning.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The science can and should guide curriculum design. Their research program encompasses studies with a wide variety of school districts, to ensure that their data reflects our nation’s student population and teachers’ levels of training and instructional approaches.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

This is a unique offering for schools and it is exciting to be able to bring this resource to the classroom to help both struggling and on grade-level students improve their reading and spelling abilities.” is a 30-week curriculum designed for daily 30-minute instruction.

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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. Q: Why do you think the needs of many gifted students aren’t being met in schools today?

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

With 25+ years of practice and research behind him, Joe Feldman—a former teacher, principal and district administrator—speaks from experience when it comes to the ongoing inequities and challenges that districts and schools have with grading. It can help reduce the limitations of traditional assessments. ➔To

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eSchool News

JULY 17, 2017

It’s the 21 st century, and school librarians are no longer just “the keepers of the books.” This means that I am in charge of maintaining a district media committee for vetting district-provided digital resources, and I am also responsible for the professional development for our school librarians.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 19, 2017

It’s the 21 st century, and school librarians are no longer just “the keepers of the books.” This means that I am in charge of maintaining a district media committee for vetting district-provided digital resources, and I am also responsible for the professional development for our school librarians.

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Edsurge

MAY 13, 2019

She was talking about computer science—the subject at the core of the middle school she founded in Southeast D.C. Computer science-focused schools are not so rare anymore. The computer science curriculum is doing more than teaching underserved middle school students how to code. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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eSchool News

MARCH 8, 2018

million English language learners (ELLs) in elementary and middle school classrooms, learning and understanding the language of mathematics can be a challenge. Supporting ELLs requires a commitment to a shift in practices that involves the entire school and also branches out to the community. For many of the 4.5

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

My three children—aged six, eight, and nine—enrolled in a US public school last year (having moved from Europe). When it comes to children’s school data we should ask who controls it, what is it worth and how will it impact their lives." What is the value of school data? Data, in other words, is valuable.

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k12 Digest

MAY 14, 2025

As a leader of IB World schools, Kim Green is committed to creating strong connections across the learning continuum through impactful leadership, a strong curriculum that leads to mastery, and mindful and inclusive practices. In 2014, she published Re-thinking Leadership Development in Schools .

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Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2017

Tucked into the southwest corner of the Navajo Nation, Arizona’s STAR School is a charter school that knows its place—literally. The school is completely “off the grid,” powered by solar panels and wind generators. Schools that practice PBE view the community as an extension of the classroom rather than a separate entity.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2016

Survey reveals how school and districts leaders aim to use the digital curriculum transition to better serve students and teachers. School district leaders’ top objective in transitioning to a digital curriculum is to achieve greater instructor effectiveness, according to a survey from The Learning Counsel.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Now the Managing Director and Chief Learning Officer at Games for Change , Shapiro stands at the vanguard of a movement to both normalize and prioritize game-based instruction in schools. Shapiro: Years ago, while working in a charter school in New York City focused on using technology in the classroom, I met Katie Salen Tekinba?.

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eSchool News

MAY 7, 2015

Live integration between Atlas and Schoolbox aims to streamline workflow and simplify data sharing for teachers and K-12 schools. Rubicon International, the creator of the curriculum management software platform Atlas, has announced a partnership with the learning management system (LMS) Schoolbox, created by Alaress.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2015

Expecting teachers to go it alone hurts school improvement. The myth that good teachers have the Midas touch and therefore don’t need curriculum programs has been around for decades. Under the current era of the Common Core State Standards, this myth is playing out in some districts and schools in a different way.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

High school transcripts indicated that STAR students who were in smaller classes for a minimum of three years were substantially more likely to graduate from high school. This means they will stick around longer, giving every school or university the benefit of expert instructors.

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eSchool News

APRIL 1, 2015

Read about how Hartford Public Schools and Middlebury Interactive Languages are partnering to close the achievement gap for English Language Learners through an innovative digital curriculum designed to teach academic English to non-native speakers. Retired Whitepapers Middlebury Interactive'

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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. subsidiary.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

AI-powered tools can aid in identifying gaps in curriculum design, helping institutions refine their teaching strategies. Cost of implementation: Introducing AI in education can be expensive, limiting access to advanced technologies for schools with limited resources.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

This profile is the fourth in a series from the EdSurge Research team, which has spent the past six months studying the market of service providers that support schools through the redesign process. Bringing about change in schools is complex. Aylon Samouha brings five years of school redesign experience as an independent consultant.

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Edsurge

JUNE 2, 2025

On a Wednesday afternoon, a school district director emailed to say she might be late to the first community of practice session. When a participant was reassigned to an additional school role mid-program, her bandwidth shrank. She explained she was giving a board presentation that evening, right before the session. Embrace complexity.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The biggest change for Coursetune happened last week, when Academic Partnerships, a company that helps colleges set up online degree programs, acquired the curriculum-design company. But Andersen says that no competitor has focused on the curriculum-mapping as closely. The price of the sale was not disclosed.)

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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.

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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). . PBLNow curriculum units will work seamlessly with PBLWorks professional learning services to support teachers, schools and districts in enacting high quality PBL experiences.”.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 2, 2024

Key points: The right tech can help create safe, efficient, and engaging learning environments Tech investments determine school success Taking K-12 education transformation from pipe dream to pipeline For more news on district trends, visit eSN’s Educational Leadership hub Imagine a school where learning isn’t confined to the classroom.

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eSchool News

APRIL 7, 2023

Metropolitan Soundview High School had no art program when Cheriece White took a job there 10 years ago. This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. newsletters. So she created her own.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

School makerspaces have emerged as centers of creativity, problem solving, collaboration, and more. These days, school libraries often include makerspaces and librarians are becoming well-versed in the coding, robotics, engineering, and tinkering skills necessary to help students bring their ideas to fruition.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

I was part of a cohort of about 100 first-year educators, all united by a common mission: to serve under-resourced and underserved schools. But very quickly, I learned that teaching in a Title I school, where a high percentage of low-income students face significant educational gaps , was far more challenging than I had anticipated.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 20, 2020

Once they administer the DESSA, teachers, counselors, and out-of-school-time providers can use the applicable strategies to help bolster SEL skills of students in areas in which they need additional support. The strategies can be administered at school or at home. The webinar is available on Zoom. About Aperture Education.

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eSchool News

MARCH 28, 2023

While many think of high school students engaged in mechanical engineering or robotics competitions when they hear the word “robotics,” the subject naturally lends itself to learners of all ages—including very young students.

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eSchool News

JUNE 17, 2016

For students at Central Valley middle and high schools, accessing classroom lessons rarely involves opening a book. In high school math teacher Joe Sowinski’s classes, technology has changed class structure. “I Department of Education in efforts to provide schools with quality online material. By and large, it’s working.

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Teach Thought

MARCH 17, 2025

The Heick Learning Taxonomy can be used to guide planning, assessment, curriculum design, and self-directed learning.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 21, 2020

However, many schools struggle to offer hands-on learning opportunities, such as robotics programs, because they lack funding, coaches and other forms of support. Bring engaging robotics programs to your school. Students engaged in STEM programs are prepared for success in the classroom and the workforce.

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Edsurge

MAY 17, 2021

We must tread lightly as we plan for a new school year, and we must ensure healing comes without inflicting any further harm on our students. Complex instruction leverages open-ended tasks, specifically designed for diverse groups of learners.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Rather than creating online degree programs from scratch, Noodle is outsourcing various aspects—recruitment, curriculum design—to other companies and bundling together the services for universities. Second, recruiting online students is an expensive process that schools are happy to offload onto OPMs.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The increased focus on social-emotional learning as we emerge from the pandemic is a great example school and district PD requirements. As a former principal, I know that data and district mandates can determine the focus and timing of professional development.

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