eSchool News

MAY 12, 2021

With this vetting initiative complete, Mesa Public Schools along with S.A.V.E. members, can implement our well-structured and inclusive curriculum with the knowledge that the program meets and exceeds the requirements to become an integral component of a school’s STEM implementation.”. consortium. “We About CoderZ.

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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.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

“Expanding our phonics ecosystem to support fourth and fifth grade is the direct result of educators asking us for a solution to fill the continued, growing need for explicit Tier 1 phonics and word study skill development beyond the third grade,” said Stewart. is a 30-week curriculum designed for daily 30-minute instruction.

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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 16, 2024

School makerspaces have emerged as centers of creativity, problem solving, collaboration, and more. These skills–often referred to as soft skills, but also known as durable skills for their importance in the workplace–are a focus of 21st-century classrooms. What does STEAM do for education?

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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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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

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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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. Neither are those that mention “innovation” and “21st century skills” in their mission statements. Ashton wasn’t talking about the students’ athletic prowess.

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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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eSchool News

AUGUST 20, 2020

Social-emotional learning (SEL) companies Aperture Education and Move T his World have partnered to provide Aperture’s customers with additional resources to support the development of students’ social-emotional skills. 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

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

CoderZ enables them to acquire computational thinking, problem solving skills and learn coding as a life skill. The last few years, in particular, have seen a surge in investment from both school districts and investors. “The About CoderZ. CoderZ is an innovative and engaging online learning environment.

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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

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

AI-powered tools can aid in identifying gaps in curriculum design, helping institutions refine their teaching strategies. Additionally, AI contributes to the evolution of assessment methods, offering new ways to measure students’ understanding and skills beyond traditional testing.

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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. So Cousretune put more energy into curriculum-mapping functions over time. The price of the sale was not disclosed.)

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eSchool News

MAY 18, 2023

Key points: Engineering doesn’t have to be intimidating Engineering helps students learn the mechanics of their world Engineering is arguably one of the most useful and relevant subjects in our schools today. They are also a good method for promoting soft engineering skills like collaboration and communication.

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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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Edsurge

JANUARY 21, 2020

Success in our modern economy demands a wide set of skills, including content knowledge, digital literacy, leadership and strong problem-solving abilities. All students need to develop these skills. Bring engaging robotics programs to your school. This impact is evident regardless of race, gender, income or community type.

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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). 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.

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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

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. For a student, individual attention can make the difference between effectively developing skills and just coasting along.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

MindLabs by Explore Interactive brings state-of-the-art technology that, combined with award-winning EiE curricula, will provide teachers with standards-aligned, engaging activities to help students build skills in problem-solving, critical thinking, engineering design, and team collaboration — all skills required for jobs in the 21st century.

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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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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

The gaming devices aren’t being treated as contraband anymore, at least not in the 100 K-12 schools that have welcomed Nintendo products into their classrooms this year to help students develop collaboration, creativity, critical thinking and problem-solving skills. He remembers hearing about it and eagerly submitting an application.

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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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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Education.com , an online education destination for teachers, parents, and homeschoolers looking to help their kids succeed in school, announced a new guided curriculum that changes the way they help their preschool and elementary children develop essential skills.

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Edsurge

MAY 17, 2021

Students will be entering classrooms with varied experiences during the pandemic, entering classrooms with uneven skill sets and knowledge levels. 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.

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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

JANUARY 4, 2019

There’s a lot that goes into innovation efforts on campus—think curriculum design, technology training for instructors, and bureaucracy. When you attend a rural public high school like I did, no one explains to you that you are creating a resume that you will use when you apply to colleges,” she wrote.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

Schools in Arizona can now find 95 Percent Group’s evidence-based products on their state list of reading improvement programs and begin using them immediately. . 95 Percent Group believes that evidence-based reading instruction is essential in schools. The half-year study of the 95PCP in Missouri met ESSA Level 1 criteria.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

SuperDville is a mission driven woman and minority owned and operated company which produces a video based social and emotional learning (SEL) curriculum designed to empower 7-13-year-olds with learning differences. Themes include SEL skills like self-advocacy, confidence, and resilience while promoting a peer-to-peer model.

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Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2019

A quarter of them had mastered the skills and were ready to apply what they had learned about fractions to solving linear equations. About half showed competency with the skills, but were still making numerous errors. High school math curriculum is bullet-pointed into units, chapters, subheadings and indicators.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Her experiences couldn’t be further away from the examples her elementary school books centered on?farming. It’s a good combination of community and equity and purposeful curriculum design,” Egan says. They can add chapters as new skills become in-demand by employers or choose the format that works best for their classes.

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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. But another important aspect is thinking about digital literacy skills and digital rights.

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eSchool News

JULY 23, 2020

These services will support colleges and universities in their efforts to better understand and utilize the technology solutions across campus, access more timely and insightful performance data, enhance accreditation and compliance practices, give students better visibility into their mastery of key skills, and much more. “At

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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

JULY 16, 2016

In 2012 I, along with a group of like-minded colleagues, signed up to take on an audacious goal: we helped open New York City’s first public high school focused on computing. Computer science might be what makes us unique, but we have built on the success of our peers in the small schools movement.

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