eSchool News

MARCH 23, 2020

The free MackinVIA digital content management system is available to all schools and is providing users with hundreds of free MackinClassic eBooks to assist with distance learning initiatives due to the COVID-19 health crisis. The free titles can be downloaded and will be made available until the end of 2020.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 4, 2020

The resources are organized by: Early childhood/elementary Middle school/high school Black Lives Matter 13 Guiding Principles. Area Educators for Social Justice website has a collection of resources for educators.

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eSchool News

JULY 10, 2020

Los Coyotes Middle School. Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District, CA. “We Related content: This visual arts teacher steps outside the box during distance learning. Even though I had already been using a lot of technology for the assignments, I still had a lot of redesign to do after moving to remote learning.

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Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2020

This is the first of a three-part series looking at how social-emotional learning strategies can support teachers of students with learning differences during the pandemic. The necessary and rapid move to distance learning in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been disabling for our education system.

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Edsurge

MAY 21, 2020

We are approaching the two month mark since schools shut their doors in response to COVID-19, and we are now entering a new phase in the learning process. Despite an optimistic start, educators and students alike are realizing that remote learning is not all that it’s cracked up to be.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 4, 2023

As a school counselor, I spend my days serving 835 middle school students in a rural district in Livingston, California. The teachers and counselors in my school have been working harder than ever it seems, but despite our best efforts, the effects of the past two years are palpable.

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eSchool News

MARCH 14, 2016

Members of the media were able to tour the new Phillips 66 Innovation Lab at Bartlesville High School on Monday with Phillips 66 Chairman/CEO Greg Garland and Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister. Equipment: Bartlesville High School. — Madison and Central Middle Schools. —

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Edsurge

MAY 13, 2020

Take Janet Lake, who is used to standing all day to teach ninth graders at her school in the San Diego Unified School District. During the first week of distance learning, she tried sitting, but her feet swelled up. So she created a makeshift standing desk, where she now works from each day.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2020

For those who can, it’s become abundantly clear that grades alone are insufficient to motivate learning. According to Rocky Bragg, a high school English teacher in the district, this policy has created some havoc.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Moore: We are a small suburban school district (approximately 2400 students in two elementary schools, one middle school and one high school) located in Enola, PA that started the school year completely online. Prior to OTIS, how was your district handling PD?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2023

College is our country’s post-high school default, and it doesn’t have to be. We’re seeing the pendulum swinging back to reintroducing career and technical exploration (CTE) in middle schools. Most importantly, ongoing, meaningful school-home communication is paramount. –Joy Smithson, Ph.D.,

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Despite the pressure to attend, reports suggest 53 percent of high school students are unlikely to pursue a college degree. –Jessica Petersen, General Manager of Professional Development Services, Catapult Learning We’re seeing the pendulum swinging back to reintroducing career and technical exploration (CTE) in middle schools.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2020

Jamie Wong Baesa , a middle school math teacher who hasn’t seen her students’ faces since March. Geri Zamora , a high school history teacher who nearly lost a student to COVID-19. Frazier , a fourth grade teacher who says remote learning reaffirmed the career path she chose. Meet the First-Year Teachers.

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Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2024

In April 2020, teachers were beginning to realize that their schools’ closures would not be all that temporary. They’d need to make do with haphazard plans for distance learning through the end of the school year — perhaps longer. Around this time four years ago, a seismic event was rippling across education.

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