eSchool News

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

A study of public schools in Texas found that those using IXL Math or IXL English Language Arts outperformed other schools on STAAR exams by as much as 11 percentile points in math, 17 percentile points in reading and 8 percentile points in writing. IXL’s impact in Texas.

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Edsurge

APRIL 13, 2020

They typically gather in classrooms to learn social studies, math, science and language arts from teachers who work at the corrections facility, located about 50 miles down the Mississippi River from St. The teenaged boys at Red Wing juvenile detention center are accustomed to six hours of school a day. Paul, Minnesota.

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eSchool News

JUNE 8, 2021

In a study of 554 teachers in the San Antonio area, 60 percent said that students turned in assignments less frequently during distance learning, and 65 percent believed that there were significantly fewer lessons that grabbed the attention of students.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

After listening to educators, parents and caregivers from across the country, Savvas Learning Company today introduced a range of platform enhancements and new K-12 educational products aimed at making distance learning more impactful. Savvas Realize Optimized for Distance Learning.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 15, 2020

While the education system strives to provide all children with fair, equitable access to high-quality education, the sudden switch to distance learning during the pandemic has turned the spotlight on persistent inequities among students. Related content: Study shows major learning loss for grades K-2. Others did not.

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Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2020

Laptops and internet connections are not available in every household , and even students who usually have such resources available may now find themselves competing for them with siblings or parents studying or working from home. But educators who want to make sure they reach every student don’t have to resort to mailing printed worksheets.

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eSchool News

MARCH 9, 2022

Attacks on schools had already dramatically increased during the rush to distance learning during the pandemic. The following policies and actions will support schools’ preparedness: Make cyber hygiene everyone’s top priority: A recent study by IBM shows that human error remains the main cause of 95 percent of cybersecurity breaches.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 26, 2021

In a study of 554 teachers in the San Antonio area, 60 percent said that students turned in assignments less frequently during distance learning, and 65 percent believed that there were significantly fewer lessons that grabbed the attention of students.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

With Career Sparks children now have the power to explore exciting careers from a traditional classroom setting or at home through distance learning. Career Sparks gives students a personal connection within distance learning that spurs exploration and ignites passions.”.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

In a recent survey on the difficulties of distance learning, teachers cited their biggest challenge to supporting their students was keeping them all engaged. This drop in student motivation is expected to continue as hybrid and distance learning models become normalized.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

During this time, learning loss–the reversal of academic progress due to disrupted formal education–has been of significant concern to educators. Unfortunately, studies show that English Language Learners (ELLs) have been disproportionately impacted by learning loss, as compared to their peers.

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eSchool News

JUNE 15, 2020

At his current school, students were in class with him every day until COVID-19 closed their campus, but spent most of their time working independently on course activities while Nolt worked with small groups in a study-hall-type arrangement.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2019

EdSurge spoke with Singer about inspiration, engagement and how his vision of a classroom video capture and distance learning platform that connects the dots is transforming teaching and learning in more than 500 institutions around the world. Our system is also able to turn a classroom lecture into a study guide, automatically.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 26, 2020

With a majority of schools participating in distance learning this year, Schell Games announced its virtual reality education tool HistoryMaker VR is now available for free on Steam for all to use. HistoryMaker VR is an immersive content creation tool that helps students learn history in an entertaining and engaging way.

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eSchool News

MARCH 2, 2021

A lack of access to connectivity and devices for distance learning, especially in low-income and under-resourced communities, has resulted in ELs being at a high risk for suffering from “COVID learning slide.” Current and former English Learners made up 43% of the population studied.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 20, 2021

There is no shortage of studies and expert opinions stating that the majority of students learn better in-person. Remote learning has been a disaster for many students. As schools, parents, and students across the country prepare for school re-entry, many are celebrating a return to the classroom.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The hands-on digital collections help students with science related studies in a whole new way as they continue to learn at home, at school, or in a hybrid environment during and post COVID-19. “As Setting a new standard, the digital teaching aids will alter the way millions of students learn in 150,000 U.S.

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eSchool News

APRIL 9, 2021

The reasons include ineffective educators, lack of internet access and study resources like tutor accessibility, and difficult family situations. According to McKinsey , students are at risk for significant, long-term learning loss – which will be even greater for low-income, black, and Hispanic students. Inclusive education for all.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Perhaps the most widely reported of the edtech industry’s learning loss reports came from nonprofit NWEA early this month. Its study covered fewer grades but a lot of students, nearly 4.4 However, unlike Illuminate and Renaissance, NWEA didn’t estimate weeks or months of learning loss.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 27, 2020

If there’s one thing everyone can agree on from this past spring, it’s that distance learning is challenging. Distance teaching also shone a light on problematic practices that were never effective in person, either. Distance learning isn’t simply about keeping kids busy or filling their minds with academic content.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 30, 2023

This recognition reaffirms our commitment to revolutionizing education through innovation and hybrid learning solutions. This recognition reaffirms our commitment to revolutionizing education through innovation and hybrid learning solutions. More real-world CTE kits in the series are coming soon.

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Edsurge

MAY 4, 2020

“In short, online learning is a delivery modality that supports mastery of content, regardless of how short or long a student has been in a seat,” explains Kerry Rice, a professor at Boise State University in Idaho who has studied effective distance learning at the K-12 level. “So That’s my number.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 29, 2020

To support educators with student-centered learning, BetterLesson and Adobe have teamed up to create 325 free instructional strategies that build creativity, collaboration, and communication skills using products in the Adobe Creative Cloud suite.

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eSchool News

JULY 7, 2020

Infobase is now positioned to connect educators with the solutions they need to fill learning gaps, provide social-emotional learning support, and successfully utilize distance learning technology through the COVID-19 pandemic and into the future. Closing Learning Gaps and Using Technology to Enhance Learning.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 21, 2020

At his current school, students were in class with him every day until COVID-19 closed their campus, but spent most of their time working independently on course activities while Nolt worked with small groups in a study-hall-type arrangement.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

As students log into their classrooms, another question arises – what has been the impact on student learning since the COVID-19 pandemic began? Based on these projections, the estimated impact on learning was significant – especially in math. Related content: How data will mitigate COVID-related learning losses.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 15, 2021

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, state leaders began searching for a digital assessment that would reliably measure student growth during distance learning and identify potential knowledge gaps throughout the year. The IXL family of products also includes Education.com , ABCya and Vocabulary.com.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 1, 2020

How much new instruction was provided via distance learning? The folks at Imagine Schools , a charter network with 30,000 students at schools in seven states and the District of Columbia, answered this last question by 1) conducting remote assessments in the spring; and 2) commissioning a study of that data.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Earlier this year, I mused that COVID-19 and the resulting reliance on distance learning would be a catalyst for radical innovation. Many schools have abandoned their hybrid/distance learning models, leaving students to fend for themselves if exposed. And how we study these solutions is key.

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Edsurge

APRIL 7, 2020

Once distance learning had gone into effect, we heard from one educator who shared, “ My vision of finally having someone else take care of my own kids’ education, even virtually, was smashed to smithereens. In one study, 85 percent of teachers reported that work-life imbalance was affecting their ability to teach.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2021

This includes T-Mobile’s Project 10Million, which is providing free data to 10 million households for five years, and Verizon’s Distance Learning Program, which is offering low-cost service plans to 38 million students. funding support for these efforts has been insufficient to close the full distance learning digital divide.

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eSchool News

MARCH 2, 2017

Next page: Ensuring everything was in place for the pilot’s success).

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Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2019

EdSurge spoke with Singer about inspiration, engagement and how his vision of a classroom video capture and distance learning platform that connects the dots is transforming teaching and learning in more than 500 institutions around the world. Our system is also able to turn a classroom lecture into a study guide, automatically.

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Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2020

When our school buildings closed, districts and teachers were tasked with creating remote learning plans for their students. And we learned quickly that barriers to fruitful distance learning were greater for some students than others. First, educators had to rethink infrastructure. It’s a lot bigger now.

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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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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

classrooms to an online or hybrid model, this report also includes a supplemental analysis of existing research and literature on engagement in online learning, to provide context on how the themes discovered in the field research apply to the current distance learning environment.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

As it was, Italy also had similar issues with distance learning. In a comprehensive article written for BMC Public Health Distance learning in Italian primary and middle school children during the COVID-19 pandemic: a national survey , the study revealed gaps in access. Scarpellini, F., Cartabia, M.

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