eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Since the Covid-19 pandemic, the rate of students who are chronically absent—defined as missing just under one month of class—has doubled to 26 percent nationally, reaching crisis levels and threatening the educational foundation of our nation’s youth. Chronic absenteeism is estimated to be responsible for up to 27 percent of the overall decline in math test scores and a shocking 45 percent of the drop in reading scores between 2019 and 2022.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Ongoing training is a must-have in K–12, and teachers don’t get enough of it. In a survey of 1,200 educators by TPT, 68% of new teachers said they need more professional development. PD is especially important when purchasing new educational technology, yet educators and IT professionals find it hard to make the case for PD, and schools may struggle to pay for it.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Key points: Pet therapy offers students a novel way to outline their own SEL goals SEL implementation soars across U.S. Simple steps to navigate difficult classroom discussions For more on student well-being, see eSN’s SEL & Well-Being hub Recently, there has been tremendous growth in the focus on mental health in K-12 education. Children nowadays face various stressors in school (academically and socially), as well as challenges from their outside worlds that trickle into their school

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Every month, subscribers to our newsletter get a free/discounted resource to help their tech teaching. November 2-7th: Coaching or Mentoring BOGO — Buy one month; get the second free Do any of these sound like you? Your kindergartners don’t know what ‘enter’, ‘spacebar’, ‘click’ or many other techie words mean but you need to teach them to keyboard, internet, and become digital citizens.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Los Angeles, CA – PRP Group, a Hawke Media Company, and K20 Connect announced a strategic partnership to provide a comprehensive range of communication solutions aimed attackling challenges faced by educational institutions. This collaboration will address critical issues such as increasing enrollment, reducing chronic absenteeism rates, and enhancing efforts in teacher recruitment.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The victory was bittersweet. Khoa Ta, then a sophomore at Owensboro High School from Daviess County in Western Kentucky, was elected as a student board member for the local board of education last May. It was a role Ta was eager to build on, having helped to write and lobby for a statewide bill that sought to put a student board member in each Kentucky school district.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Key points: Student engagement is of paramount importance to students’ future success Students want more career-connected learning 3 online resources to encourage student career planning For more on student engagement, see eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub While most students say they are eager to learn and say they feel a strong sense of belonging in school, teachers still face challenges that slow improvements in student engagement and learning outcomes, according to a new report from

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