eSchool News

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Key points: Neurodiverse students often need more intentional support Here’s how schools can better support neurodiverse students Why special educators are key to behavioral equity and inclusion For more news on special needs students, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub Relatively common diagnoses for which there is insufficient mainstream educational or behavioral support, such as autism and ADHD , have risen enough that now fully 15 percent of the school population has special educational nee

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2024

When Meta held its annual conference at the end of September, the tech giant announced it is betting that the next wave of computing will come in the form of smart eyeglasses. Mark Zuckberberg, Meta’s founder and CEO, held up what he described as the first working prototype of Orion, which lets wearers see both the physical world and a computer display hovering in the field of vision.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Key points: Many student groups are a full year behind their pre-pandemic counterparts Empowering young minds with a proven literacy program AI is the solution to costly and ineffective dyslexia programs For more news on literacy, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub As a country, we are at a pivotal time. Recent national test scores found that our country’s eighth graders are still a full school year behind pre-COVID levels in their reading and math achievements.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The oldest wooden schoolhouse in the U.S. is a small building in St. Augustine, Fla., with records that date back to 1740. While this particular building is no longer used for teaching and learning, plenty of other classes across the country take place in dignified and historic structures. Divide Public School, in Montana, was built in 1870. It is the only school in Divide School District 4, serving six students ranging from first to fifth grade.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Saint Paul, Minn. – Following the success of the children’s book Everyday Superheroes: Women in Energy Careers , authors Erin Twamley and Joshua Sneideman are partnering with Enel North America , a clean energy leader, and KidWind , an international leader in clean energy education, to create Everyday Superheroes: An Energy Coloring and Activity Book.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 10, 2024

This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on November 18, 2019 © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. Try a FREE three-week trial of The Teaching Professor! A new study in Active Learning in Higher Education (see reference below) motivated me to take another look at the research on student self-assessment. It’s decidedly mixed, which isn’t unexpected given the range of self-assessment tasks used in the research, not to mention cohort and methodological differences.

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Teacher Mood

OCTOBER 10, 2024

As teachers, we all want our students to feel confident, capable, and ready to take on new challenges. But building that confidence in the classroom isnt always easy. It requires a balance between supporting our students and pushing them to grow. In this post, Ill share some tips on how to build student confidence by focusing on both self-esteem and self-efficacy two key factors that help students thrive.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2024

WASHINGTON — Lewis Ferebee, chancellor of District of Columbia Public Schools, stands at the top of a staircase at John Lewis Elementary when he’s approached by a couple of his constituents for handshakes. He has to reach down a bit — the third-grade boys only stand about waist-high to Ferebee. The school got a face-lift three years ago. The renovations transformed the noisy, open-concept hallways — relics of the Open Education Movement from the ’60s and ’70s — into individual classrooms.

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