eSchool News

APRIL 20, 2024

We plan to release similar reports annually, ensuring that the K-12 community has access to the latest insights and resources to drive positive change in their schools and communities.” – Mark Gruzin, CEO of Frontline Education. In doing so, it aims to assist district leaders in aligning their strategies to recent research.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 27, 2024

It has been rewarding to see so many institutions investing in supporting educators develop a deeper understanding of how children learn to read.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 23, 2016

When I became an administrator back in 2008, I realized there were too many students flying under the radar and not reading at their grade level. If there’s one thing I know as an educator, now a superintendent, it’s that reading level defines success—period. Next page: How data guides students to become successful.

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eSchool News

MARCH 1, 2023

With i-Ready , educators can gain deep insight into student growth based on industry-leading assessment and instructional design concepts backed by extensive validity evidence. Today, i-Ready serves more than 11 million students, as well as approximately one-third of all students in grades K–8 in the United States.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 22, 2017

This growing accessibility is due largely to open source formats that support collaboration along with more affordable, yet still professional-grade desktop options. That’s why from primary to higher education, the benefits of getting 3D printing into the hands of students are numerous.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2023

.” — EngageAI Institute Forum Participant, Educator Developing AI Literacy With Digital Equity Digital Promise is developing processes, practices and resources for school districts to support educators in developing AI literacy and leveraging AI for powerful learning in K-12 learning environments.

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eSchool News

JULY 27, 2016

Below, we’ve gathered some of the latest and most relevant marketplace news to keep you up-to-date on product developments, teaching and learning initiatives, and new trends in education.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

October 28, 2021 — Twig Education , creators of the leading elementary level science program Twig Science, today announced the launch of Twig Science Next Gen for grades 6–8. For Twig Science Next Gen, Twig partnered with some of the most highly respected organizations in the worlds of science and engineering education.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2024

By creating more flexible, student-centered classrooms, personalized learning empowers students to take ownership of their education, developing the skills they need to thrive both academically and personally. It moves beyond the one-size-fits-all approach by focusing on each student’s strengths, needs and learning pace.

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eSchool News

JULY 20, 2021

—July 19, 2021 — DreamBox Learning, the leading education technology provider that in 2006 pioneered intelligent adaptive learning, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Reading Plus, an evidence-based online reading program for grades 3-12 designed to help students boost their literacy skills and reading confidence.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

She says that research done by the Center for Black Educator Development found that the first time that white girls hear the message that they should be a teacher comes as early as third grade.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 18, 2024

Now, with nearly 20 years of teaching experience, and nine working as an educational developer, I know that while those planning steps are needed, they are not the most important. Teresa Focarile is the associate director for educational development at Boise State’s Center for Teaching and Learning. How might this work?

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

In September, a teacher in the Hamshire-Fannett Independent School District, in Southeast Texas, was fired when district leaders learned that an eighth grade class was reading a graphic novel based on the diary of Anne Frank. The novel had not been approved and was deemed inappropriate, and the firing made headlines.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2020

As a result, the CK-12 and educators developed hundreds of thousands of content “chunks.” Educators can combine whatever serves their needs. Flagship science programs include middle school earth science, life science and physics along with high school sciences, as well as math from grades 6 through 11 (algebra II).

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 18, 2024

Now, with nearly 20 years of teaching experience, and nine working as an educational developer, I know that while those planning steps are needed, they are not the most important. Teresa Focarile is the associate director for educational development at Boise State’s Center for Teaching and Learning. How might this work?

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Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2017

We’ve discovered that the five-part working definition of competency education developed by 100 innovators six years ago hasn’t protected us from misunderstandings. So is enabling students to advance above grade level. However, that’s not the reason that competency education is valuable.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

As researchers focusing on education technology, we see this often: interactive whiteboards covered in posters, desktop computers holding up plants, older devices that do not work with a newer assessment system. The list goes on.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

From that day forward, she voraciously educated herself and, as of today, has started her own plastic recycling project (building eco bricks), and began an environmental awareness club at her school. Take one of my grade 9 students, Siya, for example.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 16, 2023

As grading and providing meaningful feedback is time consuming, many educators provide standardized one-size-fits-all feedback to their learners. AI-powered grading tools can help educators automate the grading process, provide immediate feedback to learners, and reduce some of the grading load for educators (Wu et al.,

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 20, 2023

As English professors and educational developers, we think this question is essential when creating a sense of belonging for all students. And lastly, we should also consider the assumptions we hold about our student audiences—their grade level, motivations, abilities, goals, backgrounds, and more. References: Bogost, I.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 16, 2023

As grading and providing meaningful feedback is time consuming, many educators provide standardized one-size-fits-all feedback to their learners. AI-powered grading tools can help educators automate the grading process, provide immediate feedback to learners, and reduce some of the grading load for educators (Wu et al.,

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2019

But after hearing from users who requested support with budget planning, the company created a new offering to help educators develop budgets with staffing and spending plans aligned to the right account codes.

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Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

We learned that feedback related to linguistic implicit biases usually centered on: assumptions about relevant real-world contexts, misconceptions about knowledge and abilities, and rubric grading for grammar vs rhetorical intentions. To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development , 42 (2), 7. link] Cook-Sather, A.

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Edsurge

JULY 13, 2016

However, what we describe as partnerships commonly entail little more than developers listening to teachers before designing technologies for the classroom. But for edtech companies that aim to transform teaching and learning, it's not enough to solicit feedback from teachers.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 20, 2023

As English professors and educational developers, we think this question is essential when creating a sense of belonging for all students. And lastly, we should also consider the assumptions we hold about our student audiences—their grade level, motivations, abilities, goals, backgrounds, and more. References: Bogost, I.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

I eventually learned how the system worked, I learned how to get good grades, and my focus turned more to “learning.”. Stackup is also being considered for a Google Education Development partnership. Unfortunately, all of this was “playing,” and never made it onto my report card, transcript, or resume. Reprinted with permission.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JULY 9, 2015

Smoking, steroids, illegal drugs, and 3rd grade retention? State department educational policy advocacy: “Evidence-based” or puffery? 5 big questions for the Iowa Council on Educator Development. Related Posts. My thoughts on a proposed social media policy for school employees (Part 2).

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 2, 2024

If you decide to write your own prompt, be sure to specify: Your context : the level/grade of the students and course/discipline The task : brainstorm real-world controversies to teach a topic The contingencies: limit to five ideas and do not invent sources (note GPT 4.0 You can see a sample output from Chat GPT 4.0 for this prompt.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 2, 2024

If you decide to write your own prompt, be sure to specify: Your context : the level/grade of the students and course/discipline The task : brainstorm real-world controversies to teach a topic The contingencies: limit to five ideas and do not invent sources (note GPT 4.0 You can see a sample output from Chat GPT 4.0 for this prompt.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The majority of students never have a Black teacher at all from kindergarten to 12th grade, which is a travesty. When Black students have at least one Black teacher by 3rd grade, they’re 13 percent more likely to enroll in college. With two Black teachers, they are 32 percent more likely to go to college.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 5, 2018

For districts like De Queen, similar fairs do more than expose students to science and engineering , says Abigail Jurist Levy, co-director of the science and mathematics programs for Education Development Center, which recently completed a nationwide study of middle school science fairs, funded by the National Science Foundation.

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Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2022

Antonieta Avila, sixth grade teacher in Los Angeles Los Angeles-based sixth grade teacher Antonieta Avila put it another way: “Students come to us regularly and share the trauma that they have gone through this past year and a half. Where do I go to share it? Where do I go to leave it?

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