eSchool News

MARCH 17, 2025

As schools closed their doors, remote learning became the primary mode of instruction, accelerating edtech’s role in classrooms. Digital tools, once mainly supplementary for many schools, became essential for delivering lessons, facilitating communication, and maintaining student engagement.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

This fall, I will return to the classroom for my second year teaching English at Philadelphia’s Excel Academy South , an accelerated high school experience for students seeking a smaller, more personal setting, intensely focused on elevating social skills, emotional wellness, and academic success. . It was about the outside world.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 27, 2024

BOSTON In 2024, more than 2,600 districts, schools, and state departments purchased or renewed licenses to Lexia Aspire Professional Learning or the Lexia LETRS (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling) professional learning programs.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Immediately after we wrapped Season 1, we had an overwhelming respect for what educators do and felt a need to advocate for educators,” Williams said. A lot of times in our schools, you do see Black females at the helm—they’re the strong ones in the school.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 13, 2025

Key points: Teachers of color produce additional positive academic, social-emotional, and behavioral outcomes for all students School leaders of color face high levels of burnoutheres what they need to thrive How are you attracting and retaining teachers of color? Education leaders cannot fix what they cannot see.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2019

As fall begins in earnest, schools are in full swing. Students and teachers are settling into their schedules, with the newness of the school year giving way to routines. This is an all-too-common scenario for those who support schools in their technology implementations. Edtech developers take feedback from schools seriously.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 17, 2025

As educators navigate the demands of an AI-rich teaching environment, they require innovative tools to adapt their instructional practices while maintaining a focus on equity, efficiency, and continuous growth. Professional development will be even more important as the rate of change accelerates due to more powerful emerging tools.

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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 8, 2021

I have released a second course titled Advancing with Blended and Online Learning to help educators develop in their practice. Help students develop their metacognitive and self-regulation skills. Upon completion of the course, teachers will automatically receive a certificate of completion.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Building the home-to-school connection A 2002 report from the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory found that “when schools, families, and community groups work together to support learning, children tend to do better in school, stay in school longer, and like school more.”

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eSchool News

MARCH 17, 2022

CASEL’s mission is to help make evidence-based SEL an integral part of education from preschool through high school. Today, it collaborates with leading experts and supports districts, schools, and states nationwide to drive research, guide practice, and inform policy. To learn more, visit [link].

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eSchool News

JUNE 27, 2023

Immediately after we wrapped Season 1, we had an overwhelming respect for what educators do and felt a need to advocate for educators,” Williams said. Key points: Black male teachers are desperately needed in U.S.

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eSchool News

APRIL 29, 2024

Today, math scores are at pre-pandemic lows (thanks in part to years of remote learning) and elementary-aged children are falling behind grade-level standards, posing significant risks to children’s educational development.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JULY 9, 2015

I discussed how we won’t see desired changes in student learning outcomes until we change what students experience in their schools on a day-to-day basis. I talked about how investment in deeper learning also is workforce development. I shared some big ideas about where I thought Iowa education could / should go.

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eSchool News

JULY 21, 2023

Rebecca Moye, Data Coordinator for Rome City Schools, in Rome, Georgia, shared that, “SchoolStatus is a pillar of our strategic plan at Rome City Schools to engage with stakeholders…Last year we had 98% engagement in the last 90 days.” She holds a BBA from The George Washington University School of Business.

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eSchool News

APRIL 20, 2024

The comprehensive report, developed by the Frontline Research & Learning Institute (Institute), highlights the company’s commitment to understanding emerging trends impacting school leaders and districts across the country. We’re proud to announce that this report is just the beginning.

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eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2018

The survey from Education Development Center (EDC) and SRI International includes data from more than 1,400 parents of young children ages 3 to 6—many of whom (63 percent) are from low-income households. Next page: 5 takeaways for early science learning).

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 16, 2024

These activities can also be used to encourage collaboration and communication as students work with peers, which can result in the development of interpersonal skills. These skills will serve them long after they leave school.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Knowledge Graph helps developers enhance AI system inputs by aligning them with learning science research, state academic standards, and curricula, while Evaluators help developers assess AI system outputs to ensure they meet the accuracy, rigor, and quality essential for teaching and learning.

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eSchool News

APRIL 9, 2025

school districts, has partnered with the National Writing Project (NWP) , a nationwide network dedicated to improving writing instruction. As AI disrupts the educational landscape, this partnership aims to shape the national conversation about the evolving role of critical thinking in writing practice.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 28, 2021

from San Clemente High School located in San Clemente, CA – created an artistic multi-media project addressing racism in the United States with a hand-drawn digital mural of George Floyd with the words “you can’t conquer hate with hatred.”. . The 2020 winner – Emma F. About USC Shoah Foundation.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The new partnership integrates mental health support into the digital curriculum, ensuring children are supported at all levels through their educational development. The Trust delivered over 2000 live, interactive lessons and recorded over 300,000 teacher/student interactions within the first month of school closures owing to COVID.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 22, 2017

Millennials might also recall seeing these systems introduced to classrooms during elementary school, and that’s because Apple made a massive push in penetrating the education market throughout the ‘90s by exposing millions of children to this product. Likely you saw these computers in ads, store windows or even owned one yourself.

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Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2022

Elsewhere—in Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Georgia , among others—the battle about inequitable outcomes of property-tax-based school funding models rages on in the courts and in school board conference rooms. Fostering culturally responsive methods through continuous mentoring by exceptional, experienced educators.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The Need for AI Literacy in Education The rapidly evolving space of artificial intelligence (AI) requires school and district leaders to make sense of how emerging technology applications, including those that use generative AI (Gen AI), are being integrated into schools and districts across the United States.

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eSchool News

JULY 27, 2016

School leaders are expected to help their teachers use current technology to enhance learning, but at the same time, they must keep on top of future technologies that might soon impact teaching and learning. Despite its unprecedented growth, the district has maintained an 85 percent graduation rate among its four comprehensive high schools.

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Edsurge

JUNE 2, 2025

On a Wednesday afternoon, a school district director emailed to say she might be late to the first community of practice session. Her story isnt unique; its emblematic of the complexity educational leaders face as they navigate responsibilities, unforeseen demands and the need for human connection. Recognize oppression.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 30, 2015

To help educators develop a vision for using technology in their classrooms, here are a few examples of what great teachers do with these tools. Shawn McCusker has been teaching high school social studies for nearly two decades. They empower students through creativity.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Assessments are more than just measuring how well students are doing in particular subjects in school, and they can actually improve student learning. In fact, frequent assessments can have a positive impact on a student’s education from kindergarten through college.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 25, 2021

Even in the face of current challenges, many schools and districts are using this moment to design new approaches that will shape learning far into the future. As 2021 kicks off and we set our resolutions for the new year, we pledge our organizations’ continued efforts to respond to educators’ professional learning needs.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2018

In 2011, there was little research on SEL, and very slim pickings if a school hoped to adopt an SEL curriculum. There appears be increased agreement in both progressive and conservative districts that schools bear some responsibility for educating students holistically, rather than confining learning opportunities to traditional academics.

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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. It was an extreme example of the political strain public school teachers are under from parents and activists.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The national campaign comes at a time of concern about teacher shortages in many schools and districts. For a long portion of their history, education schools didn’t have to think much about recruitment. “We Teaching is a journey that shapes lives. Are you ready?” Or read a partial transcript, edited for clarity, below.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 18, 2021

August 17, 2021) – The Kentucky Educational Development Corporation ( KEDC ), in partnership with BloomBoard, is accelerating career advancement for Kentucky teachers to support their growth and retention. Unfortunately, COVID burnout is making it more difficult for schools to attract and retain teachers. ASHLAND, Ky.

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Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2024

After 12 years of compulsory schooling, they approach the edge of the nest — and many feel unprepared, realizing they are about to lose the comfort of seeing their friends every day, the support of trusted adults outside their families and the predictability of a daily school schedule.

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Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2023

It’s no secret that educators and school leaders endure a lot of stress, from managing classroom and school communities to monitoring staff and student morale. Educators may even shoulder the expectation that they must solve every problem on their own. When that stress mounts, negative feelings can shift inward.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 29, 2023

This is a real scenario we encountered during a focus group last school year with a group of high school students in Florida who were asked to provide feedback on their teachers. During this back-to-school season, this quote serves as an important reminder.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 18, 2018

In response, America’s Promise Alliance , the Aspen Institute’s Education and Society Program and the Council of Chief State School Officers have issued a report to help school districts address these equity issues. “We Understanding how to improve equity starts with an understanding of what your school district lacks.

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