Edsurge

APRIL 6, 2020

New York’s Academy of Thought and Industry (ATI) is part of a network of Montessori-inspired middle schools, inheriting fifteen former students of AltSchool and its proprietary learning management system. That’s the level of impact the school intends to continue to facilitate for its Bronx community. Opportunities emerge.

Schools 216

Schools Learning Intellectual Development Coaching 216

Edsurge

OCTOBER 9, 2019

My first experience as an educator was teaching middle-school mathematics and science in Baltimore. The tool relied on publically released data from Carnegie Learning.) As a teacher, I was interested in the content and had a deep desire to impart my knowledge and enthusiasm to my students.

Assignments 164

Assignments Students Feedback Study 164

Edsurge

AUGUST 30, 2021

In the past 18 months, educators across the country learned how to adjust their instruction to online learning environments; many had to completely rethink how they would approach their content to meet the needs of all learners.

Teachers 208

Teachers Social Studies Learning Schools 208

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Tamiko Hatcher, a dedicated educator and the director of Special Programs at Akron Public Schools in Ohio, displays visionary leadership and steadfast commitment to implementing innovative education technologies to transform the educational experience for the students in his district.

Education 290

Education Math Reading Secondary Education 290

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Education technology continually examines and redesigns pedagogy in an attempt to meet the learning needs of our students. But rarely do we apply this same level of commitment and creativity to the learning experiences of educators. Prior to OTIS, how was your district handling PD?

Distance Learning 166

Distance Learning Schools Assignments Coaching 166

Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2021

MDR reports a “surge,” with 1:1 schools most likely to be high schools (41 percent), then middle schools (37 percent) and finally elementary (22 percent). For this report—as the pandemic abruptly accelerated reliance on online learning—the Institute peppered a national representative sample of just under 600 U.S.

Blended Learning 195

Blended Learning Schools Curriculum Middle School 195

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

For any teacher: The McCarthey-Dressman Foundation has Teacher Development Grants worth up to $10,000 a year for teachers who wish to try implementing “groundbreaking K-12 classroom instruction” initiatives, which can include technology. Educators can apply between January 15 and April 15, 2017. Here are the details from last year.

Math 158

Math Science Middle School Middle School 158

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Now is the perfect time to start a “passion career,” says Rob Kingyens, Founder and CEO of New York-based online learning platform Yellowbrick. There are very few online learning providers that can say they have 14-year-olds and 40-year-olds in the same class together! It’s an incredibly diverse group.

History 155

History Middle School Middle School Art 155

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Thats according to a survey of 700 elementary and middle school teachers by Study.com, an online learning platform, that queried educators in January about student achievement.

Teachers 182

Teachers English Math Learning 182

Edsurge

AUGUST 2, 2018

What understanding learning differences can teach us about personalized learning For 35 years, Chartwell Middle School, near Monterey, Calif., focused primarily on supporting students with language-based learning differences, primarily dyslexia.

Teaching 138

Teaching Education Learning Culture 138

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

When I was a middle school teacher in Los Angeles Unified School District, I looked longingly at the work of sales reps and trainers at edtech companies. Your experience as a teacher (or with them) may no longer be relevant Experience as a classroom teacher is invaluable for any education technology company.

Teachers 157

Teachers Schools Middle School Middle School 157

Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2020

Last fall, after schools had closed and students were forced onto Zoom and Google Classroom in a rush, experts and educators around the world clamored to make a rather fine distinction: What they were doing wasn’t online learning, but rather emergency remote instruction.

Teachers 181

Teachers Art Math Instructors 181

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2020

According to the CRPE analysis, which looked at plans from more than 100 districts and charter school groups, less than half were offering summer programs for elementary and middle school students, while 58 percent were offering a program for high schoolers. But blended learning options are few and far between.

Schools 174

Schools Students Failure Blended Learning 174

Edsurge

MARCH 10, 2020

17, officials launched the National Public Service Platform for Educational Resources (also known as “national cloud classroom”), a collection of online resources compiled by education authorities across the country. Proud of her students’ artistic creativity, Zeng shared their drawings everyday via her Weibo account.

Art 195

Art Teaching Internet Physical Education 195

Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2020

During the first semester of the school year—when my classes were meeting face-to-face—I began putting these practices in action. Like many educators, I’m still contemplating how to best adapt my teaching to online learning. The natural question might be: Will these techniques work in an online environment?

Math 216

Math Testing Coaching Assignments 216

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2017

Blended learning in credit-recovery courses and alternative schools—areas where students would often have no brick-and-mortar options—has gotten a bad rap because of questions about the rigor of the online learning experience.

Blended Learning 139

Blended Learning Teachers Culture Middle School 139

Edsurge

JULY 30, 2020

But knowing educators often cringe at yet another top-down directive from "the district," he decided to create a working group—including himself, the director of technology (Dr. So, they searched for providers and ultimately chose OTIS for Educators , a state-approved online professional development platform aligned to ISTE standards.

Learning 161

Learning Culture Failure Disabilities 161

Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2025

Some of that can be attributed to the pandemic and the loss of foundational academic and social skills during online learning. With new technologies and opportunities for help outside the classroom, like private tutoring or AI, wealthier students are often better equipped than their peers to enter college.

Students 176

Students Math Writing Skills 176

eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

–Jessica Campos, Instructional Technology Coach, Mesquite Independent School District In the 2024 to 2025 school year, districts will be asking more questions about evidence of impact when they’re evaluating and selecting education technology solutions. Schenker, Ed.D.,

Schools 333

Schools Coaching STEM Evaluation 333

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2017

Does competency-based education hold the key to providing an equitable learning opportunity to every student? Count Connie Scalzetti, a middle-school teacher at CICS West Belden in Chicago, among the believers. As she puts it, competency-based learning “gives students the chance.

Learning 107

Learning Middle School Middle School Schools 107

Teach Hub

MAY 30, 2024

. “The EdSurge Podcast” by EdSurge This podcast delves into the latest in educational technology. Each episode features interviews with an array of guests, including innovators, educators, researchers, and leaders who are shaping the future of education through technology.

Education 105

Education Middle School Middle School Motivation 105

Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2017

The pilot was designed to create and then evaluate the most effective, scalable, and sustainable method of incorporating blended learning. We knew that meant more than simply integrating technology into the school day.

Blended Learning 151

Blended Learning Coaching Learning Feedback 151

Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2017

Brad Hellickson, student advisor for online learning, Corona Norco Unified EdSurge: A few of you have mentioned the value of getting teachers to observe each other. Actually, in my children's own middle school, a principal has Coffee Talks with her families that can come in. to get their thoughts.

Blended Learning 141

Blended Learning Culture Learning Questions 141

Edsurge

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Over the past few years, there has been an explosion of online “learn how to code” tools, from Code.org to Khan Academy. Mary Jo Madda ( @MJMadda ) is Senior Editor at EdSurge, as well as a former STEM middle school teacher and administrator. In 2016, Mary Jo was named to the Forbes "30 Under 30" list in education.

Teaching 145

Teaching Teachers History Science 145

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

The company got its start in late 2010, spurred by founder Anthony Kim’s work with KIPP Empower , an elementary charter school in Los Angeles. Kim had previously been an Executive Vice President at Edison Learning, a for-profit education management organization.

Education 122

Education Learning Blended Learning Middle School 122

eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The footage acquired was edited into a series videos demonstrating the power and benefits of HMH’s digital-first, connected solutions in a hybrid learning environment. Nominee: Juliann Koehn , Epic Charter Schools Nominated by: EmpowerU, Inc.

Education 265

Education Exams Motivation Elementary School 265

Edsurge

JULY 11, 2017

Parents in both the virtual and blended learning programs are interviewed before students enter to ensure students are supported throughout the online learning process at home. This is very different,” says Brown, the new principal at Renaissance who came from a traditional middle school last May. “We

Learning 117

Learning Blended Learning Internet Middle School 117

Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2017

In addition to existing IT support, technology integration staff, or librarians/media specialists, some schools have student technology teams that are on call for assistance when needed. A few middle schools and high schools go even further and assign teachers their own individual student technology mentors.

Schools 109

Schools Internet Lecturing Mobile Devices 109

Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2017

Kiaha Raigoza: For me, I had the opportunity to have interactions through my old friends from middle school, went to prom. You know, high school politics are just a load of hooey. And told myself, "You know what, I'd rather just go home, do school work, play video games for the rest of the day."

Lecturing 118

Lecturing Schools Students High School 118

Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2017

We’re creating a new approach to math learning, where students learn through collaboration and discussion to develop math and 21st century skills—we call it the Carnegie Learning Way. It’s a blended learning approach that combines online learning with face-to-face instruction. Dr. Peter H. Gimlet podcasts.

Math 77

Math Textbooks Learning Intelligence 77

Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2020

Jamie Wong Baesa , a middle school math teacher who hasn’t seen her students’ faces since March. Geri Zamora , a high school history teacher who nearly lost a student to COVID-19. Right: The desk area where she taught during remote learning. Instead, her middle school assigned a different subject for each day of the week.

Teachers 217

Teachers Grades Elementary School Elementary School 217

Edsurge

APRIL 20, 2020

Although both platforms existed before the COVID crisis to provide free online learning resources to students, they added scheduling tools to help educators select and share materials with students and widely circulated them to the public once the schools closed. His school took extra steps to support collaboration.

Exams 210

Exams Schools eLearning Elementary School 210

Edsurge

JULY 21, 2020

He started his career as an elementary school teacher. Then he became a high school guidance counselor and dean of students. After that, he founded his own public middle school in the Bronx and served as its principal for 10 years. How did you define student success at your middle school?

Education 176

Education Schools Middle School Middle School 176

Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2020

But another technology that we are very excited about is a virtual experimentation researcher system. Another thing that happens in online learning is that if you're in a university, like Georgia Tech or any other major university, then you have access to a lot of labs—biology, chemistry, physics—and those labs are really important.

Mental Models 181

Mental Models Education Ethics Learning 181

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Most recently, issues with its online learning platform mired the remote learning experience for many students and teachers in Miami-Dade County Public Schools, leading the district to terminate its contract. That high-profile announcement was followed by a selloff in company shares.

Hybrid Learning 148

Hybrid Learning Middle School Middle School Science 148

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

(And for some additional help, each educator has offered rationales for why those checklist items should be included.). Tara Gilboa, Online Learning Experience Designer at Colorado School of Mines The LMS Checklist #1: Is the platform straightforward and user-friendly? Some things just have to be dead simple.

Questions 133

Questions Learning Communication STEM 133

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

As the Los Angeles Times describes, the school will have a bus outfitted with a “mobile resource” system to travels to students, “three to four physical sites sharing space with existing nonprofits,” and an online learning platform. Seminole County Public Schools ($1,000,000 over five years).

Schools 167

Schools High School High School Middle School 167