Edsurge

JULY 11, 2025

And with rising child care costs, they decided to “rip the Band-Aid off,” moving their daughter to the public transitional kindergarten program just down the street from where they lived, in the same elementary school zoned for their house. When Parola got her daughter’s first report card back, it startled her.

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eSchool News

MAY 2, 2022

Even elementary school students can struggle with fear and performance anxiety on standardized tests. No surprise, then, that teachers and schools are increasingly rethinking their assessment methods, seeking ways to evaluate student performance without causing undue stress.

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eSchool News

MARCH 30, 2022

Casey Foundation , the annual average learning gain for Kindergarten through second grade students is higher than at any time during a child’s years in school. This is why we both decided to become elementary school teachers–to make a positive impact in children’s lives during such a critical time of development and growth.

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eSchool News

APRIL 1, 2024

Elementary-level STEM education fosters our future innovators. Dr. Yuvraj Verma, a teacher at Chalkville Elementary School in Alabama, notes that investing in STEM education from an early age nurtures the next generation of innovators, problem-solvers, and leaders.

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eSchool News

MARCH 15, 2024

Let’s take a look at what makes libraries such critical parts of the school environment: Why do libraries matter? All our students should have access to a school library and a certified librarian to help improve reading levels and foster critical thinking and source analysis. What is the purpose of a school library?

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eSchool News

MAY 1, 2023

The district reports 70 screens are live today with Carousel digital signage content coming from multiple contributors per school, with approximately 150 screens expected upon completion. Whitt points to the differences between how the J Everett Light Career Center and elementary schools use the system.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Finding and retaining effective teachers is one of the surest ways to improve student outcomes, according to research published in the Elementary School Journal and the Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education. So what options remain that won’t break the district budget?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Recently, EdSurge spoke with three educational leaders from Bourbonnais Elementary School District 53 in Illinois about their experiences with and strategies for using technology to enrich classroom environments. Shepard Elementary School. Smith’s approach ensures that the technology chosen benefits the entire district.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Citizen Schools will develop the program at schools across four states that are currently using digital courseware during the expanded day. The schools are: 1. Greenleaf Elementary School (Oakland, Calif.). Joseph George Middle School (San Jose, Calif.). Joseph George Middle School (San Jose, Calif.).

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Equity is foundational to our mission of elevating the potential of all learners,” said Dr. Sarah Holman, a former special education administrator and bilingual evaluator who now serves as a marketing director for Riverside Insights. “We in addition to a number of submissions from around the world.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The report evaluates trends in growth patterns and grade-level placements for students who may require the most support to get to grade-level or develop essential prerequisite skills for later grades. Up to 22 percent of elementary school students reached grade-level placement after two years of Typical Growth in Mathematics.

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eSchool News

APRIL 15, 2024

Department of Education looked at video-based coaching in about 100 elementary schools. Video has provided our leadership an opportunity to calibrate their coaching methods and evaluations by, for example, sharing a video and discussing how they would each score the teaching in it.

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2024

Even lengthy evaluations by specialists have all the same limitations. Presently, dyslexia is diagnosed through lengthy one-on-one neuropsychological evaluations by certified specialists that cost about $5,000-10,000 per pupil. 29 Schools cannot afford to evaluate all at-risk students in this way.

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eSchool News

JULY 10, 2018

Robin Jacob, co-director of the U-M Youth Policy Lab, and Brian Jacob, professor of education and public policy, evaluated 655 kindergarten students in the one-year math enrichment High 5s program in 24 low-income elementary schools in New York City.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

IXL Learning , the K-12 personalized learning platform used by 11 million students, today announced a three-year agreement with Austin Independent School District to bring its adaptive software to approximately 70,000 students. Austin ISD is the fifth-largest school district in Texas and serves a diverse student body.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 8, 2018

That was a voicemail message I received from a friend, a principal at a local elementary school one sunny summer afternoon. Her 30 slightly apprehensive teachers had to deliver a digital literacy curriculum to her 450+ students the next school year. I’ve got a big challenge. What was the challenge?

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The new “COVID-friendly” algorithm saves time and evaluates factors such as social groups, extracurricular activities, bus routes and household dynamics to determine the impact of interactions at school. Class Solver integrates seamlessly with many student management systems. It was a huge life saver!”.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

For example, four of the 10 top-selling elementary school books are part of The Baby-Sitters Club , I Survived , and Dog Man series. Those committees, which follow the criteria of the award, interpret those criteria and evaluate books through their understanding of the literary world.”

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

As someone who has dedicated her career to making the world a better place through the education of our children, I was excited to learn that tablets and computers are nearly commonplace in elementary school classrooms across the nation. Is the content mapped to curriculum standards?

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 21, 2024

For a year, our leadership team crunched numbers and performed a comprehensive facilities study before determining to close one elementary school and reorganize grades by building. As school leaders, we have an inherent drive to innovate so that we may better our students’ learning experiences. Until it wasn’t.

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eSchool News

MAY 27, 2015

Initially STEMscopes was used primarily by Texas elementary school teachers. Clearly, the North Carolina evaluators agree. All 42 of the courses we submitted for K-8 science, and high school biology, physics and chemistry, were recommended for the North Carolina adoption.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2025

–James Hood, Principal, Rodburn Elementary School , Rowan County Schools The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) are transforming the educational landscape, ushering in a more integrated and dynamic approach to teaching and learning. .

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eSchool News

MARCH 12, 2019

The district has 33 schools, ranks in the top 6 or 7 in every category in the state, and is growing by 400 to 500 students per year. Biggest challenge: “In Florida, as in many states, we’d been given mandate after mandate about standardized testing, teacher evaluations, etc.,” says Bill Emerson, assistant superintendent.

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Edsurge

MARCH 19, 2021

Take Concourse Village Elementary School, a South Bronx, N.Y., district school with whom we have been partnering on an innovative project-based learning model called RevX. They choose authentic and personally-relevant challenges (this past summer, discrimination was top of mind) and design solutions that they apply and evaluate.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 10, 2015

that use netTrekker or icurio to find, organize and share hundreds of thousands of standards-aligned resources that are professionally evaluated, tagged and maintained, ensuring students truly benefit from their digital shift. Wake County School District, Cary, North Carolina (netTrekker).

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eSchool News

APRIL 17, 2017

At Morgen Owings Elementary School–just like in many schools and districts around the country–we too, had assessment fatigue and frustration over which was the best method for evaluating reading progress. How do you choose the best method for measuring reading progress? Assessment Fatigue and Frustration.

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2021

In addition, each school district superintendent nominated a classroom teacher or district-level content supervisor to perform independent reviews. Finally, the Commissioner of Education assessed the state and district reviewer evaluations, public feedback and cost of the materials before giving approval.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

As schools become more focused on continuous improvement and the development of growth mindsets, educators continue to evaluate how they can assess their students' learning to better inform instructional practices. We need to re-evaluate our goals and how we meet them. I think we need to do some serious instructional reflection.

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eSchool News

MARCH 21, 2017

Predictably, these “dose-effect” programs rarely exist long enough to be properly evaluated. However, emerging interactive video technologies can support new and innovative approaches to the preventive and reflective side of school violence prevention and conflict resolution. Peer Mentoring 2.0 The Peer Mentoring 2.0

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eSchool News

MAY 3, 2016

Based on the programs I was using, I could evaluate how to differentiate instruction for my students,” she said. But tracking how well her students were meeting specific grade-level standards at any moment during the year wasn’t an option for her at that time, nor was looking at larger trends until after the school year had ended.

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eSchool News

MAY 15, 2024

I can evaluate how clearly I give directions, how purposefully I manage time, how meaningfully I relay the significance of the work, or whether I call on students equitably. Nancy Chung is a 5th-grade teacher at Orchard Hills School and host of The Schoolyard Podcast by School Specialty.

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eSchool News

APRIL 2, 2024

Journal of School Psychology , 51(1), 117-128. Prevention in practice: Resources for school psychologists.” Considerations for evaluating universal screening assessments.” Journal of School Psychology , 45(2), 117-135. Mental Health Screening and Academic Outcomes in Elementary School.” Desrochers.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

For example, the report, based on a review completed several months ago, estimated that 40% of elementary schools, more than 200, still lacked adequate wireless Internet service. As of this week, the number of schools with substandard Wi-Fi stood at 19, said Bill Wherritt, a deputy facilities director.

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2016

Virginia Beach City Public Schools is the second-largest school division in Virginia, with 55 elementary schools, 15 middle schools, 12 high schools, and a number of secondary/post-secondary specialty centers.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Last year, Andrews served as a parent liaison at her daughter’s elementary school. “I She made a bulletin board that parents could see as they entered the school, set up tables at afterschool events, and spread news to other parents via social media. These parent volunteers “are an extension of our office,” Whitley said.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Moreover, he points to the product’s assessment strategies focused on student outcomes, employing a combination of automated evaluations and teacher-led assessments to ensure comprehensive learning assessment. If you’re a computer science educator, you go teach in high school or university. There’s.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 8, 2024

The role of the school librarian and library media specialist is a dynamic one, constantly evolving to meet the needs of teachers and students. In some instances, library staff are even asked to split their time between schools, fill in as substitute teachers, or supervise lunch and recess periods.

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