eSchool News

MARCH 18, 2016

Virtual reality program is part of a worldwide beta testing initiative. Students in Melinda Lamm’s fifth-grade class at Wells Elementary School in North Carolina were in the computer lab, but not a single student was looking at a computer screen. Instead, they were all peering through small cardboard boxes. “Ok,

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eSchool News

MAY 15, 2024

Here’s what educators have to say about the 2023-2024 school year: Improving engagement and test scores with phenomena-based curricula April Pence, Edison High School Last year was my first time using phenomena-based units aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) in chemistry.

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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. During the change stage, we strived to empower early adopters and make modifications to the rollout based on their feedback. Until it wasn’t.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2025

There is truly nothing more powerful–or that grows your practice morethan watching yourself on video, and the use of this technology will help our teachers engage in more meaningful self-reflection while receiving targeted feedback from coaches and coordinators.

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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. Moulton plays a key role in this phase.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Prior to the 2021-2022 school year, the district’s assessment data showed math scores were low, contributing to 14 out of 48 schools in the district being identified as low performing in 2019. However, there were still 25 elementary schools in the district without access to Hazel’s mental health resources.

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2021

Finally, the Commissioner of Education assessed the state and district reviewer evaluations, public feedback and cost of the materials before giving approval. Core5 is an adaptive blended learning program that accelerates the foundational and advanced literacy skills for students of all abilities in elementary grades.

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eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2023

The company’s equity framework ensures that a solid structure exists from which to test, address, and mitigate bias in all areas, from data processing and model building to product design and evaluation activities.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Through phone calls that allowed her to get to know them and discover what motivates them, she took the extra steps like providing individualized feedback on assessments and checking not just for completion, but for understanding. Nominee: Mark Hess , Mary Helen Guest Elementary School Nominated by: Epson.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Either way, the reality is that competitiveness starts early and competition shows up in many ways in schools. As an elementary school student, I remember sitting “criss cross applesauce” among my peers during the end-of-the-quarter awards ceremonies, hoping my name would be called. Halloween is a big deal at my school.

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2017

The term “grades” has become almost taboo among some educators in New Hampshire, where seven elementary schools are slowly ditching the word altogether through a program known as. New Hampshire schools participating in NG2 represent urban, suburban and rural parts of the state.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The far-reaching meta-analysis considered flipped learning experiments done in elementary schools, high schools and colleges, with the bulk of the studies in the higher ed setting. Finally, instructors assess the student work and give feedback. “I

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 25, 2017

Test: Go back to your humans to test them out. Bring back some feedback, and continue iterating on your point of view and testing your ideas until you’ve got something that really addresses the need. Ideate: Think of as many possible ways to address these needs.

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Edsurge

MARCH 7, 2023

Voice technology — especially the use of an AI bot that talks back to the learner — has injected reading practice with the kind of feedback that was only possible with one-on-one tutoring before. School district leaders have taken note, developing multi-year adoption plans for their schools.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Today marks the first time the new tool, called Teacher Advisor With Watson 1.0 , is open to the public after a lengthy beta testing period that sought input from state education commissioners, teachers unions, school board associations and more than 1,000 teachers. “We Litow says. From all accounts, IBM listened.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Preliminary research suggests digital platforms can improve student testing outcomes. When the Maricopa Unified School District in Arizona introduced blended learning classrooms, students using the program scored higher than the district average on all six of the statewide achievement tests. .

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2024

Students from the county apply to the program of their choice during eighth grade, a process that involves taking an admissions test; submitting transcripts, teacher recommendations and a personal video; and entering a lottery, since demand is high. Earlier this year, I was facilitating a series of three lessons about classroom management.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

When students can bring models to life and test them in real world situations, they are expanding beyond paper and screen into the world around them. Additionally, AI can shorten the feedback loop on student work, allowing students to quickly identify any misunderstandings they may have.

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Edsurge

JULY 8, 2024

It focused on absences in early elementary school, between kindergarten and second grade. That means that because this is when the student’s relationship with school is being set, there are special considerations, such as how well the teacher understands the “handoff,” when the student is passed from the parent to the teacher.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2017

with teachers using its materials on a monthly basis in 20 percent of elementary schools. Elementary school is often a forgotten place but it’s the most critical.” The company has tested the tool in nine school districts and charter management organizations, and plans to launch publicly in October.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 24, 2016

And I imagine that topic will endure as our boys progress into elementary school and beyond. Instead of waiting until a test is failed, we can use formative assessments to know whether student learning is on track. We cook, we eat, and most importantly we talk. Having the same goal multiple weeks in a row a-ok.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Lora Clark, principal at Morris’s Normandy Park Elementary School, explains that due to the range of students’ language levels, bilingual classes remain necessary. However, she notes that because of the success of their blended program, individual student needs are being met with direct instruction and feedback.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 21, 2018

While teachers may always be the best line of defense for students falling behind, busy schedules don’t always permit the special attention and feedback that students need. AI Solutions Drive Higher STEM Test Scores. That’s where artificial intelligence–powered teaching assistants might come in handy.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Her school is located in Houston’s Fifth Ward neighborhood and serves a student body that is nearly 100 percent classified as economically disadvantaged. The Texas Education Agency awards letter grades to schools and districts based on test scores and other student performance metrics.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2017

Testing/Feedback : Sending the MVP to testers and allowing it to be criticized so it can be improved. Lupe Fiasco Students used the (highly suggested) Bloxels App to build and play test their games. Mike Lang ( @Chclteteacher ) is the technology strategist at Laura Dearing Elementary School in Las Vegas, NV.

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Edsurge

JULY 31, 2018

Diversity in Students’ Assessment Where American teachers have to deal with punitive high-stakes testing, the new Finnish curriculum emphasizes diversity in assessment methods as well as assessment that guides and promotes learning. Feedback is also given in ways other than reports or certificates.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2018

A skilled teacher can re-direct instruction based on feedback that they are receiving from their students throughout the flow of a lesson,” writes Alexis Roesser, an English teacher and department chair at Salamanca High School in New York. What Are Summative Assessments Vs. Formative Assessments.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Six Massachusetts colleges and universities, alongside the state’s Department of Higher Education, are testing their hypothesis that free, culturally relevant textbooks can improve student performance. Her experiences couldn’t be further away from the examples her elementary school books centered on?farming.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2018

Anthony Kim, CEO of Education Elements Kim says he judges the firm success based on how successful the schools “feel,” and that could vary depending on who responds to their surveys or solicitations for feedback. Coaches deal with feedback from the people that they're working with,” explains Kim. “We You go and do your stuff.’

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

NEW YORK/PRNewswire/ — Tutor.com , one of the world’s largest online tutoring services, announced today that it has been selected by Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS), the third-largest school division in Virginia, to provide 24/7 online tutoring for every K–12 student in the division.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

John Krajewski, the founder and CEO of Strange Loop Games, said game-based startups should find a way to test assumptions about their products early in order to avoid having a long period of risk where they’re unsure if their idea will work. It’s like a bridge to a bridge to a bridge,” Krajewski said. “At It was a disaster,” he said.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The nonprofit runs the learning platform Zearn Math, whose instruction stresses interactive features and feedback to students, according to the website. To the Gates Foundation, Zearn is a “thoughtful” digital curriculum that allows A/B testing and informed analysis based on real-time data from teachers and students, says Hughes. “So

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

This distributed model of learning took off and has grown over the years to a network of nearly 300 Fulton County educators who are pioneering new approaches to education technology use, testing new tools and helping others in their schools and communities do the same.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2017

I quickly figured out that my administration and the other teachers didn’t care if my students were learning—they wanted my students to stay out of the hallways, off administration’s radar and to appear somewhat engaged when it was time to be evaluated through standardized testing. That’s when the email came.

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Teach Hub

AUGUST 20, 2024

One classroom management strategy that has stood the test of time is the good old behavior chart. In the late 1990’s as many as 70% of elementary school teachers were using some behavior chart in the classroom, according to a study published in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. Are Student Behavior Charts Beneficial?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Transcend’s leaders consider their work “research and development” for schools and districts that are redesigning their models because they apply learning sciences, motivation sciences and implementation sciences to the biggest questions school operators are wrestling with.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 30, 2016

years for elementary school, 1.5 years for middle school and 1 year for high school – with new levels being added every month. We were able to see firsthand the impact on engagement and on student learning – we’re really excited to roll the new features out to all of our schools in September.”.

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