Making Math Class Relevant to Real Life
Edsurge
MAY 12, 2025
That includes how job skills play into math paths for students. For example, Marylands state board has flagged that it wants every student career ready by the end of 10th grade.
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Is the Traditional Classroom Becoming Obsolete?
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APRIL 28, 2025
Too many students don’t reach grade-level metrics and no one can agree on the cause. Research indicates that active participation leads to higher retention rates, which can be upwards of 60% for students engaged in interactive learning. Something broke in American education these past years.
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This is how we used technology to improve our school’s reading scores
eSchool News
OCTOBER 6, 2017
Ideally, by surpassing compliance goals and student-driven learning, we can get to an even more important goal — critical thinking. Students in grades 6–9 are now 1:1 with iPads as part of our district-wide Project Connect program. The instructor can leave comments for students (i.e.,
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Hawaii’s Kihei Elementary School Selects Discovery Education’s Mystery Science to Support Deeper Student Engagement in the 2022-2023 School Year
eSchool News
JULY 20, 2022
SILVER SPRING, MD (Wednesday, July 20, 2022) —Hawaii’s Kihei Elementary School today announced that it has expanded its partnership with Discovery Education, which has supported the school’s educators in creating engaging digital learning environments since 2015.
Use these 5 strategies to boost student engagement
eSchool News
DECEMBER 20, 2022
This year’s 9th most-read story focuses on instructional strategies for better student engagement. Student engagement has long been an indicator of growth and progress, and in the wake of the pandemic, it will prove essential for academic and social-emotional recovery. 1: Teacher-student relationships.
New Mexico’s Aztec Municipal School District Renews Multiyear Partnership Driving Student Engagement in Science
eSchool News
MARCH 30, 2023
Charlotte, NC — New Mexico’s Aztec Municipal School District (AMSD) today announced the renewal of its multiyear partnership with Discovery Education supporting science education in three district elementary schools. Each lesson begins by posing a question commonly asked by young students.
5 educators share insights into teaching and learning
eSchool News
APRIL 1, 2024
The pedagogical approach to brings learning to life for students through hands-on engagement that lends itself to both differentiation and personalization, writes Kendall Stallings, a first grade teacher in Baltimore County. Elementary-level STEM education fosters our future innovators.
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Why we love our reading software
eSchool News
NOVEMBER 19, 2018
Without a solid reading foundation, students are more likely to perform poorly or drop out of school. Here, educators share their favorite reading software and offer insight into what makes these specific tools so helpful in supporting students’ reading habits. “I Mary (LA) Parish Schools. “
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Edtech tools to beat our state of emergency in reading and math achievement
eSchool News
JANUARY 4, 2024
From its powerful PK-2 early literacy curriculum to its math literacy tools to their many professional learning opportunities, Waterford.org offers helps teachers and parents’ partner on supporting the developing literacy and math skills of elementary school students. Alongside Eureka Math, we use i-Ready.
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How Smart UX Design Turbocharges Student Engagement
Edsurge
APRIL 7, 2018
Based on what we had learned, we worked to create a simple and tailored interface for the app that would not only engage and delight this specific population of students, but also lower their stress and anxiety levels while working within the platform. For kids who are struggling in class, that’s a steep climb.
Leading Social-Emotional Learning Provider Expands with New Digital Offering
eSchool News
MARCH 16, 2021
Fully Web-Based Curriculum for Grades K–5 is Intuitively Designed for Modern Classrooms. With student well-being declining after a year of school closures, the need for connection and social-emotional recovery is critical, especially for our nation’s youngest learners. elementary schools.
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Crunch the Numbers—EdTech Data You Can Use Right Now
eSchool News
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
The study was funded by the Reading Reimagined program of the Advanced Education Research and Development Fund (AERDF, pronounced like air-diff), and provided a specific reading fluency protocol along with professional learning to sixth grade teachers in a large, urban U.S. school district in 2022-23.
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Elementary Schools Across Kentucky’s Johnson County School District Adding to Their High-Tech Toolbox
eSchool News
JUNE 26, 2023
Charlotte, NC — When elementary school teachers and students across Kentucky’s Johnson County School District (JCSD) return to their classrooms this Fall, they will find new resources in their high-tech toolkits thanks to an expanded partnership with Discovery Education.
WeVideo Releases WeVideo Classroom for Educational Multimedia Creation
eSchool News
JANUARY 14, 2022
January 13, 2021) – WeVideo today launched WeVideo Classroom , a cloud-based multimedia creation platform customized for educators to help drive student engagement and ignite deeper learning through the creative process. said Rhonda Jenkins, LMC Director, Kendall Elementary School. Mountain View, Calif.
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Iowa’s Southwest Valley Community School District Broadens Partnership with Discovery Education Supporting Science Instruction in Elementary School Classrooms
eSchool News
JUNE 7, 2022
SILVER SPRING, MD (Tuesday, June 7, 2022) —Iowa’s Southwest Valley Community School District (SVCSD) today announced it is broadening its partnership with Discovery Education to support science education in elementary school classrooms districtwide. Discovery Education Science Techbooks.
4 educator reflections on the 2023-2024 school year
eSchool News
MAY 15, 2024
But it’s not all bad–educators found success as they dedicated their efforts to improving student engagement and achievement, creating community-based approaches to learning, and inspiring students to become lifelong learners. Students are not just passively learning math; they’re actively participating.
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Using technology to support learning through movement
eSchool News
MARCH 31, 2025
The NEA encourages teachers to bring physical activity into the classroom by incorporating brain breaks in students daily routines or taking classroom activities outside. Get feedback, work out any kinks, and get it to the point where the teachers love it before expanding it to other classrooms and/or schools. Teachers loved it.
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eSN Hero Awards Finalists: 11 inspiring educators
eSchool News
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
Richard Labbe Johnston County Public Schools Nominated by: Savvas Learning Company While recent statistics from NAEP (The Nation’s Report Card) show significant declines in math scores across the country, Johnston County Public Schools in North Carolina has defied that trend. Through persistent efforts, Ms.
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5 essential digital learning reads
eSchool News
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
Let’s teach our students to steer through the online ocean of data to be both effective researchers and responsible digital citizens. These positive learning outcomes make esports popular in secondary grades, with both students and educators advocating for the addition and growth of scholastic esports in their middle and high schools.
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Why Santa Fe Broke the K-12 Model and Chose a Different Curriculum for the Middle Grades
Edsurge
APRIL 26, 2021
One reason we chose MidSchoolMath is that the middle grades represent the critical time in a student’s academic career. When the Santa Fe Public School system had to select a new math curriculum last year, they went in search of something that met their pedagogical needs and best served their unique school population.
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8 TED-Ed lessons for Halloween
eSchool News
OCTOBER 23, 2018
Fun topics keep students engaged in learning, and what better way to pull students in than framing a lesson around Halloween? From vampires and ghost ships to bats and pumpkin facts, it’s easy to craft lessons for students in all grades.
Is Your Classroom Layout Hindering Student Engagement? Here’s a Solution.
Edsurge
OCTOBER 29, 2019
With her laptop wirelessly connected to the projector, she can carry it with her while mingling with students as she teaches. In first grade—and in most grade levels—proximity is key. When students see you animated and even physically walking them through a lesson, their engagement is higher.
Learning Through Play Is Powerful – and Students and Teachers Agree!
eSchool News
OCTOBER 12, 2023
Once you see students engaged and learning through play, it clicks and the question goes from how to how do we add more?” For nearly three decades, I used purposeful play in my classroom and have seen firsthand the impact it has on both students and teachers,” said Alicia Miller, a retired elementary school teacher from Evans, GA.
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Indiana’s Vigo County School Corporation Adds New, High-Tech Tools Supporting Teaching and Learning to Students’ Digital Book Bags
eSchool News
JULY 21, 2023
Charlotte, NC — Students across Indiana’s Vigo County School Corporation (VCSC) will add new, high-quality learning resources to their digital book bags this Fall thanks to a new partnership with worldwide edtech leader Discovery Education. Each lesson begins by posing a question commonly asked by young students.
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3 keys to success when introducing robotics to young learners
eSchool News
OCTOBER 28, 2024
During the first year of the robotics program for our K-2 students, I discovered a few keys to be successful when bringing coding to this age group. I started my robotics journey with a lesson for the first- and second-grade enrichment classes, working with two to three robots so that students were working in teams.
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6 ways we boosted literacy platform usage and engaged students
eSchool News
MAY 21, 2024
Our county funded our literacy program purchase, and because our elementary schools were already using another program from our literacy partner, they were able to transition to the former as soon as they entered sixth grade. Everyone is enrolled in it and the students split their time between math and reading.
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53 back-to-school tips and insights for a great year
eSchool News
AUGUST 16, 2023
Explicit, systematic, personalized instruction science corrects missed learning opportunities, and instills the confidence and positive learning identity all students deserve to develop at school. Within 5 days, everyone just loved KIBO—students and teachers! They were coding, collaborating, and creating.
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How we increased our graduation rate and student achievement
eSchool News
FEBRUARY 18, 2019
In deploying the devices, the district targeted grade levels and courses such as 7th-grade civics, 9th- and 10th-grade English, and middle school math. In deploying the devices, the district targeted grade levels and courses such as 7th-grade civics, 9th- and 10th-grade English, and middle school math.
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Future-forward: How to incorporate the 5th ‘C’ of 21st Century learning
eSchool News
OCTOBER 25, 2017
To help make all of our students aware of the career options available to them, in 2015 I created a virtual career wheel for Kankakee teachers to follow. Each grade focuses on a different segment of careers, so as students move through elementary school they are able to explore a variety of fields and recognize where their interests lie.
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Virginia district launches summer kindergarten readiness initiative
eSchool News
JUNE 9, 2016
We are looking forward to supporting Virginia Beach’s students and parents, as well as their dedicated educators, with this new initiative.”. Smarty Ants is a foundational literacy program for grades PreK-1 that teaches children how to read in an engaging, online environment.
5 ways to create a stellar online elementary learning program
eSchool News
DECEMBER 27, 2022
Online learning has become a growing trend among K-12 students, including elementary students. In fact, we successfully launched our own online elementary schools, which grew by 10,000 students over the past four years.
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Kansas’ Shawnee Mission School District Initiates New Partnership with Discovery Education Supporting Elementary Science Instruction
eSchool News
JANUARY 20, 2022
SILVER SPRING, MD (Wednesday, January 19, 2022) — Shawnee Mission School District (SMSD) in Johnson County, Kansas has initiated a new partnership with Discovery Education supporting science education. The Discovery Education Science Techbook series is a comprehensive, research-backed science solution for grades K-12.
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Virginia’s Chesapeake Public Schools Partners with Discovery Education to Inspire, Engage, and Empower the District’s 16,300 Elementary Students
eSchool News
MAY 5, 2021
May 5, 2021) — Virginia’s Chesapeake Public Schools (CPS) today announced a new partnership with Discovery Education designed to inspire, engage and empower the district’s 16,300 K-5 students and improve academic achievement. comprehensive, research-backed science solution for grades K-12. The Discovery Education?
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Effective Tech Integration Strategies: From District to Classroom
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.
Minnesota’s South Washington County Schools Selects the Discovery Education’s Suite of Digital Services to Support Science Instruction in Grades K-8
eSchool News
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
SoWashCo Schools is a suburban district located southeast of St. Paul and serves students across 16 elementary schools, 4 middle schools and three traditional high schools. The Discovery Education Science Techbook series is a comprehensive, research-backed digital science solution for grades K-12.
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Civics Education Is Essential for Creating Engaged Citizens. I’m Hopeful It's About to Make a Comeback.
Edsurge
MARCH 31, 2021
Consequently, for the simulations to be effective learning experiences, I must then teach them the foundational knowledge they should have been taught in younger grades. This can eat up days of instructional time before we’re ready to dive into grade-appropriate topics. This is not just a problem for teachers like me.
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18 back-to-school tips to start the year off right
eSchool News
AUGUST 19, 2022
By addressing the different interests and specific needs of students, educators can enhance and improve student engagement. With higher engagement students will spend more time learning. We must involve students in the process and help them set realistic goals and follow through.
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How Student Agency Can Ease the Pain of Remote Learning and Teaching
Edsurge
JUNE 11, 2020
For those who can, it’s become abundantly clear that grades alone are insufficient to motivate learning. According to Rocky Bragg, a high school English teacher in the district, this policy has created some havoc. But it also illuminates just how little value schoolwork has, from some students’ perspectives, except to feed a grade.
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3 best practices to create a STEM-focused school
eSchool News
OCTOBER 23, 2023
At Chesapeake Lighthouse Foundation , a Maryland-based Public Charter Organization, we took STEM instruction to the next level by making it the central focus of all of our schools. We are a STEM-based charter school network serving more than 3,900 students in grades K-12 at seven different campuses.
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Instructure Launches Canvas for Elementary User Experience for Back to School
eSchool News
JULY 1, 2021
SALT LAKE CITY — June 28, 2021 — Today at ISTE Live 2021, Instructure launched the Canvas for Elementary user experience, a combination of features that make Canvas more user-friendly for elementary students. Easy-to-access tabs provide overviews of schedules and grades for all subjects.
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How Has the Pandemic Changed the Way Educators Think About Homework?
Edsurge
JANUARY 19, 2022
The heightened stress of COVID-19 has led many teachers to think more critically about their impact on students’ mental wellbeing, and districts around the country are turning toward social-emotional learning as a way to nurture and better support students during this time of isolation and increased anxiety. We are where we are.
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Hardin County Schools is Leading Kentucky’s Transition to Dynamic Digital Learning Experiences for Science Instruction Through New Partnership with Discovery Education
eSchool News
FEBRUARY 24, 2022
With these resources, district educators are empowered to build real-world learning experiences that connect students to the world around them while preparing them for future success. . The Discovery Education Science Techbook series is a comprehensive, research-backed science solution for grades K-12.
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New computer science curriculum includes Javascript and drone programming
eSchool News
JULY 12, 2016
“The implementation of Tynker coding and the STEM and project-based lessons has led to an amazing shift in our students’ engagement in all grades,” says Jenny Anderson, STEM Coordinator at the Casita Elementary School in Vista Unified School District. 12 STEM courses are included for grades 3-8.
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17 Hero Awards finalists demonstrate their commitment to education
eSchool News
OCTOBER 20, 2022
Eventually, Laura became the first full-time teacher with ALVS, and she now connects with students all over the globe. While ALVS has provided rigorous and engaging online curriculum to students in grades 6-12 for many years, the pandemic made ALVS see a sudden influx of 5,000 new virtual students.
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