eSchool News

JUNE 30, 2025

For decades, the federal government believed getting more students interested in science, math, and technology was a national security priority. They often attend under-funded schools and have less access to high-tech industries than their peers in urban schools. “All those little things matter,” she said.

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Teacher Toms Blog

MAY 15, 2025

Too much screen time in elementary school is delaying reading and writing skills, weakening focus, and hurting social development." Back then, the technology that was going to ruin or lives, turn our eyes square, make us soulless, flabby zombies, was the "boob tube," broadcast television. We're not heading for a learning crisis.

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Teacher Toms Blog

JUNE 19, 2025

When Illich was writing, our kindergartens and preschools, and even, for the most part, our elementary schools, were far less school-ish than they are today. Art, music, and stories stood at the center of the school day. His mother told me that in high school he was feeling pressure and said, "'What's the point?

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Edsurge

APRIL 21, 2025

But in Okanogan County, where 28 percent of children are living at or below the federal poverty level and 11 percent of elementary school children are unhoused, the need for affordable child care is dire. This is as true in Okanogan County, Washington, as it is anywhere nationwide. Some have gone on to earn advanced degrees.

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Edsurge

JULY 11, 2025

The navigator doesn’t have transparent student performance data that would clarify which options are high quality, and yet parents will be likely to trust that school options listed on the app are good ones, according to CAP researchers. When Parola got her daughter’s first report card back, it startled her.

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eSchool News

JUNE 6, 2024

In elementary school, there’s frequent outreach. A recent report found that this wanes somewhat throughout middle school, and, by the time students reach high school, many schools subscribe to the belief that the need for school-to-home communication diminishes.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Naper Elementary School students could be the envy of their peers when it comes to a labyrinth for testing their robotic skills. The collaboration between the two schools started after Shambo had trouble finding a maze to complement the school’s technology. “This is really amazing.

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eSchool News

MARCH 31, 2022

BEAVERTON, Oregon, March 31, 2022 — Leveraging standards-based instructional content and its award-winning technology, Vernier Software & Technology is announcing Vernier Connections , an innovative web-based platform to engage high school students in hands-on STEM learning and exploration.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2018

Through my work with educators across the country, I know the number of elementary school districts and administrators turning to LMS adoption is increasing for all grades—preparing students at a young age to use the technology they will need to master for high school, college, and beyond.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 28, 2017

Technology: The Key Ingredient in Successful Learning Centers. Although the classic literacy or math center takes time to organize physically in the classroom, technology makes it easy for students to get to work quickly. Classroom technology also makes it easier than ever to differentiate lessons appropriately.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 9, 2020

To engage high school- and college-level students in hands-on physics and data collection, Vernier Software & Technology recently launched the new Go Direct ® Static Charge sensor. About Vernier Software & Technology. To learn more about Go Direct Static Charge, visit www.vernier.com/gdx-q. .

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2024

Ethan, a high school junior studying to become a secondary history teacher in our Academy for Teaching and Learning, was presenting findings from his extensive research to the staff at our school. To close the skills gap, there are a number of practices, strategies and ideas that any high school can draw from the CTE model.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

STEM fields—science, technology, engineering, and mathematics—are highly technical, which is one reason that the education system is changing to further incorporate these subjects into the curriculum. Understanding technology is more important than ever. Early exposure to STEM promotes digital literacy.

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eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2021

Vernier Software & Technology recently launched a new lab book that uses food as a means to help high school and college students explore important chemistry concepts. With worldwide distribution to over 150 countries, Vernier data loggers are used by educators and students from elementary school to university.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 22, 2020

To further support collaborative STEM learning, Vernier Software & Technology recently launched LabQuest 3. LabQuest 3 makes it easier than ever for students to collect, analyze, and interact with data as they engage in hands-on scientific discovery,” said John Wheeler, CEO of Vernier Software & Technology.

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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. The district has adopted a “one school at a time” rollout strategy that helps its technology specialists effectively train staff before using the system. “We

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

At my district’s high schools, personalized learning is fairly easy to see. Sometimes elementary and middle school teachers come across as apologetic about how “little” they are doing in relation to personalized learning. Several years ago, one of our elementary schools began to use data notebooks with their students.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 11, 2020

They also continue to learn new techniques and strategies as all schools everywhere move into the unknown. Sanfrancesco is Director of Technology for OJRSD. The district, located in northern Chester County, Pennsylvania, comprises five elementary schools, one middle school, and the Owen J. Roberts High School.

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eSchool News

JUNE 2, 2020

Name: Paul Sanfrancesco is Director of Technology for the Owen J. Roberts School District (OJRSD) in the suburbs of Philadelphia, PA. Roberts School District is located in northern Chester County, Pennsylvania. It comprises five elementary schools, one middle school, and the Owen J. Roberts High School.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The findings not only highlight the benefits of college recruiters introducing high school students to STEM-related opportunities, but they can also help increase and diversify the STEM workforce in the United States. He also remembers the classes being disproportionately made up of international students.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Their assignment: Design a cart to carry today’s tools for STEM learning — the teaching of science, technology, engineering and math — in Hampton Township’s three elementary schools. “We 13 at the middle school. Funding came from Chevron, the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation and the Grable Foundation.

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Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2019

Dylin Coburn is a junior in high school, but he’s spent a surprising amount of time at a school that’s not his, observing an art class he’s not even taking. For half the school day, students do regular coursework at their high school. For the teacher prep program, that meant a local elementary school.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

It features national and state-level policy and implementation data, focusing on high school data. Eleven states now require students to earn credit in computer science to graduate from high school. public high schools offer foundational computer science (up from 57.5

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eSchool News

AUGUST 11, 2023

While the emphasis on computer science curriculum is often placed on middle and high schools, the need for elementary students to acquire the skills necessary for success in a technology-driven world is becoming increasingly crucial. The In Focus Pathway is designed for a dedicated computer science or technology class.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Here’s a look at each winner: Winner: John Arthur, 6th Grade Teacher, Meadowlark Elementary School Nominated by: Follett John Arthur was the 2021 Utah Teacher of the Year and one of four finalists for 2021 National Teacher of the Year. Elementary and high school students from across the district were part of the initial program.

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eSchool News

JULY 14, 2020

Jon Castelhano, Executive Director of Technology at Gilbert Public Schools in suburban Phoenix, Arizona, is making lemonade. These are ideas long talked about but never implemented in the 40 schools that serve 34,000 students. The first is a complete online option, which is really just our current virtual academy.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

He teaches sixth graders at Technology Middle School in Sonoma, California. And as schools changed and kids changed – I call it the practice gap – I think people like me who get national prominence in a field, especially education, drift farther and farther away from the daily experience of the classroom teacher.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA – Carousel Digital Signage has provided Elkhart Community Schools with a seamless way to communicate timely, up-to-date messages to its diverse network of students, faculty, staff, and visitors. Elkhart Community Schools serves approximately 12,000 students. Based in Elkhart, Ind.,

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Throughout my career, I’ve seen the extraordinary opportunities that students receive when they’re guided by truly talented teachers–like Christie and Tom Wolf from New Technology High School in Napa, Calif. And then there Lisa Anderson at Napa Junction Elementary School. Next page: 2 more technologies for PBL).

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eSchool News

APRIL 13, 2023

The main reason school looks different is that districts bought a heap of specialized technology just to keep instruction alive during those three years. A 2022 survey by the Consortium for School Networking shows that more than 80 percent of U.S. schools now have a device for each K-12 student.

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eSchool News

APRIL 1, 2019

Related: 3 ways technology & innovation are transforming classrooms. Our partnership with community stakeholders has also helped guide our effort to develop pathways in each of six career clusters that start in elementary and extend through middle and high school to ensure students graduate college- and career-ready.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2025

We asked education experts to share their thoughts regarding student success priorities in 2025 (find 50 edtech predictions for 2025 here )–discover what they had to say: Across the country, there is growing consensus and demand for high school transformation. –Dr. .

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Blending in Technology Boosts K–12 Instruction. Technology is an ideal vehicle for teachers to better blend classroom instruction with learning opportunities occuring outside of the traditional school day — and outside of the brick-and-mortar school building. . At Eastern Senior High School in Washington, D.C.,

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eSchool News

MAY 25, 2023

The top-performing teams are: High School Division (Grades 9-12) THS Wind Breakers from Tabb High School in Yorktown, Va. Mauston Gummy Bears from Mauston High School in Mauston, Wis. The Quilt Blockers from Darlington High School in Darlington, Wis. Slack Attack form St. Solar Baby from J.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 31, 2023

We sat down and decided that those would be the first schools to get the upgraded media centers, and we’d tackle the high schools next (the elementary schools would be last because we needed to secure some supplemental funding before we could actually finish those).

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eSchool News

MAY 15, 2023

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. To ensure the development of a successful elementary esports program, here are four helpful tips: 1.

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eSchool News

APRIL 8, 2022

BEAVERTON, Oregon, April 8, 2022 — Vernier Software & Technology and the National Science Teaching Association (NSTA) are pleased to announce the winners of the 2022 Vernier/NSTA Technology Awards. The 2022 Vernier/NSTA Technology Award winners are listed below. Category: Middle School. Category: High School.

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