eSchool News

JULY 10, 2018

Low-income minority kindergartners learn math better when taught in small groups, according to a new report from University of Michigan (U-M) researchers. This type of instructional approach not only has a positive impact on achievement, but can help bridge the gap with higher-income peers, the researchers say in a report.

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eSchool News

MAY 16, 2016

Some Iowa schools will incorporate engineering lessons into classrooms to boost creativity, problem-solving skills. This is about talking with kids that anyone can be an engineer, and an engineer is like an inventor that has a problem to solve,” said Kari Smith, an Ames math and science teacher on special assignment.

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eSchool News

APRIL 11, 2024

The answer to that question, it turns out, depends a lot on two things: how your school identifies students for advanced math, and where you live. principals said their elementary or middle school offered algebra in eighth grade, but only to certain students. Algebra is often considered a gateway class.

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eSchool News

MAY 15, 2024

Amato, K12 Coalition–Teaching Channel As the 2023–2024 school year winds down, I find myself thinking about how educators are models for students, whether or not they are in a classroom. Nancy Chung is a 5th-grade teacher at Orchard Hills School and host of The Schoolyard Podcast by School Specialty.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2023

Picture the following: A student volunteers to answer a math question in an elementary school classroom. The teacher knows from working with the student previously that although she can easily follow the algorithmic steps of the math problem, she struggles with her reasoning and ability to make sense of the steps she is taking.

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Edsurge

MAY 25, 2018

Maggie is a fifth grader at Roosevelt Elementary School in Park Ridge, Illinois and in Fall 2017, she was trained to become a “TechXpert” at her school so she could coach fellow students daily during the tech lab at the LRC. This allowed us to offer a week of access to the tech lab to two classes at a time.

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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. “The

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eSchool News

APRIL 26, 2019

The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) surveyed 1,100 high school students from across the U.S. on how to increase student interest, understanding, and performance in math and STEM subjects. The study shows that almost 60 percent of responding students want teachers to be more creative in the classroom.

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eSchool News

JUNE 2, 2022

The following selection of no-cost digital resources created with social impact partners connect families to engaging learning experiences: Inspire the next generation of solution seekers with STEM and math-specific family activities from the STEM Careers Coalition. The contest is open through June 17, 2022.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 29, 2024

This paradigm shift could revolutionize how schools, students, and families approach this critical aspect of education. Imagine a world where attendance is taught with the same rigor and methodology as math or science. Here’s why we should consider attendance as part of the curriculum.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2018

Over the past three years, a group of elementary school students from Southeast Washington, D.C., These students are all participants in The Creative School (formerly The Boys Institute) at Stanton Elementary School, an initiative designed to promote wellness and creativity—and to flip the narrative around young boys of color.

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eSchool News

MAY 16, 2016

Educational video game developer DimensionU hosted the 3rd Annual Department of Defense Math Games Tournament at four military research laboratories around the country. Middle school students from four states competed in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade level teams. We look forward to the continued expansion of these efforts, “ added Hoy.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Illustrative Mathematics (IM) and Family Engagement Lab have partnered to bridge classroom curriculum and at-home learning in elementary school mathematics. Through this partnership, Family Engagement Lab will align its FASTalk (Families and Schools Talk) family engagement tool with the IM K–5 Math curriculum.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2025

This is an urgent and growing national problem, and immediate attention is needed to help these students who likely missed the benefits of an evidence-based curriculum for foundational literacy skills in early elementary school, especially during the COVID crisis. –Dr. .

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 14, 2015

In an effort to encourage this involvement, North Carolina’s Guilford County Schools has taken several innovative steps—such as offering free online tutoring to every family, as well as online videos and face-to-face training in the workplace to show parents how they can support their children’s success.

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eSchool News

APRIL 14, 2021

Before Blackbird there were no tools available to bridge the expanse between elementary school block-based introductions to coding, and high school’s more advanced text-based coding, leading to frustration and a well-documented drop-off in computer science when students enter high school,” said Ness Blackbird, cofounder of Blackbird.

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eSchool News

MARCH 2, 2016

How innovative districts are exposing more students to coding and closing the participation gap. Endorsement by the White House is valuable to those new to introducing computer science (CS) in the classroom, as well as others, like members of the Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools , who have championed CS for years.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 19, 2022

This school year will see a focus on prioritizing social and emotional learning–accepting the fact that that continuum has changed and giving teachers permission to spend time reteaching those skills. We’ll see more schools and districts placing a priority on SEL instruction just like math or reading.

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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. And engagement is not the only benefit.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Her commitment and advocacy drove the expansion of Hazel services to include both in-home and at-school mental health support, plus the addition of elementary schools to the program. Cumberland County had 85 to 90 percent teacher participation in using S.P.I.R.E. reading intervention program. Mexico border.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Utica Community Schools , located in the heart of Michigan’s auto industry, of fers specialized high school programs directly aligned with workforce development needs, including a center for science and industry and a center for advanced math. Blue Valley Public Schools (Kans.)

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eSchool News

JANUARY 14, 2016

On that last point, my school, Shiloh Elementary School in Monroe, N.C., For example, students may participate in interactive reading activities where they record their own voice to practice fluency. Then, students practiced the math concept using a link in their Google Classroom. wondered if we were doing enough.

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eSchool News

APRIL 22, 2016

” Dozens of students from Vista View and Mesa View middle schools and fourth- and fifth-graders from Westmont and Lake View elementary schools, in teams of two or three, worked over the school year to create their robots, said Sandi Lewis, a STEM teacher with the district who acted as mentor to the kids throughout the project. .”

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eSchool News

APRIL 15, 2024

Department of Education looked at video-based coaching in about 100 elementary schools. Teachers with five or fewer years of experience and those with teaching practices in the bottom third of participants saw even greater improvement in both math and English language arts.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2015

schools have seen student proficiency levels jump in math and reading in recent years. Blended learning definitely has been an important factor in the changes we’ve seen in our students, our teachers, and in our schools,” says David Rose, deputy chief in the district’s Dept. They have a good reason to visit.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 29, 2016

Over 10 weeks, my administrative team and I asked every school board member, administrator, teacher, staff member, and parent to answer one simple question: What should students know before leaving elementary school, middle school, and high school? All students proficient in Algebra 1 by the end of eighth grade.

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Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2021

Participating in a simulation of the Constitutional Convention offered them a structured experience to practice the skills necessary for civic discourse—listening, discussing and compromising. With an increased emphasis on improving test scores in reading, writing, math and science, social studies fell to the wayside.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 9, 2018

Fleming says whether the district sets up a makerspace in an elementary school library, in a middle school classroom or in a high school cafeteria, each makerspace has a unique quality. A makerspace should be offered as a voluntary educational activity that the students want to participate in.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 1, 2022

” “I use Dungeons & Dragons both in my classroom and as an after school extracurricular with students from grades 3 to 8,” said Emilie Rayner, an Elementary School Teacher in Ontario, Canada. “In My students’ test score growth doubled each time they tested.”

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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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eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2024

During an eSchool News Innovation Roundtable with a focus on DEI, moderated by eSchool News Content Director Kevin Hogan, district leaders delved into the critical but complicated topic of DEI in school districts. What do they look like in terms of the active participation of teachers and students? AR: [One of the U.S.

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Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2023

Over the years, I’ve used research about how the arts increase math and reading comprehension to defend their existence in the public school curriculum. I’ve even made the case that for some students, a music, art, dance or drama class might be the only thing bringing them to school each day.

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eSchool News

MARCH 6, 2016

JEP is one of the oldest and largest service-learning programs in the country, offering college students at USC the unique opportunity to work with faculty, neighborhood schools, and elementary school students to provide academic support.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 24, 2024

During an eSchool News Innovation Roundtable with a focus on DEI, moderated by eSchool News Content Director Kevin Hogan, district leaders delved into the critical but complicated topic of DEI in school districts. What do they look like in terms of the active participation of teachers and students? AR: [One of the U.S.

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Edsurge

JULY 11, 2019

She was working on a research project, and her advisor suggested she take her data down to the math department and “tell them what you want—the guys will make you a program.” Rosen did, and after being with those guys in the math department, she realized that, next time, she wanted to be able to do it herself. “I

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

West Elementary School Principal Lisa Vargas-Sinapi had a practical solution: Let’s move the bus stop. When kids are sick, they’re offered appointments at the school’s health clinic. Everyone from parents to mayors can see how kids who are absent a lot tend to score worse in reading and math. “It newsletters.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Test scores in reading and math reflect a pandemic-era decline, but progress in some academic disciplines can’t be so rigidly quantified. But then they turn the screen on and there's three of them together, participating and enjoying the class.” And unlike a math test or English project, sharing work from art classes is low stress.

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