eSchool News

MARCH 6, 2016

Public-private partnerships are expanding Reading Rainbow’s impact for a new generation. This is no easy task considering the reading gap continues to widen between lower and higher income students and the majority of our children do not read past a fourth grade reading level.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 27, 2022

Every lower-grade teacher I know has huge numbers of students who love math but the older they get, the more those numbers shrink until by Middle School, they’re anemic, at best. The solution according to some students, is to instill the cerebral skills that support math prior to kindergarten. Math Games in the Classroom.

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eSchool News

JULY 26, 2022

K-12 school systems are facing a “perfect storm” of challenges today. . The pandemic has put students well behind in their education, with millions of children achieving below grade level in reading and math. students in grades 3-8 revealed that reading and math test scores dropped significantly from fall 2019 to fall 2021.

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eSchool News

MARCH 29, 2023

(PRWEB) — Sourcewell , a trusted advisor to education leaders, announces that North Star Central Elementary School in Boswell, Pennsylvania—home to more than 350 pre-K–4 students—is seeing significant growth in students’ math scores, despite national trends. “At

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Oak Heights Elementary School in Sweet Home, Ore., MobyMax … finds the holes in my students’ academic experience and fills them, contributing to a rock-solid foundation,” said Tim Swanson, a second-grade teacher who is also the school’s technology coach. They get 20 minutes of reading and 20 minutes of math.

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eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2023

Cabin John MD – Early learning leader, Learning Without Tears, today affirmed that equity and access are at the core of Phonics, Reading, and Me —its K–3 supplemental literacy program designed to help students learn the skills they need to become proficient readers.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

The grant will award one elementary school a site-wide license for unlimited use of QoreInsights’ award-winning platform, the Classroom Education Plan© (CEP), for use in the 2024-’25 school year. This targeted approach boosts reading, math, student engagement, and well-being.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

In this new collaboration, which harnesses students’ interest in professional basketball to help teach important mathematics concepts, interactive math problems derived from NBA and WNBA game footage and statistics such as points, rebounds, assists and more, have been integrated into Discovery Education’s Math Techbook™. Read more.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The program received an influx of inspiring nominations that highlight the innovation and selflessness of educators in schools and districts across the nation. Listed here in alphabetical order by school/district name are 10 of the awards program finalists. Read about 10 more finalists here !)

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eSchool News

MARCH 12, 2024

I lead a small network of schools, and many of our current fourth graders remain dependent on adults’ opinions and find it hard to move from one problem to the next without reassurance. Our fifth graders can solve a basic math problem but often struggle to explain how to answer a word problem. I believe in assessments.

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k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

Her career spans roles as an elementary teacher, instructional coach, mentor, special education administrator, and elementary school principal. She currently serves as the principal of Austin Steward Elementary School #46 in Rochester, New York.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2022

During the pandemic, renowned reading expert Lucy Calkins called for a ‘rebalancing’ of Balanced Literacy, alluding to an increased focus on linking letters with their sounds–or what those of us who went to elementary school in the 80-90s know as phonics class. But it’s more than just reading.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 13, 2023

Our school is one of just 12 “Science of Reading Spotlight Schools” in Alabama this year, but getting here wasn’t easy. Rewind the clock back to the fall of 2021 and just 15 percent of our kindergarten students were proficient in reading. A “full support school” since 2018, we were dealing with some major challenges.

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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

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

It includes NWEA’s advanced learning science and assessment offerings, interactive teaching experiences for HMH’s ELA and Math curricula, job-embedded coaching, and building and district-level support for administrators. Liberty Elementary School in Tulare, Calif.

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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

MARCH 31, 2025

An elementary school teacher discussed how math can be integrated into PE class–for instance, students can measure and make calculations related to how far they jump or how fast they run, or myriad other activities. At our district, we started with installing the L system in an elementary school that serves grades 3-5.

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Edsurge

MAY 27, 2025

These biases manifest in various ways, such as underestimating Black students math abilities and providing less encouragement. Vulnerability and Mental Health in Educational Leadership These fellows reflected early and often on what it means to be vulnerable as an education leader and how challenges have impacted their mental health.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Basketball-themed math sweepstakes for New England schools features Celtics’ Tyler Zeller and Lucky the Leprechaun. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) and the Boston Celtics have launched the second online math challenge for New England schools, SCORE with Go Math! SCORE with Go Math!

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eSchool News

MAY 5, 2022

With recent research showcasing the growing number of STEM-related jobs that will be available to our graduates in Indiana in the coming years, teaching computer science skills has become as important as teaching students how to read or do math.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Offers additional features, including a read-to-me for younger readers, offline reading and reading badges for reaching certain levels and tasks. The content is personalized overtime as kids start reading, interacting and taking quizzes. elementary schools are using Epic!, and reading in school and beyond.

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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

JULY 26, 2024

The report leverages three years of longitudinal data and is the first of its kind to look at impacts on younger learners who were not yet in formal schooling at the start of the pandemic. Mark Sullivan, superintendent of Birmingham City Schools. million) are behind in reading compared to 1.1 Older students (i.e., million to 1.7

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Edsurge

MARCH 7, 2023

A first grade student is trying to read a passage on her iPad. Amira is the invention of Amira Learning, a six-year-old edtech company that fuses voice-based artificial intelligence into reading activities, guided by an eponymous AI bot. School district leaders have taken note, developing multi-year adoption plans for their schools.

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eSchool News

MAY 19, 2017

“Just as the industrial revolution made it necessary for all children to learn to read, the technology revolution has made it critical for all children to understand STEM,” according to the report.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The unit is designed for 2nd-grade students for two very specific reasons: 1) early elementary schools are eager for age-appropriate STEM resources; and 2) 2nd-graders have the literacy skills to write questions, to read content, and to note their own observations. Their excitement will serve as a model for the students.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

NEW YORK (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Newsela, a leading provider of high-quality instructional and assessment products for K-12, announced today that the company has acquired Generation Genius, a trusted educational streaming platform for K-8 science and math videos, activities, and lessons.

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eSchool News

MAY 13, 2019

This year, we will use video as an informal look at the level of math conversations going on in their classrooms.”. Barb Corna, lead academic specialist for the Accelerate Math program. Northwood Elementary School, Napa, Calif. Lisa Keith, blended learning specialist, Guilford County (NC) School District.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 16, 2023

. –Michael Arquin, Founder, KidWind This year many schools will continue to focus on ensuring that their curriculum and instruction aligns with the science of reading. Therefore, many schools/districts have adopted social emotional learning curriculums to address these needs that will continue to be a focus into the new year.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 24, 2024

To close knowledge gaps and support every student, IXL equips Missouri educators with its award-winning PK-5 ELA curriculum, which personalizes learning and is grounded in the Science of Reading methodology. It then generates personalized action plans that help students eliminate their trouble spots, and grow their reading and writing skills.

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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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Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2022

During the pandemic, anxieties about math instruction have grown. Fueling them is the most recent results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), which showed historical losses in math education. Falling behind in math can have long term consequences, since the subject can function as a gateway into STEM careers.

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eSchool News

APRIL 3, 2018

For the last six years, data has been part of our “secret sauce” here at Bronson Elementary School in Bronson, Fla. Many of our students come from economically disadvantaged homes so we know we need to continually work harder than most schools to help our students succeed academically—and data helps us do this.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 18, 2018

Over the past four years, as the number of strong principals in Chicago’s public schools has increased, so have student outcomes. District leaders have identified increases in both reading and math scores for elementary school students and have seen significant improvements in freshman on-track and graduation rates at the high school level.

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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

MARCH 6, 2016

Research indicates math, reading achievement in early grades also influences later science achievement. Math and reading achievement also were associated with science achievement in those grades, which suggests that improving math and reading skills in lower-performing students might help improve their science achievement gaps.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The eSchool News Hero Awards , honors educators for their exemplary use of innovative edtech to support student learning: John Arthur , 6th grade teacher at Meadowlark Elementary School in Salt Lake City, Utah Dr. Jesus Jara , superintendent of Clark County School District (CCSD) in Nevada Tom Lamont , painting and design technology instructor at Blackstone (..)

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