eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2018

This is a common question administrators and educational practitioners ask when considering LMS adoption at the district level. Is it really possible for young learners to effectively use a learning management system (LMS)?

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

As someone who has dedicated her career to making the world a better place through the education of our children, I was excited to learn that tablets and computers are nearly commonplace in elementary school classrooms across the nation.

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Edsurge

MAY 12, 2025

Its a question that high school and middle school math teachers have heard many times. Students more immediately see the relevance of courses that relate to careers of interest, particularly data science, which allows students to interrogate data with real-world questions, Henderson says. When would I ever use this?

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

As a New York City public school founder and principal, I immediately began work to transition to virtual learning for 3- to 11-year-olds. But the most urgent question that flashed through my mind was: How are we going to make sure our children have the basics such as food?

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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.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Education leaders are worried about learning loss, equity, and helping students get back into a typical school routine–all while addressing increasing social-emotional needs. This all begs the question: How has COVID permanently altered the future of learning?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2019

But the book’s great value, and the pleasure in reading it, is in its careful, loving description of the daily life of an urban charter school. And it’s the small stuff of classrooms that raise the biggest questions: what we want schools to accomplish, and for which kids. But of course, it isn’t a private school.

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2020

Voge has also watched students who began her class too shy to ask questions blossom into confident, capable, autonomous learners who can ask for help or advocate for themselves. As Jon Corippo, chief learning officer for the nonprofit group Computer-Using Educators ( CUE ), put it: “When do you see that ever?”. What’s her “secret sauce?”

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The prompt I used with ChatGPT was: “List 10 everyday problems that could be solved by a solution that an elementary school student could develop.” With the example of the book holder, questions to discuss could be: What materials work best to keep the book from slipping? Where does the science come in, though?

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

One of the first videos she found was titled “10 Science Projects for Elementary School Students,” which demonstrates a simple experiment and explains what is happening. Technology connected her with the information she needed to answer her own questions. . In almost all of these instances, she was her own teacher.

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eSchool News

MARCH 12, 2024

As an early childhood specialist who taught kindergarten through second grade for 12 years, I remember watching the progression of cognitive and social development throughout the early elementary school years. Kindergarteners frequently respond to questions with unrelated statements of fact that are of interest to them.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 24, 2024

As the father of an elementary school student, I’m one of these parents. Because I have experience in the edtech industry, I have some thoughts on what I think the key question should be: How can I nurture a genuine love of learning? Should I turn to AI for tutoring when my child struggles?

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

was first spoken during the height of gang wars in Los Angeles, when I was a new speech language pathologist in the Los Angeles Unified School District. More than 30 years later, I now work at a 700-student elementary school in Washington state and I have a caseload of 50 students consisting of varying disabilities.

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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

APRIL 13, 2023

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. That’s way up from pre-pandemic numbers, where about two of three high schools and middle schools were one-to-one and less than half of elementary schools had a device for each student.

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eSchool News

MARCH 18, 2015

The other day I was working with a group of elementary school teachers on lesson planning with technology. Instead, I asked them a question: How can you be sure that students understand the vocabulary? The real challenge is not integrating technology effectively. It’s developing a vision for technology use.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Peek inside Brittany Horning’s second-grade class at L’Ouverture Elementary School, and you’ll see kids sprawled on large ottomans, perched atop bouncy seats, lying back on gamer-style recliners and using footstools as makeshift desks. They talk, peer over shoulders, ask questions, share discoveries.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 11, 2023

CodeHS, a leading platform for K-12 computer science education, has launched a curriculum for elementary schools to fit seamlessly into a K-12 computer science pathway. With ready-to-go lessons, CodeHS makes teaching computer science simple even for elementary teachers who have never taught computer science before.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

These questions compelled me to speak with education leaders about how the educator shortage is impacting their communities and what they’re doing to combat it. But even in his rural district, they are seeing 25 applicants for an elementary school job that used to garner 100 applicants. “I I have four kids.

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eSchool News

APRIL 10, 2017

The answers to their questions have never been more than a click of a button away. Even the youngest learners know that you can find out the answer to a question right now on the internet. As an elementary school, we are very concerned about inappropriate content. Guiding Research.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 16, 2015

For many tweens heading into middle school, the transition from elementary school won’t be marked only by new teachers, class schedules and locker assignments but also by a gleaming new phone. Deciding whether a middle schooler is ready to take on mobile phone responsibility is a personal decision for each family.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

We asked three flipped teachers — one from an elementary school, one from a junior high, and one from a high school — to describe what learning looks like in their world. Burkett Elementary, Pennsylvania. Beth Hobbs, third-grade teacher. Students become excited to meet and discuss their novels.

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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. What are we L earning? What is our E vidence?

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Our furniture partner basically didn’t even question it; they told us it was completely possible. Creating a sense of ease As I watch students learning, collaborating, and having fun in their brand-new elementary school, my hope is that some or all of them realize that the space was truly designed with them in mind.

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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.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Created in San Francisco, California, Mystery Science is used in more than 50% of United States’ elementary schools each month. Each lesson begins by posing a question commonly asked by young students, which is followed by a series of brief videos and prompts used to guide class discussion. Terms were not disclosed.

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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. Step 5: Plan for all scenarios There are situations that are unique to the online learning environment.

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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. It’s writing and skilled questioning.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

The consequence, in many schools, is that teachers have begun to use technology but have forced it into all the wrong places and for all the wrong reasons. At Grand Oak Elementary School in Huntersville, NC we have worked hard to create an environment where we are supporting our staff through this transition.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 27, 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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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. “The This story was originally published by Chalkbeat.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Additionally, students receive immediate corrective feedback after every missed question, enabling them to quickly understand their mistakes and progress. Get reliable data to meet reading goals Early elementary school years are crucial for building foundational skills that shape a child’s education.

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Edsurge

JULY 17, 2024

It was 2022 and I had recently been hired as the principal of an all-girls elementary school in New York, and it was my first visit to the school to meet students, staff and families. To be clear, I’m not suggesting that every student should question their gender. I was caught off guard.

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eSchool News

JULY 3, 2018

I also had a lot of questions: What is design thinking? How is this relevant to my elementary school-level classroom? Empathize : Choose one topic and ask lots of questions. Dig deeper with why questions: Why does it matter to you? I was really intimidated when I first heard about design thinking. Why do you do it?

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Edsurge

MAY 27, 2025

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. This narrow role was exhausting and disingenuous.

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eSchool News

APRIL 15, 2024

Department of Education looked at video-based coaching in about 100 elementary schools. It’s also one of our end goals, and to measure progress we created a teacher reflection rubric as well as questions that teachers can keep an eye on as they watch their recordings. If I tweaked this, what would that do for my kids?”

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2021

I’m working as fast as possible to answer as many math questions as I can in 60 seconds. In my experience as a middle and high school math specialist, I’ve rarely heard any adults (including math teachers) report many positive memories of their early experiences with math at school. Tick tick tick.my I thought so. Probably not.

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